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FAMOUS AMERICAN NEGRO POETS.
by Rollins, Charlemae
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Near fine blue cloth in a good dust jacket. (some creasing, two short closed tears to upper edge of dj, minor rubbing on the fol/good
- Seller
-
Ione, California, United States
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About This Item
New York:: Dodd, Mead,, (1965.). SIGNED hardcover first edition -. Near fine blue cloth in a good dust jacket. (some creasing, two short closed tears to upper edge of dj, minor rubbing on the folds, original price of 3.25 still present.) Printed many times over the years, the first edition is quite uncommon, and especially so in this condition, since most copies seem to have gone to libraries. . First printing. Warmly INSCRIBED by the author on the front endpaper - 'For Jean Barr with love and deep appreciation' and dated in the year of publication. Illustrated with photographs and designed to appeal to young people, this book contains short biographies and poetic samples of 12 African American writers, including Arna Bontemps, Francis E. W. Harper, Gwendolyn Brooks, Dunbar and Hughes. A title in the Famous Biographies for Young People series. Bibliography, index. 95 pp.
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- Bookseller
- Bookfever.com, IOBA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 86879
- Title
- FAMOUS AMERICAN NEGRO POETS.
- Author
- Rollins, Charlemae
- Format/Binding
- SIGNED hardcover first edition -
- Book Condition
- Used - Near fine blue cloth in a good dust jacket. (some creasing, two short closed tears to upper edge of dj, minor rubbing on the fol
- Jacket Condition
- good
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Dodd, Mead,
- Place of Publication
- New York:
- Date Published
- (1965.)
- Bookseller catalogs
- African American History and nonfiction;
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- First Edition
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- Cloth
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