Rowland Mabel Editor (3 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. English Crafters, New York, 1923. Hardcover, 218 pp. Red boards with gold titles. With photo illustrations. Biography taken from Williams' own writing, intermixed with contributions and remembrances from numerous colleagues and sources. Williams was the first African-American entertainer to appear on Broadway. He was renowned for his comedy and his ability to tell a story. Book is near fine, solid and square. Titles on spine starting to darken. Gift inscription on front free endpaper. The rare dust jacket has multiple chips, tears, some shrinkage. Jacket is preserved in a mylar sleeve. See all photos. …

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. frontis (portrait), photos & illustrations, xvii, 218p. Recent red quarterbinding (marbled boards backed in red leather). 19cm. Contents lightly browned. No Jacket.

First edition. First edition. Frontispiece photograph of Williams ("his last photograph"). Illustrated. 1 vols. 8vo. Tributes to and sketches of the great pionerring black comedian by Belasco, Heywould Broun, Ring Lardner, W.E.B. Dubois, W.C. Fields, et. al. This copy is inscribed on the flyleaf by the editor, Mabel Rowland, April 9, 1923. Red cloth, slightly faded, some dampstaining to spine and rear cover, but overall very good Frontispiece photograph of Williams ("his last photograph"). Illustrated. 1 vols. 8vo. Signed.…