Eneas Africanus

Macon, GA: J. W. Burke Company, 1920. 1st Edition . Soft cover. VG-. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. See photos for condition details. Thin board flexible leather with gilt on front. First edition of the leather version with single date of 1920 appearing on the copyright page. 47 pages of text plus the… Read more about this item

About this Item: Sign of The Gosden Head, New York, 1932. Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Limited Edition. Limited edition #232/850 book is near fine, bound in fine heavy blue cloth which has several small holes showing unusual metal boards underneath , with red leather labels to the front cover and spine. The spine label is… Read more about this item

Macon: J.W. Burke Company, 1923. Originally published in 1919, this is "perhaps the most popular pro-slavery text in United States' history." (Joe Lockard). Edwards (1855-1938) was well-known as a journalist, novelist, and editor. Written in dialect, the story of a faithful slave uninterested in freedom had a strong appeal to the America of Jim Crow and the Ku Klux Klan.… Read more about this item

Macon, GA: J.W. Burke Company, 1927. Paperback. 44p. A small, staplebound booklet in very good condition. Light stains around top of spine, and edges a bit crinkled. Interior clean and securely bound. Fictional letters tracing the postbellum adventures of a former slave, propagating the Southern myth of the "loyal Negro.

New York: Grosset and Dunlap, 1940. Hardcover. xvii, 38p., illustrated, Originally published in 1920, this Grosset and Dunlap reprint, dated 1940, is about good. Fading to spine and edges. Corners and spine extremities worn. Previous owner's address stamped to map illustrated front pastedown endpaper. Stamps to top corner of page following front endpapers. General soiling. No dust jacket. … Read more about this item

Macon Georgia: Eneas Africanus Press, 1973. Soft cover. Very Fine. VF/0/later prntng. A wonderful copy of this tale. No crease to the cover, no soiling, no markings. Very sound tight binding. Unpaginated. Printed in 1973, uncommon in this edition. Comes to you in an acid free document bag. I can have this in the… Read more about this item

Macon, Georgia: J. W. Burke Company, 1920. Hard cover. Published Macon, Georgia: J. W. Burke Company, 1920. 12mo., 5 1/4" x 7", frontis portrait+47 pp.,+1pp. list of books, illustrated with a double page map. Original edition bound in gilt stamped, green suede covered boards. Very good. . Hard. Very Good/No Jacket. 12mo.

Jefferson County, Texas, Texana,: The Book Club of Texas, 1930 Hardcover, Textured aper over boards - with more than half of that paper flaked away with age,on the spine, (only). Tight. No names or other markings. "Eneas was a faithful negro" and frequent use of the "N" word, Much with negro dialect. Story is of Maj. George E. Tommey's search… Read more about this item

New York: Sign of the Golden Head, 1932. Limited edition reprint. Near fine in blue wool cloth covered boards with gilt decorated title blocks on the spine and on the front board. There is a 1/4" hole through the cloth on the front board and three minor small holes to the cloth on the rear board. A… Read more about this item

Toronto: McClelland & Stewart, 1937. Hardcover. 45p., previous owner's gift inscription, first Canadian edition.

Macon: J.W. Burke Company, 1920. Originally published in 1919, this is "perhaps the most popular pro-slavery text in United States' history." (Joe Lockard). Edwards (1855-1938) was well-known as a journalist, novelist, and editor. Written in dialect, the story of a faithful slave uninterested in freedom had a strong appeal to the America of Jim Crow and the Ku Klux Klan.… Read more about this item

Macon, GA: J.W. Burke Company, 1951. 44 clean, unmarked pages; blue stapled wraps. [The story of devotion of a Southern Negro to his "white folks" classic of Southern literature. The adventures of Eneas as he became separated f/his master & wandered for 8 years looking for the home plantation.]. Paperback. Very Good. Illus. by Frontis. 12 vo.

Macon, GA: Eneas Africanus Press. Good; Covers soiled and creased.. 1954. Reprint. Softcover. A "faithful Negro" servant Eneas hides his "Marse's" valuables with the Union Army approaching and then travels on an eight-year odyssey to reconnect with him. Light blue wraps. ; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; 47 pages .

New Haven: Grosset & Dunlap Publishers, 1940. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Reprint. Octavo. 38pp. Illustrations by Ernest Townsend. Half green cloth with textured cloth boards and illustrated paper label mounted on front. Spine is dampstained and faded, about very good in a very good dustwrapper with small dampstain on rear panel, short nicks on spine ends. Pro-slavery literature… Read more about this item

NY: Grosset & Dunlap, 1940. Mapped endpapers, ffep is abraided in two spots from label/bookplate removal; age toned textblock, small grey smudge on bottom of title page. Else clean and tight. Dj flaps taped to covers. Slightly shelf worn binding. Price-clipped dust jacket, chipping to head and foot of spine, chipping to corners, slight wear to the edges, mylar sleeved.… Read more about this item

J W Burke Company. The delightful tale of Eneas Africanus who was entrusted with transporting the family silver out of harms way of the Confederate army. Sightings of him were reported to the newspapers in response to a plea from his owner. A map of his journey is included. 44 Pages. Text clean. Condition: Fair. Binding:… Read more about this item

Macon: J. W. Burke Company, 1920. 47p., later edition, wraps.

J. W. Burke Co.. Very Good- with no dust jacket. 1951. Hardcover. 1951 reprint of 1920 original. Binding tight. Pages unmarked and barely aged. Boards have slight outward warp. Glossy greeen cloth cover with hardly any wear. ; ; 47 pages .

Macon, GA: J. W. Burke Company, 1920. Leather Softcover. Good. Penciled note on title page - no other writing in the book. Pages lightly soiled/tanned from age. Illustrated with frontispiece. Soft leather covers are brittle, darkened and crumbling around edges. Decorative gilt lettering to front cover. Full refund if not satisfied.

The Book Club of Texas. Very Good+. 1930. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Light brown patterned crepe paper like style of binding. #2/300 copies. Printed by The Marchbanks Press. Minor wear to corners and spine ends. A few small, light stains to the rear endpapers. All else is quite clean and tight. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall… Read more about this item