Wheaton elizabeth lee (6 Ergebnisse)

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good+. First Edition. (no dust jacket) [a nice-looking copy, minor wear to extremities, a bit of soiling to bottom of text block]. Novel set in the African-American community of Texas City, Texas, centering around an establishment that's a combination beer joint, restaurant, dance hall and gambling den. Despite (or maybe because of?) having been written by a white lady, it was lauded by The New York Times as "a richly authentic and very readable slice of life." (Although the reviewer, Herschel Brickell -- a native of Yazoo City, Mississippi -- also tipped his hand a bit by praising the author for not being "afflicted with 'social consciousness'," which therefore prevented her book from becoming "a vehicle for propaganda, and its people representatives of the oppressed proletariat, wretched victims of race prejudice and economic injustice." Gosh, no, we wouldn't want any of that, now, would we?) Let's the give author her due, though: her book did prevail over 288 other manuscripts submitted in the first-ever contest for something called the Thomas Jefferson Southern Award. …

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. First Edition. First Edition, 4th Printing. Published by E.P. Dutton and Company, 1941. Octavo. Hardcover. Book is very good with red top stain and previous owner bookplate on flyleaf. Dust jacket is very good with shelf/edgewear and price-clipped.100% positive feedback. 30 day money back guarantee. NEXT DAY SHIPPING! Excellent customer service. Please email with any questions. All books packed carefully and ship with free delivery confirmation/tracking. All books come with free bookmarks. Ships from Sag Harbor, New York.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Near Fine. First Edition. First edition. Near fine lacking the dust jacket. A novel that won the Thomas Jefferson Southern Award. The novel, about a black-owned juke joint in rural Texas purports to be a true portrayal of black life, but seems to descend to stereotypes pretty quickly.…

Softcover. Zustand: Very Good. New York: E. P. Dutton and Co., Inc., 1941. First Edition, Third Printing. A Virginia Quarterly Review Book, Winner of the Thomas Jefferson Southern Award. Softcover, 375pp., there is some minor use wear and book is slightly bowed, contents are clean, overall a Very Good copy.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Near Fine. 1st Edition. 375 pages. First edition, first printing. Dust jacket art by Arthur Hawkins. Her first book which won The Thomas Jefferson Southern Award. The story of a black-owned juke joint in rural Texas which is supposed to be a true portrayal of black life. Fine book in a near fine dust jacket with very slight wear to the corners. A beautiful copy. Hawkins, Jr., Arthur (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Zustand: Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. First Edition. First edition. Fine in an attractive, Arthur Hawkins-designed very good dustwrapper that has some tears and small chips, mostly along the spine where it meets the rear panel. A nice copy of a novel that won the Thomas Jefferson Southern Award. The novel, about a black-owned juke joint in rural Texas purports to be a true portrayal of black life, but seems to descend to stereotypes pretty quickly.…