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Banjo: A Story without a Plot

Banjo: A Story without a Plot by [AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY & LITERATURE] MCKAY, Claude (novel); DOUGLAS, Aaron (design)

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Seller: Lorne Bair Rare Books
Title
Banjo: A Story without a Plot
Author
[AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY & LITERATURE] MCKAY, Claude (novel); DOUGLAS, Aaron (design)
Seller
Lorne Bair Rare Books (United States)
Description
New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1929. First Edition. First Printing. Octavo (19.5cm); navy blue and red paper-covered boards and black cloth backstrip, with titles stamped in gilt on spine; decorative endpapers; orange topstain; dustjacket; [viii],[2],3-326,[2]pp. Spine ends gently nudged, topstain slightly dulled, else a fresh, very Near Fine copy. In the original dustjacket designed by Aaron Douglas; unclipped (priced $2.50), gently spine-sunned and lightly edgeworn, with a few tiny tears, a tiny split at rear flap fold, and some mild dust-soil; still a bright, Near Fine copy. McKay's second novel, an accurate social perspective of Black life in southern France, drawn directly from McKay's experience living in Marseilles. "Lincoln Agrippa, known to his drifter cohorts on the 1920s Marseilles, waterfront as "Banjo," passes his days panhandeling and dreaming of starting his own little band. At night, Banjo Malty, Ginger, Dengel, Bugsy, Taloufa, Goosey, and even Jake of Home to Harlem prowl the rough waterfront bistros, drinking, looking for women, playing music, fighting, loving, and talking - about their homes in Senegal, the West Indies, or the American South; about Garvey's Back-to-Africa Movement; about being Black. When Ray, a writer, joins the group, it triggers his rediscovery of his African roots and his feeling that, at last, he belongs to a race, "weighted, tested, and poised in the universal scheme" (from the HarperCollins reissue). PERRY 377; GLOSTER p.165-166. 88435.
The Last Journals of David Livingstone, in Central Africa, from 1865 to His Death

The Last Journals of David Livingstone, in Central Africa, from 1865 to His Death by [AFRICA - EXPLORATION] LIVINGSTONE, David; Horace Waller

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Title
The Last Journals of David Livingstone, in Central Africa, from 1865 to His Death
Author
[AFRICA - EXPLORATION] LIVINGSTONE, David; Horace Waller
Seller
Lorne Bair Rare Books (United States)
Description
London: John Murray, 1874. First Edition. First printing. Octavo (23cm). Two volumes in purple cloth, stamped in gilt on front and spine; brown coated endpapers; xvi,360,6pp;[viii],346,20pp; 6pp publisher's catalogue at rear of vol. I, 20pp catalogue in vol. II; frontispieces, 3 lithographic facsimiles of leaves from Livingstone's journal, 17 full-page wood-engraved plates, 24 in-text wood engravings, color folding map in vol. II, large color folding map in pocket at rear of vol. I. Ex-library, with marks of spine labels, circulation slips to rear endpapers, and perforated stamps to title pages. Lightly rubbed, spines sunned but boards bright, vol. I hinges cracked, one leaf of ads in vol. II detached: Good or better. Famed explorer David Livingstone (1813-1873) embarked on his final African expedition in 1866, in an attempt to suppress the local slave trade and trace the source of the White Nile. During this journey he lost contact with Britain for six years, leading to Henry Stanley's mission to locate him, and their famous encounter at Lake Tanganyika in 1871. Livingstone died of malaria and dysentry at Chitambo, in modern Zambia, in 1873. After his death, his popularity in Britain surged. HOWGEGO L36. MENDELSSOHN I, p.912-3.
Night Birds on Nantucket

Night Birds on Nantucket by Aiken, Joan

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Night Birds on Nantucket
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Aiken, Joan
Seller
Brenner's Collectable Books (United States)
Condition
Fine
Description
London: Jonathan Cape, 1966. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. 8vo., 179pp. Beautiful First Edition of this historical fantasy featuring the return of the young heroine Dido Twite, Bound in black cloth with titles in gilt on spine. Mapped end-papers. Illustrated. Square, tight and clean throughout with little or no wear. Some off-setting to end-papers and a few spots to fore-edge. Spine gilt a bit dulled. Very attractive unclipped dust jacket, (18s net), has mild rubbing to edges and a stain on reverse that just shows barely along the lower spine panel. Still fresh and bright with no chipping, creases, or tears. A very pretty collectable copy at a great price.
This Party's Got to Stop (Signed First Edition)

This Party's Got to Stop (Signed First Edition) by Rupert Thomson

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Title
This Party's Got to Stop (Signed First Edition)
Author
Rupert Thomson
Seller
Grayshelf Books, ABAA, IOBA (United States)
ISBN
9781847081629
Condition
Fine
Description
First UK Edition/First Printing with the complete number line; A Fine book in a Fine dust jacket with no visible flaws. SIGNED by the author to the title page. A fantastic copy of this memoir from the acclaimed author; an uncommon title, particularly signed. Not remaindered, not price-clipped, not ex-library; in a protective Mylar cover and will ship securely wrapped in a sturdy box.
Home ABC

Home ABC

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Title
Home ABC
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Eclectibles (United States)
Description
New York: McLoughlin Bros, 1910. 16mo. Unpaginated. Linen Each page with three (3) letters and illustration relevant to letter. "H" is for Hoop Henry, "N" is for Negro, "X" is for Axe. Cover wear. Interior in excellent condition.
Polit-Kunst in Der Sowjetischen Besatzungszone

Polit-Kunst in Der Sowjetischen Besatzungszone

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Seller: Jeff Hirsch Books, ABAA
Title
Polit-Kunst in Der Sowjetischen Besatzungszone
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Jeff Hirsch Books, ABAA (United States)
Description
Bonn: Bundesministerium für Gesamtdeutsche Fragen, 1953. First edition. Softcover. 44 pages. Text in German. A catalog that looks at political art in the Soviet Union. Includes numerous black and white illustrations. A very good plus copy in stapled wrappers with some minor wear.
Kurt Wolff: A Portrait in Essays and Letters

Kurt Wolff: A Portrait in Essays and Letters by Wolff, Kurt; Ermarth, Michael

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Title
Kurt Wolff: A Portrait in Essays and Letters
Author
Wolff, Kurt; Ermarth, Michael
Seller
Yesterday's Muse Books (United States)
ISBN
9780226905518
Condition
Very Good
Description
Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1991. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 6x1x9. First edition. Edges lightly foxed. 1991 Hard Cover. 252 pp. Kurt Wolff (1887-1963) was a singular presence in the literary world of the twentieth century, a cultural force shaping modern literature itself and pioneering significant changes in publishing. During an intense, active career that spanned two continents and five decades, Wolff launched seven publishing houses and nurtured an extraordinary array of writers, among them Franz Kafka, Lou Andreas-Salome, Boris Pasternak, Gunter Grass, Robert Musil, Paul Valery, Julian Green, Lampedusa, and Anne Morrow Lindbergh.

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