Hand by Cornish Sam (8 results)

Condition: Very Good. INSCRIBED! New York: Harcourt, Brace & World, 1970. Stated first edition. 8vo hardcover. 32pp. B/W illustrations. Inscribed by author on title page. Near fine in near very good dust jacket. Jacket lightly toned with small tear to front panel. Spine head lightly toned. Inside clean and bright. (kid's book, children's literature) Inquire if you need further information.…

4to. 32 pp. With illustrations throughout. Gray publisher's cloth, red lettering, cream-coloured endpapers w/ d.j. F/F copy. Second printing of this delightful work sharing the story of a young aspiring African-American poet scribbling verse on sidewalks and fences. Cornish (1935-2018) was Boston's first poet laureate, and a prolific poet, & bookseller, and proponent of the Black Arts Movement.…

Condition: Fine in near fine jacket. dj. First printing. First edition of this lush picture book about a Black kid who expresses himself through sidewalk poetry. 8.25'' x 6.5''. Original grey cloth. In original unclipped ($3.25) pictorial dust jacket. Illustrated by Carl Owens. 32 pages. With autograph memo laid in, on Harcourt letterhead from "Mimi" - almost certainly Harcourt editor Ingrid "Mimi" Einstein" - to "Galen," dated 4/9/70: "Thanks for a lovely party - and here is Sam's book which I told you about." Jacket with a bit of toning to margins, trace soil to bottom edge of front flap. Book fresh and clean.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Near Fine. First edition. Small quarto. Illustrated by Carol Owens. Foxing on the topedge and board edges and a stamp on the rear pastedown else very good in a price-clipped, near fine dust jacket with slight toning at the folds.

4to. 32 pp. With illustrations throughout. Gray publisher's cloth, red lettering, pink-coloured endpapers (former ownership marking on ffep.) w/ d.j. VG/NF copy. First edition, stated, of this delightful work sharing the story of a young aspiring African-American poet scribbling verse on sidewalks and fences. Cornish (1935-2018) was Boston's first poet laureate, and a prolific poet, & bookseller, and proponent of the Black Arts Movement.…

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Near Fine. First edition. illustrated by Carl Owens. A small ink number on front pastedown, else fine in near fine dustwrapper with a little spine-tanning.

Hardcover. 32p., first edition, very good hardcover in an unclipped dust jacket with minor chip at top of spine, inscribed by Cornish. Children's story by the African American poet.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Near Fine. First edition. Small quarto. Illustrated by Carl Owens. Toning on the boards and spotting on the top page edge else very good in a fine price-clipped dust jacket. Inscribed by the author.