paynter john h (28 Ergebnisse)

Zustand: Sehr gut. Zustand: Sehr gut | Sprache: Englisch | Produktart: Bücher.

Soft cover. Zustand: Good. 5th or later Edition. 80pp stapled card covers fifth edition, front cover creased, author was Bard of the Cornish Gorsedd.

Kartoniert / Broschiert. Zustand: New. KlappentextThe Greatest Escape of African slaves in American historyThis unique book from Leonaur collects three pieces concerning the so called Schooner Pearl Incident of 1848. This bid for freedom by seventy-seven slaves from Was.

PAP. Zustand: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -Joining the Navy - Abroad with Uncle Sam is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original edition of 1895.Hans Elektronisches Buch is editor of the literature on different topic areas such as research and science, travel and expeditions, cooking and nutrition, medicine, and other genres. As a publisher we focus on the preservation of historical literature. Many works of historical writers and scientists are available today as antiques only. Hans Elektronisches Buch newly publishes these books and contributes to the preservation of literature which has become rare and historical knowledge for the future.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 316 pp. Englisch.

HRD. Zustand: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

Gebunden. Zustand: New. KlappentextThe Greatest Escape of African slaves in American historyThis unique book from Leonaur collects three pieces concerning the so called Schooner Pearl Incident of 1848. This bid for freedom by seventy-seven slaves from Was.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - 'Joining the Navy; Or, Abroad With Uncle Sam' offers a vivid glimpse into the life of a 19th-century American sailor. Penned by John H. Paynter, the narrative recounts the experiences, challenges, and adventures encountered while serving in the U.S. Navy. With a focus on naval history and maritime life, this work provides insight into a bygone era of seafaring, appealing to readers interested in military history and the personal stories of those who served.

Gebunden. Zustand: New.

Zustand: Good. First edition copy. . Good dust jacket. Owner's name on rear endpage. In protective mylar cover. (civil service, autobiographies, employees).

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Good. First edition. Octavo. 190pp. Illustrated, portrait plates. Dents on the boards, thus good in good plus dustwrapper with some modest toning and overall wear. Autobiography of an African-American federal government worker, his account of a 40 year career with the Internal Revenue bureau and other agencies.

Zustand: Fair. New York: Margent Press, 1940. 1st edition. 8vo. 224pp. Illus. Book Good. No dust jacket. Spine cover mottled. Owner's name on pastedown. (African American writers, memoirs, poetry) Inquire if you need further information.

Hardcover. Zustand: Near Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. First edition. Octavo. 190pp. Illustrated, portrait plates. Near fine in very good dustwrapper with some modest soiling and a couple internally tape repaired short tears. Autobiography of an African-American federal government worker, his account of a 40 year career with the Internal Revenue bureau and other agencies. In 1898 Paynter published his reminiscences of his time as a black sailor in the old Navy *Joining the Navy or Abroad with Uncle Sam* and in 1930 he published a novel about escaped slaves, *Fugitives of the Pearl.

Hardcover. Zustand: Fine. First edition. Small number label on title page else fine lacking the dustwrapper. Reminiscences of a public servant who led a full and fascinating life. In 1898 Paynter published Joining the Navy, a memoir of his life as a black sailor in the old Navy.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: fair. First Edition. 209p octavo. Foreword by E.D.W. Jones, and illustrated from photographs of the Edmondson family. Green cloth. The binding with considerable spotting on the cloth of the front cover, few small damp spots on the rear cover, else a very good copy, text clean, in a worn and chipped good dust jacket. A nice association copy of an important title, inscribed by the author to his classmate at Lincoln University Aaron Mossell, the father of a pioneering African-American family. Blockson 9460. Smith. Emancipation: The Making of a Black Lawyer 1844-1944.

Hardcover. Zustand: Near Fine. First edition. Foreword by E. D. W. Jones. Octavo. 209pp. Illustrated (reproducing six photographs of members of the Edmondson family); pp. [203]-209 prints a list of "Descendants of Paul and Amelia Edmondson." Green cloth. A near fine copy lacking the uncommon dust jacket. Inscribed and signed by the author on the front flyleaf: "For Margaret - /Very truly yours/ Joh H. Paynter/ July 30/ '36/ Wash. D.C." *Fugitives of the Pearl,* is a historical novel, by African American author John H. Paynter, about "the escape of slaves from Washington in the 1840's is betrayed by a free Negro" [Whiteman, *A Century of Fiction by American Negroes*]. Scarce.

First printing. 8vo. 190 pp. Portrait plates. Paynter describes his 42 years in Federal service, during the years 1890-1930, including "duty at Washington, with the Census of 1890, the Post Office at Denver, and the Internal Revenue Bureau and the Treasury Department at Washington [writing] of the inequities of Civil Service, giving specific instances of unfair practice, and telling of the follies and frailties of government employees." Blockson catalogue 3057. Very good. Orig. brown cloth, gilt spine title, illustrated dust jacket. (#6482).

First Edition. First printing. Octavo; publisher's brown cloth-covered boards, titled in gilt on spine; dustjacket; [i-xviii ],19-190pp; illus. Tight, Near Fine copy in slightly scuffed and edgeworn dustwrapper; small loss of text at base of spine panel, Very Good. Memoir by an African-American author, documenting a long career in government service, including Naval enlistment during the Spanish-American War. Valuable for Paynter's straightforward accounting of the "hindrances which are placed in the way of Negroes' progress, and the crippling financial failures which sometimes follow.".

Zustand: Near Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Near Fine. First Edition. First edition, first printing. Bound in publisher's green cloth stamped in black. A review copy with publisher's slip laid in. Near Fine with toning to pages in a Near Fine unclipped dust jacket with minor chipping at the corners and spine ends. John H. Paynter was an African American writer of poetry and nonfiction. Fugitives of the Pearl is historical fiction, with a plot centering around one of the largest known mass escape attempts of enslaved people in the United States.