Black Man's Verse

by Frank Marshall Davis

$4,800 · Offered by Burnside Rare Books · No longer available

First edition · Signed

Chicago: The Black Cat Press, 1935. First edition, first printing. Signed by Frank Marshall Davis and Black Cat Press founder Norman W. Forgue on the half title page and inscribed to the former owner, Irvin Haas. Bound in publisher's original black cloth stamped in silver. Near Fine with rubbing to silver stamping, especially at spine. Minor staining to top edge of textblock, light tanning to contents. A nice association copy

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