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Black Cameos
by Kennedy, R. Emmet
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine
- Seller
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Stanley, New York, United States
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About This Item
New York: Albert & Charles Boni, 1924. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. First Edition.. New York: Albert & Charles Boni, 1924. First Edition . Near Fine. Clean decorated binding, green cloth boards with black decoration and lettering, front and rear flaps of dust jacket laid in. No fading or wear. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound - no cracking. Pages and edges are clean, with clean blank endpapers - no names, writing or marks. Illustrations and decorations by Edward Larocque Tinker. 210 pages. Negro folk song, music and stories gathered from author's life in Louisiana..
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- Bookseller
- Old Scrolls Book Shop - Biblio
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 028355
- Title
- Black Cameos
- Author
- Kennedy, R. Emmet
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Edition
- First Edition.
- Publisher
- Albert & Charles Boni
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1924
- Keywords
- AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY, FOLK SONGS, NEGRO MUSIC, SPIRITUALS, STORIES, LOUISIANA, FIRST EDITION, EMMET R. KENNEDY, AMERICANA
- Bookseller catalogs
- Americana; Black History;
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Stanley, New York
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- First Edition
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- Tight
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- Fine
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- Jacket
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- Edges
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- Cloth
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- Flap(s)
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