in good condition. all pages (other than original cover and added flypaper) intact.
"811 H B630062 Harper Sketches of Southern Life."
library binding spine transcription: [interlocking and overlapping] NYPL | Harper | [rule] | SKETCHES | OF | SOUTHERN | LIFE | 811| H
library rebound the original paper cover inside the hardcover binding. part of paper cover still remains.
NYPL Research Libraries [barcode] 3 3433 07621217 8
bookplate transcription: THE | NEW YORK | PUBLIC LIBRARY | CIRCULATION DEPARTMENT | [illustration of an open book with black and white wings] | REFERENCE COLLECTION | OF NEGRO LITERATURE | 135TH STREET BRANCH | 103 WEST 135TH STREET [redacted phrase] [think rule] [surrounded by ornate interwoven border]
"Division of NEGRO LITERATURE AND HISTORY" in red ink
"PROPERTY OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK" in red ink
"THE NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY CIRCULATION DEPARTMENT 135TH STREET BRANCH 103 WEST 135TH ST." in red ink
handwritten in pencil, "[llen]" written diagonally from Harper's middle initial "E." as if to complete the name.
Sketches of Southern Life (Schomburg SC Rare 811-H)
Copy of 1888 Ferguson Bros. and Co. Edition, SC Rare 811-H