Our Darktown Press

Title: Our Darktown Press

Author: Cohen, Inez Lopez

Publication: New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1932.

Description: First edition, first printing of a collection of malapropisms, allegedly collected from Black American newspapers. With a foreword by the author's husband Octavus Roy Cohen, who was known for writing fiction that contained racist stereotypes and "dialect." Bound in full black cloth over boards, stamped in orange on the spine and front cover. In a purple pictorial dust jacket printed in black. Dust jacket and interior illustrations by Margaret Freeman. 7 x 5 inches; viii, [2], 79, [3] pages (last leaf blank). The book with light edgewear, but a clean and crisp interior; the dust jacket with small chips and tears, a sunned spine, and tape repairs to the verso of the front panel. Near Fine in a Good only dust jacket.