Ezekiel Travels FIRST EDITION
New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1938.
First Edition. Hardcover. An admittedly worn but presentable first printing in scarce dust jacket of this second book by Florida watercolorist Elvira Garner (1886–1956) following a Black boy from Sanford, Florida, written in Garner's interpretation of AAVE with her color illustrations inserted into the type on every page.
9 1/4" X 6 1/2". Unpaginated. Rather heavy wear to scarce color pictorial dust jacket, with heavy dust soiling, chipping to corners and edges, toning, creasing, small tears, and edgewear. Original price of $1.50 present on both flaps, visible through struck through on front flap. Bound in color pictorial paper over boards, with spine backed in green cloth. Moderate wear to binding, with crease along upper board, bumping and rubbing to edges and extremities, and dust soiling. Binding is firm and sound. Pages are occasionally smudged or dust soiled, else unmarked. Good + / good. Item #14119
Price: $30.00