Williams c d illustrations (4 Ergebnisse)

dj. First Edition. 12mo. First Edition. With publisher seal present on the rear endpapers. Light shelfwear, with a tiny bump to the fore-edge of the front board, else about Near Fine lacking the dust jacket. Owner initials and date on the front pastedown. Author's second book, adapted twice to film: first in 1924, then in 1946, with the second version starring Bob Hope and Joan Caulfield. An attractive copy. …

Zustand: Good+. No Dust Jacket. Bound in red cloth with gilt lettering on the front cover and spine, featuring a white and gold decorative oval. The top edge is gilt, and the book includes a frontispiece illustration of Cherry. 7.75 inches tall; 179 pages; Illustrated with chapter headers and footers plus three multi-tone plates by by C. D. Williams. The bindings are tight with a slight lean. Text is clean; light, even age-toning. Moderate shelf handling wear with a toned spine and modest loss of color on the perimeter of the cloth. 'Cherry' a novella is a coming-of-age story that explores themes of ambition, perseverance, and the challenges of growing up in a small town. Prior to its book publication, it was serialized in "Harper's Magazine" in January and February of 1901. The story follows Cherry, a young woman navigating the challenges of growing up in a small town. She experiences various ups and downs, including romantic relationships, family conflicts, and personal setbacks. [Adapted from period reviews]. Three color illustrations by C. D. Williams. (illustrator).…

Reprint. Octavo (20cm); tan cloth, with titling and decorations stamped in white on spine and front cover; xiv,465,[1]pp, with frontispiece and seven illustrations by C.D. Williams. Light wear to spine ends and extremities, lower board corners slightly rubbed; contents fresh; Very Good+. Early reprint of the first novel in Dixon's white supremacist "Reconstruction" trilogy, which included The Clansman (1905) and The Traitor (1907). The title page bears the motto: "Can the Ethiopian change his skin or the leopard his spots?" One critic has rightly characterized Dixon's trilogy as "a blueprint for how Anglo-Saxons could control and exploit colored peoples without being polluted by them" (see Peter Schmidt, "Walter Scott, postcolonial theory, and New South literature" in Mississippi Review, Fall, 2003). SMITH D-427.…

Deluxe Issue. Octavo (23.5cm); cream cloth-covered boards, with titling and decorations stamped in gilt and red on spine and front cover; gilt top-edge; fore- and lower-edges untrimmed; 469pp; illustration to frontispiece and throughout. Signed by previous owner E. G. Warren on front endpaper. Shelf-soil with light rubbing to crown; Very Good. Dixon (1864-1946), an American author, lawyer, Baptist minister, and professional racist, spent his writing career romanticizing the South, opposing equal rights for African Americans, and glorifying white supremacy, and championing the KKK as the knights of the South. "No American author of his time was more deeply devoted to the cause of white supremacy than Thomas Dixon, Jr. When Dixon prepared his attacks against Blacks, he drew skillfully upon an imagination that had been schooled in both the Baptist ministry and the study of Law" (Blockson, p.42). In his preface to the reader, Dixon explains that the novel "develops the true story of the "Ku Klux Klan Conspiracy," which overturned the Reconstruction régime." The novel spans five years (1865-1870), opening shortly after Robert E. Lee signs the treaty at Appomattox, and heavily promotes the post-emancipation theory of racial retrogression. "The basic premise of the theory was not only that blacks were inferior to whites but also that as they became further removed from the taming influences slavery had provided, they were actually retrogressing to an even more bestial state that made their very presence a threat, particularly sexually, to white society. Because there was no hope of blacks' rehabilitation, total segregation posed the only viable alternative, and equality with whites in any area remained an impossibility" (Inscoe, John C. "The Clansman" on Stage and Screen: North Carolina Reacts." The North Carolina Historical Review, Vol.64, No.2 (April 1987, p.142). At the time of publication, The Clansman, together with The Leopard's Spots, quickly became the biggest sellers of the young and financially struggling Doubleday, Page & Co., doing much to establish them as a major publishing company. Aware of the enduring popularity of Uncle Tom's Cabin on the stage, Dixon adapted a dramatic version of his novel in 1905, in the hopes of reaching a wider audience with his message; he often traveled with the touring company, making short speeches between acts. The play was a huge success, alternately vilified and enthusiastically received, depending on the state. Dixon's message would ultimately find an even broader audience, once his book was adapted into the 1915 film Birth of a Nation by D.W. Griffith, formerly an actor in a stage production of Dixon's novel The One Woman. BLOCKSON 53; SMITH D-423. [84768]. …