[Rarebooks] FS: SIGNED Booker T. Washington First Edition: WORKING WITH THE HANDS

[Charles Agvent]

WASHINGTON, Booker T. WORKING WITH THE HANDS. New York:  Doubleday
Page  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/Booker  T.
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.                        $2500.00

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