Research Catalog

Title

Frederick Douglass / by Charles W. Chesnutt.

Author

Chesnutt, Charles W. (Charles Waddell), 1858-1932.

Publication

London : Kegan Paul, Trench, Trübner & Co., Limited, [1899]

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Details

Additional Authors

• Ellis, George H. (Printer)
• Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co., publisher.
• Small, Maynard & Company, copyright holder.
• John Andrew & Son, engraver.

Description

xix, [3], 141, [3] p., [1] double leaf of plates : port.; 15 cm.

Donor/Sponsor

Home to Harlem Project funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.

Series Statement

Beacon biographies of eminent Americans

Uniform Title

Beacon biographies of eminent Americans.

Subjects

• Enslaved persons > United States > Biography
• Antislavery movements > United States
• African American abolitionists > Biography
• African Americans > Biography
• Douglass, Frederick, 1818-1895 > Portraits
• Black author

Note

• With a half-title page, which includes a series title.
• "Copyright, 1899 by Small, Maynard & Company (Incorporated) Entered at Stationer's Hall."--verso of title page.
• "Press of George H. Ellis, Boston, U.S.A."--printer statement, verso of title page.
• Double plate placed before title page contains frontispiece portrait of Douglass, engraved by John Andrew & Son, and added engraved series title page.
• "The photogravure used as a frontispiece to this volume is from a photograph by J.H. Kent, Rochester, New York, one of the last taken of Mr. Douglass. It is the portrait most highly thought of by his family, by whose permission it is used. The present engraving is by John Andrew & Son, Boston."--p. [v].

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references, p. [136]-141.

Provenance (note)

• is part of the original collection purchased from Arthur A. Schomburg in 1926.

Call Number

Sc Rare B-Douglass (Chesnutt, C. Frederick Douglass)

OCLC

• 13144703
• 13144703
• NYPGR13144703-B

Author

Chesnutt, Charles W. (Charles Waddell), 1858-1932.

Title

Frederick Douglass / by Charles W. Chesnutt.

Imprint

London : Kegan Paul, Trench, Trübner & Co., Limited, [1899]

Series

Beacon biographies of eminent Americans

Beacon biographies of eminent Americans.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references, p. [136]-141.

Provenance

Copy in Sc Rare B-Douglass (accession no. B591690) is part of the original collection purchased from Arthur A. Schomburg in 1926. NN

Local Note

Researchers are restricted to the microform copy of the Boston edition in: Sc Micro R-892.

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Local Subject

Black author.

Added Author

Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co., publisher.

Ellis, George H. (Printer), printer.

Small, Maynard & Company, copyright holder.

John Andrew & Son, engraver.

Schomburg, Arthur Alfonso, 1874-1938, former owner.

Added Title

Home to Harlem Project funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.

Research Call Number

Sc Rare B-Douglass (Chesnutt, C. Frederick Douglass)