signed first edition Hardcover
1931 · Boston
by BRAITHWAITE, William Stanley, edited by
Boston: Bruce Humphries, 1931. Hardcover. Near Fine. First edition. Edited by William Stanley Braithwaite. Japanese vellum and papercovered boards. Long gift inscription on two preliminary leaves, spine a trifle soiled else fine in original good cardboard slipcase whch has been covered with contact paper. One 575 copies Signed by Braithewaite. An attractive edition printed by Fred Anthoensen at the Southworth Press in Portland, Maine. A collection of poetry by Catholic nuns; biographies of the nuns who contributed are not provided. A very uncommon item edited by Braithwaite, the accomplished African-American poet.
(Inventory #: 432186)