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Marginalized 1925 African American Jazz Age Novel THE PRINCE OF WASHINGTON SQUARE First Edition Early 20th Century White Publisher Fails Black Author

The Prince of Washington Square An Up-To-The Minute Story By Harry F. Liscomb

Published by Frederick A. Stokes Company, New York, 1925. First edition. Hardcover in original orange dustjacket. Hardcover, illustrated orange paper covered boards, hint of grey topstain, 7.5" x 5.25", 180 pages, in its un-priceclipped dustjacket. GOOD CONDITION: the covers have a few small droplet stains, toning and wear to the edges but remains solid and bright, internally very good, some areas of small staining, overall tight, bright, clean and unmarked. In a fair dj with droplet staining, toning to the spine and folds, chipping to the fold and spine-ends, and some small scrapes, overall solid, legible and the flaps remain quite bright!

One of the first Black authored novels of the 1920s, it was published by a major white New York publisher and was very popular and aggressively advertised especially in the Black media. Suddenly it was totally ignored by the white press after being destroyed by a white critic in the Saturday Review of Literature [May 23, 1925]. Set in Greenwich Village, focusing on multiethnic youth gang culture and contemporary Blackness. Written when the author was just 19 years old, he was planning another novel but that never happened. A lifelong New Yorker, Harry F. Liscomb (b. Circa 1906) died in obscurity probably in Queens.

For informational purposes, the last three photos are images of 1925 newspaper reviews of Liscomb's novel: review with photograph of the author, from the The Afro-American, South's Biggest and Best Weekly; The Saturday Review of Literature (May 23, 1925) white media takedown of the book; The Negro World April 18, 1925, Newspaper devoted solely to the interests of the Negro race. (These clippings are not included).

Categories: African American, Literature - Modern Fiction & Poetry
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