Marion J Pryde (4 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. First Edition. Dust jacket in acceptable condition. First edition. Shelf and handling wear to cover and binding, with general signs of previous use. Dust jacket protected in a mylar cover. Secure packaging for safe delivery.

Condition: Very good. - Octavo, 8-1/8 inches high by 5-3/4 inches wide. Tan cloth titled in black on the front cover and the spine, in a printed light blue dust wrapper. The edges of the lightly soiled dust jacket are chipped with a small pieces out from the jacket's corners and head of its spine. viii & 272 pages, illustrated with several full-page plates. A previous owner's name and address, once penned on the front pastedown, was blacked out with felt. There is a crease down the front edge of the last 2 leaves. Very good. First edition."This book is a new production from teachers with a new thought. Both authors are teachers of experience in the District of Columbia Public Schools. In supplementing the work of the regular curriculum the have found it possible to teach pupils much about the background of the Negro without encroaching upon the work required in the prescribed courses." [Quoted from the dust wrapper blurb]. …

HARDBACK LIGHT BROWN. Condition: VG. JACKET: TORN DJ. Torn and worn DJ, small nokshop plate on inside of board, not price clipped ($2.65), inscription on front free endpage, mylar covering. DATE PUBLISHED: 1946 EDITION: 272.

Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Washington, DC: The Associated Publishers, 1946. First Edition. Octavo; original boards in illustrated dust jacket retaining $2.65 price; 272pp.; illus. throughout. Dust jacket chipped and creased along edges; general rubbing. Boards show light edgewear, ownership stamp to top edge of text block and preliminaries, though textblock otherwise unmarked; a Very Good copy. Collection of short biographies, including profiles of Antar of Arabia, Dumas père and fils, and Toussaint Louverture, among many others. . …