SLAVERY - ABOLITION The Woman of Colour, vol. 1 (of 2), FIRST EDITION, Black, Parry and Kingsbur...

SLAVERY - ABOLITION The Woman of Colour, vol. 1 (of 2), FIRST EDITION, light soiling, brown ink ownership inscription, amateur pencil sketches of a moustached man on front pastedown, contemporary half calf, worn, both covers detached, corners bumped, 8vo, Black, Parry and Kingsbury, 1808 Footnotes: VERY RARE ACCOUNT OF A BLACK HEIRESS'S LIFE IN POST-ABOLITION BRITAIN, no copies of which have been found in auction records, and only one in institutional collections (British Library). The author's identity is unknown but it has been suggested that 'this text was probably written by a woman, but not a British one... [and] it seems most plausible that a woman of color wrote The Woman of Colour' (L.J. Dominique, 'Introduction' in The Woman of Colour, Broadview, 2008, pp.11–42). This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: • • Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com For further information about this lot please visit the lot listing