Elizabeth Keckley Behind the Scenes 1868

Heading: (African-American, 1868)
Author: Keckley, Elizabeth
Title: Behind the Scenes. Or, Thirty Years a Slave and Four Years in the White House
Place Published: New York
Publisher:G.W. Carleton
Date Published: 1868
Description:

371, + [8] ad pp. Portrait frontispiece. (8vo) 18.4x12.8 cm (7¼x5"), maroon cloth rebacked with original spine strip laid down, spine lettered in gilt. First Edition.

After purchasing the freedom of her son and herself, she was employed as a dressmaker in the home of Jefferson Davis and then by Abraham Lincoln, while in the White House. Previous owner's bookplate, rubber stamp from different owner on front free endpaper.
Condition Report: Some soiling and wear to cloth, slight lean to spine; hinges repaired, light foxing, rear free endpaper chipped; very good.