Editore: Penguin Classics, 1998
ISBN 10: 0140436782 ISBN 13: 9780140436785
Da: ThriftBooks-Phoenix, Phoenix, AZ, U.S.A.
Paperback. Condizione: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 0.55.
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Editore: Dover Publications March 2012, 2012
ISBN 10: 048629899X ISBN 13: 9780486298993
Da: Fallen Leaf Books, Nashville, IN, U.S.A.
Trade Paperback. Condizione: New.
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Editore: Oxford University Press, 1994
ISBN 10: 0195090519 ISBN 13: 9780195090512
Da: HPB Inc., Dallas, TX, U.S.A.
paperback. Condizione: Very Good. Connecting readers with great books since 1972! Used books may not include companion materials, and may have some shelf wear or limited writing. We ship orders daily and Customer Service is our top priority!.
Editore: The X Press, United Kingdom, London, 1999
ISBN 10: 1874509956 ISBN 13: 9781874509950
Da: WorldofBooks, Goring-By-Sea, WS, Regno Unito
Paperback. Condizione: Good. The book has been read but remains in clean condition. All pages are intact and the cover is intact. Some minor wear to the spine.
Editore: Historic Publishing, 2017
ISBN 10: 1946640646 ISBN 13: 9781946640642
Da: Lucky's Textbooks, Dallas, TX, U.S.A.
Condizione: New.
Editore: Johnson Pub. Co, 1970
ISBN 10: 0874850312 ISBN 13: 9780874850314
Da: Irish Booksellers, Portland, ME, U.S.A.
Condizione: Good. SHIPS FROM USA. Used books have different signs of use and do not include supplemental materials such as CDs, Dvds, Access Codes, charts or any other extra material. All used books might have various degrees of writing, highliting and wear and tear and possibly be an ex-library with the usual stickers and stamps. Dust Jackets are not guaranteed and when still present, they will have various degrees of tear and damage. All images are Stock Photos, not of the actual item. book.
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Editore: Oxford University Press, 1991
ISBN 10: 0195066383 ISBN 13: 9780195066388
Da: Better World Books, Mishawaka, IN, U.S.A.
Condizione: Very Good. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in excellent condition. May show signs of wear or have minor defects.
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Editore: Legare Street Press, 2021
ISBN 10: 1015341233 ISBN 13: 9781015341234
Da: Ria Christie Collections, Uxbridge, Regno Unito
Condizione: New. In.
Editore: Easton Press, Norwalk, CT, 2015
Da: Peninsula Books, Traverse City, MI, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condizione: Near Fine. Sojourner Truth (1797 - 1893) was an African American woman who was an evangelist and an early and tireless advocate for abolition, temperance, civil rights and women's rights. Born as a slave, she escaped in 1827 with her infant daughter to a neighbor's farm and was the first black woman to successfully sue for the return of her son. She gave herself the name Sojourner Truth in response to a religious calling to "testify the hope that was within her." She died in Battle Creek, Michigan. Her "Narrative" was dictated by her over period of about two years to Olive Gilbert, a friend she met at a Utopian Comunity in Massachusetts. Gilbert had the "Narrative" published in 1850. This is a finely bound facsimilie reprint of the 1875 edition which contains more information than the original 1850 edition and also eliminates the 1850 edition's inclusion of a portion of Theodore Weld's book "American Slavery" as an appendix. Later editions such as this one included selections of her correspondence as well as additional information on her life. Easton Press is well-known for its fine bindings. This copy is in a full brown leather binding with raised spine bands with five compartments. Cover and spine decorations in 22 kt gold, all edges gilt, silk moire end papers with silk ribbon bookmark, printed on archival acid-free paper with smyth sewing. There is also a gilt-decorated brown slipcase with this book. This is a nice clean, tight and unmarked book with no interior or exterior markings and no owner book plate has been affixed to the book (although the book plate that accompanies all Easton Press books is loosely inserted in the book and is not filled in). This book will make a wonderful addition to any library and would also make a fine gift. ; B&W Illustrations; 8vo, 8"- 9" tall; 324 pages.
Editore: Published for the Author, Boston, 1875
Da: Jim Hodgson Books, Churchton, MD, U.S.A.
Prima edizione
Hardcover. Condizione: Good. 1st Edition. The first revised edition with "Book of Life" added, with errata slip bound in after the copyright page. 320 pages, with woodcut frontis of Truth ("The Libyan Sybil") with tissue guard. Preface by William Lloyd Garrison. The first 125 pages were reprinted from the original plates of the 1850 first edition; The added "Book of Life" has its own title page (p. 127), consists of a variety of essays and correspondence highlighting her work as a social reformer. Good condition, some chipping to head and heel of spine, rubbing to the corners, one tiny nick front edge of the backstrip, front free end page missing, two small grease spots on title page which have bled to adjacent pages. Gift presentation dated 1877. Rare.
Editore: Published By The Author, Boston, 1875
Da: Raptis Rare Books, Palm Beach, FL, U.S.A.
Prima edizione
Rare first revised edition of the book that brought Truth's remarkable story to the world and the first edition of The Book of Life. Octavo, original cloth, gilt titles to the spine, illustrated frontispiece portrait of Truth. In very good condition, contemporary ownership inscription on front free endpaper. Rare and desirable. âA legend in her own time, Truthâs indomitable will has won her a permanent place in American History. Her evangelic fervor and plain wit helped to advance the causes of emancipation and womenâs rightsâ (Blockson 29). Evangelist, abolitionist, reformer and womenâs rights advocate Sojourner Truth was born to James and Elizabeth Baumfree, both slaves of a Dutch family in Ulster County, New York. Named âIsabelleâ by her parents, she developed deep religious feelings from her mother, from whom she was separated at age nine. After a number of new masters, and four children later, she escaped her last servitude shortly before the mandated New York State emancipation took effect on July 4, 1827. âI did not run off, for I thought that wicked, but I walked off, believing that to be all right.â In 1843 she renamed herself âTruthâ for God, and âSojournerâ because she intended to âtravel up and down the land,â preaching and testifying. She became associated with such renowned abolitionists as William Lloyd Garrison, Frederick Douglass, and David Ruggles, and toured the country speaking out against slavery. Her Narrative, dictated to her friend Olive Gilbert and subsidized by Garrison, gave Sojourner an income and increased her speaking engagements, where she sold copies of the book. In 1854, at the Ohio Womanâs Rights Convention in Akron, Ohio, she gave her most famous speechâ" with the legendary refrain, âAinât I a Woman?â: âThat man over there says that women need to be helped into carriages, and lifted over ditches, and to have the best place everywhere. Nobody ever helps me into carriages, or over mud puddles, or gives me any best place, and ainât I a woman?⦠I have borne thirteen children and seen most all sold off to slavery and when I cried out with my motherâs grief, none but Jesus heard meâ" and ainât I woman?â (Blockson, 3434; Schomburg, 326).
Editore: The Author, 1875
Da: THE HERMITAGE BOOKSHOP, Denver, CO, U.S.A.
Prima edizione
Illustrated frontis. (illustratore). Nearly twice the length of the first 1850 edition of Narrative, this first printing of the revised edition is the first to include Truth's "Book of Life," as well one of the most authentic versions of her famous and inaptly titled speech, "Ain't I a Woman." Errata slip tipped in. Blockson 343. General light rubbing, minimal wear extremities, still near fine. Original gilt and blind-stamped pictorial green publsiher's cloth First Revised edition, first printing thus.