rowland mabel (4 Ergebnisse)

Hardcover. Zustand: Fair. 144 pages. Smaller book. Moderate wear to the covers; pages yellowed; broken and tape repaired binding near the front; a reading copy. Illustrator: . Quantity Available: 1. Category: Music, Opera, Ballet, Dance; Inventory No: 186021.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. First edition. Octavo. 218pp. Illustrated. Red cloth gilt. Spine ends a little used and rubbed, a couple of faint stains on the rear board, spine lettering a bit dull but readable, an about very good copy lacking the rare dustwrapper. An appreciation gathered from reviews, memoirs, and correspondence of the legendary performer, much-admired both on and off the stage, who bridged the period between minstrel performers and vaudeville. Among the tributes presented are those by Ring Lardner, W.C. Fields, George M. Cohan, Jessie Fauset, W.E.B. Du Bois, Nat Wills, Leon Errol, and others. An exceptionally uncommon volume, rarely found in jacket; the text was subsequently printed in 1969 by the Negro Universities Press.

NY (1923). Illus, 7.5x4.5", cloth, 218pp, spine heavily stained, covers darkened. FIRST EDITION. Tributes from Ring Lardner, W.E.B. Dubois, George M. Cohan, W.C. Fields, etc.

First edition. First edition. Frontispiece photograph of Williams ("his last photograph"). Illustrated. 1 vols. 8vo. Tributes to and sketches of the great pionerring black comedian by Belasco, Heywould Broun, Ring Lardner, W.E.B. Dubois, W.C. Fields, et. al. This copy is inscribed on the flyleaf by the editor, Mabel Rowland, April 9, 1923. Red cloth, slightly faded, some dampstaining to spine and rear cover, but overall very good Frontispiece photograph of Williams ("his last photograph"). Illustrated. 1 vols. 8vo.