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Helper, Nojoque; A Question for a Continent, 1867

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Helper, Nojoque; A Question for a Continent, 1867

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Description

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Author: Helper, Hinton Rowan
Title: Nojoque; A Question for a Continent
Place Published: New York
Publisher:George W. Carleton & Co.
Date Published: 1867
Description:

479 pp. (8vo) 18x12 cm (7¼x5"), original blindstamped brown pebbled cloth, spine lettered in gilt. First Edition.

Helper rose to fame following the publication of his anti-slavery work "The Impending Crisis" which was banned in many southern states. Following the Civil War and a brief government career in South America, Helper published the present work proposing the expulsion or elimination of all non-white races. Nojoque has been described as "the most virulent racist diatribe ever published in the United States." (George M. Fredrickson, The Arrogance of Race, p. 46, 1988).

Condition

Wear and soiling to cloth with rubbing to extremities, minor corner bumps, light fraying to cloth at edges, area of discoloration at bottom of front board; front hinge starting, scattered light foxing, owner's signature on front endpaper, spotting to page block; about very good.

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Helper, Nojoque; A Question for a Continent, 1867

Name: Helper, Nojoque; A Question for a Continent, 1867
SKU: 49471870
Price: 80 USD
Availability: InStock

Estimate $150 - $250

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