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NY: Farrar & Rinehart, 1929. 1st edition. A supernatural horror novella set off the coast of South Carolina among the Gullah people. An evil spirit is unleashed after a white visitor steals a rare bottle from a black grave. 55 pp. Decorative page borders and 3 full-page illustrations by Joseph E. Sandford. Slender hardcover. Black cloth with gold lettering. No dust jacket. VG with light wear. Sound binding and clean text. Old owner signature of Hugh R. Leavell (1902-1976), a physician and noted Harvard professor of public health. About the author: DuBose Heyward (1885-1940) was a white Southern writer credited for his sympathetic portrayals of African American characters. He is best known for his 1925 novel Porgy and its adaptation into the opera Porgy and Bess in collaboration with the Gershwins.

A humorous, typed letter signed by the English-born American author and occultist. Written in 1912 to literary anthologist Curtis Hidden Page after they mistakenly exchanged hats at the home of poet Edwin Markham. Gray personal stationery, 8.5 x 11 inches. Near Fine with original mailing folds. Will ship unfolded, as shown. Francis Rolt-Wheeler (1876-1960) was a popular and prolific author of books for boys before turning in mid-life to occult and esoteric subjects. He left America in the 1920s and lived and worked in North Africa and France for the rest of his life. He founded the Astrological Institute of Carthage and published the French journal L'Astrosophie, first in Tunisia and later in Nice. The Seer, an English-language version, was a monthly review of "Astrosophy and of the Psychic and Occult Sciences." His sister, Ethel Rolt-Wheeler, was an English journalist, poet, fellow esotericist and member of the Theosophical Society.