signed first edition Hardcover
1903 · New York
by DUNBAR, Paul Laurence
New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1903. Hardcover. Very Good. First edition. Frontispiece and photographic illustrations by the Hampton Institute Camera Club. Decorations by Margaret Armstrong. Bookplate of John Needels Chester, and an old bookseller's description, both on front pastedown, a small clipping mentioning Dunbar's house on the front fly, corners a bit bumped, very good or better. Nicely Inscribed by Dunbar with a passage in dialect : "Ef you only got de powah fer to blow a little whistle, stay among de people wid de whistlers. Paul Laurence Dunbar. January, 1904." A title seldom found signed.
(Inventory #: 457057)