Cane by Toomer, Jean - 1923

First edition, first issue with leaf 233/234 on a stub. Octavo. Five page foreword by Waldo Frank. Original tan cloth stamped in black and orange, top edge stained orange. No dust jacket. Very good (minor rubbing at edges; front inner joint with minor cracking. At the time of listing the best condition copy on the net). 239 pages. No signatures or bookplates.

Author's first and only trade published book. A later title was published privately. Cane is now considered as an important Harlem Renaissance classic novel.

Few copies of Cane were sold on issue and it is believed the bulk of the printing was later pulped, hence it's rarity today.

Toomer struggled to get his later writings published but no publisher was willing to print them. He was however able to get published in some literary journals and related magazines.