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THE CONQUEST: The Story of a Negro Pioneer. By the Pioneer.

Micheaux, Oscar

Lincoln, NE: Woodruff Press, 1913. Second edition. Hardcover. Octavo (8vo). Very good- condition. Item #8264baY1

311 pages. Original hardcover gray cloth binding, is moderately soiled and discolored, with minor rubbing to the spine; protected in custom stiff archival mylar. Second edition. Minor staining to a few page edges and margins. Illustrated by a frontispiece portrait of author and 15 illustrations. Author was a pioneer of black cinema, beginning in the silent era and continuing into the 1940's. According to Barbara Lupack, his works were designed to appeal to both middle- and lower-class audiences. Oscar Micheaux (1884-1951). Measures 19.8cm (height).

Price: $475.00