Sale 511: Historic Autographs and Manuscripts with Archival Material (#511) 07/25/2013 11:00 AM PDT CLOSED!

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Lot 76 of 395:
Inscribed by Karl E. Downs & family.  

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Estimate:
$60 - $90

Title:
Meet the Negro - signed by the author and his family

Author:
Downs, Karl E.

Place:
Pasadena, California

Publisher:
The Login Press

Date:
[1943]

Description:

179 pp. (8vo) red cloth, lettered in black. First Edition.

Inscribed on the front free endpaper, and signed by the author to a friend. Also signed on the dedication leaf from the author's wife and daughter, "Marion + Lil' Karleen Downs." The book was inscribed to Anna Campbell of Oakland, CA (her address label on the front pastedown). Misspelled "Copywright" on the copyright page.


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Condition:
Dampstain on bottom edge of front cover; binding shaken a bit; very good.


 
Item number:
238317
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