[Signed] Up From Slavery Booker T. Washington [Used - Near fine] [Hardcover]

Quarto. 236 pp. Brown-black buckram with textured brown paper-covered boards and leather spine label stamped in gilt. Original glassine present, heavily browned with wear and small losses. Publisher's cloth-covered slipcase with rubbing and shelfwear; structurally sound. Copy #1200 of 1,500, signed by illustrator Denver Gillen on the limitation page. Introduction by Booker T. Washington III. Illustrated with 12 full-page and 2 double-page color plates by Gillen. A handsome Limited Editions Club edition of Washington's landmark autobiography, tracing his life from enslavement through education, public leadership, and the founding of Tuskegee Institute. Gillen's color illustrations add substantial visual appeal to this signed limited issue. Retains the original glassine and publisher's slipcase.

Estimate:£83.15

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