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EVENTFUL LIFE:│WITH I AN INTRODUCTION BY MR. GEORGE: L. RUFFIN,│OF
BOSTON.│[single rule]│HARTFORD, CONN.:│PARK PUBLISHING CO.│
GEO. M. REWELL & CO., CLEVELAND, O.; J. S. GOODMAN & CO., CHICAGO,
ILL.;│PHILLIPS & HUNT, SAN FRANCISCO, CAL.│1882.'.

Copyright page: Three lines, 'COPYRIGHTED BY│PARK PUBLISHING CO.,│1881.'.

Pagination: [1-5] 6-15 [16] [16a- 16b] 17-36 [37-38] 39-70 [71-72] 73-78 [79-
80] 81-94 [95-96] 97-166 [167-68] 169-208 [209-10] 211-42 [243-44] 245-84
[285-86] 287-334 [335-36] 337-402 [403-04] 405-60 [461-62] 463-96 [497-98]
499-502 [503-04] 505-20 [521-22] 523-44 [545-46 ] 547-98 [599-600] 601-18
[619-20]. As in the first American edition, page numbers appear within parentheses
on the first pages of chapters. As was not the case with the first American edition
until the third printing, the page count includes the 17 plates (recto and verso). For
the placement of the tipped-in plates, see the inferred page numbers (within brackets)
beginning with pp. [37- 38] and ending with pp. [599-600]. The exception is the
plate inserted between pp. 254 and 255, which is not included in the page count.
Also not included in the pagination is the integral ninth leaf or the first gathering,
pp. [16 a-b], on the recto of which appears the list of illustrations.

Collation: [1]¹² 2-24¹² 25⁶. Signed on first leaf recto only, except in gathering 13¹²
which is also signed on the fifth leaf recto. Frontispiece portrait and 17 plates tipped-
in.

Contents: [1]: blank; [2]: frontispiece portrait; [3]: title page; [4]: copyright page;
[5] 6-15: 'CONTENTS'; [16]: blank; [16a]: list or illustrations (18, including
frontispiece portrait, are listed and are the same as those appearing in the first
American edition); [16b]: blank; 17-24: 'INTRODUCTION' by George L. Rutlin;
25-618: text; [619-20]: blank.

Typography and Paper: 6  5/16" (6  1/32") X 3  9/16" (p. 229). 35 lines per page
(but 36 lines on p. 499). Running heads: as in the first American edition, they are
uniform, recto and verso, for 'INTRODUCTION.' and 'CONTENTS.'; thereafter,
except on the first pages of each chapter, the running head of each page is unique and
glosses the text. White wove paper, .005" thick, sheets bulk 1  17/32".

Binding A: As in the first printing of the first American edition. Edges trimmed, 7
27/32" X 5  1/8". White wove end papers. See Note.

Binding B: Pasted on the rebound copies at the Butler Library and the Schomburg
Center are portions of the spine and front of the original binding: black- and gold-
stamped olive brown calico. For a full description, see Binding. Second American
Edition, Second Printing. Third Issue (B2c).

Locations: Binding A: McElrath Collection; Frederick Douglass Papers Editiorial
Office; Mabree Library, Sterling College. Binding B: Butler Library, Columbia
University. Rebound: Butler Library, Columbia University; Schomburg Center.