First edition, first printing. Pages clean and sturdy with no writing. Bumped at top and bottom of spine, including dust jacket (see photo). Dust jacket shows typical rubbing. Book measures 7.75” x 5.25”. This book was published in 1994 when the sisters were ages 103 and 105. After the publication of their first book, readers had many questions; the sisters provide answers to these questions and many others in this book. The authors are sisters born in the late 1800s. The second and third of ten children, they grew up in Raleigh, NC. Their father, who was born into slavery, became America’s first elected black Episcopal bishop. His daughters were among the first African American women professionals in New York City - Sadie as a schoolteacher and Bessie as a dentist.#hardcover#africanamerican#lifeskills#firstedition#inspirational