Afro-American Literary Study in the 1990s
Chicago: U of Chicago Press, (c. 1989). 1st ed. Hardcover. index, vi, 246p. dj. 22cm. Essays presented at a 3-day conference at the University of Pennsylvania in April 1987. More
Chicago: U of Chicago Press, (c. 1989). 1st ed. Hardcover. index, vi, 246p. dj. 22cm. Essays presented at a 3-day conference at the University of Pennsylvania in April 1987. More
New York: Random House, (c. 1993). 1st ed. Hardcover. photos, index, xxiii, 532p. Original cloth backed boards, dj. 24 cm. INSCRIBED by both authors on dedication leaf. More
New York: Dial Press, 1931. 1st Amer. ed. Hardcover. frontis, photos, 283p. Original cloth. 24cm. Backstrip darkened, lightly frayed at ends. Spine lettering indistinct. Bookplate. No Jacket. INSCRIBED on half-title page by Baker. Preceded by the English edition which was titled "The Brotherhood of the Trees." More
Hartford: O. D. Case, 1868. 1st Amer. ed. Hardcover. frontis, illustrations (by Baker), 2 maps (1 folding and both with just a little color), index, 608p. Original cloth. 23cm. Modest cover wear. Contents sound and clean with light age-toning. More
London: Macmillan, 1871. 4th ed. Hardcover. frontis (map), illustrations (by Baker), 2 maps colored in outline (1 folding), index, (8), xix, 413p. plus 43p, publisher's catalog dated January, 1871. Rebound in modern green buckram. 19cm. Modern African-themed bookplate over an older bookplate of Abigail and Irving Blake. Three or four..... More
New York: C. M. Tremaine, (c. 1866). Paperback. [Sheet Music] 5p. Disbound (removed from a bound volume). 34cm. Moderate foxing and some offsetting. Black and white lithograph by H. C. Eno on front cover of a two story "cottage." More
London: Longmans, Green, 1874. New Edition. Hardcover. frontis, illustrations, xix, 376p. Contemporary leather. 18cm. Head of backstrip frayed and has a few short tears. Two small holes in leather near lower corner of front cover. Narrow split at head of rear joint. Extremities rubbed. Bookplate. Contents sound (lightly browned). More
Paris: Editions Artistiques de Paris, (c. 1927). Paperback. photos illustrations (40)p. Softcover in original wrapper. 32 cm. Centerfold and two adjacent leaves -- none picturing Ms. Baker who was then about twenty-one years old -- have pulled free of the staples. Full-page advertisement on back cover for Chez Josephine Baker..... More
Paris: Kra, (1927). Colin, Paul. Edition Originale. Hardcover. 30 illustrations (mostly full-page, all black & white except the frontis, and all by Paul Colin), 186, [1]p. Rebound in modern, grained oatmeal-colored cloth. Leather title label mounted on backstrip. Original wrapper not preserved. 19 cm. Mostly modest foxing on some outer..... More