(Americana Africana). Northup, Solomon. Twelve Years a Slave. Narrative of Solomon Northup, a Citizen of New York, Kidnapped in Washington City in 1841, Rescued in 1853 from a Cotton Plantation Near the Red River, in Louisiana. Auburn: Derby and Miller; Buffalo: Derby, Orton and Mulligan; Cincinnati: Henry W. Derby, 1853. First edition, first issue.
1 vol. 12mo, original blind-stamped brown cloth, gilt-lettered spine; occasional light edge wear. With frontispiece and 6 wood engraved plates. Scattered internal spotting, some light foxing to title page and frontispiece, unobtrusive dampstain tide line at bottom fore edge portion of last plate, other unobtrusive occasional minor staining at bottom margins. With 4 p. Derby and Miller catalogue at front. Book plate of the "Library of D. Andrews" on front pastedown. A tight, attractive copy.
Sabin 55847; Blockson 10165 (recording a later issue)