Behind the Scenes: Formerly a Slave, but More Recently Modiste & Friend to Mrs Lincoln
por Keckley, Elizabeth
- Usado
- Capa dura
- Condição
- About Fine/No Jacket (as issued)
- Livreiro
-
Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States
Preço do item
€ 6,85€ 4,80
Formas de pagamento
Sobre este item
Chicago, IL: he Lakeside Press, 1998. Facsimile Reprint. . Cloth. About Fine/No Jacket (as issued). Facsimile Reprint. Hard cover 12mo in brown cloth w/gold dec and spine titles. About Fine in lightly scuffed boards, else Fine and unmarked/no DJ (as issued). 312pp inc. Appendix, Index; well-illustrated in photos.
Sinopse
Originally published in 1868—when it was attacked as an “indecent book” authored by a “traitorous eavesdropper”— Behind the Scenes is the story of Elizabeth Keckley, who began her life as a slave and became a privileged witness to the presidency of Abraham Lincoln. Keckley bought her freedom at the age of thirty-seven and set up a successful dressmaking business in Washington, D.C. She became modiste to Mary Todd Lincoln and in time her friend and confidante, a relationship that continued after Lincoln’s assassination. In documenting that friendship—often using the First Lady’s own letters— Behind the Scenes fuses the slave narrative with the political memoir. It remains extraordinary for its poignancy, candor, and historical perspective. First time in Penguin Classics
Avaliações
(Entrar ou Criar uma conta primeiro!)
Detalhes
- Livreiro
- Basement Books
(US)
- Nº do estoque do livreiro
- 038979
- Título
- Behind the Scenes: Formerly a Slave, but More Recently Modiste & Friend to Mrs Lincoln
- Autor
- Keckley, Elizabeth
- Formato/Encadernação
- Cloth
- Estado do livro
- Usado - About Fine
- Condição de sobrecapa
- No Jacket (as issued)
- Quantidade Disponível
- 1
- Edição
- Facsimile Reprint.
- Encadernação
- Capa dura
- Editorial
- he Lakeside Press
- Local de publicação
- Chicago, IL
- Data de publicação
- 1998
- Palavras-chave
- BIOGRAPHY HISTORY AMERICAN SLAVERY SLAVE
- Catálogos de livreiros
- Non-fiction; History;
Termos da venda
Basement Books
All items subject to prior sale. International orders accepted by payment in U.S.D. through PayPal or checks payable through a U.S. bank. Items may be returned within 10 days (in the same condition as shipped), if not as described. Please e-mail prior to return.
Sobre o Vendedor
Basement Books
Membro de Biblio desde 2003
Albuquerque, New Mexico
Sobre Basement Books
BASEMENT BOOKS, in Albuquerque, New Mexico, specializes in hard-to-find non-fiction, Western Americana, History, and First Edition mysteries and literature.
Glossário
Alguns termos que podem ser usados ??nesta descrição incluem:
- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
- Facsimile
- An exact copy of an original work. In books, it refers to a copy or reproduction, as accurate as possible, of an original...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
