Willard Motley (235 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Reprint. ex-library, usual library markings, otherwise barely used, octavo, 560 pages, brown cloth issued without dust jacket, reprint of 1951 edition.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Highly illustrated colored jacket by Ben Feder. Minor chipping to head and heel of spine. small tear at top of front panel on jacket, o/w near fine.

Mass Market Paperback. Condition: very good. Stated first edition. NOT an ex library book. Spine starting to split bottom rear. Light rubbing on edges. 598 pages.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition. First printing. VG/G. Edge wear and shallow chipping to jacket; closed tear to spine edge; now in a brand new Brodart clear protective sleeve. Original $3.75 price is intact on flap. Very light wear to book. Light foxing to top edge and endpapers. The text is clean. Ships wrapped in bubble wrap and packed with care in a box.…

Mass market. Condition: Good. Paperback. Pages are clean and unmarked. Slightly tanned. Covers show light edge wear. AN EXCELLENT READING OR REFERENCE COPY!; 100% Satisfaction Guaranteed! Ships same or next business day.

Blue Cloth. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition. 416 Clean, Unmarked Pages. Light Blue Cloth, Yellow Endpapers.First Printing. No Inscriptions. Published After The Author's Death. Dj Bright And Clean. A 3/4" X 3/4" Chip Bottom Of Dj Spine. Dj Edgeworn With Short Closed Tears; Dj Tips Worn. Dj Not Price-Clipped.…

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. stock reduction sale. 30% off regular price of 50.00. now.

Condition: Bueno. 240 1977,rústica.SINOPSIS:Willard Francis Motley fue un autor afroamericano. Motley publicó una columna en el Defensor de Chicago bajo el seudónimo de Bud Billiken. Motley también trabajó como escritor independiente, y más tarde fundó y publicó la revista Hull House y trabajó en el Proyecto Federal de Escritores.…

Hardcover. First Edition. 416p., very good first edition in shelf worn cloth boards and somewhat soiled and rubbed dj. African American author. *Rideout author. Young 2802.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. None. First Edition. A clean, unmarked and unclipped copy in a Brodart DJ cover.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Piece(s) of the spine missing. Due to age and/or environmental conditions, the pages of this book have darkened. It appears as though this book was completely soaked at one point. Moderate edgewear on the boards. Binding is very loose. Some pages are falling out. Please note the image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item. Book.…

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Mass market paperback. Binding is firm, text is clean.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition. Small bookplate from a previous owner. Publication of 404 pages. Heavy book may require extra postage unless posted within South Africa. The dust jacket is a little shelf rubbed, with closed tears along the edges. There are minor marks on the inner part of the dust jacket. The boards are in good condition. Internally the pages are clean and complete. Tightly bound and protect in cellophane. The binding is excellent. GK. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.…

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Octavo. Condition: slight nicking & chipping to DJ; else near fine in very good DJ. 416 pages.

Cloth. Condition: Good. No Jacket. x. 560pp. Pale green cloth boards with dark blue title on spine and front board. No Dust Jacket. Willard Motley 1909-1965 Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hardcover.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good-. 1st Edition. 404pp - brown cloth - endpapers and edges of text block lightly foxed - minor lean to spine - dustwrapper is lightly rubbed and soiled - slight wear and chipping to edges with a few minor losses.

Rustica con sobrecubierta. Condition: Aceptable.

Encuadernación de tapa dura. Condition: Bien envejecido.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Putnam, New York, 1966. Hardcover, 416 pp. 1st edition. The author's final novel, published the year after his death. Very good condition with previous owner name written on front free endpaper. Dust jacket is price clipped with edge wear, closed tears, some sunning at spine. Jacket is in a mylar sleeve.…

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First edition. Fine in good dust jacket. Dustwrapper rubbed with a lot of tearing along edges, corners, spine ends. Light browning on back.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Very good, book has minor rub of spine and corners of cover, slight staining of front cover, name of former owner inside front cover, yellowing of pages.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Second printing. 560pp. Cloth soiled, spine sunned, spine ends lightly worn, very good lacking the dust jacket.

Hardcover. Condition: Worn - Age Marks. No Jacket. Second Impression. This is a novel.

Hard Cover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Jacket is scuffed and rubbed with edgewear. Cover is sunned at top. Pages are clean and lightly tanning, no markings in text, binding sound. . Size: 8vo - 7¾" - 9¾" Tall.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Good condition. Dust jacket tearing and shelf wear. Clean inside.

Condition: FINE. First printing. The last book by this Chicago African American novelist, who is best known for 'Knock on Any Door.' Published posthumously, this "builds on Motley's long residence in Mexico by telling the story of a small coastal Mexican village (based on Puerto Vallarta) that becomes a centre for tourists from the USA. Motley's thesis is that the economic benefits that come with tourism are completely outweighed by negative factors the loss of authentic Mexican culture and an accompanying loss of self respect among the citizens of the town." (Literary Enclyclopedia) Among the criticisms Motley faced was that he was a Black Man writing about white characters (or in this novel, many are Mexicans) - to which his response was that his race was the human race. In 2004, he was inducted in the Chicago Hall of Fame. 416 pp. Very near fine in a like dustjacket.…

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. None. First Edition. Small, minor corner chip to bottom DJ spine corner, else fine and unclipped. Out of print. In a Brodart jacket protector.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: good. First Edition. 8vo, 560 pages, beige cloth; short mostly-closed tears in dj A novel of Chicago, post-war America -its confusion and corruption. "Through the Polish slums, the Lake Shore penthouses, the squalid back streets, the offices of cheap politicians, Willard Motley leads his company of utterly human characters." Author's second book.…

Condition: Very Good. Appleton-Century-Crofts, Inc. New York 1951.

17 x 11. 348 págs.