Feb 26, 2009 - Sale 2171

Sale 2171 - Lot 284

Price Realized: $ 720
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 500 - $ 750
(LITERATURE AND POETRY.) [MICHEAUX, OSCAR.] The Conquest. The Story of a Negro Pioneer. By the Pioneer. Portrait frontispiece and additional illustrations. 8vo, original pale blue cloth, stamped in white; the white lettering, as is typical with this title rubbed and faded. Lincoln, Nebraska: Woodruff Press, 1913

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first edition of the filmmaker''s first book. Loosely based on Micheaux''s own experience as a homesteader in South Dakota. Oscar Micheaux (1884-1951) wrote a number of books, but he is best known as a filmmaker.