Hardcover
1931 · New York
by ENDICOTT, Stephen (pseudonym of Walter Adolphe Roberts)
New York: Mohawk Press, 1931. Hardcover. Good. Third printing before publication. Modestly worn good copy lacking the dustwrapper. A novel about political corruption in New York, apparently inspired by true events. Roberts was a prolific black journalist of West Indian origins, who was later known for his travel books of that region. He wrote the first true detective novel by an African-American, as well as volumes of both travel and poetry. (Inventory #: 418570)