[Rarebooks] FS: Booker T. Washington's WORKING WITH THE HAND, Inscribed First Edition

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WASHINGTON, Booker T WORKING WITH THE HANDS
Doubleday Page New York 1904 First Edition. Original red cloth, gilt. 
Illustrated with photographs by F. B. Johnston. Born a slave, Washington 
founded Tuskegee Institute, becoming its first president, at the age of 
25. This book, the sequel to UP FROM SLAVERY covering Washington's 
experiences in industrial training at Tuskegee, is INSCRIBED and SIGNED 
on the front free endpaper "with kind wishes/of/BookerT. 
Washington/Tuskegee/ Alabama/Mar. 30, 1905." Books inscribed by 
Washington, especially in this condition, are uncommon. Slightest of 
wear to one corner. Fine, bright copy.
$2,500.00
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