![]() ![]() ![]() In his foreword to the 2003 Modern Library paperback edition, John Stauffer writes: "My Bondage and My Freedom," a deep meditation on the meaning of slavery, race, and freedom, and on the power of faith and literacy, as well as a portrait of an individual and a nation a few years before the Civil War. A very nice example, uncommon in this condition. Octavo, original publisher's brown cloth, with three engraved plates, including the engravedÂfrontispiece from the classic daguerreotype of Douglass. Rare first edition of Douglass' second autobiography. Douglass referred to him as the "foremost black influence" in his life. The introduction was authored by James McCune Smith, an abolitionist, author, and the first African American to receive a medical degree. In it he expands on his transition from bondage to liberty. The second of Douglass' three autobiographies, preceded by the 1845 Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave. Marsh on front pastedown, obscuring two other bookplates. Three engraved plates, including the engraved frontispiece. Webbing visible at both gutters, some interior worming, most pronounced along front gutter, one small instance of worming from frontispiece through vii, and p. Head and tail of spine chipped, upper third of spine partially loose, minor exterior worming, one stripe to front board, two to rear board. Bound in publisher's brown cloth with blind stamping to boards and gilt titling to spine. ![]()
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