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Animal Fables from the Dark Continent
by A. O. Stafford
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good-/No dust jacket
- Seller
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GAHANNA, Ohio, United States
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About This Item
American Book Company, New York, 1906. First Edition. Hardcover. Condition: Very Good-. No dust jacket. Illustrated with b/w drawings by the renowned children's illustrator Sarah Noble Ives. 128 pp. Text block clean, unmarked with little foxing. Prior owner information on front free endpaper. Pages 65-68 have closed end tear along hinge. Covers soiled. The preface states: "These fables have been selected, adapted and arranged from the folklore of the Negro race. Twenty of them were drawn entirely from African sources and the other fourteen from American. The striking similarity between the two groups shows their common African origin and relationship." Stafford, an African-American, contributed several scholarly papers to The Journal of Negro History and later assisted Booker T. Washington while at the Chaney Training College for Teachers (later Chaney State College, Chaney, Penn.). This rare book is an early example of including Negro characters in elementary education.
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- Bookseller
- Select Tomes
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 100254
- Title
- Animal Fables from the Dark Continent
- Author
- A. O. Stafford
- Illustrator
- Sarah Noble Ives
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good-
- Jacket Condition
- No dust jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- American Book Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1906
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Children's literature, Negro, African-American
- Bookseller catalogs
- Children's literature;
- Size
- 5 x 7 1/2
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
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Biblio member since 2020
GAHANNA, Ohio
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I am making available selections from my collection of eclectic, historical and sometimes rare books. My collection includes historical novels, cookbooks, textbooks and children's books along with other ephemera.
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- Hinge
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- First Edition
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- Soiled
- Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
- Jacket
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- New
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