Helper, Hinton, Rowan. THE IMPENDING CRISIS OF THE SOUTH: HOW TO MEET IT. New York: Burdick Brothers, 1857. 1^st/1^st rare tan decorative cloth hardcover w/gilt titling and ornate blind stamping to spine and both boards, 8vo (7.375x4.625”), Good+/n.a.,  420pp. Gilt titling on spine has faded, binding is remarkably intact, tight and clean, light to moderate foxing throughout, particularly heavy in the preliminaries verso and recto, pastedowns are somewhat age-toned, else fine.

An amazingly fascinating account of the ante-bellum slavery situation in the south regarding the dangers of slavery – by a man who saw no problem with it. It is chocked full of statistics regarding the hopeless picture of slavery in the future.  A dangerous book indeed – the south was not amused.  Many were hung, and others imprisoned, just for possessing this book. Congress would later have a prolonged fight for days over nothing but its contents. Many if not most historians give the nod to this rare tome as being the impetus for the American Civil War as much or even more than Uncle Tom’s Cabin.  Quite the distinctive and rare book indeed in 1st ed. – a very valuable and cherished sector of Captured Tyme!