Daily Resolves by Booker Washington (4 results)

Hardcover. First Edition Gem Series. Very good+ in 1/2 white cloth and illustrated paper covered boards showing several white oak leaf clusters over an hour glass and sundial with gilt text stamped on the front board. There is a Christmas gift inscription dated in 1912 on the front paste- down, there are several faint stains on the front and rear covers with and what appears to be a crease across the rear board Without its issued glassine dust jacket. This is the author's first book which is extremely uncommon. A thin 24mo measuring 5 1/2 by 3 5/8 inches containing 15 printed but unnumbered pages of text with chromolithographic images. A collection of six aphorisms. Printed in Bavaria. …

Hardcover. Condition: Good. First edition. 12mo. Pebble grained cloth, stamped in gilt and chromolithographed papercovered boards. Tiny owner initials front fly, some erosion at the top third of the spine, toning and darkening on the rear board, a good or better copy. Washington's fragile first book, a compilation of life-affirming aphorisms, designed in England in a calligraphic style and beautifully printed in Bavaria.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No jacket as issued. 1st Edition. 24mo - over 5 - 5¾" tall. 24mo., (15)pp., illustrated on each page in bright red, green, grey, blue, gilt, etc. chromolithographs. Bound in pebbled cloth backed glossy paper over boards, chromolithographs. The spine's cloth is torn at its crown, with loss. Light to moderate soiling to the covers. Internally clean and bright. A Very Good copy. **** Author's first book. "Booker T. Washington" on the title page. Part of the Gem series. ***.…

First edition. First edition. Bound in publisher's pictorial boards backed in white cloth.Very Good with chips to head and tail, light rubbing and wear to boards, hinges a little free.The famous African-American educator, author, speaker, and leader's rare first book, a small collection of inspirational quotes with multicolor illuminated-manuscript-style chromolithographs, printed in Bavaria, Germany.…