Along Way Autobiography by Johnson James (76 results)

Condition: Good. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

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Paperback. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 0.65.

Condition: Good. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

Trade Paperback. Condition: Good. Edge and corner wear. Light creases to cover. Tanning to pages. Pages still readable and tight. All orders shipped with tracking number and e-mail confirmation. All Orders Shipped With Tracking And Delivery Confirmation Numbers.

Printed Wrappers. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. First Penguin Edition, First Printing. First Penguin edition, first printing, 1941, #314. From the collection of Ian Ballantine, who was the American representative of Penguin Books prior to his founding of Ballantine Books in 1952. Each book from the Ballantine collection comes with a loose card indicating it is from the library of Ian and Betty Ballantine. Book is near fine, touch of wear, no fading.

Paperback. Condition: Good. The hinges are in good condition. Photograph available on request.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. 418 pages, 12th printing. Ex-university library book, light wear to the yellow covers; pages lightly discolored; a sound square binding; good shape. No jacket. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Biography & Autobiography; Inventory No: 212109.

Condition: good. May show signs of wear, highlighting, writing, and previous use. This item may be a former library book with typical markings. No guarantee on products that contain supplements Your satisfaction is 100% guaranteed. Twenty-five year bookseller with shipments to over fifty million happy customers.

Hardcover. Condition: Clean & Unmarked. As new copy in as new slipcase, still publisher�s in shrink-wrap.

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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Frontis: Photograph of author. Illustrated with photographs. Index. 417pp. Rebound in maroon buckram. Ex libarary scars on f.f.p., library name on f.f.p., all edges and r.f.p. otherwise very good+++. James Weldon Johnson, 1871-1938. Ex-Library.

Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: As New. First Edition. Stated first printing in the original cream-colored slipcase format. Includes first book publication of many of Johnson's editorials and essays. With the Library of America prospectus insert. A pristine copy, clean and unmarked.

Condition: Fine. First Edition. A fine, clean and tight copy in slipcase. Stated First Printing The Library of America-145. A very nice copy.

Eleventh printing. 8vo, pp. 418. Index. Illustrated with photographs. Rose cloth. A Vg tight copy in somewhat worn, and price-clipped dj. Booksellers stamp on the lower margin of the title page. James Weldon Johnson (June 17, 1871 June 26, 1938) was an American author, educator, lawyer, diplomat, songwriter, and civil rights activist. Johnson is best remembered for his leadership within the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), where he started working in 1917, being chosen as the first black executive secretary of the organization, effectively the operating officer.[1] He served in that position from 1920 to 1930. He was first known for his writing, which includes poems, novels, and anthologies collecting both poems and spirituals of black culture.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Later Printing. No DJ.

Hardcover. Condition: Good/NO DUSTJACKET. Black & White Photographs (illustrator). First Edition. New York, NY: Viking Press. Good/NO DUSTJACKET. 1933. First Edition. Hardcover. Sm 4to., 418 pp., corners bumped, shelfwear, writing on flyleaf .

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First edition thus. Selected with notes by William L. Andrews. Octavo. 906pp. Burgundy cloth. Fine in fine dust jacket. Issued as Library of America 145.

Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: As New. First Edition. First Printing. A Very Fine copy in dark burgundy cloth, in a Very Fine glossy black dustwrapper, the trade issue. 906pp. with Chronology and Notes at end, by William L. Andrews, the Editor of the volume. Q16716.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No dust jacket. Spine is rubbed a barely readable, sunfaded, a few small tears at top/bottom of spine, tips of corners are scuffed. not a pretty copy but the cloth covers are clean, binding is solid, pages are clean.

Hardcover with Dust Jacket. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good+. Carl Van Vechten Miguel Covarrubias (illustrator). Early Reprint. Large 8vo. Pp. 418. Frontis. photo port. by Carl Van Vechten. Illustrated throughout with black and white photography and a caricature of Johnson by Miguel Covarrubias. Index. Bound in full black cloth with Johnson's signature stamped in gilt on front cover, gilt lettering stamped on spine. A few pages were roughly opened, leaving jagged edges to a few leaves. Only one affects text, and barely so, on an index page. In the pictorial dust jacket,age-toned and price-clipped, that has a few old tape repairs on the verso, and with chips at head and tail of spine. The poignant reminiscences of the eminent scholar and statesman, which provide a rich, comprehensive assessment of the state of African-American life in his era, 1871-1938. Includes details on the effort to wrest legislative control of lynching from Southern states by enacting Federal laws outlawing the practice. Johnson notes that during his tenure at the NAACP, beginning 1919, lynchings were not as numerous as in previous years, but that the increasing barbarous manner was that of inhuman savagery. An attractive copy. Dust jacket is now protected in a clear, removable, archival sleeve.

HARD BACK RED. Condition: GOOD+. JACKET: VERY GOOD DJ. 3RD PRTG. 1934 JAN Pictorial dust jacket worn and mildly soiled with some closed tears & chipping along edges. Dust jacket NOT price clipped with a $3.50 price on the inner front flap. Gilt title on spine and author's name in gilt on cover. Book has general shelf wear, mildly age toned pages, good binding, unmarked text. DATE PUBLISHED: 1934 EDITION: 3RD PRTG 418.

NEAR FINE IN A NEAR FINE D.J. SECOND PRINTING FROM OCTOBER 1933 BOOK IS ABOUT FINE WITHOUT ANY MARKS TO THE BINDING OR THE TEXT OTHER THAN GENTLE BUMPS TO THE TOP FORE-EDGE CORNERS. D.J. IS LIGHTLY WORN AT THE TOP CORNERS, AND IS NOT PRICE-CLIPPED. AN EXCELLENT CLEAN, BRIGHT, UNFADED COPY WITH NO REMAINDER MARK. Binding is HARDCOVER.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. Original gilt-titled brick red cloth, brick topstain. First printing, no additional printings listed. Hint of sunning to top of spine, hint of softening to spine. Faint offsetting to rear endpage from DJ flap. About fine. The DJ in mylar is toned to spine, slightly nicked to edges. ; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall.

Cloth. Condition: Near fine. Dust Jacket Condition: very good. Signed first edition, third printing of Along This Way: The Autobiography of James Weldon Johnson. (illustrator). First Edition, Third Printing. Octavo, 418pp. Red cloth, title in gilt on spine. Stated "Third Printing, January 1934" on copyright page. Solid text block, faint toning to endpapers, a near fine example. In the publisher's dust jacket, $3.50 retail price on front flap, a few closed tears and small losses along top edge. Inscribed on the front free endpaper: "For Joseph Van Vleck Jr. / with sincere and personal regard / James Weldon Johnson / November 23, 1934." James Weldon Johnson (1871-1938) was a multifaceted American writer, educator, lawyer, diplomat, and civil rights activist. He is best known for his leadership within the NAACP, his contributions to African American literature with works such as "The Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man" (1912), and for co-authoring the iconic anthem "Lift Every Voice and Sing." Johnson also made significant impacts as a U.S. consul in Latin America and as a professor at Fisk University, advocating tirelessly for racial equality and cultural recognition throughout his career.