On August 21, 1791, the slaves of the French colony Saint-Domingue revolted against their masters. Thirteen years of bloody civil war followed, resulting in the deaths of more than 120,000 people, and the independence of Haiti in 1804. It is against this gruesome background that the gripping story of the black slave Adonis and his master dˇ¦Herouville is set. A rare Dutch translation of this work by Jean-Baptiste Picquenard is one of thirty items in the Recent acquisitions section of our website.

In honour of the 2010 bicentenary of Lachlan Macquarie, our acquisitions list for July features a selection of books and prints relating to Phillip Parker King.

Rare book dealer Susan Heller (ABAA emeritus) is retiring. One step in this direction is this offer of more than a thousand pieces of ephemera, with dates ranging over two hundred years. The collection covers a wide range of topics, including but not limited to the admission of states to the Union, post-Civil War issues, presidential campaigns, congressional controversies, slavery, religion, advertising, almanacs, entertainment, foreign relations, government finances, tariffs, and more. The items are not individually priced, but are offered solely to dealers as either a single lot or as major groupings. ... more