[Rarebooks] FS: Scarce SIGNED First Edition: LIFE AND TIMES OF FREDERICK DOUGLASS, 1881

Charles Agvent chagvent at ptd.net
Thu Feb 23 10:56:48 EST 2012


DOUGLASS, Frederick. LIFE AND TIMES OF FREDERICK DOUGLASS. Hartford: 
Park Publishing, 1881. First Edition. Original cloth; portrait 
frontispiece. Douglass's final autobiography. Introduction by George 
Ruffin. Boldly SIGNED by the author with his variant signature and the 
added sentiment "Very truly yours," dated 1882 on the front free 
endpaper. Books signed by this great African-American statesman are 
exceptionally scarce, and this is an especially fine example. Small 
adhesive remnant on front cover. Moderate wear. Very Good to Near Fine. 
(#007713)        $35,000.00

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