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Paul Laurence Dunbar |
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American author whose reputation rests upon his verse and short stories written in black dialect. He was the first black writer in the United States to attempt to support himself by writing and one of the first to attain national prominence. - MWEL [As important as Dunbar was, the claim that he was the first black writer in the U.S. to attempt to support himself by writing ignores several journalists, as well as the much earlier poet George Moses Horton, and perhaps other fascinating and lesser known figures. - BTC] |
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$6.75 $7.00 Bibliography, First Edition and Price Guide (APG - Author's Price Guide Series) Dickerson, MD: Quill & Brush 2007. 2007 (current) edition. 7 page bibliography and price-guide. A thorough guide to identifying and collecting first editions, advance... more>> 
$20.00 Dayton, OH: Carillon Historical Park's 1930's Print Shop. Broadside. 7 3/4" by 10". Fine in fine envelope for the "Dunbar Community Festival June 24 and 25, 1995." more>> 
$20.00 Dayton, OH: Carillon Historical Park's 1930's Print Shop. Broadside. 7 3/4" by 10". Fine in fine envelope for the "Dunbar Community Festival June 24 and 25, 1995." more>> 
$300.00 New York: Dodd, Mead & Company 1901. First edition. Illustrated with photographs by the Hampton Institute Camera Club. Neat, early gift inscription, and the corners are... more>> 
$450.00 New York: Dodd, Mead & Company 1901. First edition. Illustrated with photographs by the Hampton Institute Camera Club. Decorations by Margaret Armstrong. Bump on the rear... more>> 
$475.00 New York: Dodd, Mead & Company 1901. First edition. Illustrated with photographs by the Hampton Institute Camera Club. Decorations by Margaret Armstrong. An unusually fine... more>> 
$600.00 Chris'mus' Is A' Comin' & Other Poems New York: Dodd, Mead & Company (1905). First edition. Stiff self-wrappers. Modest stain on the front fly, else near fine in a somewhat tattered, good example of the rare... more>> 
$400.00 New York: Dodd, Mead & Company 1905. First edition. Photographs by Leigh Richmond Miner. Decorations by Will Jenkins. Contemporary owner name, a bit of rubbing to the... more>> 
$150.00 New York: Dodd, Mead & Company 1903. First edition, BAL binding A. Owner name front pastedown, lacks the front fly and half-title, small... more>> 
$500.00 New York: Dodd, Mead & Company 1903. First edition, BAL binding A. A small hole rubbed in the front fly, probably from an erasure, else... more>> |
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