The Folk Tales of a Savage
London: Alfred A. Knopf, 1930. First Edition. Octavo (20.25cm.); original purple decorative cloth, purple topstain; [16],199pp.; two-toned frontispiece and endpapers, black and white illus. throughout. A few dampstains to upper cover, else Very Good. Collection of "folk tales" by the Baltimore-born imposter Joseph Howard Lee, who made a career out of impersonating the stereotypical west African "savage."
Price: $35.00