LILIES OF THE ALLEY
New York: D. Appleton-Century Company, 1931. Hard Cover. Very Good+ binding / near Very Good dust jacket. Item #6854
Octavo. [8], 341 pp. First edition, first printing. In publisher's cloth with dust jacket. An extremely fresh copy with little wear to speak of; contents are clean; dust jacket is fairly nice but for a sunned spine with titling illegible; otherwise only light edgewear; price intact on the front flap.
Born in Charleston, SC, Cohen was a prolific author. A collection of stories starring among others, Florian Slappey who was perhaps Cohen's most popular fictional character--a caricature of a black man from Birmingham. While Cohen purported to have a great deal of affection for his characters and wrote them with well-meaning affection, the patronization is apparent. Fairly uncommon in this condition.
Price: $300.00