The Pepper Trees: A Cycle of Three Stories

Young, Kathleen Tankersley

Published by The Modern Editions Press, (New York, 1932

About this Item

First Edition. Limited to 100 numbered copies Signed by Kathleen Tankersley Young (of a total edition of 110 copies). Lithograph frontispiece by Stefan Hirsch. 18pp. First edition. Octavo. 18pp. Lithograph frontispiece by Stefan Hirsch. Sewn printed decorated wrappers. A fine copy. Limited to 100 numbered copies Signed by Kathleen Tankersley Young (of a total edition of 110 copies). Issued as Pamphlet Four in "Pamphlet Series One." Prints a cycle of three stories: "The Pepper Trees," "The City Under the Mountains," and "Winter Lie Down in This Street." According to the Princeton University Library Manuscript Division citation for their Kathleen Tankersley Young correspondence: "Kathleen Tankersley Young was an African-American poet, active during the Harlem Renaissance. She served as an editor for The Modern Editions Press [which also published Paul Bowles' rare first book, *Two Poems*], and co-editor of *Blues: A Magazine of New Rhythms*. Young died unexpectedly in April 1933 as per the September 1933 issue of *Latin Quarterly*. Lithograph frontispiece by Stefan Hirsch. 18pp First Edition. Limited to 100 numbered copies Signed by Kathleen Tankersley Young (of a total edition of 110 copies).

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Pepper Trees: A Cycle of Three Stories
• Publisher: The Modern Editions Press, (New York
• Publication Date: 1932
• Binding: Soft cover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Fine,
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)
• Seller catalogs:
  • Social Thought
  • Literature