Eric Chaim Kline, Bookseller

Way Down South [INSCRIBED AND SIGNED]

Muse, Clarence; David Arlen; Blanding Sloan (Woodcuts)

Hollywood: David Graham Fischer, 1932. First edition. Hardcover. 416/1000 with an elaborate 12 line inscription to Murray by David Arlen on limitation page. Quarto. 145 (2)pp. Original punch-tied, cloth-backed pictorial boards. Illustrated title page. Illustrated with 7 striking full-page woodcuts on colored stock as well as 10 full-page b/w and in-text woodcuts by Blanding Sloan. Novel about black entertainers in the South. Clarence Muse was one of the first African American actors to star in a major motion picture. He appeared in more than 150 movies and wrote the script to the musical film adaptation of Way Down South with Langston Hughes. Some wear to edges and cloth, some scuffing to front cover, minor on back. Block somewhat age-toned and uncut. Binding in overall fair to good-, interior in good condition. fair to g. Item #39941

Price: $275.00