Candle-Lightin' Time

New York: Dodd, Mead and Company, 1901. First Edition. Near Fine. First edition, first printing. Signed by Paul Laurence Dunbar on the front free endpaper. Bound in publisher's green cloth with elaborate stamping to upper board and spine; with title page in BAL State A, and a deposit copy thus; lacking the dust jacket, though remnants of the… Read more about this item

127 pages with plates including frontispiece. Octavo (8 3/4" x 6") bound in original publisher's green cloth with pictorial decorative brown, black, white and gilt front cover, lettering in gilt. Illustrated with photographs by Hampton Institute Camera Club. Decorations by Margaret Armstrong. (BAL 4937) First edition, first state with red and black lettering tot title. Dunbar was born in Dayton, Ohio… Read more about this item

Dodd, Mead & Company. Very Good- with no dust jacket. 1901. First Edition. Hardcover. Some cover wear. Replaced front endpaper. Illustrated with photographs by the Hampton Institute Camera Club and decorations by Margaret Armstrong. ; 127 pages .

New York: Dodd, Mead & Co, 1901. First Edition. Decorated & gilt-stamped cloth. Very Good/None. B&W Photographs. 8vo (8 3/4" x 6"), original publisher's decorative green cloth with Art Nouveau panel on front cover with beautifully stylized golden moon and nine tri-lobed white flowers; illustrated with warm photographs of black life by the Hampton Institute Camera Club: B&W… Read more about this item

New York: Dodd Mead. First Edition, First Printing ("First edition, Published, October 1901" on copyright page and red and black on the title page). Original attractive green decorated cloth. Photographs by the Hampton Institute Camera Club and decorations by Margaret Armstrong. Ex-library with three white numerals at the boot of the spine, library stamps, and a cardholder inside the rear… Read more about this item

Cambridge, USA: John Wilson & Sons. Very Good+ with no dust jacket. 1901. First Edition. Hardcover. Hardcover without dust jacket. In very good condition, slight foxing on pages. ; 6" x 8 .75"; 127 pages .

Hardback. New.

Dodd, 1901. Dunbar, Paul Laurence. CANDLE-LIGHTIN' TIME. NY: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1901. Tall 8vo., dark-green cloth stamped in white, black, brown & gilt; 127 pages. First Edition. State A of the title page, with the title page printed in red & black (a deposit copy noted thus but it does not appear to be a scarce issue). Ink… Read more about this item

New York: Dodd, Mead & Company. 1904. 8vo - over 73/4" - 93/4" tall. F First Edition; Later Printing. H Original Cloth. Good. In pictorial cloth with gilt titling and two color nouveau decoration to upper cover, 8vo, 127 pages. Contains 9 poems in all (reprinted from various sources); notable for the generic turn-of-the-century poses of Black Americans in the… Read more about this item

New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1904. Hardcover. Fine. Early edition (first published in 1901). Illustrated with photographs by the Hampton Institute Camera Club. Decorations by Margaret Armstrong. Contemporary owner's name, laid in (but housed in a separate envelope are several clippings about Dunbar, including his obituary). An unusually nice copy.

Hardback. New.

New York: Dodd, Mead & Co, 1904. Dunbar (1872-1906) was a child prodigy, son of former slaves, recognized now as an important voice in African-American literature; he died of tuberculosis much too young First published in 1901; this is a Very Good (Plus) copy of a Later Printing, from three lears later. Beautiful decorative green cloth binding by Margaret… Read more about this item

Used; Good. 42-E-18 AMS Press 1972 hardcover. (reprint of 1901 book published by Dodd Mead). This is a former library book with library markings. No dust jacket. Text itself is clean and unmarked. Covers have light staining and a sticker on spine and one on back. Book Condition; Good . 1972.… Read more about this item

Paperback / softback. New.

Paperback / softback. New.