From North Star Rare Books & Manuscripts, Sheffield, MA, U.S.A.
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Anna Winand served as Wilfred Cartey's erstwhile traveling companion and confidant and official photographer. Winand's archive: 1). PHOTOGRAPHS and MEMORIBILIA: Approximately 30 photographs, including negatives, of Cartey, taken between 1967 and 1985 for publicity purposes, including dust jacket illustrations; 12 unpublished photos, with negatives, of Cartey family members taken in Trinidad; newspaper clippings articles regarding various publications and charges of slander Cartey brought against CCNY in 1969, tributes and programs for his funeral services in Trinidad and Harlem in 1992. 2). MANUSCRIPTS: Composed between 1961 and 1966, when teaching at Columbia University and the Universities of Vermont and Ghana, shortly after losing his eyesight. The poems, apparently unpublished, include, "Two broken cups," 7 ms pages; "I'll be here another year," 3 ms pages; "Warm desert wind," 3 ms pages; "Music of four hands," 4 ms pages; "Night in a conch shell," 2 ms pages; "If you cried onto the train wheels," 9 ms pages; "Tide-wash," 6 ms pages; "If I call will you come," 3 ms pages; "Knowing it will end," 3 ms pages; "Gone is a night wind of dreams," 4 ms pages; "Snow falling," 6 ms pages; "Left with the silence of a house," 7 ms pages; "I go reaching back," 4 ms pages; "Lay gently now your feet," 2 ms pages; "Alone the night bird," 2 ms pages; "And so she sleeps," 4 ms pages; "Seven Songs," 6 ms pages; "If I lose a friend," 4 ms pages; "Oh lift me," 1 ms page; "We all have a dream," 1 ms page; "The hail has been falling," 3 ms pages; "So they come singing," 2 ms pages; "I am myself a wassailing forever," 4 ms pages; "No, not leaving," 1 ms page; "The winds astride white foaming horses," 4 ms pages; "Wailing Flamenco," 4 ms pages. 3). BOOKS: "Whispers from a Continent: The Literature of Contemporary Black Africa" (NY: Random House, 1969). 8vo., black cloth lettered in silver; dust jacket. First edition. A dedication copy (with the printed acknowledgment, "To Anna Winand, who traveled to Africa with me and saw and helped in the total fashioning of this book"), inscribed, "To Anna, who walked with me through the sessions, heard the whispers and the wind in the legion hills my most affectionate thanks. You too know the Whispers of the Continent. You lived them. Love, Fred, 1-11-69." (Winand provided the back-cover photograph.); "Black Images" (NY: Teachers College Press, 1970). 8vo., wrappers printed in black. First edition, inscribed, "To my loveliest travelling friend - Peace, friendship, Alfred, 13-8-70"; "Fires In The Wind" (NY: Words & Images, 1980). 8vo., wrappers printed in black. First edition, inscribed, "I love the illustration. You who gifted me the cover. Peace, Love, Wilfred." (Winand provided the back-cover photograph.); "Embryos" (NY: The Printed Word, 1982). First edition, inscribed, "To Anna, a wonderful friend of many precious sessions. Peace, Love, Alfred." (Winand provided the back-cover photograph.); "Children of Lalibela" (NY: The Printed Word, 1985). 8vo., wrappers printed in black. First edition, inscribed, "To Anna, A very dear woman friend of such wonderful sessions. Love, Wilfred." (Winand provided the back-cover photograph.); "Choreographers of the Dawn" (NY: The Printed Word, 1989). 8vo., wrappers printed in black. First edition, inscribed, 'To Anna, Such a wonderful friend --- Love Wilfred." **** Blind since he was a young adult, Wilfred Cartey (1931-1992), the Trinidad-born author, editor, and critic of African and Caribbean literature, was awarded the title of distinguished professor of Black studies at CUNY, a position held until his death. His acclaimed work, "Whispers from a Continent," remains a groundbreaking introduction to African literature. Cartey's close friend Anna Winand, associated with New York's International Center of Photography, photographed him over the course of several decades. A remarkable archive with a distinguished provenance. Seller Inventory # ABE-11545773751
Bibliographic Details
Title: Archive of photographs, manuscripts, and ...
Publication Date: 1961
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Fine
Signed: Signed by Author(s)
Edition: 1st Edition
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