Deep Dark River by Robert Rylee (17 results)

Cloth. Condition: Near Very Good. No Jacket. 308 pp. The cover is slightly sunned at the spine, and at the cover edges; there is a 1/4" cut in the spine cover at the head of the spine; the binding is tight and square, and the text is clean. A novel of Mississippi.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good Plus. James Preston (illustrator). 1st Edition. A barely worn copy in pale green cloth, covered in a bright jacket with shallow chipping at spine ends (not affecting lettering), else fine, and original $2.50 price. The author's first novel.

hardcover. Condition: Good. This is a used book in good condition and may show some signs of use or wear . This is a used book in good condition and may show some signs of use or wear .

hardcover. Condition: Good. heavy amount of discoloration on the cover of the book, some staining on the cover of the book, no dust jacket, staining on the spine of the book, pages are clean.

HrdCvr, no dj, VG with discolored spine, previous owner's nameplate inside front cover, 8vo, 308 p.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Ownership signature of Robert E. Smith, a book collector and director of sports information at Rutgers University on the front pastedown, spine sunned, cloth soiled, about very good. A local Mississippi lawyer defending a black man for murder.

Hard Cover. HBDJ, few chips along edge DJ, 1935 repint, orig PUBL. 1935, VG/VG-.

1935 CONDITION: g.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Reprint. New York, NY, Farrar & Rinehart, 1935. Reprint. 8vo. Light blue cloth with dark green title field and lettering on spine and front board, teal green top edge on text block, rough cut pages, 308 pp. Near fine in a very good dust jacket, protected by a mylar cover.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. First Edition. Hardcover, dust jacket, 308 pp, b&w illustrations, light edgewear to internally taped repaired jacket, else a bright, clean and very good copy.

Hard Cover. Condition: Good -. No Jacket. 1st Uk. Blue bds with faded title to spine . Damp marks to some board edges. Bds. grubby. Spine sunned.Bump/fraying to spine ends and corners. 9 cm split to back spine edge. Some foxing. Text Good +.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. 1st Edition. Perhaps contains the most profound and beautiful portrait of a negro ever written. It is a latter day "Uncle Tom's Cabin".

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Second Printing. Green cloth with green title block. Light uneven sunning to spine and edgees. Tips of corners bumped. Previous owner signature to front endpaper dated 1935. Text is clean and bright, no marks. Unclipped DJ with $2.50 price shows chips to top edge and upper corner and head of spine, minor edgewear, rubbing to corners. Lovely cover art by James Preston. "An unusual novel, presenting the picture of the fight for justice for a negro in Mississippi, in the hands of a woman lawyer. Mose has incurred the hatred of an overseer, and kills the man sent to kill him. Racial pressure prevents Mary Winston from having the case settled out of court, the jury is "fixed", the witness intimidated, and Mose sentenced to life imprisonment. There he finds happiness, with his patch of earth and his preaching. It is fundamentally the picture of likable, humbly intelligent Mose, never hysterical, taking the downs of fortune in his stride, slowly coming to an understanding of his part. Nothing here of the "quaintness" or playfulness usually portrayed in negro stories, but rather their puzzlement, their unaffected dignity, the overtones of a decaying white race." (Kirkus Review).

Hard Cover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. First Edition. A little light general wear. Spine is somewhat faded. 324120.

Cloth. Very Good/Very Good -. First Edition. Out-of-print. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall. 308 pages. Bright DJ with edge wear and a few small close tears.

Hardcover. First Edition; Early Printing. Very Good+ in a Very Good dust jacket. Chipping at spine crown/heel.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. 308 pages. Owner's signature to paste-down and small "Discard" stamp to top page edges, otherwise a clean copy. This is a significant association copy, signed and inscribed by the author to his publisher on the front free endpaper: "For Mr. & Mrs. John Farrar / with my thanks for their / help in clearing out the driftwood -- / and my sincere best wishes -- / Robert Rylee / 19 April 1935." The book was published a few months later on June 26, 1935. "An unusual novel, presenting the picture of the fight for justice for a negro in Mississippi, in the hands of a woman lawyer." (Kirkus Review) Size: 8vo. Signed by Author(s).