Brown Jackets by Jane Screven Heyward (7 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very good. Dust Jacket Condition: good. First Edition. Octavo. 64 pages. Illustrated with frontispiece photograph of the author and one photograph of the "Chicken Mother. Brown hardcover with title on the paper covered boards. Brown just jacket with titles. Dust jacket is chipped lower edge of the rear panel with no loss to advertisements printed on back. These sketches concern the "Gullah Negro" in the South Carolina low country. Period dialect used.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition. First Edition, 1923; Tight binding; Clean, sturdy boards; Previous owner inked authors birth and death dates under portrait, else pages free of markings; Dust jacket in Good condition, gently edge-worn, now housed in protective mylar to ensure further preservation; An excellent copy; Stored and shipped in protective polybag; Secure packaging for safe delivery. 0.51.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. Dust Jacket Condition: good. First Edition. Octavo. 64 pages. Illustrated with frontispiece photograph of the author and one photograph of the "Chicken Mother. Brown hardcover with title on the paper covered boards. Brown dust jacket with title on the front and advertisements on the back. A very small chip to the jacket on the back. Light to moderate scattered foxing to the front and rear end sheets and to the text. Inscribed and signed by the author on the verso of the frontispiece photograph. These sketches concern the "Gullah Negro" in the South Carolina low country. Period African American dialect is used.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition. stories reflecting black and white life on lower south caolina in the teens and early 20's. an about fine copy in like dj. at 97 it still looks like a spring chicken. as the chicken mother herself might have expressed it were she still with us.

Hardcover. Condition: Near New. First Edition. Tan cloth spine and paper covered boards. Crisp black cover printing and decoration. 1923. Black and white frontis photo of the author with one other black and white phot in text of "The Chicken Mother". 65p. In Dialect. From the author's foreword."These sketches of the Gullah Negro, a number of which have been given publicly in my readings, are not so much pieces of my own creative writing asthey are a collaboration written out of the experiences of many friends, white and black" Little light fox to rear f.e.p. Previous owner's name in ink hides behind the jacket flap fep, dated June 1926; o.w. book and contentscrisp and tight. One small chip off dust jacket head of spine; else jacket VG, bear new under protective mylar. Further info/scan upon request. Rear jacket has list of books printed by The State Company. jacket in brown paper and brown ink. Mimics the cover beneath,

Paper Boards. Condition: Near VG Plus. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Book has slightly bumped corners. Dj has edgewear. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket - Good. 1st Edition. B000MZ4CJ8 First Edition, 1923. Dust jacket is wrapped- jacket has minor rubbing to the corners and spine ends, clean, has a good binding, no marks or notations. Excellent book on Gullah history and life in the Carolina Low Country. Ships from our bookstore in South Carolina!