Leon strong (10 Ergebnisse)

Hardcover. Zustand: Fair. No Jacket. Missing dust jacket; Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Zustand: Fine. 103 pages. Presumed first edition. Fine condition, a very clean and unworn copy, no owner names.

Paperback. Zustand: New.

Hardcover. Zustand: Fair. 1st Edition. 249 Pp. Black Cloth, Gilt. First Printing, 1924. A Very Worn Copy, Spine Gilt Worn And Almost Unreadable, Spine Cloth Covered With Clear Tape, Hinges Completely Broken With Page Block Completely Loose. Ownership Signature Of Rowena Woodham-Jelliffe (1892- 1992), Who Became A Pioneer In The Field Of Interracial Theater As An Outgrowth Of Her Career As A Social Worker And Co-Founder Of Karamu House. Born And Raised In New Albion, Ill., She Came To Ohio In 1910 To Enter Oberlin College, Where She Served As President Of The Oberlin Women's Suffrage League And Met Her Future Husband, Russell W. Jelliffe. After A Year Spent Jointly As Graduate Students At The University Of Chicago, Rowena And Russell Were Married And Came To Cleveland To Establish The East Side Settlement House That Eventually Became Karamu. To Help Draw Their Largely African American Constituency Into The Settlement's Program, Mrs. Jelliffe Began Producing Children's Plays With Interracial Casting. An Adult Dramatic Group, The Gilpin Players, Was Organized In The Couple's Living Room In 1920. A Permanent Theater Was Opened In 1927, After 2 Summers' Study By Mrs. Jelliffe At The School Of Theater And Dance In New York. Besides Directing 100 Plays At Karamu From 1920-46, She Sometimes Wrote Plays For The Children And Once Completed A Play By Langston Hughes When The Final Act Failed To Arrive In Time. Mrs. Jelliffe Was Also A Campaigner For Civil Rights, Helping To Integrate The Wade Park Manor Dining Room In 1926 And Marching With Martin Luther King, Jr., In The 1960S. Her Papers Are At Case Western University. …

Zustand: New. Print on Demand.

62p., 8.5x11 inches, preface, essay, catalogue, map, bibliography, b&w and color plates, very good first edition catalogue of the exhibition in trade paperback format, pictorial wraps, personally inscribed and signed by the collectors, the Strongs.

Zustand: Very Good. Prompt Shipment, shipped in Boxes, Tracking PROVIDEDOffprint. University of California Publications in Zoology, Vol. 29, No. 13, pp. 305-319, 1927.Ex-library with one blind-stamp with gift book plate from publisher. Very good quality, nicks on edges.*.

Zustand: Very Good.

Zustand: Good. Five Letter-Sized Pages, Signed on Exposition Letterhead by dignitaries and civic officials connected to the Exposition, some stamped with the names of their organizations. Good with losses, marginal tears, creasing, perforations & some staining.Provenance: Letters and Autographs from a Who's Who in California 1914 - 1917, to the author Ellis A. Davis, regarding Davis' Commercial Encyclopedia of the Pacific Southwest, California, Nevada, Utah, Arizona. Sold by Cherokee Book Shop to Frederick Ruffner, Jr., the founder of Gale Research, Detroit.…

Paperback. Zustand: new. Paperback. Dedication " This Book Is Dedicated To ( Mrs. Christine Strong Alderman ), There Is No Hope In Valor, There Is Only Bravery, Courage, And Sacrifice, And When Hero's Fall Short, Saying Sorry Is Simply Not Good Enough, For The Hearts Of The Brave Must Get Up, And Bleed On " " The Names Of People, Places And Things Have Been Changed In Order To Protect The Guilty. Times, Dates, Cities And Addresses Have Been Changed In Order To Protect The Guilty, And Fabrications As Well As Deductions Have Been Added In Order To Protect The Guilty, All Of The Names Of People Within This Book Are Characters Created By The Author, In Order To Protect The Guilty '' " Based On A True Story " This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability.…