Item #87628 The Marrow of Tradition. Charles Waddell Chesnutt.
The Marrow of Tradition
The Marrow of Tradition

The Marrow of Tradition

Boston: Houghton, Mifflin, 1901. 1st ed. Hardcover. vi, 329p. Original light orange/yellow cloth. No jacket. 20 cm. Cover somewhat soiled. Spine lightly sloped. Backstrip now at least a few shades lighter than rest of binding. Former owner's name neatly written on front free endpaper. No jacket. Chesnutt produced six books between 1899 and 1905. This novel, set in the south during reconstruction, was the fifth of those books and is regarded by some as his best book. Good. Item #87628

Price: $375.00