FAUSET, Jessie Redmon. Comedy American Style. (1933 - FIRST EDITION)

AUTHOR: FAUSET, Jessie Redmon.

TITLE: Comedy American Style.

PUBLISHER: NY: Fredrick A. Stokes, 1933.

DESCRIPTION: FIRST EDITION. 1 vol., bound in the publisher's original black stamped orange cloth, top edge tinted orange, others uncut as issued.

CONDITION: Inner and outer hinges fine, head and foot of spine fine, back corners square, internally clean and bright, no previous ownership markings or inscriptions, or bookplate, small ding to spine, spine slightly sunned, overall still A VERY GOOD COPY.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: Only 1 rebound ex-library copy located by RBH in 2007.

An exceedingly scarce work by this Afro-American Author, who was also the first black woman graduate of Cornell and spent decades teaching French in high schools in Washington, D.C., and New York City. She was also the editor of The Brownies' Book: She co-founded and edited this landmark monthly magazine for African American children from 1920 to 1921, fostering pride and creativity in Black youth. Her black fictional characters were working professionals which was an inconceivable concept to American society during this time and her story lines related to themes of racial discrimination, and feminism.