NMLP P-036039 · Point of issue · minted 2026-07-09
Narrative of the Life and Adventures of Henry Bibb, an American Slave, Written by Himself
Henry Bibb · Published by the author (New York) · 1849
Because the narrative sold out quickly, the publisher issued further impressions from the same unaltered stereotype plates bearing the added title-page phrase 'Third Stereotype Edition'; copies carrying that phrase are later printings of the identical text, not the true first, and should not be mistaken for it
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New Mexico Literacy Project — Point of issue NMLP P-036039 for "Narrative of the Life and Adventures of Henry Bibb, an American Slave, Written by Himself" by Henry Bibb (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/id/point/p-036039, CC BY 4.0, dataset DOI 10.5281/zenodo.21184548).