A Comparative Study of Urban Black Argot ( Occasional Papers in Linguistics, No. 1 UCLA, March, 1972) by Edith A. Folb (author); Victoria Fromkin (principal investigator) - 1972

Chicago: Univ. Of Chicago Press, 1935. Winner of the first Anisfield-Wolf Book Award, in 1936. Near Fine, light soiling. Association Copy, SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR on front end page - "To Commissioner L. D. White (p.221) Harold F. Gosnell". Gosnell cites White's "Prestige Value of Public Employment" (Chicago 1929) at page 221. Uncommon SIGNED. . SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR. First Edition. Cloth. Near Fine/No Jacket, As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Association Copy.

Chicago: Forbes and Company, 1911. Publisher's green cloth binding with central floral bouquet and gilt lettering bordered by floral garland, back with gilt lettering and floral decoration, patterned brown end papers. Near Fine, small rubs at tips, slight toning at end pages facing the brown end papers. Michigan-born poet Ben King (1857-1894) spent much of his life in Chicago, where he was a member of the Chicago Press Club and the Whitechapel Club. He was considered Michigan's favorite poet for at least 25 years after his death. These poems, published well after his death, are written in an African-American slave vernacular, and the accompanying photographs are all of a nostalgic nature, depicting happy or distinguished subjects. An exceptionally nice copy, gift quality. . First Edition. Decorative Cloth. Near Fine/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Springfield, IL/ Baltimore, MD: Charles C. Thomas, Publishers, 1930. Uncommon. Near Fine in original green cloth, gilt spine, prior owner name in ink front paste down who was a professor at Purdue University at time of publication, a couple of pages with her tidy scholarly notations in ink. . First Edition. Cloth. Near Fine/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

Boston: Atlantic Monthly Press/ Little Brown, 1963. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR at front end page -" To Beth and Jim Armsey - With my appreciation and best wishes - and, of course, with further appreciation of serving with J.A. on the Board - Ralph McGill New York April 22, 1963". Important Civil Rights Association Copy. James Armsey, ( 1918-2008) was the Ford Foundation executive who oversaw grants to universities and colleges in the 1960s, with the only requirement that they had to raise matching funds from other sources. At his urging the Foundation added the requirement that the colleges and universities could not bar black students. This change caused a number of them, including Duke University, Vanderbilt University, Emory University, Tulane University, and several major private colleges, to admit black students for the first time. The "Board" referenced in the inscription was Ford Foundation Board for the Advancement of Education. Ralph McGill (1898-1969) was an… Read More