Ben King's Southland Melodies by King, Ben

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. Gilt lettering is darkened. Moderate tanning to spine and edges with crushing to spine ends. Visible wear marks to boards.

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" - 9" tall; 130 pages .

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/>

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 he was a member of the Chicago Press Club and the Whitechapel Club. He was considered Michigan's favorite poet for at least 25 years after his death. These poems, published well after his death, are written in an African-American slave vernacular, and the accompanying photographs are all of a nostalgic nature, depicting happy or distinguished subjects. An exceptionally nice copy, gift quality. . First Edition. Decorative Cloth. Near Fine/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.