Mar 21, 2013 - Sale 2308

Sale 2308 - Lot 340

Price Realized: $ 390
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 400 - $ 600
(FRATERNAL.) DREER, HERMAN. The History of the Omega Psi Phi Fraternity 1911-1939. Illustrated. Tall 8vo, original purple cloth stamped in gilt, gilt faded but legible. Np, (Published by the Fraternity, 1940)

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first edition of dreer's definitive history of this prestigious african american fraternity. at the time of this printing (1940) there were over 6000 members of the fraternity, prominent at Howard University and others. The founders were Edgar A. Love, Oscar J Cooper, Frank Coleman and Ernest E. Just. The latter is noted for his contributions to science.