Philippe Thoby Marcelin Pierre Marcelin (110 results)

paperback. Condition: Fair.

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

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Rubbing to jacket.

Paperback. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Paperback. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. School Library Card on front endpaper, minimal other markings, in clean, bright, not price clipped dust jacket. George Ford (illustrator).

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Connecting readers with great books since 1972! Used books may not include companion materials, and may have some shelf wear or limited writing. We ship orders daily and Customer Service is our top priority.

Soft cover. Condition: Good. Soft Cover. Good/No Jacket. Translated from the French by Peter C Rhodes.

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

Paper Back. Condition: Good.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First American Edition. Near Fine in Good Dust Jacket with edge chips, edge tears, and smudging.

Trade Paperback. Condition: Good+. No Jacket. Standard used condition. Reading copy or better. Used Book.

Paper Back. Condition: Good.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. First U.S. Edition with Rinehart colophon on the copyright page. Bound in orange cloth with black blocking to the spine and gold lettering. Small 8vo ( 5 1/4" X 7 3/4") size, 210pp. Translated from the French by Peter C. Rhodes. A Very Good copy. Light rubbing to the spine tips and corners. Owners name & address neatly inked on the front fly. Contents otherwise fine. No DJ. Obscure Horror-Occult Novel by Haitian Authors.…

full color illustrated trade paperback soft cover 8vo. vg cond .binding tight, slightly slanted. spine uncreased. rear cover has a wrinkle & a scratch, bottom corner missing tiny piece. edges clean. contents free of markings. first printing of this special edition. nice clean copy. no library marking, no stickers or bookplates, no names, no underlining, no remainder markings. decorative 2 color title pg. xii+172p + colophon. fiction. novels. french literature. petro voodoo. papa legba. cigouave. werewolves. baron samedi (papa ghede). ougoun badagris. english translation of La Bête de Musseau, published in 1946. "It's the rich who enable the poor to live. Heed my advice. If you don't want life to treat you badly, behave well towards the rich.".…

Trade Paperback. Condition: Very Good. very good trade paperback. previous owner inscription.

Soft Cover. Condition: Very Good. Special Edition. Wraps have only light wear, tiny chip on lower corner, spine is unbent. Pages are clean with no markings in text. Size: 8vo - 7¾" - 9¾" Tall.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. No Jacket. 1st Edition. book, cover and text all in "Fine " condition, decorated cloth binding with title on black spine cover, binding tight and square, no damage, no DJ, decorated end papers, text clean and unmarked ,top edge brown, for edge untrimmed, name and stamp of PO on ffep, frontis: color woodcut by Eward Larocque Tinker.…

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: None as Issued. First Paperback Edition, First Thus. Text/BRAND NEW & Bright. Illustrated soft cover/NF w/trace edge rubs. Novel of a young man from the city who encounters Voodoo in the mountains of Haiti. A collaborative work of Philippe Thoby-Marcelin and his younger brother Pierre Marcelin . one raised in Port-au-Prince, and the other in the countryside. Begun in 1939, the book was first published 1946; this is a paperback reprint. Fascinating tale of a Haiti long past, and, perhaps today's remote countryside as well.…

Paperback. Condition: Collectible - Very Good. 179 pages, 8vo. Translated from the French by Peter C. Rhodes. Minor shelfwear: light scuffing along edges and covers. Tightly bound, no marks. Volume is in Very Good condition.

Large Paperback. Very Good. Special Edition. Nonfiction. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. This is an extrodinary novel of Haitian peasant life. This is a large hardened decorative cover paperback that is quite tight. There is minor wear on the cover at the edges and corners and a slight crease near the spine. The pages are tight and white and clear except for a little unknown soiling inside the front cover and some tiny spots on the page edges. 172 pages. Translated from the french by Peter C. Rhodes.…

Hard Cover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First American Edition. Translated with an introduction on the Haitian background and color frontispiece by Edward Larocque Tinker. Patterned cloth, endpapers with pictorial pattern, frayed at head and tail of spine, else fine. In dust jacket which is worn, torn, chipped at head of spine. Not price-clipped, in jacket. Size: 8vo. Edward Larocque Tinker (illustrator).…

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Crisp, bright, clean pages; no owners' marks; soft cover has a very small tear and outward fold at the spine head along with minor edge wear at corners, otherwise well-kept. 179pp. Afterword by Philippe Thoby-Marcelin.

Condition: Fair. First edition copy. . Slightly dampstained. (haiti, literature, fiction).

Hardcover. g/fair, well worn dj, owner's sticker on cover page. Novel; 4570.

Cloth. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good +. 1st American Edition. " This book is the Haiti of the soil, the Haiti of Vodun rites, the Haiti of cock fights,of superstition, of primitive sex life, of poverty and toil, of savage dances and native rum" Strikingly decorated by Edward Laroque Tinker and translated by him .Near Fine, in Age-Dulled and slightly edgeworn but Un-Clipped. D. J. In all, a sound attractive copy of a scarce title. Size: Tall 8vo. Edward Larocque Tinker (illustrator).…

Trade Paperback. Condition: Near Fine. Near fine condition, appears unread. Reprint of novel originally published by Rinehart and Company in 1946. Striking cover painting by Andre Francois. Translated from French by Peter Rhodes. Novel about Haitian peasant life. 172 pp. Fiction, Haiti.

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. Time Reading Program Special Edition. An unopened copy. Translated from the French by Peter C. Rhodes with a new introduction by Philippe Thoby-Marcelin. The extraordinary novels of Haitian peasant life written by Philippe Thoby-Marcelin and his younger brother Piere Marcelin were produced in a collaboration that began in 1939. The result was the unveiling not only of a dual literary talent but of a people who until then had been so little known to the world.…

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First American Edition. 210 Pp. Orange Cloth, Spine Stamped Gilt And Black. First Printing Indicated (Logo On Copyright Page). Near Fine In Near Fine Dust Jacket Priced $2.50. No Marks.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Near Very Good. 1st Edition. First edition, hardcover, has very slight skew to binding, faint hint of a bow to boards, light bump to upper corner of rear board with a tiny crease to upper corner of last free endpage, and very slight bumps to spine ends and other corners, otherwise a solid, bright VG copy in Near VG dust jacket which has slight bumps to spine ends and corners with tiny chips to lower corners, light sunning to spine, a few small stains to panels, and very slight edgewear.…