first edition Hard Cover
1927 · New York
by Emmet Kenney
New York: Dodd, Mead and Co, 1927. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good binding/Very Good dust jacket. A novel of period African-American life, with quite heavy doses of "dialect" throughout. There is a name on the front pastedown and an inscription -- "to a gentleman from Santa Clause, 1927" -- on the first blank. The dustjacket is present and has paper tape reinforcement on the verso; it is now protected with a new mylar cover. Very Good binding / Very Good dust jacket.
(Inventory #: 289389)