A Hand to Guide Me

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This description refers to material held by Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. Visual details below describe the original material.

A signed, hardcover first edition of A Hand to Guide Me, written by Denzel Washington and inscribed to General Colin L. Powell. The book features a glossy paper jacket over its brown hardcover. The tan colored spine displays the book title, author, and publisher name with logo, printed horizontally in gold text. On the front cover, embossed in gold ink, is [A HAND TO GUIDE ME / DENZEL / WASHINGTON]. There are no markings on back cover. The jacket front is a large black-and-white photograph of Denzel Washington, seated with his hands together. Patterns of famous names in light black ink are printed across the white space around Washington’s head. At the top in red text is [INSPIRING PERSONAL STORIES]. In the bottom half of the jacket cover and on the spine, printed in gold and white text, is the title and author – in the same format as on the hardcover.

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