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Boston: James R. Osgood and Company, 1877. First edition, first state binding. The first part of this work, A True Story, was first published in the Atlantic in November 1874. The story is a retelling of the experiences of Mary Ann Cord (renamed “Aunt Rachel” in the story), the African-American.....  Read More Item Details for A True Story, and the Recent Carnival of Crime. By Mark Twain Add to Wish List

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Paris: Chez Maradan, Libraire, 1808. First edition. First edition of the first history of black literature. Grégoire (1750-1831) was an abolitionist and a former Bishop of Blois. His De la Littérature des Nègres (Paris, 1808) was aimed at the seemingly false sympathy of Thomas Jefferson as expressed in his Notes.....  Read More Item Details for De la Littérature des Nègres, ou recherches sur leurs facultés intellectuelles, leurs qualités morales et leur littérature; suivi de Notices sur la vie et les ouvrages des nègres qui se sont distingués dans les Sciences, les Lettres et les Arts Add to Wish List

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New York: Viking Press, 1935. INSCRIBED. Inscribed "For Mrs. Charles L. Mead/ Sincerely, James Weldon Johnson/ October 4-1937." Read More Item Details for Saint Peter Relates an Incident. Selected Poems Add to Wish List

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