Safety Razors First: A Blackface Act --- Denison's Blackface ( Minstrel ) Plays
by Lawrence, John E / T S Denison and Company
- Used
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- Good (see description)
- Seller
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Burlington, Ontario, Canada
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About This Item
Chicago, Illinois: Chicago, IL: T S Denison. 1924, 1st edition, First Printing, 1924. ------------( 1st printing of the First Edition ) --- softcover, a Fair to Good example only with overall wear, some pencil marginalia, stain on one page but this is still readable, blackface cover art of a dapper (white) salesman (?) offering a safety razor to a blackface character, Lawrence wrote a number of these plays, the inside of the covers have advertisements for Denison Minstrel Cards and Denison Minstrel Posters which were to be used for window displays to advertise the upcoming blackface plays, any image directly beside this listing is the actual book and not a generic photo..///NOT SIGNED ---GUARANTEED to be AVAILABLE/// ---sizes are approximate (generally within 1/8 inch)------. First Edition. Soft Cover. Good (see description). Illus. by Uncredited Cover Art. 4.75 w x 7h Inches.
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- Bookseller
- Leonard Shoup (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 168122
- Title
- Safety Razors First: A Blackface Act --- Denison's Blackface ( Minstrel ) Plays
- Author
- Lawrence, John E / T S Denison and Company
- Illustrator
- Uncredited Cover Art
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Good (see description)
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Chicago, IL: T S Denison. 1924, 1st edition, First Printing
- Place of Publication
- Chicago, Illinois
- Date Published
- 1924
- Size
- 4.75 w x 7h Inches
- Keywords
- Denison's Blackface ( Minstrel ) Plays , Stereotypes, African Americans, Negro, Racism, Racial, Skits, Vaudeville,
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- T.V. & Movies & Theatre;
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About the Seller
Leonard Shoup
Biblio member since 2003
Burlington, Ontario
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- First Edition
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- Marginalia
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- Fair
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