Narrative of the life of Frederick Douglass, an American slave
By: written by himself, 1845
Edition: Pennyroyal edition / this edition marks two anniversaries, the one hundred & seventy-fifth anniversary of the narrative's first appearance and the fiftieth anniversary of the first publication from Pennyroyal Press.
Publisher: Pennyroyal Press
Published: 2020
Place of publication: North Hatfield
Language: eng
Number of pages: 122
Subjects: African American abolitionists; Biography; Abolitionists; Slaves; Wood-engraving, American
Other titles: Frederick Douglass
Notes: Illustrated by Barry Moser.

Issued in clamshell box.

"Sixty copies of ... were printed for Pennyroyal Press at the Press at the Palace of the Governors, Santa Fe, New Mexico, by Thomas Leech and James Bourland. Ten copies, lettered A through J, have been reserved in sheets for book-binders. The typeface is Pennyroyal Book designed in 2018 by David Jonathan Ross especially for Barry Moser and Pennyroyal Press. It appears here for the first time to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Press."--Colophon

"The images herein were composed, drawn & engraved by Barry Moser and were printed from the blocks by Thomas Leech & James Bourland at The Press at the Palace of the Governors in Santa Fe, New Mexico, Anno Domini MMX.

Purchase; 2020; 2021H-20; Philip Hofer Charitable Trust.

This is copy number 38 of 60 printed.

As issued, bound in oat cloth, printed paper label on front cover; in brown clamshell case, printed paper label on spine.