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Wed, Sep 18, 2019 12:30AM EDT
Lot 596

Nigger to Nigger.

Estimate: $200 - $300

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Adams, E.C.L. Nigger to Nigger. New York: Charles Scribner?s Sons, 1928. First edition, presentation copy inscribed by the author on the title page. Orange cloth lettered in black, dust-jacket (tattered). 8vo. Written in dialect, variously as dialogue or poetry, purportedly recording the manner of black communities near the author?s home in South Carolina.