With the book’s success, Northup traveled the Northeast giving lectures about his experiences.Emeline J. By early December 1853, the Anti-Slavery Bugle announced that 17,000 copies had sold in four months, and the publisher was looking for 1,000 agents to sell the book in the United States and Canada.
The publisher increased production with the “Fifth Thousand” printing, “Eighth Thousand” printing and so forth. The book was advertised for prepublication orders at a price of $1.00, and by the time of its release in July 1853, the book was an immediate bestseller. 6, page 5644) A nice example of this important firsthand account of slavery in the southern United States.Īfter regaining his freedom from slavery in January 1853, Solomon Northup soon wrote this account of his ordeal with the assistance of his editor, David Wilson. (Sabin 55847) (Dictionary of the Schomburg Collection, Vol.
Odekirk’s Book / Presented by Solomon Northup / Oct 1853.” Housed in a custom black cloth clamshell with title in gilt over red spine label. Notation on verso of front endpaper: “Miss Emeline J. All seven full-page engravings are present, including frontispiece with tissue cover. Binding sound, one signature loose, but still attached by upper threads. Scattered foxing, occasional finger marks and soiling to pages, a couple pages with short tears along the edge but not affecting text.
Light shelf wear to covers, vertical crease on back cover. Corners, spine ends and bottom edges rubbed and worn, some loss of cloth. Yellow endpapers, publisher’s ads inserted between front endpapers. Publisher’s original brown cloth, title stamped in gilt on spine, covers stamped in blind. First edition, third printing of Solomon Northup’s Twelve Years a Slave, presented by the author to Miss Emeline J.
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