The Blacker the Berry by Wallace Thurman - 1929

New York: The Macaulay Company. Fair with no dust jacket. 1929. First Edition. Hardcover. First edition. Hard cover published by Macaulay Company in 1929. Brown covers with black lettering and design on front and black lettering on spine. Ends of spine are worn and frayed, covers are scuffed with some stains, and corners are bumped, worn and frayed. Bottom edges of covers are missing some of the cover material, and inside back cover has the back inner flap of the dust jacket glued to it. Part of the dust jacket (back and spine) is included, but it is in very bad shape. Binding is split before half title page, and spine is partly loose from binding. Inside front cover has some of paper torn out where the front inner flap of the dust jacket was glued. Front endpaper has a stamp from the Southern Rotating Libraries and a number. Some page edges are worn and torn, stained, or creased. Last page has some water stains. ; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 262 pages .