Brass Ankle: A Play in Three Acts (SIGNED, NUMBERED, LIMITED FIRST EDITION)
On Murray Hill / New York: Farrar & Rinehart Incorporated, 1931. Signed, Numbered, Limited First. Hardcover. SIGNED. NUMBERED, LIMITED FIRST EDITION, 1931. Signed by DuBose Heyward on the back limited edition page in bold ink. 64/100. Hardcover. Bound in quarter bright yellow cloth and textured black paper. Cover bears blind stamped title. Spin bears a gilt label surrounded by a black border and title lettered in black. All edges deckled. Leaves are laid paper. 133 pp. Protected by a mylar cover.
ABOUT THE PLAYWRITE & THIS PLAY: Edwin DuBose Heyward (1885 to 1940) was an American author best known for his 1925 novel Porgy. He and his wife Dorothy, a playwright, adapted it as a 1927 play of the same name. The couple worked with composer George Gershwin to adapt the work as the 1935 opera Porgy and Bess. It was later adapted as a 1959 film of the same name. Heyward also wrote poetry and other novels and plays. Heyward wrote the play Brass Ankle, produced in 1931 in New York. The title refers to a Southern term for a person of mixed-race ancestry, and was long used in a pejorative way. The play addressed issues of mixed-race, featuring a couple in a small southern town who have grown up believing they were white and learning about some African-American ancestry. Reviewers treated his play favorably as a version of the "tragic mulatto" genre, but it was not a commercial success. (Wikipedia).
CONDITION: Overall near fine, cover shows mild wear. Leaves have delightfully and evenly toned. Some pages are uncut at the head and or at the foredge throughout. Light discoloration within endpapers. Author's signature is bright and bold. A very nice copy. Full refund if not satisfied. Near Fine.
8vo.
Item #068893
Price: $700.00