Margaret Taylor Burroughs (5 results)

Paperback. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

HB YELLOW BOARDS FINE PP63 DW ABOUT VERY GOOD 8VO Illustrations by Ted Lewin.

Condition: Good. Former library copy. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 96 pp. Size: approx. 5.75" x 8.5". Stated first printing. SIGNED, DATED, and INSCRIBED by author Margaret Taylor Burroughs to recipient Ruth Love on ffep. Burroughs (1917-2010) was a Chicago-based black artist, poet, community organizer, political activist, educator, and co-founder of Chicago's DuSable Museum of African American History. Ruth B. Love, to whom the book is inscribed, was an esteemed author and educator and the first African-American to serve as superintendent for the Chicago Public Schools district. Minor shelf and handling wear. Head and foot of spine and corners and edges of boards lightly soiled/faded. Light soiling and moderate fading and wear to dust jacket (see photos); dust jacket is now enclosed in a (removable) protective mylar cover. Signed by Author(s). …

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Near Fine. Revised Edition. 96 pages. First printing. Margaret Burroughs (1917-2010) was a Chicago-based black artist, poet, community organizer, political activist, and educator. In 1940 she worked with the WPA to establish the South Side Community Art Center. In 1961 she co-founded the DuSable Museum of African American History. Among the honors she received over her lifetime were a President's Humanitarian Award from Gerald Ford in 1975 and an appointment to the National Commission on African American History and Culture by President Jimmy Carter in 1980. The book offered here is signed by Burroughs and inscribed by her on the front free endpaper: "To the Terrell Family with love--Sincerely, Margaret Burroughs 8/13/82." Lloyd Preston Terrell was a black minister, writer, and activist in both Georgia and New jersey. Provenance: purchased from the Terrell family. The book and dust jacket are in almost as-new condition. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Joe E. de Velasco (illustrator). SIGNED. Book.…