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Boston, Massachusetts: Little, Brown and Company, 1925. 313 pp. White endpapers. Brown cloth with black titles. Top corners bumped, head and tail of spine lightly worn. VG+.

Little, Brown and Company, 1925. hardcover. Good/Missing. 0x0x0. Second printing, August 1925. Hardbound without dust jacket. Faint liquid stain to the top right corners of the first few pages. No text markings noted. Red ink smudges on back cover. Generally mild wear.

Boston: Little, Brown, and Company, 1925. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Octavo, 313 pages; G+/Fair; spine beige with black titling; dust jacket protected with a mylar covering, price uncut '$2.00 net', significant shelfwear and rubbing, including water damage along entire spine, extending outwards, water-staining to fore edges, interior of head of spine peeling into two layers, tail of spine chipped off; boards with water-staining matching jacket staining, mild shelfwear; shelved case 6. A short story collection that features, among others, Florian Slappey, one of the first black private eyes. 1357107. Shelved Dupont Bookstore.

[African American] Cohen, Octavus Roy. Bigger and Blacker. Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1925. First Edition Hardcover no Dust Jacket. 313 Pages. Measures 5.25" x 7.75". Contains eight short stories set among the black residents of Birmingham, Alabama in the early 20th century. Early Hollywood fiction collection concerning African American film-makers and actors of the Midnight Pictures Corporation. "This book deals with the successes and mishaps-mostly the latter-of various members of the Midnight Pictures Corporation, a moving pictures company of Negroes who made such excellent two-reel comic pictures in Birmingham, Alabama, that they were shown in over a hundred first run high grade houses through out the country". Cohen (1891-1959) was a journalist and prolific author of fiction who published more than 60 novels and short-story collections, five plays, and 30 film scripts. He spent many years in Birmingham, Jefferson County, and his experiences inspired him to write short stories centering… Read More

Boston: Little, Brown, and Company, 1925. Hard Cover. Very Good+ binding/Very Good dust jacket. Octavo. [8], 313 pp. First edition, first printing. In publisher's cloth with dust jacket. An extremely fresh copy with little wear to speak of; contents are clean but for a Birmingham, AL bookseller's ticket on the front free endpaper; dust jacket is fairly nice with only light edgewear and soiling; price intact on the front flap. Born in Charleston, SC, Cohen was a prolific author. A collection of stories starring among others, Florian Slappey who was perhaps Cohen's most popular fictional character--a caricature of a black man from Birmingham. While Cohen purported to have a great deal of affection for his characters and wrote them with well-meaning affection, the patronization is apparent. Fairly uncommon in this condition.

Boston:Little, Brown, and Company, 1925. First Edition. hard cover. Very Good/Very Good. Boston:Little, Brown, and Company. 1925. 1st edition. 313pp. Hardcover with dust jacket.  Brown decorated boards lightly soiled with light wear along edges. Page edges soiled. Internally, end-pages age toned, with a previous owners inscription to 1st free end-page, otherwise pages clean and bright. The binding is tight and hinges intact. The not price clipped dust jacket is still in very good condition, lightly soiled with wear along edges and folds and now enclosed in Brodart. *"This book deals with the successes and mishaps -- mostly the latter--of various members of the Midnight Pictures Corporation, a moving-picture company of Negroes who made such excellent two-reel comic pictures in Birmingham, Alabama, that they were shown in over a hundred first-run high-grade houses throughout the country."...dj

Boston: Little, Brown, 1925. First Edition. Bookplate; fine in a very good dust jacket, which comically depicts the black film-makers of the Midnight Pictures Corporation.