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BRONTE, CHARLOTTE, ANNE, and EMILY.
Novels of the Sisters Brontë.
Edited by Temple Scott. 12 volumes. Half-titles and titles in red and black. Illustrated. 8vo,
bound in
1
/
2
navy morocco, spines gilt, one volume with two small nicks and some rubbing
to spine cap, top edges gilt (light dust-soiling).
THE THORNTON EDITION
.
Edinburgh: John Grant, 1907
[500/750]
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BROWN, STERLING.
Southern
Road.
Introduction by James Weldon
Johnson. Brown’s poems illustrated with
woodcuts by E. Simms Campbell. 8vo,
1
/
4
silver-lettered red cloth over green boards;
dust jacket, spine panel browned and ends
chipped (not affecting lettering), few addi-
tional minor chips along edges and a faint
stain on rear panel, front flap neatly
detached along fold but present.
NewYork: Harcourt, Brace & Co., 1932
[1,200/1,800]
FIRST EDITION OF BROWN
’
S FIRST BOOK
,
INSCRIBED AND SIGNED BY HIM IN THE
YEAR OF PUBLICATION
,
IN THE RARE DUST
JACKET
.
Brown earned degrees atWilliams and
Harvard and taught at Virginia Seminary and
College and at Howard University before pub-
lishing Southern Road, his first book.
Addressing the issues of race in America in a
direct, unsentimental style, it was well-received
by critics and earned him an important place in
the artistic tradition of the Harlem Renaissance.
Blockson 101, #70.
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