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Let the Band Play Dixie
by Bradford, Roark
- Used
- first
- Condition
- Decorative cloth very good/fine in a very good unclipped, illustrated dust jacket, with tape repair and minor chipping, ex libri
- Seller
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New York, New York, United States
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About This Item
New York and London: Harper & Brothers, 1934. Stated first edition. 320 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Decorative cloth very good/fine in a very good unclipped, illustrated dust jacket, with tape repair and minor chipping, ex libris of Joan Whitney. Stated first edition. 320 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. A collection of short stories about the "careless, happy, colored people of the South..." Bradford's novels depicting African American life in the south was well-recieved in the 1930s and continued in popularity until his death in 1948. Since then his work as a white author depiciing black southern life has been re-evaluated for it's patronizing and bellitling portrayals of black characters.
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- Bookseller
- James Cummins Bookseller
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 365481
- Title
- Let the Band Play Dixie
- Author
- Bradford, Roark
- Format/Binding
- 320 pp. 1 vols. 8vo
- Book Condition
- Used - Decorative cloth very good/fine in a very good unclipped, illustrated dust jacket, with tape repair and minor chipping, ex libri
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Stated first edition
- Publisher
- Harper & Brothers
- Place of Publication
- New York and London
- Date Published
- 1934
- Keywords
- Black
- Bookseller catalogs
- Literature;
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James Cummins Bookseller
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New York, New York
About James Cummins Bookseller
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