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[AFRICAN AMERICAN - EPHEMERA].  OLD AUNT DINAH'S POLICY PLAYER'S SURE GUIDE TO LUCKY DREAMS AND LUCKY NUMBERS, TO WHICH IS ADDED SIBYL'S BOOK OF FATE, AND THE COMPLETE ORACULUM ... Baltimore, MD: I. & M. Ottenheimer [n.d. ca. 1910-1919]. 125 pp + [2] pp. advertisements. 8vo., tan paper wrappers printed in red and blue, cover vignette illustration Aunt Dinah in kerchief with "lucky number." Wrappers fragile, several closed tears, previous owner Carl van Vechten's printed book label obscuring some text on rear cover (Ottenheimer's list of Self-Taught Language Series publications). Text age-toned, somewhat brittle; a few small chips and closed tears to a few page edges. Dreams, charms, Sibyl's Book of Fate, Physiognomy, more. About good. Scarce. SOLD
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