DUNBAR, Paul Laurence.

Lyrics of Lowly Life. With an Introduction by W. D. Howells.

Item #80743

DUNBAR, Paul Laurence. Lyrics of Lowly Life. With an Introduction by W. D. Howells. Original decorated cloth, T.e.g., housed in custom green morocco-backed marbled board clamshell box. New York: Dodd, Mead and Company, 1896. First edition, first issue. BAL 4918. Inscribed by the author on front free endpaper: "Very Sincerely, Paul Laurence Dunbar, Dayton, Ohio, U.S.A. To Mr. William S. Accles-Steamship "Nubia" Feb. 12th '97." Early inscription by Dunbar when he sailed traveled to England for a literary tour. Some light soiling to cloth, faint wear to spine ends, waterstain to gutter of front endpapers, lightly affecting first 60 pages, two leaves have archival mended tears, else very good.

Price: $5,000.00