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First edition of Frederick Douglass by David W. Blight, with a personal inscription from the author.
Octavo, xx, 888pp. Blue hardcover, title in gilt on spine. First edition, first printing with full number line. In the publisher’s dust jacket, retail price on front flap, a touch of shelf wear, in near fine condition. Signed by the author on title page: “You are a sunshine and the apple of the eye for your grandparents. In the spirit of Frederick Douglass – David Blight.”
Author and historian David W. Blight won the 2019 Pulitzer Prize for History and the Lincoln Prize for this work on Frederick Douglass. This was the first major biography of Frederick Douglass in nearly three decades.