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Sale 465: Nevada, California & Americana: The Library of Clint Maish, with additions (#465) 10/20/2011 11:00 AM PDT Closed
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Lot #1The Thompson Street Poker Club from "Life"

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Sale 465: Nevada, California & Americana: The Library of Clint Maish, with additions (#465) 10/20/2011 11:00 AM PDT Closed
Starts Ending 10/20/2011 11:00 AM PDT

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Title:

The Thompson Street Poker Club from "Life"

Author:

[Carleton, Henry Guy]

Place Published:

New York

Publisher:

White & Allen

Date Published:

1888

Description:

48 pp. Illustrated by E.W. Kemble. 22x14.5 cm. (8¾x5¾"), cloth-backed pictorial boards. Second Edition.

The 16 Kemble illustrations, many of them full-page, for this tale told in dialect, are his typical caricatures of African-Americans.

Condition:

Boards darkened, some rubbing and light staining, wear to corners; very good.

Item#:

220416

Headline:

Black caricature in Thompson Street Poker Club
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