DUNBAR, PAUL LAURENCE — The Uncalled a Novel

New York, NY: International Association of Newspapers & Authors, 1901. 2nd Edition. Hardcover. This book is in Very Good+ to Near Fine condition and is lacking a dust jacket. The book and its contents are in clean, bright condition. There is some beginning wear and fraying to the spine ends and corners of the book covers. The text pages are clean and bright. There is a previous owner's inked on the front pastedown page. This is author Dunbar's first novel. "Paul Laurence Dunbar (June 27, 1872 – February 9, 1906) was an African-American poet, novelist, and playwright of the late 19th and early 20th centuries." "Much of his more popular work in his lifetime was written in the Negro dialect associated with the antebellum South. His work was praised by William Dean Howells, a leading critic associated with the Harper's Weekly, and Dunbar was one of the first African-American writers to establish a national reputation." (from Wikipedia). Very Good+ .