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DESCRIPTIVE BIBLIOGRAPHY                                                                                     551

Note: The copy of the salesman's dummy at the Rush Rhees Library, University of
Rochester, includes the same 1882 title page. At its back in the salesperson's hand
are listed the types of bindings requested by those who have placed orders. They are
cloth or leather with trimmed edges that are gilded, 'sprinkled' or plain.

B2a. Second American Edition, Second Printing, First Issue
          Hartford, Conn.: Park Publishing Company, et al., 1882.

The same as the first printing, binding B, except for the title page, line 3, 'DOUGLASS'
(no comma after 'DOUGLASS'); signed only on the first leaf in gathering 13.
White wove paper varies in thickness from .004+" to .005 +", sheets bulk 1  1/2".
Mispagination of pp. [1] through 17 is uncorrected. The title leaf is integral.

Locations: Rush Rhees Library, University of Rochester; Green Library, Stanford
University. Rebound; Green Library, Stanford University; Schomburg Center.

B2b. Second American Edition, Second Printing, Second Issue
          Hartford, Conn.: Park Publishing Company, et al., 1884

Same as the first issue except for the title page, lines 28-30: 'HAMILTON
REWELL & CO., CLEVELAND, O., WALKER & DAIGNEAU, BATTLE│CREEK,
MICH.; PHILLIPS & HUNT. SAN FRANCISCO, CAL.│1884.'. The title leaf is a cancel
and identical to the integral title leaf in the fourth printing.

Location: Schomburg Center (rebound).

B2c. Second American Edition, Second Printing, Third Issue
          Hartford, Conn.: Park Publishing Company, 1888

Same as the second issue except for title page, 28 lines instead of 30, lines 26-28;
'HARTFORD. CONN.; PARK PUBLISHING CO.│1888.'. The title leaf is a
cancel.

Binding B: Olive brown calico blind-, black-, and gold-stamped. Front: black-
stamped except as noted, a floral figure within each corner of a double-rule box;
four lines at center, ' LIFE AND TIMES│OF ['F' within 'O']│[gold-stamped
female and eagle figures]│FREDERICK DOUGLASS'. Back: blank-stamped double-
rule box with floral figures inside the upper and lower right corners, at center
the same female and eagle figures as on the front. Spine: 11 gold-stamped lines,
'[single row of crosses and stars] : LIFE│AND│TIMES│OF│FRED'K DOUGLASS
[single rule dotted at both ends]│ILLUSTRATED│PPC [letters intertwined]│
[single row of crosses and stars]'. Edges trimmed. 7  27/32" X 5". White wove end
papers at front and back.

Location: Library Company of Philadelphia.

B3a. Second American Edition, Third Printing, First Issue

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