Toussaint by Ellen Tarry (12 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Near fine with light wear and no markings in a very good jacket.

Paperback. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Soft cover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Not Issued. .TRADE PAPERBACK EDITION.NOT ex-library copy .TEXT UNMARKED.slightly bumped corners.bumped and slightly chipped along edges.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 377pp plus ads. Some overall wear, creased at spine, about very good.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Book is in NF condition with trace edge wear noted, pencil marking to FFE else a bright & solid copy. Dust jacket is in NF condition with trace edge wear noted, price sticker to front cover else bright, intact & whole. SA 4/22. …

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 377p. A green cloth hardcover ex-library book. Label residue around spine. Label, stamp, and card pocket on endpapers. Otherwise, very good condition with text clean and binding tight.

Hardcover. Condition: New. 1st ed. 8vo, 352p., boards, bibl., facs., photos. Ellen Tarry (September 26, 1906 - September 23, 2008) was an African-American author of literature for children and young adults. Tarry was the first African American picture book author. She was born in Birmingham, Alabama. Although raised in the Congregational Church, she converted to Roman Catholicism in 1922. She attended Alabama State Normal School, now Alabama State University, and became a teacher in Birmingham. At the same time, she began writing a column for the local African-American newspaper entitled "Negroes of Note", which focused on racial injustice and promoted racial pride. In 1929, she moved to New York City in hope of becoming a writer. …

paperback. Condition: As New.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Good .Ships From Multiple Locations. book.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Very Good .Ships From Multiple Locations. book.

TARRY, Ellen. PIERRE TOUSSAINT: APOSTLE OF OLD NEW YORK. With A New Appendix On The Cause of Pierre Toussaint. Boston: Pauline Books & Media, [1998]. Small 8vo., pictorial wraps; 382 pages. Second Edition, first printing. Signed presentation from Tarry on the front endpaper: "September 27, 1998. Greetings and best wishes to Dana Holland from Ellen Tarry. With best wishes for today and tomorrow. Sincerely, E.T." Fine. $75.00. …

TARRY, Ellen. THE OTHER TOUSSAINT. A Modern Biography of Pierre Toussaint, a Post-Revolutionary Black. [Boston]: St. Paul Edition, [1981]. 8vo., red faux-leather in original laminated dust jacket. First Editon. Other than Tarry's "The Third Door," signed copies of her works are uncommon. Signed presentation by Tarry on front endpaper: "May 22, 1984, New York, N.Y. To Jacqueline Dickerson, with prayers and high hopes of the future, from Ellen Tarry." Near fine (contents clean & tight); minor wear d/j. $85.00.…