8vo. BOUND BY SOBOTA: contemporary black niger, sides with central ivory circle enclosed by in green morocco square both with red morocco only borders, gilt-lettered "Charles W. Chesnutt" and "The Rowfant Club," spine gilt-lettered, stamp-signed by Sobota; cloth folding case. Provenance: Charles W. Chesnutt (binding).

LIMITED EDITION, number 152 of 180 copies. Charles Waddell Chestnutt, one of the first African Americans to become a member of the Rowfant Club, was a prolific writer and essayist whose works were notable for exploring complex racial and social conditions in the post-Civil War south. [Laid in:] Commemorative stamp and cover depicting Charles W. Chesnutt.