Dunbar Paul Laurence 1872 1906 Kemble (4 results)

Hardcover. Octavo; Fair-; Hardcover; Spine, brown with white print; Boards in brown cloth with white print, wear to spine caps and corners, tattering to spine head, insect damage on rear; Text block has spotting to endpapers, light occasional foxing, insect damage to rear pages; 200 pages. NOTE: Shelved in Netdesk Column R (ND-R). 1366085. FP New Rockville Stock.

Hardcover. Octavo; Fair-; Hardcover; Spine, brown, illustration, gold print; Boards in brown illustrated cloth, gold print, cocked spine, wear to spine caps and corners, long tear to front hinge, blemishes and surface tears to front and rear from insect damage; Text block has name in ink on front flyleaf, cracked hinges front and rear, intermittent spine breaks, small pinhole punctures to pages; 362 pages, frontispiece, illustrated (b&w plates). NOTE: Shelved in Netdesk Column R (ND-R). 1366084. FP New Rockville Stock.

Black and white frontispiece and plates by E. W. Kemble (illustrator). First printing. fine collection of 20 short stories by pivotal African American writer Paul Laurence Dunbar, who was first a poet. Dunbar deftly weaves in and out of dialect in these stories. Ref. METCALF pp. 71-72. Bound in brown cloth over boards with illustration to spine and upper board stamped in black, white, and gilt (spine), gilt-stamped titles to spine and upper board. A few light rubs to spine ends and fore corner tips, some faint dulling to spine, and a few minor scratches to white of upper board illustration. Hinges sound. Near fine overall. Original cloth over boards. Duodecimo. [vi], 362 pages.

Illustrations by E. W. Kemble (illustrator). First Edition. Beautiful copy of this Dunbar collection of 20 stories. Dunbar slips brilliantly into dialect throughout these stories. A fine and underappreciated piece of Dunbar, who was primarily a poet. Ref. METCALF p. 71-72. Fine. Bound in brown cloth over boards with spine and upper board stamped in gilt, white and black. A few minor extremity rubs. Else fine. Handsome copy. Publisher's decorated cloth over boards. Small octavo. 362 pages.