Gifts (The Negro American Series Book Two)

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A first edition, first printing hardcopy of the Gifts (Negro American Series) by Emma E. Akin. This primary reader presents lessons and stories based on the students in the Wheatley School. The front cover is dark red and features an illustration of a full profile of a silhouetted man. To the right of the illustration is the title and author printed in black in block text that reads: [GIFTS / EMMA E. AKIN]. The top two thirds of the book spine has the series name and number printed vertically in black text that reads: [Book Two NEGRO AMERICAN SERIES]. The bottom third of the spine is the publisher’s information, printed vertically in black ink, [Harlow]. The back cover is blank. There are one hundred and eighty-four (184) interior pages, which are off-white with black type, black-and-white photographs, and black-and-white images and illustrations throughout.

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