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Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, An American Slave by Frederick Douglass. ...
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Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, An American Slave by Frederick Douglass. Rochester: North Star Office, 1848. Third edition, second state, bound and issued by Douglass from his private press using sheets from the third edition (Boston). Small octavo. (6" x 4.25"). xvi, 125, [1, blank] pages. Issued without the frontispiece, as typical for this edition. Publisher's printed green boards backed in calf, spine stamped in gilt; featuring an advertisement for Owen Morris' "City Bindery / Under the Museum" on the lower board, which was also often advertised in regular issues of Douglass's North Star newspaper.An extremely scarce copy of the landmark title and one of the few cases in which a later edition is more highly sought than the first. Following the initial publication of the book in 1845, Douglass took to the British Isles on an extensive circuit of lectures and networking, paired with some relief from the pressures he faced from his former owner and the American public. With help of overseas supporters, Douglass returned to the States in the spring of 1847 a free man and set about establishing his first abolitionist periodical, North Star, out of a new office in Rochester, New York. Around this time, Douglass secured remaining sheets of the third edition of his Narrative printed in Boston (Anti-Slavery Office, 1874) and bound them at his North Star Office in Rochester, believed to be the first and only book issued from his private press.
Condition: Corners just bumped; rubbed and soiled; two small wormholes to the head of the spine. Lacking front free endpaper; front hinge weak but holding, rear hinge just starting. Somewhat foxed, light scattered soiling and marginal dampstaining. Several pages in the middle of the text block with the top right corners lightly creased.
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2022 October 19 Historic African Americana Signature® Auction #6248 (go to Auction Home page)
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