Life and Times of Frederick Douglass, Written by Himself. His Early Life as a Slave, His Escape from Bondage, and His Complete History to the Present Time...
Hartford, Conn: Park Publishing Co., 1882. 18 engraved plates (2 steel, 16 wood). Original cloth over boards. Octavo. [i-iii], iv-xx, [xxi-xxii], (13)-518 pages. Good. Bound in rust colored cloth over boards with gilt-stamped spine and blind-stamped boards. Binding shows edge rubs, general wear. Top fore corner of upper board is faded, as if an old dampstain, though not affecting interior. Scattered mild foxing throughout, a bit heavier on frontis portrait. Textblock somewhat shaken but no signatures detached.
The third and final autobiography by Frederick Douglass, The earlier books were published prior to the Civil War, when he still had to be careful about the information he included due to being a fugitive slave. This account of his life includes much more on his early life as a slave and his escape. Likewise, this is the only one of Douglass's autobiographies to cover the Civil War and its aftermath, including his relations with Presidents Lincoln and Garfield.
This is a second printing of the first edition, as identified in The Frederick Douglass Papers, Series 2, Vol. 3, Book 1.
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