Description
Signed second edition of Story of the Negro by Arna Bontemps.
Octavo, xii, 243pp. Blue cloth, title in gilt on spine. Stated “Second Edition, Enlarged, November 1955” on title page. Solid text block, dust remnants to top edge, transference to endpapers. In the publisher’s dust jacket, $3.00 retail price on front flap, some sunning to spine, a few losses and short closed tears to top edge. Signed by the author on the front free endpaper.
A scarce piece, rarely featuring both the dust jacket and author’s signature.