Edited by Arna Bontemps (18 results)

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Reprint. Clean and tight, with light toning of the pages and light shelfwear to the covers. Fast shipping, with tracking number provided. ; Da Capo Paperback; 8.5 X 5.5 X 0.8 inches; 340 pages.

One of the earlier anthologies. Collected by a well known authority in the field. Very good softcover with clean text.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. A real nice 252 page 1974 first edition with 5 low in number line. First printing was 1963. Real nice, solid book with a couple library stamps and a pocket in back to hide you $100 bill in. An anthology of historical poems by Negroes. Most interesting. Size: 8h x 5 1/2w. Book. …

Soft cover. Condition: Fair. Introduction by Arna Bontemps. xviii Biographical Notes. Index of Titles. 197pp. Soft Cover rubbed. Prior owner's name on inside title page and on top outside edges. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Soft Cover.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Later printing. 197pp. Remainder mark, spine slightly cocked, cloth modestly soiled, else a very good copy lacking the dust jacket.

Softcover. Condition: Very Good. First revised edition, paperback issue. Small octavo. 232pp. Perfectbound in orange wrappers. Very good or better with rubbing, spine crease and sticker shadow on rear wrap. This revised edition includes many young African-American poets not represented in the original edition.…

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No d/j as Published. Type: Book N.B. Previous owners inscription to ffep. Fading to spine. Crease to top right corner. 331pp.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1966-1967 edition. Quarto. 136pp. Illustrated orange and white boards. Ex-library markings, board lightly rubbed, about very good, as issued without a dust jacket. Contains a one-page foreword by Arna Bontemps, who served "Historical Editor.".

Soft cover. Condition: Good. Author index. First line index. 645pp. 10 pages with check marks. Book previously owned by college profesor.Soft cover with title and title on spine.

Broschur. Condition: Gut. In english.13,5x20,5 cm. Slight signs of wear on the dust jacket. 422 In englischer Sprache. 197 pages. 8° - Oktavformat (bis 25 cm Rückenhöhe).

Paperback. Condition: Good. Paperback 1971. Dispatched Royal Mail First Class with TRACKING next working day or sooner securely boxed in cardboard. ref F4590.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Near Fine. First edition. Fine in a near fine dust jacket with a sunned spine and two short tears.

Paperback. 95p., foreword, preface, exhibits; wraps slightly browned with edge wear, otherwise in very good condition. Published for the 1940 Diamond Jubilee Exposition (American Negro Exposition) held in Chicago to celebrate 75 years of emancipation. The Illinois Writers' Project was one of the only WPA state projects to have a significant number of African Americans. Dykes 78, Powell 302.…

Hardcover. Condition: Poor. No Jacket. Ex-library book with markings, hinges reinforced by previous owner, cover is worn and soiled. Soiling on pages shows with book closed. Text is clean and complete in this scarce book. Very good reading copy that is worth restoring. Size: 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Book. …

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. DJ in archival cover. with a full number line staring with 1.

Cloth with Dustjacket. Fifth Printing. Terrrific collection of poetry by African American writers including Paul Laurence Dunbar, Fenton Johnson, Claude McKay, Jean Toomer, Sterling Brown, Richard Wright, Langston Hughes, Margaret Walker, Gwendolyn Brooks and many others. LAID IN IS A SMALL HANDWRITTEN NOTE IN BLUE INK ON BROWN PAPER FROM GWENDOLYN BROOKS IN WHICH SHE SAYS THAT HER AGENT WILL BE GETTING IN TOUCH TO ARRANGE A DATE WHICH I ASSUME IS FOR A READING. NOT DATED THE CARD IS SIGNED GWEN BROOKS. Former owner signature on the top of the front endsheet, sun fading to the spine panel and unobtrussive tear to the back panel of the dustjacket. Fine/vg+ Also included is a nice 54pg. catalog of rare African American literature offered by a leading bookdealer in modern editions. Vg. Book.…

HARD BACK BLUE. Condition: GOOD+. JACKET: TORN DJ. SECOND PRINTIN. Book Condition: General shelf wear, rubbed extremities, slightly soiled cover, faded spine, slightly soiled edges of cover & spine, light foxing to pages, and light foxing to fore edges. Dust Jacket Condition: Good-, general wear, creased/chipped edges, rubbed cover & extremities, some closed tears, lightly age-toned. DATE PUBLISHED: 1941 EDITION: SECOND PRINTIN 317. …

LeatherBound. Condition: New. BOOKS ARE EXEMPT FROM IMPORT DUTIES AND TARIFFS; NO EXTRA CHARGES APPLY. LeatherBound edition. Condition: New. Reprinted from 1941 edition. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. Bound in genuine leather with Satin ribbon page markers and Spine with raised gilt bands. A perfect gift for your loved ones. Pages: 352 NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd reprint. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. Each page is checked manually before printing. As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Pages: 352.…