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Arna BONTEMPS
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Bontemps, Arna, editor.
American Negro Poetry.
Publisher: New York: Hill & Wang, 1968.. 197 pp. Paper wrappers. 14th printing. Very good- with owner's signature to half-title and some soiling to wrappers.
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Item number: 10112.
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BONTEMPS, Arna
Chariot in the Sky: A Story of the Jubilee Singers
Publisher: Philadelphia: Winston, (1951). Illus. by Cyrus Leroy Baldridge. xiii, 234 p . 1st ed. C.L. Dellums' copy, SIGNED by him on the front & rear paste-downs.
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Item number: 11229.
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BONTEMPS, Arna
100 Years of Negro Freedom
Publisher: New York: Dodd, Mead, 1961. Illus. with photos. xi, 276 p . 1st ed. C.L. Dellums' copy, SIGNED by him on the front & rear paste-downs. About fine in d.w. which is lightly spotted on spine. Dellums' was a Vice President of the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters. This book has several pages devoted to A. Philip Randolph and the Brotherhood
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Item number: 11230.
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BONTEMPS, Arna and Jack Conroy
They Seek a City
Publisher: Garden City: Doubleday, Doran, 1945. xvii, 266 p . 1st ed. C.L. Dellums' copy, SIGNED by him on the front & rear paste-downs. Very good.
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Item number: 11232.
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BONTEMPS, Arna and Langston Hughes
Popo and Fifina, Children of Haiti
Publisher: New York: Macmillan, 1946. Illus. by E. Simms Campbell. 100 p . 5th printing. Fine in moderately worn d. w. with a piece missing at bottom edge of front panel.
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Item number: 29015.
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BONTEMPS ARNA AND JACK CONROY
THEY SEEK A CITY
Publisher: DOUBLEDAY,N.Y.[1945]. 1ST./VG+GREEN CLOTH WITH GILT LETTERED SPINE/VG+JACKET WITH SOME WEAR AND1/4 CHIP MISSING AT TOP OF JACKET AND A FEW CHIPS AT BOTTOM/THE FASCINATING STORY OF THE NEGRO PIONEERS/AFRO-AMERICAN HISTORY,S LAVERY/MODERN 1ST.
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AUD 109.29 | CAD 107.07 | EUR 67.25 | GBP 60.57 | JPY 9,090.91 | MXN 1,298.70 | ZAR 757.58 |
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Item number: 004367.
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BONTEMPS, Arna
Chariot in the Sky: A Story of the Jubilee Singers
Publisher: Philadelphia: Winston, (1951). Illus. by Cyrus Leroy Baldridge. xiii, 234 p . 1st ed. Name on paste-down; else very good.
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AUD 24.59 | CAD 24.09 | EUR 15.13 | GBP 13.63 | JPY 2,045.45 | MXN 292.21 | ZAR 170.45 |
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Item number: 39204.
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BONTEMPS, Arna
Bubber Goes to Heaven
Publisher: New York: Oxford University Press, (1998). Illus. by Daniel Minter. Intro. by Jim Haskins. Afterword by Charles L. James. 8vo. Cloth-backed boards. 84 p . 1st ed. Fine in d.w.
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AUD 13.66 | CAD 13.38 | EUR 8.41 | GBP 7.57 | JPY 1,136.36 | MXN 162.34 | ZAR 94.70 |
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Item number: 45921.
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BONTEMPS, Arna
God Sends Sunday
Publisher: New York: AMS Press, (1972). 16mo. Cloth. 199 p . Fine.
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AUD 49.18 | CAD 48.18 | EUR 30.26 | GBP 27.26 | JPY 4,090.91 | MXN 584.42 | ZAR 340.91 |
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Item number: 53874.
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BONTEMPS, Arna
Personals
Publisher: London: Paul Bremen, 1973. 8vo. Wraps. 37 p . Volume four in the Heritage Series. 2nd ed. About fine.
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Item number: 53736.
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Bontemps, Arna, editor & introduction
American Negro Poetry
Publisher: Hill & Wang 1964, 1963 NY. Brief ink notes few pages, o/w very good; no dust jacket. Small 8 vo. (xviii) 197 pp. Wine cloth; 3rd printing of first Hill & Wang American Century Series edition. Hard Cover
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Abstract Books.
Item number: 004557.
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Bontemps, Arna, Illustrated by: Minter, Daniel
Bubber Goes to Heaven
Publisher: Oxford University New York 1998. Previously unpublished children's story by this noted black author. 87 pages, introduction by Jim Haskins, b/w illustrations by Daniel Minter; blue boards/cloth. This book is in fine condition and has a fine dust jacket First Printing Hard Cover
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AUD 21.86 | CAD 21.41 | EUR 13.45 | GBP 12.11 | JPY 1,818.18 | MXN 259.74 | ZAR 151.52 |
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Item number: 012915.
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Bontemps, Arna, and Jack Conroy, Illustrated by: Brown, Paul
Sam-Patch: The High, Wide Handsome Jumper
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Boston 1951. Ex libris. Unpaginated, b/wmand color illustrations by Paul Brown, oblong 8vo; b;ue library binding, pictorial front cover. Good, number front cover, light wear, library stamps, scuffs; content very good; no dust jacket First Edition Hard Cover
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AUD 20.77 | CAD 20.34 | EUR 12.78 | GBP 11.51 | JPY 1,727.27 | MXN 246.75 | ZAR 143.94 |
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Item number: 018499.
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BONTEMPS, Arna and Jack Conroy
The Fast Sooner Hound
Publisher: Boston: Houghton Mifflin, (c. 1942). Illus. by Virginia Lee Burton. Oblong 8vo. Pictorial cloth. 28 p . Later printing. Inscription (dated 1967) on end paper; else fine.
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AUD 30.05 | CAD 29.44 | EUR 18.49 | GBP 16.66 | JPY 2,500.00 | MXN 357.14 | ZAR 208.33 |
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Item number: 56763.
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Langston Hughes and Arna Bontemps
The Book of Negro Folklore
Publisher: Dodd, Mead & Co. New York 1959. Front end page removed else VG condition. No Jacket Cloth Very Good
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AUD 16.39 | CAD 16.06 | EUR 10.09 | GBP 9.09 | JPY 1,363.64 | MXN 194.81 | ZAR 113.64 |
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Item number: 017098.
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Bontemps, Arna
Chariot In The Sky, A Story of the Jubilee Singers
Publisher: 1951. Winston; 1st Edition; Very Good with no dust jacket African-American Biography Hard Cover Lightly worn brown boards. Inked name and address on front paste down. Illustrated by Cyrus Leroy Baldridge. The story of the 19th century group of singers, all former slaves , from Fisk school in Nashville , Tennessee became world famous . ; 8vo ; 238 pages
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AUD 12.46 | CAD 12.21 | EUR 7.67 | GBP 6.90 | JPY 1,036.36 | MXN 148.05 | ZAR 86.36 |
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Item number: 777.
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Du Bois, W. E. B. edited by Andrew G. Paschal w/intro. by Arna Bontemps
A W. E. B. Du Bois Reader
Publisher: New York: Collier, 1971 1st ed. thus.. 376pp. paperback: Very Good. An anthology of essays, lectures, articles, notes and excerpts from the writings of American civil rights activist William Edward Burghardt Du Bois (1868-1963).
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AUD 5.45 | CAD 5.34 | EUR 3.36 | GBP 3.02 | JPY 453.64 | MXN 64.81 | ZAR 37.80 |
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Item number: 13551.
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Bontemps, Arna, Illustrator: Bischoff, Ilse
You Can't Pet a Possum
Publisher: New York: William Morrow, 1934. First Edition 8vo Red decorated cloth. 120pp. Illustrated by Ilse Bischoff with four wonderful full-color plates and line drawings within the text. The story of a little black boy named Shine, his Aunt Cindy, and his big, yellow pup Butch, who live out in the country in the South. Arna Bontemps gave children a book full of interesting episodes and several dashes of real excitement. Cloth lightly soiled along lower edge of upper cover. Name on ffep stroked through with black marker, light marginal finger soil else Very Good. Dustjacket is dust-soiled and darkened, chipped, worn, and torn along edges, with a few light pencil marks to upper panel. A scarce early title, particularly in the jacket, by this noted Harlem Renaissance poet and writer.
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AUD 491.80 | CAD 481.80 | EUR 302.62 | GBP 272.56 | JPY 40,909.09 | MXN 5,844.16 | ZAR 3,409.09 |
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Item number: 006538.
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Bontemps , Arna, Historical editor: Paul Lawrence, Flornece Randall, Takako Endo, Esther McStay
NEGRO AMERICAN HERITAGE
Publisher: 1968. Century Communication; Very Good Juv Multicultural Hardcover Modest wear to pictorial boards. School room number on ep. A true picture of this nation as a whole as well as of our world at the time of publishing in 1968.; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 136 pages
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AUD 10.38 | CAD 10.17 | EUR 6.39 | GBP 5.75 | JPY 863.64 | MXN 123.38 | ZAR 71.97 |
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Item number: 29558.
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Bontemps, Arna & Conroy, Jack Ill Burton, Virginia
The Fast Sooner Hound
HM 1942 no d/j cond good
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AUD 22.95 | CAD 22.48 | EUR 14.12 | GBP 12.72 | JPY 1,909.09 | MXN 272.73 | ZAR 159.09 |
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James H. Freiberg, Books.
Item number: 10673.
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Bontemps, Arna
Chariot in the Sky
Oxford 1st ed 2002 hardcover in dust jacket cond vg/vg; fiction re Jubilee Singers
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AUD 7.38 | CAD 7.23 | EUR 4.54 | GBP 4.09 | JPY 613.64 | MXN 87.66 | ZAR 51.14 |
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Item number: 16388.
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BONTEMPS, Arna and Jack Conroy
They Seek a City
Publisher: Garden City: Doubleday, Doran, 1945. 8vo. Cloth. xvii, 266 p . 1st ed. Very good.
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AUD 30.05 | CAD 29.44 | EUR 18.49 | GBP 16.66 | JPY 2,500.00 | MXN 357.14 | ZAR 208.33 |
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Item number: 64509.
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Hughes, Langston and Arna Bontemps (editors)
The Poetry of the Negro
Publisher: Garden City, New York: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1970. Hardcover with dustjacket. 8vo. Revised edition. Book is in near fine condition; edges of boards are lightly rubbed and there are several pencil-marks on the contents pages. Jacket is in VG- condition; there is a 2" tear along spine and several smaller tears. Covers are scuffed and lightly soiled and there is some creasing. Interior is bright and clean. Not price-clipped. In protective mylar. 645 pp. including index. Hardcover
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AUD 38.25 | CAD 37.47 | EUR 23.54 | GBP 21.20 | JPY 3,181.82 | MXN 454.55 | ZAR 265.15 |
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Item number: 13333.
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Bontemps, Arna editor
AMERICAN NEGRO POETRY
Publisher: Hill and Wang New York 1964. Softcover Very Good with no dust jacket; Edgewear. ; Trade PB; 197 pages
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AUD 8.74 | CAD 8.57 | EUR 5.38 | GBP 4.85 | JPY 727.27 | MXN 103.90 | ZAR 60.61 |
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Item number: 30485.
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Bontemps, Arna , Illustrated by: Johnson, Harper
Frederick Douglass : Slave - Fighter - Freeman
Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf 1960. Usual library identifiers. Library binding (buckram) has moderate edge-wear and rubbing. Occasional pages have moderate soil. 2nd Printing No Jacket Hard Cover Reading Copy 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall Ex-Library
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AUD 3.28 | CAD 3.21 | EUR 2.02 | GBP 1.82 | JPY 272.73 | MXN 38.96 | ZAR 22.73 |
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Item number: 18280.
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Bontemps, Arna
We Have Tomorrow
photos. by Marian Palfi. Houghton Mifflin, Boston 1945, 12mo. cloth, 131pp. , ex-lib. - pocket, stamps, lacks spine, shaken & covers very soiled, poor $
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Item number: 48269.
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BONTEMPS ARNA
THE HARLEM RENAISSANCE REMEMBERED
Publisher: DODD,MEAD,N.Y.[1972]. ILLUSTRATED WITH PHOTOGRAPHS/VG+/AFRO AMERICAN HARLEM RENAISSANCE, 310 PAGES 1ST. EDITION Soft Cover As New 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall CLEAN GIFT QUAILITY
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AUD 26.12 | CAD 25.59 | EUR 16.07 | GBP 14.48 | JPY 2,172.73 | MXN 310.39 | ZAR 181.06 |
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Item number: 005597.
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Bontemps, Arna.
THE OLD SOUTH: A SUMMER TRAGEDY AND OTHER STORIES OF THE THIRTIES.
Publisher: Dodd, Mead & Co., New York: 1973. Hardcover. Very Good+, Dust Jacket. 0396067883 1st edition, black cloth, 238 pages. Slightly cocked, endpapers lightly offset.
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AUD 81.97 | CAD 80.30 | EUR 50.44 | GBP 45.43 | JPY 6,818.18 | MXN 974.03 | ZAR 568.18 |
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Item number: 210993.
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Bontemps, Arna & Jack Conroy.
SAM PATCH. THE HIGH WIDE & HANDSOME JUMPER. Illustrated by Paul Brown
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Co./Riverside Press, Boston: 1951. Hardcover. Near Fine, Dust Jacket Very Good. 1st edition, Oblong 8vo. Illustrated yellow cloth. Color, black and white illustrations. This book is in excellent shape, clean & bright, with sharp corners and a tight binding. The jacket has seven or eight tiny edge tears with no loss, and a little fading down spine, now protected in mylar cover. Copies in Dust Jacket, especially one this nice, are rare. Copies in Dust Jacket, especially one this nice, are rare.
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AUD 546.45 | CAD 535.33 | EUR 336.25 | GBP 302.85 | JPY 45,454.55 | MXN 6,493.51 | ZAR 3,787.88 |
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Item number: 236002.
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Bontemps, Arna, Illustrator: Topolski, Feliks
Lonesome Boy (signed)
Publisher: Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1955. First Edition 8vo Dark blue cloth. 28pp with expressive black & white illustrations by Feliks Topolski. Even out in a cornfield, Bubber loves to blow his trumpet loud and fast and high. But his grandpa tells him that blowing a horn and not paying attention to where you are can land a person in some funny places. Inscribed and signed by the author to poet Jean Burden "who would understand my lonesome boy. " Upper endpapers slightly darkened from a newspaper clipping else Very Good. Dustjacket chipped with closed tears, spine darkened, stains to upper panel.
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AUD 191.26 | CAD 187.37 | EUR 117.69 | GBP 106.00 | JPY 15,909.09 | MXN 2,272.73 | ZAR 1,325.76 |
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Item number: 007639.
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Bontemps, Arna and Langston Hughes, Illustrator: Campbell, E. Sims
Popo and Fifina
Publisher: New York: Oxford University Press (1993). ISBN: 0195087658 First Edition Thus 8vo Cloth backed boards. ix, 110pp with occasional black & white illustrations. Introduction and afterword by Arnold Rampersad. The story of two children who live on the tropical island of Haiti. Originally published in 1932, this classic of African-American children's literature marked the beginning of a long and fruitful partnership between its Harlem Renaissance authors. A title in The Iona and Peter Opie Library of Children's Literature. Fine in dustjacket.
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Item number: 005888.
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[TOPOLSKI, FELIKS]. Bontemps, Arna.
Lonesome Boy.
Publisher: New York: Houghton-Mifflin, 1955.. First Edition Very slight shelf wear to book. Jacket is somewhat yellowed and is very slightly chipped at top and bottom of spine. A wonderful short story about a boy and his trumpet (and his grandfather) by one of the best mid-century African American writers. Near fine with owner inscription on title page, Very Good
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AUD 87.43 | CAD 85.65 | EUR 53.80 | GBP 48.46 | JPY 7,272.73 | MXN 1,038.96 | ZAR 606.06 |
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Item number: 318.
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Bontemps, Arna.
Young Booker: Booker T. Washington's Early Days.
Publisher: New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1972.. ISBN: 0396065147 8vo. 196 pp. VG condition. Very light shelfwear to edges, slight age-discoloration to endpapers, binding shaken. Interior clean. Rubbing to dj edges and panels, slight chipping to dj spine ends and corners, missing piece of upper dj spine end repaired with tape by previous owner. With b&w photo plates. Cloth Cloth Very Good in Good + dj
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Item number: 115205.
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Lawrence, Paul; Randall, Florence; Endo, Takako; McStay, Esther; historical Editor: Bontemps, Arna Illustrator: Photos
Negro American Heritage
Publisher: Century Communications 1968. Near fine + ex-library (judging from stamp on first pastedown, never checked out; the condition also bears this out), no dustjacket.
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AUD 6.83 | CAD 6.69 | EUR 4.20 | GBP 3.79 | JPY 568.18 | MXN 81.17 | ZAR 47.35 |
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Item number: E3060.
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BONTEMPS, Arna
LONESOME BOY
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Co Pub Boston,MA 1955 tp,verso. Americana VERY GOOD Condition in Very Good Dust Jacket TOPOLSKI, FELIKS drawings 1st Edition? HARDCOVER 5x8" VERY GOOD DJ 28pg White On Dark Blue Cloth Hard Covers.Clipt Dj Has Very Minor top edgewear. Illustrations of TRUMPET PLAYING BOY.
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