signed Hardcover
1946 · New York
by (TOOMER, Jean) BRUNINI, John Gilland
New York: Harper and Brothers, 1946. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. Later printing. Light sunning at the crown, else fine in a spine-faded, very good plus dustwrapper with a wrinkle on the front panel. A book about Catholic beliefs and practice. Inscribed by the author to Jean Toomer: "To N. Jean Toomer Sincerely, John Gilland Brunini. 1/23/47." Toomer was a committed Quaker. After the Harlem Renaissance, what little writing he did was usually devoted to Quakerism. Toomer was originally born Nathan Pinchback Toomer. After his father deserted the family, his mother renamed him Nathan Eugene (which in daily use became Jean). (Inventory #: 72863)