E. K. Means by E. K. Means - 1918-01-01

G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1918. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. xi, [1], 385, [5] pages. Contains 8 short stories by 'a writer of negro [sic] stories who has made himself so completely 'the' writer of negro stories that his book needs no title' (title page), with illustrations by the noted delineator of 'Huckleberry Finn'. Slight sunning to spine; slight stains and rubbing to covers; slight starting to few leaves at front (at hinges); previous owner's ink signature and inscription on front attached endpaper and previous bookseller's printed paper label on front free endpaper; slight internal browning to edges and endpapers.Kemble, E.W. (illustrator); 8 b/w Illustrations / Plates.

New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1918. Hardcover. Octavo; Third impression; Fair+; Hardcover; Spine, red with faded print; Boards in red cloth with white print and small oval illustration on front, wear to spine caps and corners, light toning to spine, light blemishes/shelfwear; Text block has mild foxing to endpapers and frontispiece, occasional light foxing within especially to plates, cracked front hinge; xi, 385 pages, frontispiece, illustrated (b&w plates). 1352629. FP New Rockville Stock.

G. P. Putnam's Sons, January 1918. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. slightly cocked, otherwise good covers and faded spine; bumped edges; private library label on inside cover; otherwise unmarked

New York and London: G. P. Putnam's Sons. Very Good. (1918). Hardcover. Third Impression, Illustrated by Kemble, red boards with black and white stamping, covers just slightly scuffed with sunned spine, previous owner signed, otherwise very good. .

G. P. Putnam's Sons. 1918. Hardcover. Good, name and date on ffep. ; Dialect stories based on true characters and events around Louisiana. ; 8vo .

New York/London, G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1918., 1918. First edition. 8vo., Illustrated with 8 b/w plates by E.W. Kemble. Original red cloth stamped in white and black with vignette of a black man framed by two cotton balls. Front free endpaper lacking, else, bright, fresh copy. No dust jacket. 305 pages + 4 pages advertisements.. 1st Edition. Hardcover. As New/No Jacket.

Toronto: Frederick D. Goodchild, (1918), 1918. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Hardcover. First Canadian Edition. 8vo. Decorated red cloth, spine faded. The U.S. Putnam sheets with a cancel title page. A collection of dialogue stories with Kemble's well known caricatures of black subjects. Illustrated by E.W. Kemble of Huck Finn fame.