May 4, 2022 10:00 EST

Books and Manuscripts

 
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[African-Americana] Douglass, Frederick
My Bondage and My Freedom

New York and Auburn: Miller, Orton & Mulligan, 1856. Early issue, "Seventeenth Thousand." 8vo. 464, (8) (ads) pp. Illustrated with an engraved frontispiece portrait of Douglass by J.C. Buttre, and two engraved plates by N. Orr. Original full brown cloth-covered boards, stamped in blind and in gilt, boards and spine faded, gilt almost entirely faded, corners lightly worn; all edges trimmed; old ownership signatures on front endpapers; moderate to heavy foxing to frontispiece and plates; scattered foxing to text. Sabin 20714

A near-fine copy of Douglass's second memoir.

Sold for $1,134
Estimated at $500 - $800


 

New York and Auburn: Miller, Orton & Mulligan, 1856. Early issue, "Seventeenth Thousand." 8vo. 464, (8) (ads) pp. Illustrated with an engraved frontispiece portrait of Douglass by J.C. Buttre, and two engraved plates by N. Orr. Original full brown cloth-covered boards, stamped in blind and in gilt, boards and spine faded, gilt almost entirely faded, corners lightly worn; all edges trimmed; old ownership signatures on front endpapers; moderate to heavy foxing to frontispiece and plates; scattered foxing to text. Sabin 20714

A near-fine copy of Douglass's second memoir.

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