[Rarebooks] FS: IN MEMORIAM FREDERICK DOUGLASS, 1897

[Charles Agvent]

[DOUGLASS,   Frederick].  IN    MEMORIAM   FREDERICK   DOUGLASS.
Philadelphia:  John  C.  Yorston  & Co. 1897.  First  Edition.  Quarto
(7-1/4"  x  10") in the original gray cloth with gilt  lettering,  top
edge  gilt others uncut and largely unopened. [2], 350 pages. A scarce
memorial  volume  that "is a record of the spontaneous  expression  of
grief  and  surprise  evoked  by the  unexpected  death  of  Frederick
Douglass"  (Preface). Collects Obsequies at both Washington, D.C.  and
Rochester,  N.Y.,  including  one by Elizabeth Cady Stanton  (read  by
Susan  B.  Anthony), as well as letters with facsimile  signatures  by
Booker  T.  Washington,  Susan B. Anthony, and others.  Also  includes
various  preambles  and  resolutions,  poems (including  one  by  Paul
Lawrence  Dunbar),  memorial service addresses and  sermons,  tributes
from  the  press,  reminiscences, and a 12-page  biographical  sketch.
Covers  evenly  soiled;  contents have an old dampstain in  the  lower
right   margin  throughout,  to  varying   degrees,  but  with  little
detrimental effect. Very Good copy of a scarce book.           $750.00


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