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The Tragedy of the Negro in America: A Condensed History of the Enslavement, Sufferings, Emancipation, Present Condition and Progress of the Negro Race in the United States of America
by STANFORD, Rev. P. Thomas
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- Fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Fine
- Seller
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Gloucester City, New Jersey, United States
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About This Item
North Cambridge: The Author, 1901. Hardcover. Fine. Second edition, "Tenth Thousand," revised and updated. 253pp. Frontispiece portrait of the author, illustrations, facsimiles. Blue cloth, spine gilt and elaborate gilt illustration of "The Negro and His Heavy Burden" (i.e. carrying the world on his shoulders) on the front board. A trifle rubbed else a nice and tight, about fine copy. This edition includes an appendix reprinting several articles (the latest from 1900), as well as a poem by Paul Laurence Dunbar: "W'en I Gits Home," neither of which were present in the first edition.
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- Bookseller
- Between the Covers- Rare Books, Inc. ABAA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 463176
- Title
- The Tragedy of the Negro in America: A Condensed History of the Enslavement, Sufferings, Emancipation, Present Condition and Progress of the Negro Race in the United States of America
- Author
- STANFORD, Rev. P. Thomas
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- The Author
- Place of Publication
- North Cambridge
- Date Published
- 1901
- Keywords
- African-Americana
- Bookseller catalogs
- African-Americana;
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About the Seller
Between the Covers- Rare Books, Inc. ABAA
Biblio member since 2005
Gloucester City, New Jersey
About Between the Covers- Rare Books, Inc. ABAA
Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc., founded in 1985, specializes in first editions of 20th Century American and English fiction. Our inventory of over 75,000 first editions includes: African-American literature & history, Mysteries, Detective Fiction, Drama, Books into Film and Sports books. We routinely issue extensively illustrated color catalogs, available by subscription. We are members of the Antiquarian Booksellers' Association of America (ABAA)and the International League of Antiquarian Booksellers (ILAB). Tom Congalton, founder of Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc., actively promotes the ethics and standards of these professional organizations and served as President of the ABAA from 2000 to 2002.
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