Li'l' Gal (Inscribed with Original Poem and Signed by Author)
New York: Dodd, Mead and Company, 1904. First Edition. Hardcover. Signed. Octavo. 8.75 x 5.75 inches. 123 pp (unpaginated). Inscribed with original poem and signed by author on front free endpaper. Publisher's original olive-green cloth-covered boards. Floral decorations stamped on front board and spine. Lettered in gilt. Top edge gilt. Foredge deckled. Sewn binding. Printed on heavy, coated paper. Illustrated with 67 black and white photographs by Leigh Richmond Miner of the Hampton Institute Camera Club. Each page bordered with art nouveau floral decorations in dusty peach by Margaret Armstrong. Case has edge, shelf, and corner rubbing. Corners bumped. Circular water stain in center of upper board. Bump to foot of text block fore edge. Case and endpapers separated from text block. Text block cracked and shaken. Stitching tender. Endpapers browned. Grubby finger soiling to many pages. All elements present. Inscription in Dunbar's hand (see photo) is a short seasonal poem not found in The Complete Poems of Paul Laurence Dunbar (New York: Dodd, Mead and Company, 1915). BAL 4951. Good-. Item #0000017
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