1917 PICININI HIS ADVENTURES AMONG DE WHITE FOLKS, AUTHOR SIGNED 12 ILLUS, FIRST

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1917 PICININI HIS ADVENTURES AMONG DE WHITE FOLKS, AUTHOR SIGNED 12 ILLUS, FIRST:
$55.00

BLACK AMERICANA .Here isan early book for children, dedicated to disadvantaged children at Bret HarteSchool in Sacramento, California. Strong racial stereotypes concerning blacksthough this story is about a young black boy in a mostly white small town whois verbally and physically bullied and maligned by white children and heovercomes and becomes the endearingly standout hero of the book. The buyer should be aware that the N-word andother racial slurs are used liberally in this book, a product of the times –101 years ago – and serves as white author Estelle Margaret Swearingen’sliterary and social goals to show the worth of all people. She was not a bigotthough the language used by the ignorant of the day when referring to AfricanAmericans is definitely tough, a part of our history. Many black authors afterSwearingen used racial slurs in their novels to enlighten readers – it was thereality 100 years ago. For this reason we offer this very rare book of BlackAmericana.

PICININI. The Story of His AdventuresAmong De White Folks. By Estelle Margaret Swearingen. Illustrated by A. Marshall Harbinson.

Signed by Estelle MargaretSwearingen on the title page.

Published by H.S. Crocker CompanyPublishers, San Francisco, 1917. First Printing. Dedicated “To The Children ofBret Harte School Sacramento”.

85 mostly immaculate pages, a fewsmudges. 10 full page illustrations and 2 illustrations in text. The full listof illustrations and the table of contents are shown in our photos. Textured original bright orange endpapers,front and back. No bookplates, No writing, No marks.

Bound in the original coated texturedyellow paper overlaid on boards with lithograph pictorial of Picinini on thefront cover, brown titling on the front cover. Brown leatherette spine. Tightlybound. Soiling on the covers, bumps and chipping to the corners. Please see ourphotos. Book measures 8” tall x 5-5/8”wide x 7/8” thick or 20.3, 14.3, 2.3cm.