Ben King's Southland Melodies

Chicago: Forbes and Company, 1911. Publisher's green cloth binding with central floral bouquet and gilt lettering bordered by floral garland, back with gilt lettering and floral decoration, patterned brown end papers. Near Fine, small rubs at tips, slight toning at end pages facing the brown end papers. Michigan-born poet Ben King (1857-1894) spent much of his life in Chicago, where… Ler mais sobre este item

Chicago: Forbes and Co.. Very Good+. 1911. First Edition. Hardcover. Clean green cloth, front cover & spine have a gilt titles and a floral border. Pages printed within a arabesque border. Pictorial frontispiece. Photograph illustrations by Essie Collins Matthews and Leigh Richmond Miner. Text's interior is tight, clean & intact. African-Americana; Photograph Illustrations; 8vo 8"… Ler mais sobre este item

Forbes and Company, 1911. Hardcover. Good. 1911. No Edition Remarks. 128 pages. No dust jacket. Green cloth boards with gilt lettering. Contains black and white illustrations. Clean pages and illustrations with light tanning and mild foxing throughout. Pen inscription to half title page. Binding remains firm. Boards have moderate edge-wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces.… Ler mais sobre este item

Chicago: Forbes, 1911. hardcover. very good(+). MATTHEWS, Essie Collns and MINER, Leigh Richmond. Illustrated with Photographs by Essie Collins Matthews and Leigh Richmond Miner. 128pp., short 8vo, gilt-lettered decorative green cloth; minor bumping at spine ends and corners. Chicago: Forbes and Company, 1911. A very good (+) copy.<br/><br/>

Good+; Hardcover; Forbes and Company; 1911. Green cloth, gilt lettering, embossed decorations, 1/2" dark stain lower front cover, 1" light stain back cover .