Warning, content may be considered offensive or racist. Sold for historical study purposes only. Not our intention to offend in any way. Details about this publication: Reprint of the original 1899 Life Publishing Co edition, featuring wonderful and whimsical slapstick comedy. -- 64 pages, in new condition. Flex covers, cloth binding. -- Replica/reprint published by Library Archive Services Co. (undated) Circa 2008. A delightful look at an early pictorial children's reader, about learning to read, building proficiency, and enjoying good old fashion slapstick humor, featuring only people of color, Afro centric. Paper / Soft cover reprint edition in very good condition, flex covers, cloth bound, a sturdy book. Overall good copy, and wonderful book. It would make a great gift for the fan in your life, even if that's you. Clean and Unmarked Text. Very Good condition. Text is in English. Reproduced in black and white, same as original issue. ** The illustrations sometimes appeared in a syndicated column for children, similar to the Sunday funnies. They feature period dialect, slapstick satire, rhetoric and clothing of the era.-- Defects: None found. **Some of the text is small, so it's a little hard to read. Modern, undated replica. -- NEW facsimile edition Edward Windsor Kemble (January 18, 1861 – September 19, 1933) was an American illustrator. He is known best for illustrating the first edition of Adventures of Huckleberry Finn and for his cartoons of African Americans. Kemble was born in Sacramento, California. In 1875, he was enrolled at a boarding school in Philadelphia, which was a center of artistic activity. His artistic talent was such that he was a successful contributor to periodicals by 1881. He became the major political cartoonist for the New York Graphic while receiving his only formal artistic training at the Art Students League of New York. Additional Details ------------------------------ Product description: Warning, content may be considered offensive or racist. Sold for historical study purposes only. Not our intention to offend in any way. Details about this publication: Reprint of the original 1899 Life Publishing Co edition, featuring wonderful and whimsical slapstick comedy. -- 64 pages, in new condition. Flex covers, cloth binding. -- Replica/reprint published by Library Archive Services Co. (undated) Circa 2008. A delightful look at an early pictorial children's reader, about learning to read, building proficiency, and enjoying good old fashion slapstick humor, featuring only people of color, Afro centric. Paper / Soft cover reprint edition in very good condition, flex covers, cloth bound, a sturdy book. Overall good copy, and wonderful book. It would make a great gift for the fan in your life, even if that's you. Clean and Unmarked Text. Very Good condition. Text is in English. Reproduced in black and white, same as original issue. ** The illustrations sometimes appeared in a syndicated column for children, similar to the Sunday funnies. They feature period dialect, slapstick satire, rhetoric and clothing of the era.-- Defects: None found. **Some of the text is small, so it's a little hard to read. Modern, undated replica. -- NEW facsimile edition Edward Windsor Kemble (January 18, 1861 – September 19, 1933) was an American illustrator. He is known best for illustrating the first edition of Adventures of Huckleberry Finn and for his cartoons of African Americans. Kemble was born in Sacramento, California. In 1875, he was enrolled at a boarding school in Philadelphia, which was a center of artistic activity. His artistic talent was such that he was a successful contributor to periodicals by 1881. He became the major political cartoonist for the New York Graphic while receiving his only formal artistic training at the Art Students League of New York. Item name: BOOK: Coontown's 400 : A modern reprint of the original 1899 children's book by E. W. Kemble / Edward Windsor Kemble (REPLICA Warning, content may be considered offensive or racist. Sold for historical study purposes only. Gullah Language, Black Americana, Afro American satire, children's literature, illustrated humor, 64 pages)