[AUTOBIOGRAPHY] UP FROM SLAVERY

Booker T. Washington

New York: Doubleday, Page & Co., 1902.

8vo; in publisher’s burgundy cloth binding; with titling on the upper board and spine in gilt; ix, 330 pages including the Index; the boards have silverfishing and minor water damage to the bottom corners; there is a small amount of bleed to the pastedowns; ~~Early edition of Washington’s autobiography with his facsimile signature under his image opposite the title page. Contains bookplate of Philip Alexander Bruce. Annotated on front endpaper, “Philip A. Bruce – Pulaski, VA 1902 - from the author”.

Item #298332

Price: $500.00