The Single Star: A Novel of Cuba in the '90s
$250 · Offered by Bartleby's Books · No longer available
First edition · Signed
Indianapolis, IN : Bobbs-Merrill, c1949 . First edition. 8vo. 378. Signed by the author on the front endpaper. Cubans struggling against Spain prior to the Spanish-American War. Roberts 1886-1962 , a native of Jamaica, published some two dozen books, novels and general non-fiction, including a study of Lake Pontchartrain; his Haunting Hand, published in 1926 is sometimes referred to as the first mystery by a Black writer. Very good. Gilt-stamped red cloth
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