BLACK ELEPHANT WITH A BROWN EAR (IN ALABAMA).
by Traylor, Bill and Barbara Ann Porte
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine in glossy illustrated boards in a fine dust jacket./glossy illustrated boards in a fine
- ISBN 10
- 0688143741
- ISBN 13
- 9780688143749
- Seller
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Ione, California, United States
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About This Item
New York:: Greenwillow Books,, (1996.). Hardcover first edition -. Fine in glossy illustrated boards in a fine dust jacket.. First printing. Folk artist Bill Traylor was born into slavery in 1854 or 1856, and when he was in his eighties, between 1939 and 1942, he created over 1,200 paintings. This book contains ten full-page, full-color reproductions of his paintings with a story (many based on folktales) by Barbara Ann Porte to accompany each. Frontispiece self-portrait. While published as a children's books, the paintings will appeal to all. Slightly oversized format, 48 pp.
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- Bookseller
- Bookfever.com, IOBA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 37873
- Title
- BLACK ELEPHANT WITH A BROWN EAR (IN ALABAMA).
- Author
- Traylor, Bill and Barbara Ann Porte
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover first edition -
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine in glossy illustrated boards in a fine dust jacket.
- Jacket Condition
- glossy illustrated boards in a fine
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0688143741
- ISBN 13
- 9780688143749
- Publisher
- Greenwillow Books,
- Place of Publication
- New York:
- Date Published
- (1996.)
- Keywords
- folk art,
- Bookseller catalogs
- African American Children's books;
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