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E. C. L. AdamsCONGAREE SKETCHES SCENES FROM NEGRO LIFE IN THE SWAMPS OF THE CONGAREE AND TALES BY TAD AND SCIP OF HEAVEN AND HELL WITH OTHER MISCELLANY.
Chapel Hill: Univ. of North Carolina Press, 1927. Cloth and boards. Oct. 1927 ownership inscription on title, cloth slightly smudged, but a good copy, without dust jacket. Item #WRCLIT80106
First edition, trade issue, of the author's first book, accompanied by a long introduction by Paul Green that addresses more the emergence of the African American image in literature than it does the specifics of Dr. Adams's collection.
Price: $30.00