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DESCRIPTIVE BIBLIOGRAPHY                                                                                                             549

Locations: Charles L. Blockson Collection, Temple University; McElrath
Collection.

A4. First American Edition, Fourth Printing
        Hartford, Conn.: Park Publishing Company, 1882

The same as the third printing, binding A, except [1-12]¹² 13¹² [14- 21]¹² [22]¹³
(22₁₂ v + l ). Signed only on the rectos of the second and sixth leaves in gathering
[13]¹² (pp. 311 and 319). Tipped in is the leaf for pp. 563-64. (See Note.) Edges
trimmed 7  13/16" X 5  1/16".

Location: Lilly Library, Indiana University.

Note: That this printing was used for the typesetting of the second American edition
is suggested by the signing of the latter's gathering 13 in its first printing: it is the
only gathering signed twice, on the rectos of its first and fifth leaves.

A5. First American Edition, Fifth Printing (A5)
        Hartford, Conn.: Park Publishing Company, 1882

The same as the fourth printing, binding A, except all gatherings are unsigned.
Edges trimmed 7  13/16" X 5  1/8.

Location: Buffalo and Erie County Central Library.

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B1. Second American Edition. First Printing
        Hartford, Conn.: Park Publishing Co., et al., 1882

Title Page: 30 lines 'LIFE AND TIMES OF FREDERICK DOUGLASS,│WRITTEN
BY HIMSELF. HIS EARLY LIFE AS A SLAVE, HIS ESCAPE FROM BONDAGE,│AND│HIS
COMPLETE HISTORY TO THE PRESENT TIME, INCLUDING│[13 lines with progressively
more narrow widths:] HIS CONNECTION WITH THE ANTI-SLAVERY
MOVEMENT; HIS LABORS IN GREAT BRITAIN│AS WELL AS HIS OWN
COUNTRY; HIS EXPERIENCE IN THE CONDUCT OF AN│INFLUENTIAL
NEWSPAPER; HIS CONNECTION WITH THE UNDERGROUND RAILROAD;
HIS RELATIONS WITH JOHN BROWN AND THE HARPER'S FERRY RAID;
HIS RECRUITING THE 54TH AND 55TH MASS. COLORED REGIMENTS;
HIS INTER-│VIEWS WITII PRESIDENTS LINCOLN AND JOHNSON; HIS
APPOINTMENT│BY GEN. GRANT TO ACCOMPANY THE SANTO DOMINGO
COMMISSION│ALSO TO A SEAT IN THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT
OF COLUMBIA;│HIS APPOINTMENT AS UNITED STATES MARSHALL BY
PRESIDENT│R. B. HAYES; ALSO HIS APPOINTMENT TO BE RECORDER
OF DEEDS IN WASHINGTON BY PRESIDENT J. A. GARFIELD;│WITH
MANY OTHER INTERESTING AND IMPORTANT│EVENTS OF HIS MOST