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Elizabeth Keckley

Behind The Scenes, Or, Thirty Years A Slave And Four Years In The White House

GW Carleton & Co.

1868

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A first edition of Behind The Scenes by Elizabeth Keckley.

  • Elizabeth Keckley (American).
  • New York: GW Carleton & Co., 1868.
  • Small octavo.
  • 371 [8 ad] pages.
  • Contains frontispiece of Elizabeth Keckley.
  • Spine is green with gilt lettering.

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Boards have mild general scuffing and rubbing wear, moderate shelving and scuffing wear along extremities including mild bumping and moderate fraying to fore corners, moderate fraying and small tears along spine head and tail, and a 1-inch, partially open split along front head joint (mull exposed at top).

Spine severely cocked.

Text block edges have mild scuffing and moderate age-toning.

Interior has light soiling, age-toning, and foxing throughout, 1.5 inches of splitting along gutter between front endpapers.

Previous bookseller's stickers on front pastedown, and previous owner's blue pencil markings on rear pastedown.

Feature(s)

First Edition

Language

English

Subject

American History, Americana, American Literature, Politics and Law, Autobiography and Biography

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