Up from Slavery: An Autobiography by Washington, Booker T - 1902

New York: Doubleday, Page & Company. Good with no dust jacket. 1902. Hardcover. Early reprint. Maroon cloth with top edge gilt and gilt titles. Signed by Washington in pencil on a slip of paper affixed below the frontispiece photo, likely trimmed from a letter. Tissue guard intact. A pull to the headband, with some fraying near the top of the spine. Scattered rubbing to the cloth, with small stains and areas of discoloration, primarily to the rear board. The autobiography of the man who, though born in slavery, educated himself and went on to found Tuskegee Institute. The most prominent spokesman for his race during the post-Reconstruction period. ; 330 pages; Signed by Author .