Item #140943082 The Princess of Naragpur. E. Elliot Durant, Cuthbert M. Roach.
The Princess of Naragpur
The Princess of Naragpur
The Princess of Naragpur
The Princess of Naragpur

The Princess of Naragpur

New York: The Grafton Press, 1928.

First edition, first printing, with co-author Rev. E. Elliot Durant's business card laid in. Near Fine with cloth lightly worn and with several indents and tiny pinholes, light foxing to text block edge, preliminary and terminal pages, pages toned.

A novel of the romance between and Englishman and a dark-skinned daughter of an Indian rajah. Durant was born in Barbados to parents of African descent, and emigrated to the United States where he was a reverend in Harlem. The first half of this book was co-authored by Durant's lifelong friend Cuthbert M. Roach. A very uncommon novel by a Harlem reverend published during the Harlem Renaissance. Item #140943082

Price: $7,500.00

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