corrothers james (9 Ergebnisse)

Soft cover. Zustand: Very Good. Summary:"Twenty-three stories and poems by America's earliest black authors, illustrated by contemporary black artists including: authors, Langston Hughes [and others]; adaptations, Alex Simmons, Christopher Priest, Mat Johnson; illustrators, Afua Richardson [and others]"--Page 4 of cover.

Zustand: New. In.

Zustand: New. In.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Born into slavery in Kentucky, James David Corrothers went on to become a prominent poet, essayist, and public speaker. His autobiography vividly recounts the obstacles he faced and the triumphs he achieved in a life dedicated to combating racism and prejudice.

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. No Jacket. Former library book; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. First Edition, First Printing. Octavo, 264 pages; VG-; bound in publisher's red cloth, dull gilt titling to spine; mild shelfwear and rubbing; endpapers foxed; illustrated throughout with full-page silhouettes and marginal vignettes; shelved case 6. 1362411. Shelved Dupont Bookstore.

Hardcover. Zustand: Near Fine. First edition. Illustrated by J. K. Bryans. 12mo. 264pp. Salmon cloth stamped in gold on spine. Spine is moderately faded and spotted, gilt lettering on spine is dull, rear hinge tender, else a very good copy. A connected group of folklore tales with a love story set in Chicago. Corrothers was an African-American, born of mixed blood (his grandfather was part Native American and part Scotch-Irish) was raised and university educated in the mid-West, he was an amateur boxer, an author (wrote poetry and this collection of short stories - "The author thought poorly of them and regretted their publication" ), minister, and friend of James Whitcomb Riley, Paul Lawrence Dunbar and Frederick Douglass. This is his only work of fiction. Whiteman. *A Century of Fiction by American Negroes,* p.16.

Softcover. Zustand: Very Good. First edition. Square 16mo. 32pp. Illustrated from photographs. Wrappers with light soil, one page a bit foxed, lower wrap and last few leaves with a tiny stain, very good or better. A handsome advertising pamphlet, illustrated from photographs, including a portrait of Booker T. Washington (class of '75), student carpenters working on a stairway, students laying a foundation, and "a field lesson in agriculture." Also prints the poem "Mammy's Growin' Ole," an early poem by African-American poet James D. Corrothers, preceding his first book. Uncommon.