Rhymes from the Delta, Second Edition (Revised)

Soft Cover, High Point NC: G. W. McCorkle, 1948. Good with no dust jacket.

Exlibrary markings. Originally a softcover, this has been rebound in buckram over boards as a hardcover. Square with tight binding and hinges. Clean, slightly age-darkened text pages. Scarce collection of poems by African-American poet of the early 20th century. Poems in honor of prominent North Carolina African-Americans (Carl Chavis, war hero; C. C. Spaulding, early developer of North Carolina Mutual Life Insurance Company; James Edward Shepard, early president of North Carolina Central College [University]) as well as other Black leaders. Themes of racial pride. Autobiography precedes poems. Ex-Library; 8.00" (20 cm) tall.

Item #4230025

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