American Aesop: Negro and Other Humor
Boston: Jordan & More, 1926. 1st ed. Hardcover. frontis, xx, 183p. Cloth. 20cm. Short tear at head of backstrip. Bookplate. No Jacket. INSCRIBED to Thomasina W. Johnson by Pickens in 1945 on front pastedown (""With pleasure I autograph this for a friend -- Mrs. Thomasina Johnson, of A. K. A. office, Washington, D. C. July 11, 1945 -- Wm. Pickens").. Johnson's bookplate on front free endpaper. African American author. This is a volume of ethnic humor with sections on Negro, Jewish, Irish and Cosmopolite stories. Thomasina W. Johnson was serving as Legislative Representative, National Nonpartison Council on Public Affairs of Alpha Kappa Alpha, an African American sorority. Very Good. Item #43862
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