[Rarebooks] FS: SIGNED Booker T. Washington 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. (#003677)        $2,500.00

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