Beschreibung:

Title: Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, An American Slave. Written by Himself Author: Douglass, Frederick Place: Boston [title page] / Rochester [cover] Publisher: Anti-Slavery Office / North Star Office Date: 1847 / 1848 Description: (i-ii), xv-xvi, (1)-125 pp. (Small 8vo), original leather backed printed boards. First (and only) North Star edition. Exceedingly rare issue of Douglass's autobiography, published by him at the North Star Office using the sheets of the 1847 Anti-Slavery Office Edition. First published in 1845. This copy lacking the portrait frontispiece found in other early editions, presumably as issued, with no evidence of it having ever been present. Also lacking pages iii-xiv containing the preface by William Lloyd Garrison and the beginning of the letter from Wendell Philips. Advertisement for Owen Morris's "City Bindery" on the rear board. The only volume known to have been published by Douglass, only a handful of copies are known. Lot Amendments Condition: Head of spine chipped, leather worn, front cover detached, boards worn; faint stain in upper margin, foxing throughout; still very good. Item number: 220837