Burbank, California: Ivan Deach, Jr., Publisher, (1940).
Price: $850.00
Hardcover. First edition, "Author's Edition" issue. Octavo. 169pp. Frontispiece portrait of author. Green cloth stamped in gilt. Lettering on spine and front cover is oxidized, rear endpapers and final four pages of printed text have considerable loss to paper in margins only with no loss to printed text (due to insect damage), thus a good only copy, issued without dust jacket. Copy number 14 of 100 numbered copies. Author's first (and only) book of poetry. Signed and inscribed by the author: "For Mrs. S. P. Johnson Sr. With Love Nellie Victoria Conner" and with recipient's ownership signature on front pastedown. Laid into the book is a printed postcard announcement, from the publisher addressed to the recipient, informing her of the availability of this Autographed Patron's Edition with ordering information. A scarce title. *OCLC* lists four holdings. French. *Afro-American Poetry and Drama* p.95.
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