Banneker, Benjamin. Banneker, the Afric-American Astronomer. From the Papers of Martha E. Tyson. Edited by her Daughter. Frontispiece facsimile of a note written by Banneker to Thomas jefferson. Small 8vo 72 pages; original publisher's brown cloth

Banneker, Benjamin. Banneker, the Afric-American Astronomer. From the Papers of Martha E. Tyson. Edited by her Daughter. Frontispiece facsimile of a note written by Banneker to Thomas jefferson. Small 8vo 72 pages; original publisher's brown cloth blocked in black with " Banneker" in gilt in the center of the upper cover. A fine copy. Philadelphia: Friends' Book Association, 1884 E600-900 First Edition of the first substantial book on Banneker. Not in Work; Blockson Collection 9087