![[3728945] The Life and Works of Paul Laurence Dunbar. Containing His Complete Poetical Works, His Best Short Stories, Numerous Anecdotes and a Complete Biography of the Famous Poet. Paul Laurence Dunbar, compiler Lida Keck Wiggins, 1872–1906.](https://rareamericana.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/3728945.jpg?width=768&height=1000&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1706601305)
The Life and Works of Paul Laurence Dunbar. Containing His Complete Poetical Works, His Best Short Stories, Numerous Anecdotes and a Complete Biography of the Famous Poet.
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Anthology of poetry and prose by Paul Laurence Dunbar, issued as a subscription book and published in the year following his death. Includes a biography of Dunbar by the book’s compiler, Lida Keck Wiggins and numerous half tone illustrations. “Paul Laurence Dunbar, was the first African American poet to have his works appear in anthologies of American literature.” (Seru) [/quote]
Description: The Life and Works of Paul Laurence Dunbar. Containing His Complete Poetical Works, His Best Short Stories, Numerous Anecdotes and a Complete Biography of the Famous Poet.
Naperville, Ill., Memphis, Tenn.: J.L. Nichols & Company, (1907). Frontispiece, [4], 5–430pp. 8vo. Publisher’s black and white decorated maroon cloth with half tone portrait on-lay. Over 50 full-page illustrations, mostly half tones from photographs. Trade cloth bookbinding signed with the cipher “ELP”. White lettering and decorations on spine dulled; mild discoloring to top edge; very good.
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