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[AFRICAN AMERICANA]. SMITH, William Gardner (1927-1974). Last of the Conquerors. New York: Farrar, Straus and Company, 1948.

Estimate: $800 - $1,200
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$400

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[AFRICAN AMERICANA]. SMITH, William Gardner (1927-1974). Last of the Conquerors. New York: Farrar, Straus and Company, 1948. 8vo. 262 pp. Publisher's full gray cloth, spine lettered in burgundy, publisher's unclipped ("$2.75") dust jacket. FIRST EDITION OF THE AUTHOR'S FIRST NOVEL, SIGNED BY HIM ON THE FFEP. "With sincerity William Gardner Smith". 

Condition

Cloth spine a bit toned and rubbed, endleaves a bit offset, text a bit toned, last few leaves with minor marginal soiling, light foxing to edge of text block; jacket spine a bit sunned and lightly chipped, light toning, rubbing to jacket, upper edge of jacket flaps a bit toned and creased. Still, fine. 

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