first edition
1961 · New York
by BONTEMPS, Arna
New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1961. First Edition. First Printing. Octavo (21.5cm); light blue cloth, titled and blocked in gilt and dark blue on spine; dustjacket; 276pp; illus. Scattered foxing to upper edge of textblock, else Near Fine in a price-clipped, Near Fine dustjacket, with a hint of sunning to spine, and some faint foxing on verso. History for children of African American life after the Civil War, authored by the poet, novelist, and member of the Harlem Renaissance Arna Bontemps. (Inventory #: 24119)