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  • The Conjure Woman

    Written by
    Chesnutt, Charles W., American, 1858 - 1932
    Published by
    Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, American, founded 1880
    Produced by
    Riverside Press, American, 1852 - 1971
    Date
    1899
    On View
    Culture/Fourth Floor, 4 050
    Exhibition
    Cultural Expressions
    Medium
    ink on paper with gold, cloth, cardboard and acetate film
    Dimensions
    H x W x D (Closed): 7 1/8 × 4 7/8 × 1 1/16 in. (18.1 × 12.4 × 2.7 cm)
    Description
    This book is a first edition, first printing of “The Conjure Woman," a collection of seven short stories, all set in "Patesville," North Carolina and told through the view point of the character Uncle Julius: The Goophered Grapevine, Po’ Sandy, Mars Jeems’s Nightmare, The Conjurer’s Revenge, Sis’ Becky’s Pickaninny, The Gray Wolf’s Ha’nt, and Hot-foot Hannibal. The book has a tan cloth binding. The front cover has three illustrations set in in red blocks at top center of the cover. From left to right the illustrations include a white hare, an elderly bald man with a beard, and a white hare. Title of book, [THE CONJURE WOMAN], is embossed beneath the red blocks in gold serif typeface and author's name, [CHARLES · W · CHESNUTT], centered at bottom of the front cover, also in gold serif typeface. The spine text is all printed in gold serif typeface. The text along the top third of the spine reads [THE / CONJURE / WOMAN]. The author's name [CHARLES W · / CHESNUTT], is embossed on the center of the spine and the name of the publishers [HOUGHTON / MIFFLIN CO] is embossed across the bottom of the spine. The book is two hundred and twenty-nine pages and includes a title page and contents page.
    Place depicted
    Cumberland County, North Carolina, United States, North and Central America
    Place printed
    Cambridge, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States, North and Central America
    Classification
    Documents and Published Materials-Published Works
    Type
    hardcover books
    Topic
    American South
    Caricature and cartoons
    Folklife
    Language
    Literature
    Race relations
    Stereotypes
    Credit Line
    Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
    Object number
    2014.280
    Restrictions & Rights
    Public domain
    Usage
    CC0
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    http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd59c3315ef-5924-4117-a9dc-4aef06ac81cd
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