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F e a t u r e d I t e m s 6 Fine New Acquisitions H alloween 2020 Exceedingly Rare First Edition Of Dunbar’s First Book, Oak And Ivy , 1893, One Of Only 500 Copies Published 4. DUNBAR, Paul Laurence. Oak and Ivy. Dayton, Ohio, 1893. Slim octavo, original gilt-stamped brown cloth. $9200. Click for more info First edition of Dunbar’s first book of poetry, one of only 500 copies published, “rare and beyond the reach of most collectors” (Blockson), in lovely unrestored gilt-stamped cloth. Paul Laurence Dunbar was the first black American author to support himself solely through his writing and became “a powerful interpreter of the African American folk experience in literature and song” (Braxton, Modern American Poetry ). In 1893, Dunbar located a small firm to publish his first book Oak and Ivy , issued in an edition of only 500 copies. In this slim volume of 56 poems, Dunbar offers “black dialect with grace and beauty… His first two books of poetry Oak and Ivy and Majors and Minors are rare and beyond the reach of most collectors” (Blockson 54). Issued in brown cloth (as here), gray or blue, no priority. Expert repairs to inner paper hinges. An exceptionally beautiful copy in about-fine condition. “Be proud, my Race, in mind and soul; Thy name is writ on Glory’s scroll In characters of fire.”
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