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The book is bound in blue cloth with a vignette of Magellan's ship, the Victoria, stamped in gilt at the center of the front cover. The spine is badly sun faded, and there is minor fading across the top inch of the back cover. There is a small bookplate (blank) at the top left corner of the first paste-down page. Text is otherwise clean with no extraneous writing or marks. "The Fifth Letter" is No. 40 in the first series of publications by the Hakluyt Society between 1847 and 1873. It includes not only the letter from Cortes, dated 1526, but the society's 1868 annual report.

This beautiful paperback has 27 full-page color reproductions of paintings by Margaret Mee (1909-1988) from the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. The botanical artist produced hundreds of botanical paintings as a result of her exploration of the flora of Brazil, along the River Amazon and in the Amazon rainforest.

This is a first edition printing - the author's desk copy (noted by the author on the first flyleaf and top of title page. The author has made notations throughout the book - in pencil. This volume is one of three which grew out of a study of Black culture on St. Helena Island, South Carolina. This book deals with certain major aspects of dialect, folk songs, and folklore. The section on dialect attempts to describe the Gullah dialect traits. Condition problems: Book is cocked. Cover corner tips are slightly bumped. Shelf wear on top and bottom of spine. Binding beginning to separate but remains tight.

True first edition: hand corrected on title page from "A Novel" to "An Honest novel." First issue dust jacket with "Mist" for "Myst" on front flap and "Mickey" on back flap. Signed by the author on the first free fly leaf. Previous book seller's stamp "New" at top right corner of FFFL