(EDUCATION) WASHINGTON BOOKER T Tuskegee and its People Thei

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IN A CENTURY OLD DUST JACKET (EDUCATION.) WASHINGTON, BOOKER T. Tuskegee and its People: Their Ideals and Achievements. Illustrated. 8vo, original blind-stamped red cloth, lettered in gilt; a fine bright copy, in a very good example of the 1905 dust jacketwith a few chips and internal repairs. New York: Appleton, 1905

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first edition, one of an unspecified number of "complimentary"copies for Washington's personal use----in the rare 108 year old dust jacket. A collection of essays and articles about the school and the achievement of its graduates by Tuskegee graduates and faculty, including Mrs. Washington, Robert R. Moton, William Holtzclaw, Emmett J. Scott, Geaorge W. Lovejoy, and many others. This copy has a tipped in page, preceding the half-title with the printed "Compliments of Booker T. Washington, Principal of Tuskegee Normal and Industrial Institute, Tuskegee, Alabama."