(THEATER) Richardson Willis; editor Plays and Pageants from

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(THEATER.) Richardson, Willis; editor. Plays and Pageants from the Life of the Negro. Numerous illustrations. [iii]-x, 373 pages. 8vo, publisher's pictorial cloth, minimal wear; lacking front free endpaper and possibly a half-title; inscribed by twice by May Miller and signed ten times by James Lesesne Wells. Washington, [1930]

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A compilation of plays by May Miller, Willis Richardson and others, with illustrations by James Lesesne Wells. This copy is specially inscribed to Howard University law professor J. Clay Smith Jr. On the title page, the illustrator has written "To Clay Smith, friend of the arts, James L. Wells." Wells then signs underneath his illustrations on pages [1], 24, 74, [75], [107], [139], 291, [293], and [343]. In addition, the playwright May Miller adds her inscription on page [109]: "For J. Clay Smith, the man who understands the rise of difference in ethnic groups. Sincerely, May Miller, 6/28/80." She signs again on page [141], adding that Smith "understands many ways of handling a situation."