The Triumphs of Ephraim

McGirt, James E.

Verlag: McGirt Publishing Company, Philadelphia, 1907

Beschreibung

First edition. 131 pp. w/ illustrations and frontis of the author. Bound in publisher's red cloth, lettered and ruled in gilt. Good+, with foxing and insecting to cloth at front. Former owner's name in pencil on front free endpaper. Contents generally sound and clean with some foxing here and there and an old dampstain along top of front endpaper and prelims. No jacket. An uncommon collection of short stories by an African American author and journalist from North Carolina. He also wrote three books of poems and edited and published an early 20th century periodical, McGirt's Magazine. According to The Poetry Foundation he "was inducted into the Literary Hall of Fame by the North Carolina Writers' Network. Although he did not garner literary acclaim during his lifetime, McGirt created a significant publishing outlet for other early-20th-century African American writers.". Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 140943094

Bibliografische Details

Titel: The Triumphs of Ephraim

Verlag: McGirt Publishing Company, Philadelphia

Erscheinungsdatum: 1907

Auflage: First Edition.