AFRICAN FOLK TALES as told to Pauline E. Dinkins.
Nashville, TN: Sunday School Publishing Board, 1933. First Edition. Hardcover. Quarto (4to). Good condition. Item #014440
52 pages of text. Maroon hardcover binding with a color illustration affixed to the front cover; protected in custom stiff archival mylar. The binding is heavily rubbed and soiled, with minor staining and/or discoloration, and chipping and fraying to the extremities. Inner hinges are tender and worn. Several pages have small tears and/or creases at the edges, with minor to moderate soiling. The illustrations by Harlem Renaissance author Effie Lee Newsome (1885-1979) a.k.a. Mary Effie Lee are bright and attractive. Previous owner's inscription neatly on the inside front cover. First edition.
Price: $1,000.00