Verlag: Hardpress Publishing, 2013
ISBN 10: 1313883387 ISBN 13: 9781313883382
Anbieter: PBShop.store US, Wood Dale, IL, USA
PAP. Zustand: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.
Verlag: Hassell Street Press, 2021
ISBN 10: 1013605551 ISBN 13: 9781013605550
Anbieter: Lucky's Textbooks, Dallas, TX, USA
Zustand: New.
Verlag: Hardpress Publishing, 2013
ISBN 10: 1314378333 ISBN 13: 9781314378337
Anbieter: THE SAINT BOOKSTORE, Southport, Vereinigtes Königreich
Paperback / softback. Zustand: New. New copy - Usually dispatched within 4 working days.
Erscheinungsdatum: 2022
Anbieter: S N Books World, Delhi, Indien
LeatherBound. Zustand: New. Leatherbound edition. Condition: New. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. Bound in genuine leather with Satin ribbon page markers and Spine with raised gilt bands. A perfect gift for your loved ones. Reprinted from 1927 edition. NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd reprint. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. Each page is checked manually before printing. As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set. IF YOU WISH TO ORDER PARTICULAR VOLUME OR ALL THE VOLUMES YOU CAN CONTACT US. Resized as per current standards. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Pages: 72 Language: English Pages: 72.
Erscheinungsdatum: 2022
Anbieter: S N Books World, Delhi, Indien
LeatherBound. Zustand: New. Leatherbound edition. Condition: New. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. Bound in genuine leather with Satin ribbon page markers and Spine with raised gilt bands. A perfect gift for your loved ones. Reprinted from 1927 edition. NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd reprint. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. Each page is checked manually before printing. As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set. IF YOU WISH TO ORDER PARTICULAR VOLUME OR ALL THE VOLUMES YOU CAN CONTACT US. Resized as per current standards. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Pages: 152 Language: English Pages: 152.
Verlag: Hardpress Publishing, 2013
ISBN 10: 1314015214 ISBN 13: 9781314015218
Anbieter: THE SAINT BOOKSTORE, Southport, Vereinigtes Königreich
Paperback / softback. Zustand: New. New copy - Usually dispatched within 4 working days.
Erscheinungsdatum: 2022
Anbieter: S N Books World, Delhi, Indien
LeatherBound. Zustand: New. Leatherbound edition. Condition: New. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. Bound in genuine leather with Satin ribbon page markers and Spine with raised gilt bands. A perfect gift for your loved ones. Reprinted from 1951 edition. NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd reprint. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. Each page is checked manually before printing. As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set. IF YOU WISH TO ORDER PARTICULAR VOLUME OR ALL THE VOLUMES YOU CAN CONTACT US. Resized as per current standards. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Pages: 228 Language: English Pages: 228.
Erscheinungsdatum: 2022
Anbieter: S N Books World, Delhi, Indien
LeatheBound. Zustand: New. Leatherbound edition. Condition: New. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. Bound in genuine leather with Satin ribbon page markers and Spine with raised gilt bands. A perfect gift for your loved ones. Reprinted from 1928 edition. NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd reprint. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. Each page is checked manually before printing. As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set. IF YOU WISH TO ORDER PARTICULAR VOLUME OR ALL THE VOLUMES YOU CAN CONTACT US. Resized as per current standards. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Pages: 220 Language: German Pages: 220.
Verlag: The Viking Press, 1935
Anbieter: The Book Collector, Inc. ABAA, ILAB, Fort Worth, TX, USA
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Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. 1st Edition. xi-105 pages. Royal octavo (9 1/4" x 6 1/4") bound in original red cloth with cream paper label with black lettering to label in original jacket. First edition. James Weldon Johnson was an American author, educator, lawyer, diplomat, songwriter, and civil rights activist. Johnson is best remembered for his leadership of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), where he started working in 1917. In 1920 he was the first black to be chosen as executive secretary of the organization, effectively the operating officer. He served in that position from 1920 to 1930. Johnson established his reputation as a writer, and was known during the Harlem Renaissance for his poems, novels, and anthologies collecting both poems and spirituals of black culture. Johnson's first success as a writer was the poem "Lift Ev'ry Voice and Sing" (1899), which his brother Rosamond set to music; the song became unofficially known as the "Negro National Anthem." During his time in the diplomatic service, Johnson completed what became his most well-known book, The Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man, which he published anonymously in 1912. He chose anonymity to avoid any controversy that might endanger his diplomatic career. It was not until 1927 that Johnson acknowledged writing the novel, stressing that it was not a work of autobiography but mostly fictional. In this period, he also published his first poetry collection, Fifty Years and Other Poems (1917), which showed his increasing political stance and adoption of the black vernacular influences that characterize his later work. Johnson returned to New York, where he was involved in the Harlem Renaissance of the 1920s. He had a broad appreciation for black artists, musicians and writers, and worked to heighten awareness of their creativity. In 1922, he published a landmark anthology The Book of American Negro Poetry with a "Preface" that celebrated the power of black expressive culture. He compiled and edited the anthology The Book of American Negro Spirituals, which was published in 1925. He continued to publish his own poetry as well. His collection God's Trombones: Seven Negro Sermons in Verse (1927) is considered most important. He demonstrated that black folk life could be the material of serious poetry. He also comments on the violence of racism in poems like "Fragment," which describes how slavery went against both God's love and God's law. Following the flourishing of the Harlem Renaissance in the 1920s, Johnson reissued his anthology of poetry by black writers, The Book of American Negro Poetry, in 1931, including many new poets. This established the African-American poetic tradition for a much wider audience and also inspired younger poets. In 1930, he published a sociological study, Black Manhattan. (1930) His Negro Americans, What Now? (1934) was a book-length address advocating fuller civil rights for African Americans. Condition: Spine head bumped. Jacket heal edge chipped with closed tears, spine ends chipped, front head corner chipped else a very good to fine copy in a very good jacket.
Verlag: New York, The Viking Press, 1926
Anbieter: MW Books, New York, NY, USA
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First Edition. Good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Dust-dulling and wear somewhat to the spine bands, panels and panel edges. Professionnally re-cased with originalspine laid boards. Remains particularly well-preserved. ; 189 pages; Description: 189 p. 26 x 20 cm. Subjects: African Americans --Music. 1 Kg.
Verlag: New York, The Viking Press, 1926
Anbieter: MW Books Ltd., Galway, Irland
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First Edition. Good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Dust-dulling and wear somewhat to the spine bands, panels and panel edges. Professionnally re-cased with originalspine laid boards. Remains particularly well-preserved. ; 189 pages; Description: 189 p. 26 x 20 cm. Subjects: African Americans --Music. 1 Kg.
Verlag: The Viking Press, New York, 1934
Anbieter: Blind-Horse-Books (ABAA-FABA-IOBA), DeLand, FL, USA
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Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: No Dust Jacket. First Edition, First Printing. Red cloth with paper title labels; the top edge stained red; 7.5 inches tall; viii. 103 pages. The bindings are tight and square. Text clean, light even toning. Minimal shelf handling wear. Previous ownership stamps on the front endpages. . James Weldon Johnson, a key figure in the Harlem Renaissance, and a prolific American author authored. He was a leader in the NAACP, diplomat to Venezuela, and the inaugural African-American professor at New York University, In this important yet very elusive work, this extended essay evaluates the circumstances facing Black Americans and their avenues for progress, exploring themes such as education, political engagement, and the evolution of the Black Church as a societal institution. Johnson places particular emphasis on education, observing that "there is hardly an important page of American history that can be fully and truthfully written without reference to the Negro," yet American textbooks overlook or misrepresent this fact. He argues that Black students should not only learn about their American history and "African cultural background," but also develop "independent political thinking. The ignorance of white people concerning us constitutes one of our greatest obstacles.".
Verlag: Knopf, New York, 1930
Anbieter: McBlain Books, ABAA, Hamden, CT, USA
Hardcover. Zustand: Near Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Fair. 2nd printing. frontis, photos, index, xvii, 284, xxxiv(p). Original decorated gray cloth. dj (price-clipped). 19cm. Jacket is fragile and has a few moderate-sized chips along top edge and three good-sized chips on backstrip panel which is also at least partially split. Mark from a rusty paper clip on front free endpaper. Informal history of African Americans living in New York's borough of Manhattan and their northward migration to Harlem.
Verlag: Alfred A. Knopf, New York,, 1930
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Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. 1st Edition. HBDJ, 1930, 1st edition, Second printing dated August 1930 (first was in July) VG/VG, decorative cloth boards, "W. E. DuBois Prize Edition" on the DJ front panel, DJ price-clipped with edgewear. Illustrated green & brown chains with Red Lettering ,This work celebrates the social and cultural history of the black community in Manhattan from the year 1626 to the 1920s. author was a promoter of the Harlem Renaissan ce.
Verlag: G. Schirmer, New York, London, Boston, 1915
Anbieter: McBlain Books, ABAA, Hamden, CT, USA
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Paperback. Zustand: Good. 165p. Softcover in original wrapper. Illustration mounted on front. 31 cm. Ends of backstrip chipped as are lower corners of front cover. Minor creasing and corner wear. Hard to decipher circular rubber stamp on lower corner of front cover. "Distribuidores exclusivos para Colombia Casa Musical Humberto Conti Bogota ."). stamped in black at bottom of title-page. Johnson had great success as a lyricist early in the century but found that tastes had changed when he attempted a return to song-writing in 1914. He translated the libretto for this opera which the Metropolitan Opera performed in 1916. Granados, the Spanish Romantic composer of the piano pieces from which this opera was adapted, attended the premiere but drowned in the English channel upon his return to Europe when a German submarine torpedoed the boat on which Granados was travelling. The libretto appears throughout the music in this edition with Granados's Spanish text immediately above Johnson's English translation. The libretto was also published separately by Schirmer in 1915 as a smaller-format 42-page pamphlet in their series of opera-librettos with Granados's Spanish text and Johnson's English translation appearing side by side in separate columns. We don't know whether either version has publishing priority, but both are quite uncommon. Apparent 1st ed. with Johnson translation [no later printing information].
Verlag: G. Schirmer, New York, London, Boston, 1915
Anbieter: McBlain Books, ABAA, Hamden, CT, USA
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Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. 165p. Softcover in original wrapper. Illustration mounted on front. 31cm. Vover illustration scuffed with some crease marks. Backstrip chipped at bottom and appears to have been reglued for four or five centimeters above above the chipping. Tape mark next to bottom of backstrip on both sides. Contents sound and clean. Johnson had great success as a lyricist early in the century but found chamged tastes when he attempted a return to song-writing in 1914. He did successfully translate the libretto for this opera which the Metropolitan Opera performed in 1916. Granados, the Spanish Romantic composer of the piano pieces from which this opera was adapted, attended the premiere but drowned in the English channel upon his return to Europe when a German submarine torpedoed the boat on which Granados was travelling. The libretto appears throughout the music in this edition with Granados's Spanish text immediately above Johnson's English translation. The libretto was also published separately by Schirmer in 1915 as a smaller-format 42-page pamphlet in their series of opera-librettos with Granados's Spanish text and Johnson's English translation appearing side by side in separate columns. We don't know whether either version has publishing priority, but both are quite uncommon. Apparent 1st ed. with Johnson translation [no later printing information].