Working with the Hands
by Washington, Booker T
- Used
- near fine
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Near Fine
- Seller
-
Portland, Oregon, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: Doubleday, Page and Company, 1904. First Edition. Near Fine/Near Fine. First edition, first printing of Booker T. Washington's sequel to Up From Slavery in the exceedingly scarce dust jacket. Bound in publisher's ribbed maroon cloth with titles stamped in gilt. Near Fine with slight oxidation to gilt lettering and several hinged throughout slightly over-opened. Minor binding error beginning as a crease to the front paste down and progressively diminishing until about page 40. In a Near Fine dust jacket with wear at the extremities, small chips, trivial stains to top edge of front panel, toning and small abrasion to the spine panel.
Reviews
(Log in or Create an Account first!)
Details
- Bookseller
- Burnside Rare Books, ABAA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 140944347
- Title
- Working with the Hands
- Author
- Washington, Booker T
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Doubleday, Page and Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1904
Terms of Sale
Burnside Rare Books, ABAA
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Burnside Rare Books, ABAA
Biblio member since 2010
Portland, Oregon
About Burnside Rare Books, ABAA
Burnside Rare Books specializes in literary first editions and works of cultural and historic significance. We are located in Portland, Oregon and welcome visitors by appointment.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...