[Rarebooks] FS: Oscar Micheaux: THE CONQUEST ... BY A NEGRO PIONEER, 1913

[Charles Agvent]

[MICHEAUX,  Oscar]. THE CONQUEST ... BY A NEGRO PIONEER.  Lincoln,
NE:   The  Woodruff  Press  1913.   First  Edition.  Illustrated  with
photographs.  Pioneer  African-American   filmmaker  Oscar  Micheaux's
first  book,  a  self-published novel with  autobiographical  elements
issued  in  an edition of only 1500 copies. Micheaux was a  successful
farmer,  who  eventually  lost his land as a victim  of  fraud,  and a
writer  of  black  pulp fiction. Realizing the  growing  potential  of
motion  pictures,  in 1914 he wrote, produced, and directed the  first
two  of  his  many  films with all-black casts.  Financing  the  films
himself  and  personally  handling  most  aspects  of  production  and
marketing,  Micheaux created an industry based on the notion that film
could  be  an  entertainment  medium for  blacks  independent  of  the
constraints  and pre-conceptions of the Hollywood machine. As  typical
for  this  scarce  book, the white lettering is rather  rubbed  though
mostly    readable,  less  so  on  the   spine.  There  is  a   small,
thumbnail-sized  dampstain on the fore-edge of the front cover. Pencil
signatures  of  Roy and Mrs. Roy Woodley at the front and  rear.  Very
Good copy of a scarce and important book.                     $2500.00

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