[Rarebooks] [b] FS: IN MEMORIAM FREDERICK DOUGLASS, 1897, scarce notspam

[The Prints & The Paper]

Obsequies...now there is a useful word, seldom used these days except as
"obsequious," and it is rather intriguing to figure out how the latter came
to mean "fawning" as we use it today....

Is the Virtual Bar open yet? Given the events of the day I'm ready for
it....Don't mention the words "printer" or "tape gun" in my presence right
now or we shall be preparing obsequies for you....

Lee
Ready for a nap
The Prints & the Paper

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> [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.
> (#010723)        $750.00
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