Behind the Scenes. Or, Thirty Years a Slave and Four Years in the White House - Price Estimate: $300

Sale 691: Americana - Custeriana - Travel & Exploration - Cartography (#691) 12/19/2019 11:00 AM PST CLOSED!

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Elizabeth Keckley Behind the Scenes 1868

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Lot closed - Sold For (Includes Buyers Premium):$960

Estimate:

$300 - $500

Title:

Behind the Scenes. Or, Thirty Years a Slave and Four Years in the White House

Author:

Keckley, Elizabeth

Place:

New York

Publisher:

G.W. Carleton

Date:

1868

Description:

371, + [8] ad pp. Portrait frontispiece. (8vo) 18.4x12.8 cm (7¼x5"), maroon cloth rebacked with original spine strip laid down, spine lettered in gilt. First Edition.

After purchasing the freedom of her son and herself, she was employed as a dressmaker in the home of Jefferson Davis and then by Abraham Lincoln, while in the White House. Previous owner's bookplate, rubber stamp from different owner on front free endpaper.

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Condition:

Some soiling and wear to cloth, slight lean to spine; hinges repaired, light foxing, rear free endpaper chipped; very good.

Item number:

311740

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