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Northup, Solomon
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2,500 - 3,500 USD
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- Northup, Solomon
- Twelve Years a Slave. Narrative of Solomon Northup, a Citizen of New-York, Kidnapped in Washington City in 1841, and Rescued in 1853, from a Cotton Plantation near the Red River, in Louisiana. Auburn: Derby and Miller; Buffalo: Derby, Orton and Mulligan; Cincinnati: Henry W. Derby, 1853
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In 12 (7 3/8 x 7 7/8 in.; 188 x 124 mm). Wood-engraved frontispiece portrait of Northup and 6 plates, 4-page Derby and Miller catalogue bound at front; soiled and foxed throughout, ex-library with bookplate, stamps, circulation card, and call number on spine. Publisher's blind-paneled brown cloth, spine gilt; worn with loss, joints broken and artlessly repaired.
Literature
Sabin 55847; Work, page 313; Hubbard 855 (later edition); Blockson Collection 10165
Catalogue Note
First edition, first issue, of one of the most famous slave narratives and the basis for the eponymous 2013 film, which won the Academy Award for Best Picture.