Booker T. Washington: The Wizard of Tuskegee, 1901-1915

Title: Booker T. Washington: The Wizard of Tuskegee, 1901-1915

Author: Harlan, Louis R.

Publication: New York: Oxford University Press, 1983.

Description: Historian Louis Harlan's biography of Booker T. Washington, covering the latter years of his life (1901-1915). First edition, first printing of this Bancroft Prize-winning book. Signed and inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper: "For Angie: With thanks. You'll see many signs that I took your good advice. Ever in your debt. Louis." Frontispiece portrait of Booker T. Washington. Bound in quarter black cloth with russet paper over boards and gilt lettering on the spine. In original unclipped pictorial dust jacket. 9.25 x 6.25 inches; [2], xiv, [2], 548, [2] pages. Light foxing to endpapers and top edge of text, dust jacket with light edgewear and dust-soiling, a 0.5-inch closed tear on the rear panel, and creasing at the spine ends. Very Good in a like dust jacket.