Frederick Douglass The Orator

by James M. Gregory

introduction by W.S. Scarborough 

Springfield MA:  Willey Company, 1893 

Hardback is overall in VERY GOOD- condition.

• Dark blue cloth covers have blind tooled border, with gilt illustration. 
• Boards show some wear, smudges, edgewear.  Corners are scuffed, with exposed board.  See photos.
• Spine has gilt text dimmed and is darkened, with crushed, frayed ends.
• Binding is secure.  
• Patterned end papers/ pastedowns show marginal toning; a bent corner on fep.   
• Frontispiece, a portrait of the author, is present; some marginal smudges. 
• Illustrations are clear.  
• Interior is gently age-toned.  Inside pages are free of writing and intentional marks. 
• Text block edges are darkened, show some scrapes, a small ding to lower corner of final pages.  See photos. 
• PS2024.0814

309 pages. 5.25 x 7.75 inches

An overall very good copy of this first edition of the first biography of Frederick Douglass written by an African American author.  Publisher's dark blue cloth with bright gilt on front cover.  James M. Gregory (1849-1915) was a friend and supporter of Douglass and a professor of Latin at Howard University.  In this biography, emphasizing Douglass's public persona, Gregory simultaneously places Douglass in the mainstream of American history and in the African American revolutionary movements.

With an introduction by W. S. Scarborough, a professor of classics who had been born into slavery.  Includes 30 black-and-white plates, some of which are printed on both sides of the sheet.  Images include Douglass, Gregory, Scarborough, and individual portraits of Douglass's children.

First edition.  

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