Flavin, Martin — Black and White, from the Cape to the Congo

New York, Harper & Brothers, 1950. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. SIGNED by the author at the half-title, inscribed to John C. Greedy in 1950 upon release of the book. Sturdy, attractive, tightly bound hardcover, clean, if lightly toned, minimal rubbing to extremities. Map endpapers front and rear. Illustrated by Paul Whitman, with his plentiful decorations. Bright and shiny dust jacket, illustrated, moderately worn and chipped, protected by a plastic coat. A fine and probing, honest account of the author's travels to and throughout South Africa, ZBechuanaland, and the Congo. Martin Archer Flavin (November 2, 1883 – December 27, 1967) was an American playwright and novelist and who won the Harper Prize for 1943 and a Pulitzer Prize for 1944 for a novel and other awards for The Criminal Code, eleven plays on Broadway between 1923 and 1937 in all. Volume contains scholarly apparatus in the form of, e.g., notes, index, and bibliography.Volume contains scholarly apparatus in the form of, e.g., notes, index, and bibliography. 332 pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . Signed by Author. . Very Good/Good,