Search Results: behind the scenes formerly a slave by keckley elizabeth

No Edition stated. Reprint of this story about a slave that became friends with Mrs. Abraham Lincoln. In fine condition.

R. R. Donnelley & Sons Company /, 1998-01-01. Hardcover. New. 1.0000 6.7000 4.3000. Brand New! Sealed in publisher's shrinkwrap.

R. R. Donnelley & Sons Company /, 1998-01-01. Hardcover. Very Good. 1.0000 6.7000 4.3000. Cover shows light shelf wear. Former owner's name on front page. Pages are clean and intact.

Chicago, IL: he Lakeside Press, 1998. Facsimile Reprint. . Cloth. About Fine/No Jacket (as issued). Facsimile Reprint. Hard cover 12mo in brown cloth w/gold dec and spine titles. About Fine in lightly scuffed boards, else Fine and unmarked/no DJ (as issued). 312pp inc. Appendix, Index; well-illustrated in photos.

University of Illinois Press. Used - Very Good. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in excellent condition. May show signs of wear or have minor defects.

Chicago, IL: R.R. Donnelley/Lakeside Press Lakeside Classic, Chicago, 1998, 1998. Hardcover. Very Fine/No Jacket. 16mo - over 5¾ - 6¾" tall. Part slave narrative, part memoir, and part sentimental fiction Behind the Scenes depicts Elizabeth Keckley's years as a slave and subsequent four years in Abraham Lincoln's White House during the Civil War. Through the eyes of this black woman, we see a wide range of historical figures and events of the antebellum South, the Washington of the Civil War years, and the final stages of the war. Very fine, unread copy in brown cloth, as issued without dust jacket. BIOS1

The Lakeside Press, 1998. hardcover. Like New. Gilt stamped black cloth with gilt top edge. Like new in publishers shrinkwrap. Shipped in box with tracking number.

University of Illinois Press, December 2001. Trade Paperback. Used - Good. Shipping fee applies to first book, there is no additional shipping fee for addition books from our store. All of our books are in clean, readable condition (unless noted otherwise). Our books generally have a store sticker on the inside cover with our in store pricing. Being used books, some of them may have writing inside the cover. If you need more details about a certain book, you can always give us a call at 920-734-8908.

Chicago: R. R. Donnelly & Sons, 1998. First Thus. Hardcover. Near Fine/no jacket as issued. The Lakeside Press edition. Fine in brown cloth covered boards, gilt titles and top edge; no jacket as issued. Insert from The Lakeside Classics present. Clean and unmarked, unread. Published in the belief that "a simple book, dignified and well designed, would be an appropriate holiday gift." A very accomplished 19th century woman "Elizabeth Hobbs Keckley (February 1818 – May 1907) was an American seamstress, activist, and writer who lived in Washington, D.C. She was the personal dressmaker and confidante of Mary Todd Lincoln. She wrote an autobiography. She was born enslaved, to her father, Armistead Burwell, and later his daughter who was her half-sister, Anne Burwell Garland, wife of Hugh A. Garland. She became a nursemaid to an infant when she was four years old. She received brutal treatment—including being raped and whipped to the point of bleeding welts—from Burwell's family members and a family… Read More

Lakeside Press, December 1998. Hardcover. New. NEW - Factory Sealed. . . . . . . Born into slavery, Elizabeth Hobbs Keckley (ca. 1824-1907) rose to a position of respect as a talented dressmaker and designer to the political elite of Washington and a confidante of First Lady Mary Todd Lincoln. In this unusual memoire Keckley offers a view of the formal and informal networks that African Americans established among themselves, as well as an insiders perspective of the men who made Civil War politics and the women who influenced them. Family-owned bookshop in Steubenville, Ohio: BookMarx Bookstore. Books shipped within 24 hours.

The Lakeside Press (1998), Edition: 1st, 319 pages, 1998. Hardcover. Behind the Scenes: Formerly a Slave, but More Recently Modiste & Friend to Mrs Lincoln by Elizabeth Keckley (1998)

Chicago: The Lakeside Press / R.R. Donnelley & Sons Company, 1998. Hardcover. Fine. Later printing. Edited by Frances Smith Foster. 12mo. lxxvii, 319pp. Illustrated in color and in black-and-white from photographs and artwork. Brown clothcovered boards stamped in gilt with gilt top edge. Fine.

Paperback / softback. New.

Chicago: R.R. Donnelley & Sons, 1998. Hardcover. Very good condition . 319p., illus. Edited Frances Smith Foster

The Lakeside Press, 1998-01-01. Hardcover. Like New. 7x4x1. APPEARS UNREAD. Hardcover. ORIGINAL 1998 brown clothbound Lakeside Press printing with gilt titles and decoration. Pages are clean and unmarked with gilt top-edge. AN UNBLEMISHED COPY.; 100% Satisfaction Guaranteed! Ships same or next business day!

270 pp. Volume is in as new condition. Black and white illustrations included. From the back cover, "Born into slavery, Elizabeth Hobbs Keckley (ca. 1824-1907) rose to a position of respect as a talented dressmaker and designer to the political elite of Washington, D.C., and a confidante of First Lady Mary Todd Lincoln."

R. R. Donnelley & Sons Company, 1998. Hardcover. New. Brand-new, unused, unopened in perfect condition.

The Lakeside Press. Used - Very Good. Very Good condition. (civil war, US history, african american studies, slavery, memoir, press books) A copy that may have a few cosmetic defects. May also contain a few markings such as an owner’s name, short gifter’s inscription or light stamp.

Paperback / softback. New.

R. R. Donnelley & Sons. Near Fine with no dust jacket. N.D.. Reprint. Hardcover. Lakeside Classics, Vol. 96; 7.0 X 4.6 X 0.9 inches .