[HAITIAN CREOLE] TINKER, Edward LarocqueBiblio.com
Gombo Comes to Philadelphia Idylles et Chansons ou Essais de Poesie Creole
1957réf. 64261Worcester: American Antiquarian Society 1957. Octavo. Unprinted wrappers in patterned paper dustwrapper; 20 unnumbered leaves. Jacket slightly ragged at edges else a clean unmarked copy Very Good. Keepsake reprinted from The Proceedings of the American Antiquarian Society for April 1957. Facsimile reprint with an introduction by Tinker of "Idylles et Chansons ou Essais de Poësie Créole par un Habitant d'Hayti" published in Philadelphia in 1811 and considered the earliest printed example of Creole dialect in North America. At the time of publication Tinker's copy now at the Harry Ransom Center University of Texas was one of two known. American Antiquarian Society unknown
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