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Note: Mixed sheets: In the Buffalo and Erie County Central Library copy, the zero in
'450 ' is not present and the boldface 'his' of the first printing is present.

E3. First English Edition, Third Printing
          London: Christian Age Office, 1884

Same as the second printing, except for: title page, 22 lines, lines 14-16, '[single
rule]│THIRD EDITION.│[single rule]', and line 21, '1884.'

Binding: Same as the first printing. yellowish green and purplish blue calico, with
either dark gray or reddish brown stained end papers. Edges trimmed 8  1/32" X 5  1/4"
(British Library copy), 8  1/32" X 5  7/32" (Bodleian copy); 8" X 5  1/4" (FDP copy).

Publication: 4 May 1885 deposit date, British Library copy; 24 September 1885
deposit date, Bodleian Library copy.

Locations: Frederick Douglass Papers Editorial Office, yellowish green cloth, dark
gray end papers; British Library, yellowish green cloth, reddish brown end papers;
Bodleian Library, University of Oxford, purplish blue cloth, reddish brown end
papers.

Note: Mixed sheets: page number 450 is not present in the Bodleian Library copy;
and, as at xv. 19 in the first printing, a wavy rule with diamond at center is present
in the British Library copy.

E4. First English Edition, Fourth Printing
London: Christian Age Office, 1887

Same as the third printing, including lines 13-16 on title page. '[single rule]│THIRD
EDITION. [single rule]'. Line 21 differs, reading ' 1887'. The title page is a cancel.

Text: 323.3 4: had sided
          323.10: so,
          324.5: when.
          324.8: now,
          324.12: affected

Binding: Bluish gray cloth, edges ungilded.

Locations: Tamiment Collection, Bobst Library, New York University; Sarah
Lawrence College.