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YOUNG, Martha Strudwick (“Eli Shepperd”) (1862–1941). Plantation Songs: For My Lady’s Banjo and Other Negro Lyrics & Monologues. New York: R.H. Russell, 1901. 8vo. Numerous illustrations from photographs and drawings “from life” by J.W. Otts. Original publisher’s pictorial brown cloth stamped in green, brown, and orange (small stain to lower cover, else fine). Provenance: George Cukor, American film director (bookplate designed by Paul Landacre). FIRST EDITION, a rare work using dialect poetry to recount Southern folk tales and songs.