Color
by Cullen, Countee
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Portland, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1926. Hardcover. Signed by Countee Cullen on the front free endpaper, inscribed to former owner in Albany, NY, dated Feb. 10, 1928. xvii, 108 pp. Bound in publisher's decorated boards with yellow cloth backstrip, title labels. Early printing, but not the first, of the first edition, dated January 1926. Very Good with typical offsetting to labels, rubbed bottom edge, small ding to front label, bookplate on paste down, line of toning along endpapers. In a Very Good example of the fragile dust jacket, chipped at head and upper front corner, spine and gutters toned.
The Harlem Renaissance poet and scholar's first book, rarely found in a decent jacket.
Reviews
On Jul 22 2017, a reader said:
I've never read poetry before, it just did not hold my interest, until I accidentally picked this book up, while thumbing through a box of books I was going to donate. Needless to say, it will now stay on my office shelf for inspiration, calmness and a small taste of spirituality.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Burnside Rare Books, ABAA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 140945816
- Title
- Color
- Author
- Cullen, Countee
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Harper & Brothers
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1926
- Keywords
- Harlem Renaissance, signed
- Bookseller catalogs
- Poetry;
Terms of Sale
Burnside Rare Books, ABAA
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Burnside Rare Books, ABAA
Biblio member since 2010
Portland, Oregon
About Burnside Rare Books, ABAA
Burnside Rare Books specializes in literary first editions and works of cultural and historic significance. We are located in Portland, Oregon and welcome visitors by appointment.
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- Bookplate
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- Inscribed
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- Spine
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- Jacket
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- Cloth
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