Description
Signed first edition of Lonesome Boy by Arna Bontemps.
Octavo, 28pp. Full navy blue cloth, title in light blue on spine. Same date listed on title and copyright pages, no additional printings listed. Solid text block, light wear to edges of spine, a near fine example. In the publisher’s dust jacket, $2.00 retail price on front flap, faint toning to spine, light wear to corners, a very good example. Small tape repair to verso, securing closed tear on front panel. Inscribed on the front free endpaper: “For all the — / because they will know how to admire a boy like Bubber – with the best wishes of Arna Bontemps / 4-27-55.”