Sojourner Truth; Frances W. Titus; [Olive Gilbert]. NARRATIVE OF SOJOURNER TRUTH; A BONDSWOMAN OF OLDEN TIME, EMANCIPATED BY THE NEW YORK LEGISLATURE IN THE EARLY PART OF THE PRESENT CENTURY; WITH A HISTORY OF HER LABORS AND CORRESPONDENCE, DRAWN FROM HER "BOOK OF LIFE." Boston: Published for the Author, 1875. First revised edition. Hardcover. Publisher's cloth-covered boards with gilt-stamped portrait on upper board repeated in blind on lower board, gilt-stamped lettering on spine. Small 8vo; xi, [1], 13-320pp. With half-title, portrait frontispiece and tissue guard, title, errata tipped in at iv, preface by William Lloyd Garrison, and (3) pages of autographs. Ownership signature of W. Edward Farrison, former English professor at North Carolina Central University in Durham.

7 3/4 x 5 1/8 in.

As stated on the errata, "The first 128 pages of this work are reprinted from stereotype plates, made in 1850." Narrative was first published in 1850, and revised in 1875 by Sojourner Truth's secretary, the suffragist and abolitionist Frances W. Titus. The second part of this edition includes the first edition of "The Book of Life."

Boards with very light stains and small marks, rubbed and bumped corners, light edgewear, and backstrip pealing significantly from spine and with small losses; backstrip fragile but overall the volume is sturdy; interior with light scattered foxing mostly at endpapers, small areas of staining throughout, light toning, occasional small tear, grime, and pencil marks; several leaves with slight separation but still attached; an about good copy of this important and scarce edition.