Hardcover
1906 · New York
by Washington, Booker T.
New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1906. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 354 pp. Maroon cloth with gilt lettering. First edition, first printing with (1) at the end of the text on page 354. Near Fine with gilt stamping strong and bright, several small patches of wear to the surface of the cloth, light rubbing at corners and spine ends, front and rear inner hinges exposed leaving binding a bit tender. The famous African-American educator's account of building the Tuskegee Institute, a private black university in Alabama.
(Inventory #: 161228002)