Color

Countee Cullen

Verlag: Harper and Brothers Publishing, New York, New York, 1925

Book is extremely fine with very interesting patterned paper over boards, quarter bound with beige with a slightly faded binding bottom of boards and lower corners show some wear. Countee Cullen's (1903-1946) highly acclaimed debut collection of Seventy-four poems written at the beginning of The Harlem Renaissance. Orphaned at a young age he was raised by his paternal grandmother until her death in his early teens.From there he was taken in by the conservative minister of the renowned Salem Methodist Episcopal Church in Harlem where he attended the DeWitt Clinton High School where he edited the school newspaper and literary magazine. He went on to NYU where he graduated Phi Betta Kappa where he won the Whitter Bynner Poetry Prize. That same year he published his iconic book of poetry, Colors. Mylar protected. B-A ( Feb. 1926) on copyright page.Mylar protected. Size: 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 000217

Bibliografische Details

Titel: Color
Verlag: Harper and Brothers Publishing, New York, New York
Erscheinungsdatum: 1925
Einband: Hardcover
Zustand: Near Fine
Zustand des Schutzumschlags: No Jacket
Auflage: 1st Edition.