Song Cotton Picker by Madeline Horres (13 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very good. Dust Jacket Condition: fair. Later printing. Octavo. ix, 148 pages, [1]. Illustrated. Light brown binding with title on spine. Title and photograph on dust jacket. Small closed edge tear to upper jacket. Jacket is stained on the blank verso, price clipped, and has a small edge tear front side. Contents contain South Carolina Gullah verse. An earlier edition was published in 1942.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. FIRST. a VERY GOOD FIRST EDITION PHOTOGRAPHS BY cARL JULIEN.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Bound in brown cloth with a pictorial pastedown on the font cover. AI overview, "The poems document the experiences, humor, and philosophy of the Gullah people of the South Carolina Low Country during the early 20th century. Hantske wrote the poems phonetically in a Southern African American dialect to capture the specific speech patterns of the Gullah community. It includes 13 black-and-white photographs by Carl Julien that provide a visual counterpoint to the text." ix, 148 pp. CONDITION: Minor shelf wear. Lightly bumped corners. Some soiling on the front cover. Pages are crisp and clean. Binding and text block are square and sound. Very good+. Full refund if not satisfied.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good +. No Jacket. Signed First Edition. A book of the supposed dialogue of African Americans in poetry and song. Though this book was a source of delight to some white southerners who confessed their enjoyment in the speech of blacks, it reflects a degree of caricature not unlike those who promoted the minstrel shows in the 19th and early 20th centuries. (Alcuin Books). Photographs by Carl Julien. ix, 148 pp. CONDITION: Hardbound brown boards with photograph by Carl Julien. Brown print title on cover. Wear to edges and corners, soiling, rubbing. Binding is sound, text is unmarked. Very good+. Full refund if not satisfied. Signed by Author.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. 8vo - over 7" - 9" tall, 148pp. B/W photographs by Carl Julien. Hardcover with pictorial cover. Firm binding and hinges, rubbing and fading to cover boards/spine, several dampstains to cover boards, light foxing to textblocks. No ownership markings. Well packaged, ships fast with tracking.

Hardcover. First Edition; First Printing. Boards with printed photo, title, author name and photographer's name (Carl Julien) pasted to front board. Dust jacket is not present. Some spotting to boards, very good+. Inscribed and signed on the title page by the author. The inscribee apparently gifted this book some years later to a friend and that inscription is on the front free endpaper. These selections of songs/poems are taken from the Gullah people. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 148 pp.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. No Jacket. First Edition. Poems in dialect that "explore the literary possibilities" of the "Gullah Negroes" of South Carolina, while at the same time being utterly clueless as to the the casual harm caused in that exploration. Excellent and unsentimental black and white photographs by Carl Julien provide subtle yet clear counterpoint . Near Fine, slight even toning, small bumps at corners, lacking the dust jacket. Photographic paper label front cover. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: very good. Dust Jacket Condition: very good. Carl Julien (illustrator). First Edition. 148p, octavo. Illustrated. A ver ygood copy in a very good dust jacket. Jacket is soiled, with creasing, rubbing, and closed tears along edges. Boards are worn, stains on back cover. End papers are lightly foxed and soiled. Signed by author of first free end paper.

hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Signed. First Edition. First edition, Signed by the author.

Hardcover. Condition: Very good. Dust Jacket Condition: good. First Edition. Octavo. Hardcover with dust jacket. ix, 148 pages. Red hardcover with pasted down paper title and photograph on the front board. Tan dust jacket with title present on front and spine. Light soil and shelf wear to the dust jacket. Pictorial front cover. Signed by the author and photographer on the half title page.

148 pp. Hardcover in original cloth binding. SIGNED by author on half-title page. Not Ex-Lib.

HANTSKE, Madeline Horres. The Song of the Cotton Picker. Clinton, SC: Jacobs Press, 1942. 1st ed. 8vo. x, 148 pp., frontis., illus. In orig. cloth with d/j. Photos by Carl Julien. Minor rubbing only. Clean throughout. A near fine copy in a very good d/j with only light toning.