New York: The English Crafters, (1923).
Price: $350.00
Hardcover. First edition. Octavo. 218pp. Illustrated. Red cloth gilt. Spine ends a little used and rubbed, a couple of faint stains on the rear board, spine lettering a bit dull but readable, an about very good copy lacking the rare dustwrapper. An appreciation gathered from reviews, memoirs, and correspondence of the legendary performer, much-admired both on and off the stage, who bridged the period between minstrel performers and vaudeville. Among the tributes presented are those by Ring Lardner, W.C. Fields, George M. Cohan, Jessie Fauset, W.E.B. Du Bois, Nat Wills, Leon Errol, and others. An exceptionally uncommon volume, rarely found in jacket; the text was subsequently printed in 1969 by the Negro Universities Press.
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