Black-Belt Diamonds: Gems from the Speeches, Addresses and Talks to Students

by Booker T. Washington, Victoria Earle Matthews, T. Thomas

$3,000 · Offered by Burnside Rare Books

First edition

New York: Fortune and Scott, 1898. First edition, first printing of the author's second book. xii, 115 pp. Bound in publisher's green cloth lettered in gilt. Near Fine, light rubbing, pages a bit toned with age, lacking dust jacket.A collection of Washington's early speeches compiled and edited by the prominent activist for African American women's rights, Victoria Earle Matthews. A lovely copy. Item #140945627

• Printing: first

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