My Bondage and My Freedom. Part 1: Life as a Slave. Part II: Life as a Freeman
Published by Miller, Orton & Mulligan, New York and Auburn, 1855
- First Edition
- Hardcover
- Used
Seller: Laureate Fine Books, Poultney, VT, U.S.A.Laureate Fine Books
AbeBooks seller since July 14, 2024
Association member: IOBA
Condition: Used
US$Â 5,650.00
Quantity:Â 1 available
Add to basketItem description from seller
A Fair to Good Book in Original Cloth, Unrestored. Generally worn with cloth fraying to corners and joints. Sunning, spotting, and soiling across boards. Text block is toned and spotted from dust soiling and foxing. First few leaves show evidence of damp staining to top right corner, remainder of text unaffected. Scattered foxing throughout text, free of marking. Final blank leaf with a "donation by" label from a private collection in Vermont. Binding is tight but a bit cocked toward rear. Hardcover. Octavo. [iv], [xxxiii], 34-464pp. + [viii Advertisements] An Example of the First Printing of this Monumentally Important Work, Being One of the First 5000 Copies Printed. Text in the First State as Determined by Blassingame, with all Seven Issue Points Present [Blassingame 285-298] . Publisher's Decorative Brown Cloth, Gilt Detailing, Engraved Frontispiece of Douglass, Two Plates First Edition, First Printing, First State.
Seller Inventory # 1653
Bibliographic details
- Title
- My Bondage and My Freedom. Part 1: Life as a Slave. Part II: Life as a Freeman
- Author
- Douglass, Frederick; Smith, James M'cune [McCune] Smith [Introduction]
- Publisher
- Miller, Orton & Mulligan, New York and Auburn
- Publication year
- 1855
- Condition
- Fair to Good
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Seller catalogs
- Americana, Literature, Memoir
Laureate Fine Books
Poultney, VT, U.S.A.
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Store description
Laureate Fine Books is a general used, rare, and out-of-print brick and mortar store in Poultney, Vermont. We have a keen interest in Modern First Editions of Literature, Poetry, and Fantasy. Our vintage and antiquarian interests are broad with particular focus on the Golden Age of Illustration, Philosophy, History, Spirits & Cocktails, and general out-of-print rarities and specialties. We pride ourselves on hospitable service, prompt shipping, well-packaged orders, and ensuring that our books description and condition notes are beyond reproach.…
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CAPY & THE BEAR LLC LAUREATE FINE BOOKS % RYAN ANDREW EBERLEIN MBR
539 Granville Street
Poultney, VT U.S.A. 05764
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