Item #27694 The Thompson Street Poker Club from 'LIFE' and other Sketches Illustrated. Henry G. Carleton.
The Thompson Street Poker Club from 'LIFE' and other Sketches Illustrated.
The Thompson Street Poker Club from 'LIFE' and other Sketches Illustrated.

The Thompson Street Poker Club from 'LIFE' and other Sketches Illustrated.

New York: MItchell & Miller, 1884. First edition. Pamphlet. A stereotypical portrayal of urban African Americans as buffoons possessed of much more self-assurance than intelligence. The story emerges from a weekly poker game, with conversations that reveal the misconceptions and misunderstandings that define the genre.

Slim 8vo, 62pp, printed paper wrappers, spine chipped, lacking at foot with15 full-page and 5 smaller b&w wood-engraved illustrations from drawings by E.W. Kemble, the year before he illustrated "Huckleberry Finn". Pen on front cover, covers dusty, internally clean. OCLC: 12163587. Otherwise very good condition. Item #27694

Price: $275.00

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