The Harp Of Ethiopia

Nashville: National Baptist Publishing Board. VG+/NONE. 1914. 1st Edition. Hardcover; 1st Printing. 10, 20, 42, 49, 51, 60. 1st edition/1st printing. On the front endpage, there is an inscription by the author's child, it is unknown whether it was a boy or girl as initials are used for the first name. The inscription reads "To Dr. & Mrs. ........ of Muskogee, Okla., Complements of .. Corbett, Works of My late Father Maurice H. Corbett of Washington, D.C.". Bound in dark red cloth with gilt decoration and printing, the book is clean, straight & tight. Pages are browned and rather fragile, there are two or three pages with tiny edge tears. Light rubbing and wear at the corners and spine ends. This is a very uncommon book, the only one published by this African-American author -- it is a 7,500 line poem on the black man in America. ; 8" x 5 1/2"; 276 pages .