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The goodness of St. Rocque : and other stories

Title: The goodness of St. Rocque : and other stories / by Alice Dunbar.
Author: Dunbar-Nelson, Alice Moore, 1875-1935.
Publication: New York : Dodd, Mead and Company, Mdcccxcix. [1899]

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Request Scan Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schomburg Center to submit a request in person.	Text	Use in library	Sc C 98-210	Schomburg Center - Research & Reference
Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schomburg Center to submit a request in person.	Text	Use in library	Sc Rare C 93-6	Schomburg Center - Manuscripts & Archives
Request Appointment Not available - Please for assistance.	Text	Restricted use	Sc Rare Fic-D (Dunbar, A.R.M. Goodness of St. Rocque)	Schomburg Center - Manuscripts & Archives

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Description

[8], 224 pages; 18 cm

Donor/Sponsor

Home to Harlem Project funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.

Alternative Title

Goodness of Saint Rocque

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Authors' presentation inscriptions (Provenance)
Presentation inscriptions (Provenance)

Note

With a half-title.
"Copyright, 1899 by Dodd, Mead and Company."--verso of title page.
"University Press: John Wilson and Son, Cambridge, U.S.A."--printer statement, verso of title page.

Additional Formats (note)

Available as part of The Digital Schomburg, a project providing electronic access to collections on the African Diaspora and Africa from The New York Public Library.

Provenance (note)

is part of the original collection purchased from Arthur A. Schomburg in 1926.

Binding (note)

Bound in publisher's green V (calico grain) cloth, front cover stamped with box rules around title at top, illustration in middle, and author's name at bottom. Center box illustration depicts black palm trees in silhouette, printed over a silver stamped crescent moon above rippling water; title and author's name also stamped in silver. Spine is stamped: Title in silver, black rule, author's name in silver, black rule, palm trees stamped in black, black rule, publisher stamped in silver, black rule. Top edge stained green.

Contents

The goodness of Saint Rocque -- Tony's wife -- The fisherman of Pass Christian -- M'sieu Fortier's violin -- By the Bayou St. John -- When the bayou overflows -- Mr. Baptiste -- A carnival jangle -- Little Miss Sophie -- Sister Josepha -- The praline woman -- Odalie -- La Juanita -- Titee.

Call Number

Sc Rare Fic-D (Dunbar, A. R. M. Goodness of St. Rocque)

LCCN

99005827

OCLC

1198147

Author

Dunbar-Nelson, Alice Moore, 1875-1935.

Title

The goodness of St. Rocque : and other stories / by Alice Dunbar.

Publisher

New York : Dodd, Mead and Company, Mdcccxcix. [1899]

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Additional Formats

Available as part of The Digital Schomburg, a project providing electronic access to collections on the African Diaspora and Africa from The New York Public Library.

Provenance

Copy in Sc Rare Fic-D (Dunbar, A. R. M. Goodness of St. Rocque) (accession no. B547595) is part of the original collection purchased from Arthur A. Schomburg in 1926.

Local Note

Copy in Sc Rare Fic-D (Dunbar, A. R. M. Goodness of St. Rocque) lacks original binding.

Copy in Sc Rare C 93-6 has author's autograph inscription to Doris Chambers inside front cover.

Copy in Sc Rare C 93-6 has autograph inscription to "Dulcinea del Toboso" (i.e. Doris Chambers) from "Don Quijote de la Mancha" (i.e. Arthur A. Schomburg) inside front cover.

Schomburg Center researchers are restricted to the microform copy in: Sc Micro R1190 or to the electronic version.

Binding

Bound in publisher's green V (calico grain) cloth, front cover stamped with box rules around title at top, illustration in middle, and author's name at bottom. Center box illustration depicts black palm trees in silhouette, printed over a silver stamped crescent moon above rippling water; title and author's name also stamped in silver. Spine is stamped: Title in silver, black rule, author's name in silver, black rule, palm trees stamped in black, black rule, publisher stamped in silver, black rule. Top edge stained green.

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