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Verlag: Scholastic, 1990
ISBN 10: 0590354523ISBN 13: 9780590354523
Anbieter: Better World Books, Mishawaka, IN, USA
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Zustand: Good. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.
Verlag: Leeds Music Corporation, New York, 1949
Anbieter: Raptis Rare Books, Palm Beach, FL, USA
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First edition of the first grand opera composed by an African American to be produced by a major company. Octavo, original wrappers. Boldly signed by Langston Hughes on the title page. In very good condition. Uncommon in this condition. Troubled Island is an American opera in three acts composed by William Grant Still, with a libretto begun by poet Langston Hughes and completed by Verna Arvey. Set in Haiti in 1791, Troubled Island portrays Jean Jacques Dessalines and the corruption of his leadership in the Haitian revolution. He declared himself as emperor of an independent Haiti but was assassinated by opponents. The opera premiered at the New York City Opera on March 31, 1949, notably making it the first grand opera composed by an African American to be produced by a major company. The premiere performance was greeted with 22 curtain calls.
Verlag: Lincoln University Herald, Lincoln University, Pa, 1930
Anbieter: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, USA
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Softcover. Zustand: Very Good. First edition. Octavo. 16pp. Stapled printed blue-green wrappers. Issue of the *Lincoln University Herald*, Vol. XXXIII, No. 3 of March, 1930. Very good with small wax pencil mark on cover, some edgewear and perimeter toning, and indentation and offsetting from now missing staple. Poetry from Langston Hughes, Waring Cuney, William Allyn Hill, and Edward Silvera.
Verlag: New York, G. P. Putnam's Sons, (1934)., 1934
Anbieter: Alexanderplatz Books, New York, NY, USA
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Hardcover. Zustand: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Included. 1st Edition. First edition (stated). Original cloth with dust jacket. Very near fine copy in very good dust jacket. Free endpapers darkened at inside edges where inside jacket flaps did not act as a barrier to the materials used in the construction of the book, very slight wear to base of spine. Jacket has some shallow wear to the top of the spine and the adjacent top edge of the front panel and a few tiny chips on the top and bottom edges of the back panel. Base of spine panel dust-darkened. Stories by Thomas Wolfe, Ernest Hemingway, William Faulkner, Robert Nathan, Langston Hughes, Kay Boyle, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Evelyn Scott, Anton Chekhov, N. Liashko, Ambrose Bierce, Guy de Maupassant, O. Henry, Marjorie Rawlings, Jo Pagano, and Marlise Johnston. Each story accompanied with comments by Dashiell, who was managing editor of Scribner's Magazine.
Verlag: PL Editions Poetry, London, 1947
Hardcover with Dust Jacket. Zustand: Near Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. First Edition, First Printing. Dark wine-red cloth with green spine titles; 7.5 inches tall; 171 pages; Profusely illustrated with black and white photographs, including frontispiece of Louis Armstrong. The bindings are tight and square. Text clean, light even toning. Minimal shelf handling wear. Colorful dust jacket is unclipped with even age-toning and tiny loss on the spine tips. With laid-in publisher's ticket indicating a review copy. A fascinating period study of the world of jazz in the 1940s, this inaugural edition of yearly anthologies featuring articles by English and American writers on jazz seeks to establish valid criteria for appreciating the art form for the first time. Additionally, it offers critiques of individual players, aiming to provide comprehensive insights into the genre. historical pieces which trace the origins of swing from the negro workers' songs and the brass bands and small orchestras which played in the streets, the bars and the sporting houses of New Orleans, that "wide-open town" of the Nineties. An interesting feature is the section in which famous jazz musicians, among them Louis Armstrong, write about their early experiences. Historical articles within the anthology delve into the roots of swing, tracing its origins from the songs of African American laborers to the brass bands and small orchestras that frequented the streets, bars, and sporting houses of New Orleans during the vibrant era of the 1890s. Of particular note is a captivating section where renowned jazz musicians, including Louis Armstrong, share their personal accounts of their formative years in the jazz scene.
Anbieter: Herbst-Auktionen, Detmold, Deutschland
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AFRIKA SINGT Eine Auslese neuer Afro-amerikanischer Lyrik, hrsg. Anna Nussbaum, Übersetzungen von : Hermann Kesser, Josef Luitpold, Anna Siemsen und Anna Nussbaum. F.G. Speidel sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, Wien und Leipzig, 1. Auflage 1929, ERSTAUSGABE, 175 SS. gebunden (Hardcover, schwarzes Oln. mit Golddruck), Vorsatz und Titel mit schöner Fremdwidmung (nicht identifiziert), gut erhalten - auf S. 135 unter seinem Gedicht DER RADIKALE mit Bleistift eigenhändig signiert.
Verlag: A. Waldie 1839-1840, Philadelphia, 1839
Anbieter: Second Story Books, ABAA, Rockville, MD, USA
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Hardcover. Octavo, v-vi, 5-100, [6], 7-94, [4], 3-83, [6], 7-114, 137-140 (accidental insertion); 115-119, ix-xii, 17-186, [2], 49-51, mispagination (25), 53-188, [4, plates], 239-345, [4], 193-388 pp. Good; bound in contemporary leather with black spine label and gilt titling, with surface marks and scratches, scattered areas of red paste or paint, wear to spine edges and corners; boards slightly shaken, but binding else tight; text block with some discoloration; foxing and age toning to pages throughout; previous owner name in ink on ffep "David M. Wachter, M.D. Washington University Baltimore, February 6th 1845;" MF consignment. 1359889. Special Collections.