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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Average Joe, post: 434286, member: 5770&quot;][ATTACH=full]152261[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]152262[/ATTACH] Bottom of a $2 box lot.</p><p>Personal Reminiscences of the Rebellion by L.G.B.Cannon.</p><p>Private edition signed in presentation to Booker T Washington.</p><p>I researched this first edition and found that it wasn&#039;t particularly rare..even as a signed work, with similar editions selling in the $70 to $100 range.</p><p>Although the intended recipient seemed intriguing ,there was no proof that the book ever belonged to Mr. Washington.</p><p>A little more research told me that the two men were acquaintances and that Mr. Cannon did attend an event at which Mr. Washington was speaking in the year which the book was signed.</p><p>Also....while reading the book , I observed three penciled edits in the text. Two were simply omission of wording , but the third was a written word substitute that prompted me to do a comparison.It seems to me that this could be the edit of Mr. Washington.</p><p>Given that...I ask for thoughts on weather or not this particular edition may be more desirable or valuabe.[ATTACH=full]152260[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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