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Lot 285
Sale 994 - African Americana
Feb 23, 2022
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Live / Cincinnati
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$875
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Lot Description
[THEATER]. RICHARDSON, Willis (1889-1977). WELLS, James Lesene (1902-1993), illustrator. Plays and Pageants from the Life of the Negro. Washington, DC: The Associated Publishers, 1930.
8vo. Half-titles, frontispiece and woodcut illustrations by James L. Wells. Original publisher's illustrated brown cloth.
FIRST EDITION, SIGNED BY ILLUSTRATOR JAMES L. WELLS to title page, dated 1930. A collection of twelve plays written expressly for Black audiences, three written by Richardson. Illustrated with woodcuts by Wells, an African American graphic artist and Howard professor associated with the Harlem Renaissance.
Property from a 35-Year Collection from the Southern United States