Accession number
PML 137705
Creator
Van Vechten, Carl, 1880-1964.
Published
New York : ALfred A. Knopf, 1926.
Credit line
Bequest; Gordon N. Ray; 1987.
Notes
Van Vechten's title refers to a racist slang term used in the 19th century to refer to church balconies, which were occupied by African Americans under a system of racist segregation, with the white members of the congregation seated below.
"Of the first edition ... two hundred and five copies have been printed as follows: ten on Borzoi rag paper signed by the author and numbered from A to J; one hundred and ninety-five copies on Borzoi rag paper signed by the author and numbered from 1-195"--Preliminary leaf.
Library has no. J.
Unopened.
"Of the first edition ... two hundred and five copies have been printed as follows: ten on Borzoi rag paper signed by the author and numbered from A to J; one hundred and ninety-five copies on Borzoi rag paper signed by the author and numbered from 1-195"--Preliminary leaf.
Library has no. J.
Unopened.
Description
[10], 286, [2] page ; 20 cm
Provenance
From the library of Gordon N. Ray.
Classification
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