Silas X Floyd Short Stories & National Capital Etiquette 1920 Black America book

(Old Books, Early 20th Century Books, Americana, African-Americans, Washington D.C., Short Stories, Literature, Etiquette).

National Capital Code of Etiquette, by Edward S. Green.
Published 1920, Washington, D.C. by Austin Jenkins Company.
138 [140] pages. Text in English. Well illustrated throughout. 

Bound with:

Silas X Floyd's Short Stories for Colored People Both Young and Old.
Published 1920, Washington, D.C. by Austin Jenkins Company.
280 pages. Text in English. Well illustrated throughout. 

Two works produced by and for African-Americans in the first part of the 20th century.

Publisher's cloth binding, pictorial cover decoration, many full page photo plates and smaller in text line drawings.

Book is physically old and shows some signs of handling and time. Book is not new or in "new" condition.

Binding heavily age worn, contents loose and shaken with signatures loose, mostly light or inoffensive signs of handling and time but nothing severe or unsightly, book remains overall attractive as an object.

Paper is gently toned.

Still attractive on the shelf. The book displays a pleasing and unique age patina and is in overall nice antiquarian condition, any age flaws which may be present seem easy to overlook or forgive. 

Please review photos for more detail showing how this scarce and historically fascinating book survives. The asking price reflects the condition based on our examination and 35+ years full time exposure to antiquarian books, maps and printed ephemera of all types and genres. Flaws seen and/ or described have been taken into account.

Book Measures c. 8" H x 6 1/4" W.

[B7394].