1908 1960 (53 results)

paperback. Condition: Near Fine. PAPERBACK, cover price $10.00, near fine copy. WRIGHT, RICHARD. Black boy: (American hunger) : a record of childhood and youth. New York: Perennial Classics, 1998, later printing, xix, 419pp., . Harper Perennial modern classics. - The author relates his life as an African American growing up in the South during the Jim Crow years - The restored text, established by the Library of America. ISBN 9780060929787 15.60.

Wright, Richard, 1908-1960. Black boy. New York: Harper Perennial Classics, 1998, 419pp., PAPERBACK, cover price $13.00, very good. The text as restored by the Library of America. 9780060929787 ISBN 0060929782.

Condition: VERY GOOD. Hardcover. An early printing, possibly a Book of the Month club edition, of this classic novel. Very good, (bookplate), no dust jacket.

Second printing (per publisher's number line upon copyright page). xx, 428 pages. Hardcover: H 23.5cm x L 15.75cm. Dust jacket rubbed, slight bumping at spine ends with small light brown stain near center, scuffing at flap fold ends. Black cloth spine with vibrant silver stamped lettering, tan boards. Pages are bright and clean. Binding remains fairly crisp. A near fine copy in a very good dust jacket. ISBN 0446710016.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

First edition, first printing (per publisher's number line upon copyright page). xiv, 299 pages. Hardcover; H 23.5cm x L 15.5cm. Blue dust jacket lightly rubbed. Blue cloth with vibrant gilt stamped spine lettering. A fine copy in a near fine dust jacket. ISBN 0878054030.

Second printing (first published 1985). [6], 268 pages. Hardcover: H 23.5cm x L 15.75cm. Black dust jacket rubbed some surface scratches to rear panel, small patch at front panel's bottom left where dj's clear laminate has bubbled. Black cloth with vibrant gilt stamping to spine. Interior pages are bright and clean. Binding remains crisp. A fine copy in a very good dust jacket. With frontispiece b/w portrait photo, Introduction, and Index. Features twelve essays titled as "Wright's First Hundred Books," "Black Cat and White Cat: Wright's Gothic and the Influence of Poe," "From Revolutionary Poetry to Haiku," "Beyond Naturalism?," "Wright's South," "From Tabloid to Myth: 'The Man Who Lived Underground,'" "The Man Who Killed a Shadow': A Study in Compulsion," "Fantasies and Style in Wright's Fiction," "Wright's Image of France," "Wright and the French Existentialists," "Wright's Exile," "Wright, Negritude, and African Writing," plus four Appendices: "'Superstition' by Richard Wright," "Poetry by Richard Wright," "An Interview with Simone de Beauvoir," and "A Letter from Dorothy Padmore." ISBN 0878052585.

Wright, Richard, 1908-1960. Der schwarze Traum. Roman. Fr/M: Büchergilde Gutenberg, 1964, later printing, 463pp., dust-jacket with minor wear, front panel soiled, very good light blue cloth.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good to Fine. Podwil cover art (illustrator). PBO (Paperback Original) True First Ed. 144 pages; Podwil cover art; Goodreads: Harold Newman was a loser. He was a plodding bank clerk whose past was weary and whose future was dull. Until the moment when his mind was activated by a warp in time and he became a super brain - a brilliant freak gifted with the power of twenty computers. Suddenly Harold's future wasn't dull anymore. It was deadly. >> Sticker residue at upper right cover corner, edge wear to covers; tanning to interior backcover. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" Tall. Book.

First edition, first printing (per publisher's requisite statement and number line upon copyright page). [12], 146, [1] pages. Hardcover: H 21.5cm x L 14.75cm. White dust jacket rubbed and soiled, strong soiling at spine heel and adjacent rear panel's bottom right corner. Blue cloth with vibrant silver stamped spine lettering. Deckle fore-edge. Interior pages are bright and clean. Binding retains some crispness. A fine copy in a very good dust jacket. ISBN 0060147687.

VG orig. blue boards over black spine in edgeworn blue dj. viii, 308 p.; 21 cm. [First printed in English 1961]. 3rd printing edition. Binding is Hardcover.

Condition: FINE. First printing, a trade paperback, issued simultaneously with hardcover. Includes 20 reviews of Wright's novels and other books and 22 critical essays on his works; the reviewers include Joyce Cary, Max Eastman, Clifton Fadiman, Zora Neale Hurston, Sinclair Lewis, Ralph Ellison, Horace A. Porter, Lionel Trilling, David Bradley and others. Essays by Dan McCall, Claudia C. Tate, Robert Stepto, Herbert Leibowitz, Houston A Baker and more. Preface by Gates. SIGNED by K. A. Appiah on the title page. One of the first six volumes of literary criticism launching the Amistad Literary series, which is devoted to literary fiction and criticism by and about African Americans. Chronology, bibliography and index. xvi, 476 pp. Very near fine in glossy illustrated wrappers.

First Edition. Good paperback copy; edges somewhat dust-dulled and nicked. Wrappers dust-toned and creased. Minor browning to the pages. Remains particularly well-preserved overall. Physical description: 185 pages. Subjects: African Americans; Fiction. Genre: Short story. 1 Kg.

46 pages. Staple-bound paperback booklet: H 21.25cm x L 13.5cm. Off-white paper covers toned and soiled with a few small stains; spine ends nicked. Interior pages are clean. Binding is firm. Collection of approximately 66 poems and one song lyric by North Carrollton, Mississippi poet evidently written, as implied by the front cover title, between 1893-1959. A few poems are dated but most are not. Evidence of the author's residence is in the selection of some of the material, i.e. a poem about Greenwood LeFlore's mansion Malmaison evidently written prior to 1942 when it was destroyed by fire plus a poem regarding politician J.Z. George [James Z. George] and a lyric "J.Z. George High School Song." No publishing/printing statement provided but introductory line on page 1 announces "This book has been printed in loving memory of our mother, Rosemary Moss Neill" followed by ink signature "Lacy + Clifton." Rosemary "Maidee" Moss Neill was born in 1874 in Athens, Tennessee and died in Greenville, Mississippi in 1960 with her internment at Evergreen Cemetery, North Carrollton, Mississippi. Rosemary had six children with husband William Humphries Neill (1864-1938), the last of whom was Elizabeth Lacy Neill who, in 1932, married Clifton L. Langford, editor and publisher of the Bolivar Commercial newspaper in Cleveland, Mississippi. No copies located by OCLC as the book undoubtedly had a small print run probably for family members and friends only.

First Edition. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dw. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. ; 146 pages; Description: 146 p. , [1] leaf of plate : facsim ; 22 cm. Autobiographical, continues 'Black Boy'. Subjects: Wright, Richard (1908-1960) . Authors, American --20th century --Biography. 1 Kg.

Condition: FINE. First printing. Originally written in the 1940's and intended as part of Wright's great autobiography "Black Boy" this portion (which tells of his struggles in Chicago, his early days in the Communist party, and his break from them) was severed from the main autobiography before publication. Portions of this section appeared in periodicals, but this posthumous publication in the first printing of the entire book. Includes an afterword by Michael Fabre. 146 pp plus a 1 pp illustration of a page of the original manuscript. Fine in a near fine dust jacket.

Second Edition. Near fine paperback copy; edges very slightly dust-dulled and nicked. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 76 pages; Physical description.: 76 p. ; 19 cm. Notes: "These studies comprise the substance of lectures delivered to conferences of ministers at Iona." Subject: Christian sociology Church and the world. Communism and Christianity. Christianity and politics. Religion -- Philosophy Great Britain General, 1900 to the present day pacifist ideology. 1 Kg.

First Edition. Good paperback copy; edges somewhat dust-dulled and nicked. Wrappers dust-toned and creased. Minor browning to the pages. Remains particularly well-preserved overall. Physical description: 185 pages. Subjects: African Americans; Fiction. Genre: Short story. 1 Kg. Item is Shipped from Ireland or US locations.

First Edition. Near fine copy in the original title-blocked cloth. Spine bands and panel edges very slightly dust-toned as with age. Remains particularly well-preserved overall. Physical description; xv, 358 p. : ill., map ; 21 cm. Subjects; Wright, Richard 1908-1960 Travel Ghana. Ghana Description and travel. Ghana Social conditions. Ghana; customs and culture. 1 Kg.

First Edition. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dw. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. ; 146 pages; Description: 146 p. , [1] leaf of plate : facsim ; 22 cm. Autobiographical, continues 'Black Boy'. Subjects: Wright, Richard (1908-1960) . Authors, American --20th century --Biography. 1 Kg. Item is Shipped from Ireland or US locations.

1st Edition in this form. Fine cloth copy in a near fine, very slightly faded & price-clipped dust wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and sharp-cornered Description: 146 p. , [1] leaf of plate : facsim ; 22 cm. Subjects: Wright, Richard, 1908-1960. Authors, American --20th century --Biography. African Americans --Social conditions. Notes: Autobiographical. Continues Black boy 1 Kg.

1st edition. Provenance: Bookplate of Imperial Defence College Library. Fine library copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. original dust wrappers flaps glued to the free end endpaper. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description; 358 pp., illustrations, 22 cm. Subjects; Wright, Richard 1908-1960. Ashanti (African people). Social conditions History. Travel. Ghana Politics and government to 1957. 1 Kg.

Second Edition. Near fine paperback copy; edges very slightly dust-dulled and nicked. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 76 pages; Physical description.: 76 p. ; 19 cm. Notes: "These studies comprise the substance of lectures delivered to conferences of ministers at Iona." Subject: Christian sociology Church and the world. Communism and Christianity. Christianity and politics. Religion -- Philosophy Great Britain General, 1900 to the present day pacifist ideology. 1 Kg. Item is Shipped from Ireland or US locations.

Likely early printing - no publishing date nor edition/printing statement provided (general presentation and typeset certainly seem contemporary to 1940s). 498 pages. Hardcover: H 23.75cm x L 16cm. No dust jacket. Green cloth with light staining and soiling; patches of white paper adhered to rear board; dulling to front board's gilt stamping but lettering still easily legible. Foxing/toning most prevalent upon several initial and rear leaves; occasional toning to interior leaves with strongest occurrences at gutter margins. Binding is firm. A very good- copy. Laid-in between pages 308-309 is folded mimeographed sheet with single-sided text and illustration for "Gurtler Atomic Stage Pile" trick. Although unstated as such, this is Volume I of what became a three volume series; the successive volumes were issued in 1968 and 1980.

First Edition. Near fine copy in the original title-blocked cloth. Spine bands and panel edges very slightly dust-toned as with age. Remains particularly well-preserved overall. Physical description; xv, 358 p. : ill., map ; 21 cm. Subjects; Wright, Richard 1908-1960 Travel Ghana. Ghana Description and travel. Ghana Social conditions. Ghana; customs and culture. 1 Kg. Item is Shipped from Ireland or US locations.

First Edition. Near fine copy in the original title-blocked cloth. Slightest suggestion only of dust-dulling to the spine bands and panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 127 pages; Physical description. : 127 p. ; 19 cm. Notes: Date of publication from title page verso. Includes bibliographic references and index. Subject: Marx, Karl, 1818-1883 - Contributions in religion. Marx, Karl Heinrich, revolutionary and philosopher. 1818-1883, Communism and religion. Communism and Christianity. Dialectical materialism. Marxism. Series: Religious Book Club. 50. 1 Kg.

1st Edition in this form. Fine cloth copy in a near fine, very slightly faded & price-clipped dust wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and sharp-cornered Description: 146 p. , [1] leaf of plate : facsim ; 22 cm. Subjects: Wright, Richard, 1908-1960. Authors, American --20th century --Biography. African Americans --Social conditions. Notes: Autobiographical. Continues Black boy 1 Kg. Item is Shipped from Ireland or US locations.

1st edition. Provenance: Bookplate of Imperial Defence College Library. Fine library copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. original dust wrappers flaps glued to the free end endpaper. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description; 358 pp., illustrations, 22 cm. Subjects; Wright, Richard 1908-1960. Ashanti (African people). Social conditions History. Travel. Ghana Politics and government to 1957. 1 Kg. Item is Shipped from Ireland or US locations.

First Edition. Near fine copy in the original title-blocked cloth. Slightest suggestion only of dust-dulling to the spine bands and panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 127 pages; Physical description. : 127 p. ; 19 cm. Notes: Date of publication from title page verso. Includes bibliographic references and index. Subject: Marx, Karl, 1818-1883 - Contributions in religion. Marx, Karl Heinrich, revolutionary and philosopher. 1818-1883, Communism and religion. Communism and Christianity. Dialectical materialism. Marxism. Series: Religious Book Club. 50. 1 Kg. Item is Shipped from Ireland or US locations.

FOTO mit eigenhändiger Widmung, Empfehlung, Unterschrift signiert (zwei verschiedene Motive vorhanden) (dito : Kleines Albumblatt mit E.ZITAT, Unterschrift signiert ca. 1960 "Nichts ist mühsam, wenn wir es richtig tun HEINZ MOOG" Euro 35,-).