HUFFMAN, Eugene Henry. “Now I Am Civilized.” Los Angeles: Wetzel Publishing, 1930. 8vo (139 x 202 mm). Frontispiece, illustrations by Herbert Raschie. (Dampstain affecting upper edge of text block). Original red cloth with partial dust jacket (sunned spine, soiling to edges). FIRST EDITION. A “satirical reverie” written in dialect following the adventures of African American cook whose travels take him to early Hollywood where he works as a cook for a film producer and is seduced by a vamp. Huffman was born around 1900 and grew up in Mississippi, Louisiana, and Florida before moving to Oakland and later Los Angeles where he finished high school at night. Regarding his education, he was quoted in a 1931 article in the Los Angeles Times, "My real education was picked up while working as cook, Pullman porter, butler and chauffeur, and reading books in places where I worked." Huffman later wrote a "Negro musical" titled Hoo-Dooed which was performed at the Philharmonic Auditorium in Los Angeles in 1932. Uncommon INSCRIBED “To ‘The Morning / Edition’ / With cordial good / wishes, from the / ‘Columnist.’” Condition: Sunned spine, soiling to edges, dampstain affecting upper edge of text block. Partial dust jacket with back and flaps with chipping.
HUFFMAN, Eugene Henry. “Now I Am Civilized.” Los Angeles: Wetzel Publishing, 1930. 8vo (139 x 202 mm). Frontispiece, illustrations by Herbert Raschie. (Dampstain affecting upper edge of text block). Original red cloth with partial dust jacket (sunned spine, soiling to edges). FIRST EDITION. A “satirical reverie” written in dialect following the adventures of African American cook whose travels take him to early Hollywood where he works as a cook for a film producer and is seduced by a vamp. Huffman was born around 1900 and grew up in Mississippi, Louisiana, and Florida before moving to Oakland and later Los Angeles where he finished high school at night. Regarding his education, he was quoted in a 1931 article in the Los Angeles Times, "My real education was picked up while working as cook, Pullman porter, butler and chauffeur, and reading books in places where I worked." Huffman later wrote a "Negro musical" titled Hoo-Dooed which was performed at the Philharmonic Auditorium in Los Angeles in 1932. Uncommon INSCRIBED “To ‘The Morning / Edition’ / With cordial good / wishes, from the / ‘Columnist.’” Condition: Sunned spine, soiling to edges, dampstain affecting upper edge of text block. Partial dust jacket with back and flaps with chipping.
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