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Sale 5724
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Estimate$800 – $1,200
Philadelphia: Garrigues Brothers, 1893. Second edition. 8vo. (iv), 281, (1) pp. Illustrated with frontispiece portrait. Original teal blue cloth, stamped in gilt, boards lightly soiled; all edges trimmed; patterned endpapers; contemporary gift inscription on front blank.
A scarce edition of Frances E.W. Harper's 1892 novel, the third novel ever published by an African-American woman. A lovely, unsophisticated, example.
![[African-Americana] Harper, Frances E.W. Iola Leroy, or Shadows Uplifted](https://assets.basta.app/accounts/4832eb18-f9a7-4c12-8295-871abe232696/images/04dc4b98-5244-4e61-99cf-99e92ce433ee?format=auto&width=1080&quality=75)
![[African-Americana] Harper, Frances E.W. Iola Leroy, or Shadows Uplifted](https://assets.basta.app/accounts/4832eb18-f9a7-4c12-8295-871abe232696/images/d7890045-d6ec-49da-b8c7-4860beb7965a?format=auto&width=1080&quality=75)
![[African-Americana] Harper, Frances E.W. Iola Leroy, or Shadows Uplifted](https://assets.basta.app/accounts/4832eb18-f9a7-4c12-8295-871abe232696/images/94d47736-520a-453c-a44e-780bc5bc1e7d?format=auto&width=1080&quality=75)