TWELVE YEARS A SLAVE: Narrative of Solomon Northup, Citizen of New York, Kidnapped in Washington City in 1841 and Rescued in 1853 from a Cotton Plantation Near the Red River in Louisiana.
Edition: Twenty-second thousand.
Auburn, Buffalo and London: Miller, Orton & Mulligan / Sampson Low, 1854. Hardcover - An unusual example of slave narratives because Northup was a free, educated man in New York who was abducted and spent 12 years in slavery in Louisiana before being rescued in 1853. Editor's preface. A book which was very popular at the time, as evidenced by several printings in 1853 and 1854 and one which has retained its relevance as the basis for the award-winning film of the same name. Illustrated with a frontispiece and 6 internal engravings. Appendices, xvi, 336 pp.
Condition: Fair condition overall in original embossed tan cloth - lettering on spine rubbed, some foxing, fraying to the cloth on the spine and corners, and several signatures pulled, but still quite readable and sturdy.