Poems of Cabin and Field.
New York: Dodd Mead, 1899. Second edition. Decorated Boards With Gilt Lettering. Octavo, pp. 125. Illustrated with b/w photographs by the Hampton Institute Camera Club, page decorations by Alice Morse. Good+, no DJ; Shelfwear, corners bumped/rubbed, spine torn at top, boards darkened, interiors Very Good. Item #15028
Dunbar, an African-American poet and the son of slaves, was a popular writer with white and black readers alike. He often wrote in dialect and his subject matter included folk tales and traditional stories. This collection of his poems is illustrated with photographs taken by students at the Hampton Institute, a school for African-American and Native American students.
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