PETERKIN, Julia and Doris Ulmann

Roll, Jordan, Roll

First edition. Folio. Quarter white linen and brown papercovered beveled boards in slipcase. Very mild soiling and a few small spots to the spine, else fine in a very good example of the fragile, original papercovered cardboard slipcase, with moderate loss to the paper but all seams still intact. One of 350 numbered copies Signed by both Peterkin and Ulmann. Peterkin's text, about poor black tenant farmers of the South, accompanied by Ulmann's spectacular photogravures, including 18 not found in the trade edition. This copy with the original photographic print that is now rarely found in conjunction with the book, near fine with just a hint of wear at the extremities, not affecting the image, Signed beneath the image in pencil by Ulmann. Laid in is an Autograph Note Signed by Julia Peterkin, dated Oct 8th 1930 and briefly thanking her correspondent. Accompanied by a 1980 note of provenance relating that this copy was purchased from Peterkin's grandson. An absolutely magnificent book, in our opinion one of the highpoints of American book production and rarely encountered.

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