Toni Morrison Foreword (14 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 2nd prt. Hardcover with dust jacket in good condition.

Condition: As New. Unread copy in mint condition.

Condition: New. Brand New.

hardcover. Condition: Fair.

paperback. Condition: New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title.

hardcover. Condition: New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. 1st Paperback Edition. Large paperback, some very mild edge-tanning and a moderate curl to the corners of the front cover, no other remarkable flaws, the binding is clean, bright and tight and the contents are fine, includes photographs, poems and text, "reveal (s) the history of a time in Harlem, now past, when society cared for both the living and the dead, the belief that we must preserve a standard of pride representing order high in spiritual and temporal values" ; 85 pages. Profusely Illustrated (illustrator). …

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. This is NOT the copy of the book depicted in the stock photo. Original covers, 8 3/8 x 10 x 5/16th inches, nonpaginated, illustrated with black and white photographs. Softcover, very good. Covers age yellowed with some foxing, a 1 ½ and a ½ inch scrape along spine portion, foxing along edges of textblock, otherwise tight, clean, paper crisp, unmarked and apparently never read. Photography; African-American; Black ; 9.9 X 8.4 X 0.7 inches. B/W Photographs (illustrator).…

paperback. Condition: Very Good. 1"x1/2" sticker to the inside of the front cover and very light shelf wear to exterior of covers. (no rips, tears or creases). Otherwise unmarked. Please email for photos. Larger books or sets may require additional shipping charges. Books sent via US Postal. B/W Photographs (illustrator).…

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Foreword by Toni Morrison. Introduction by Clayton Riley. Soft cover. Prior owner name on inside page, large. semi-circle stain on lower corner of cover. B/W Photographs (illustrator).

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Foreword by Toni Morrison. Introduction by Clayton Riley. Soft cover. Small prior owner name on inside page. Very Good++. B/W Photographs (illustrator).

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. First Printing. Scuffs on edges and spine. James Van Der Zee (illustrator).

Condition: Very Good. First US edition in publisher's original illustrated card wrap covers with French flaps [soft back]. 8vo. 9'' x 6¼''. Contains 307 pp. In Very Good condition, no dust wrapper as issued. Member of the P.B.F.A. ISBN 0811813401 BIO (Résumé, Memoir).

dj. Limited Edition. First edition, first printing. Number 42 of 60 copies, signed by James Van der Zee, Owen Dodson and Camille Billops on the front pastedown dated 11/12/78. [viii], 85 pp. Bound in publisher's brown cloth lettered in gilt. Near Fine with light wear at spine ends and corners, small ink stain at right edge of front free endpaper, and light toning to contents. In a Near Fine unclipped dust jacket with a few small closed tears to edges, crease and spot of age staining at bottom corner of front flap, and miniscule stain to base of spine at verso. Throughout his legendary career as a Harlem Renaissance portrait photographer, James Van Der Zee documented life and, in these instances, death. A unique and poignant monograph of funerary portraits that draw the viewer into a sorrowful pageantry of loved ones lost. Each portrait is seamlessly paired with an allegorical persona poem written in a fictitious voice of the dead. Rare in the signed limited hardcover edition. Signed.…