PENN, GARLAND. The Afro-American Press and its Editors. Frontispiece portrait of Penn and profusion of illustrations. Thick large 8vo, orig inal red cloth, pictorially stamped in gold, silver and black; tiny nick at head of spine. Ownership stamp of

PENN, GARLAND. The Afro-American Press and its Editors. Frontispiece portrait of Penn and profusion of illustrations. Thick large 8vo, orig inal red cloth, pictorially stamped in gold, silver and black; tiny nick at head of spine. Ownership stamp of George White on first blank. Springfield, Mass.: Wiley and Co., 1891 E400/600 FIRST EDITION of a cornerstone reference on the subject. White (1852-1918) teacher, lawyer, member of Congress, real estate dealer, banker; founded the all-Negro town in Cape May. Contributions by Frederick Douglass, T. Thomas Fortune, John Mercer Langston, Booker T. Washington, Mrs. N. F Mossell et al. Not in Blockson or Schomburg Collections; Hampton Catalogue 5058. [SEE ILLUSTRATION]