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The Conning Tower Book. Being a Selection of the Best Verses Published in the Conning Tower, Edited by F.P. A. In the New York World.
New York: Macy-Masius; Publishers, (1926). (1926). - Octavo, decorative tan & dark blue paper covered boards backed with cream cloth & titled in black on the front cover & in blue on the spine; with decorative blue & gilt endpapers. The boards are rubbed & bumped & the spine is sunned. 223 pages plus colophon. The inner edges of the leaves are slightly darkened. Good.
First edition.
Among the contents are four poems by Dorothy Parker. Good .
Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd.Professional sellerBook number: 11057
USD 35.00 [Appr.: EURO 31 | £UK 26.25 | JP¥ 4989]
Catalogue: Literature
Keywords: LITERATURE; POETRY; POEMS; VERSE; POETS; ANTHOLOGY; THE CONNING TOWER; THE NEW YORK WORLD; F.P.A.; FRANKLIN P. ADAMS; DOROTHY PARKER; MAXWELL ANDERSON; GELETT BURGESS; COUNTEE CULLEN; WITTER BYNNER; FIRST EDITION; 1ST EDITION.
THE LOST ZOO
Follett, 1969. 1969. Hardcover with dust jacket. Hardback, 8vo, 95 pages, VG+ to Near Fine in like dj (dj in new protective mylar). DJ is price-clipped. Each pastedown is discretely stamped "Hayden Heights" - as from a school or library. Otherwise, book and DJ are about like new. Colorful DJ and boards, numerous colorful illustrations scattered throughout, including title page. Countee Cullen lived 1903-1946 and was a significant figure in the Negro Renaissance poetry movement. Fine/Very Good.
Robert W. Reiner BooksProfessional sellerBook number: 01847
USD 50.00 [Appr.: EURO 44 | £UK 37.5 | JP¥ 7127]
Keywords: Children's Juvenile Poetry Literature Negro Renaissance Illustrated
The Black Christ & Other Poems
New York, Harper & Brothers, 1929. 1st edition . Hardcover. 110p. illus. Ill.: Charles Cullen. Good condition, ca. 1" missing from top of d.j. spine in worn d.j./fair.
Brookline Village BooksProfessional sellerBook number: 008299
USD 403.00 [Appr.: EURO 354.25 | £UK 301 | JP¥ 57446]
Keywords: Charles Cullen Literature First Editions Poetry African-Americans
Color
New York, Harper & Brothers, 1925. Hardcover. Small 8vo. Yellow cloth spine with paper label and red, blue and yellow decorated paper over boards with paper label. xvii, 108pp. Good plus. Age toned about the edges. Later printing of Cullen's first poetry collection, tight and decent. From the library of Senator Adlai E. Stevenson III (b. 1930), son of Illinois governor and twice presidential candidate Adlai E. Stevenson II (1900-65) and likely belonging to the governor's wife, noted socialite Ellen Borden Stevenson (1908-72), a noted poetry and literature enthusiast. Also interesting is that the age toning of the binding are likely smoking caused by a fire in the couples' Libertyville home, which burned down shortly after being built in 1935, destroying many of their possessions and antiques (rebuilt 1938) -- this small volume was apparently one of the rare survivors. .
Main Street Fine Books & ManuscriptsProfessional sellerBook number: 39154
USD 55.00 [Appr.: EURO 48.5 | £UK 41.25 | JP¥ 7840]
Catalogue: Books
Keywords: Poetry
Color
New York, Harper, 1925. 1st edition . Hardcover. 108p. Author's first book. Good condition .
Brookline Village BooksProfessional sellerBook number: 004207
USD 144.00 [Appr.: EURO 126.75 | £UK 107.75 | JP¥ 20526]
Catalogue: Literature
Keywords: Literature First Editions Poetry
Copper Sun
New York, Harper & Brothers, 1927. . . Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. A perfectly serviceable reference copy; nothing fancy, but complete and sturdy. Decorated paper over boards, black cloth-backed, with yellow and black paper title labels to front cover and spine. Tightly bound hardcover, clean, if lightly toned interior, minimal rubbing to extremities, moderate toning to endpapers then dissipating. Previous owner's inscription in pen at first free endpaper. Some extremely dramatic black-and-white engraved woodcuts by Charles Cullen. Protected by stiff plastic jacket. Countee Cullen (born Countee LeRoy Porter; May 30, 1903 – January 9, 1946) was an extremely important American poet, novelist, children's writer, and playwright. His importance to the so-called Harlem Renaissance is unquestioned. His precise birthplace remains unknown, whether Baltimore, Maryland, New York City or Louisville. He was adopted at age 15 by "Reverend Frederick A. Cullen, pastor of Salem Methodist Episcopal Church, Harlem's largest congregation, and his wife, the former Carolyn Belle Mitchell; the former became "president of the Harlem chapter of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)" (Wikipedia). His eventual marriage to W.E.B. Du Bois's daughter Yolande was allegedly the social event of the year but the marriage was fraught with tension not least owing to Countee's stated love for men despite his love for his wife (and hers for him). This collection, The Black Christ & other poems, look at the importance of faith and justice among African-Americans, linking their pain and suffering with that of Jesus Christ. Countee Cullen was an exceedingly-proud-of-his-race man, a fine poet and man. He wrote painfully about racial segregation, Jim Crow laws and lynching in the South. The final image offered by Charles Cullen suggests a sort of Black Messiah figure (dedicated, he says, to White America") and that was fleshed out in the work of "other African-American writers such as Langston Hughes, Claude Mackay, and Jean Toomer" (Wikipedia). The illustrator, Charles Cullen, was apparently unrelated, but he also did decorations and illustrations for Langston Hughes. 89 pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . Good
Structure, Verses, Agency BooksProfessional sellerBook number: 356839
USD 45.00 [Appr.: EURO 39.75 | £UK 33.75 | JP¥ 6415]
Catalogue: Poetry
Keywords: Charles Cullen Countee Cullen poetry African-American poets Harlem Renaissance
Copper Sun
New York, Harper, 1927f. 1st edition . Hardcover. 108p. Author's first book. Good condition, corners bumped .
Brookline Village BooksProfessional sellerBook number: 46835
USD 86.00 [Appr.: EURO 75.75 | £UK 64.25 | JP¥ 12259]
Catalogue: Literature
Keywords: Literature First Editions Poetry
Copper Sun
New York: Harper & Brothers, Publishers, 1927. 1st Trade Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. Illustrated by Charles Cullen. B&W Illustrations; This book is in Very Good+ condition and has a Good dust jacket. The book and its contents are in mostly clean, bright condition. The text pages are clean and bright. There is a previous owner's bookplate on the front pastedown page. (Elinor Tay Mighell - found in the San Francisco Social Register) The price clipped dust jacket has several small edge tears, nicks and chipping to the spine ends . There is some foxing (both spots and tidemarking) to the reverse of the dust jacket that is starting to show through on the front). "The Harlem Renaissance was influenced by a movement called Négritude which represents “the discovery of black values and the Negro’s awareness of his situation”. Cullen saw Negritude as an awakening of a race consciousness and black modernism that flowed into Harlem. Cullen's poetry “Heritage” and “Dark Tower” reflect ideas of the Negritude movement. These poems examine African roots and intertwine them with a fresh aspect of African American life. Countee Cullen's work intersects with the Harlem community and such prominent figures of the Renaissance as Duke Ellington and poet and playwright Langston Hughes. Ellington admired Cullen for confronting a history of oppression and shaping a new voice of “great achievement over fearful odds”. " (from Wikipedia). Very Good+ in Good dust jacket .
S. Howlett-West BooksProfessional sellerBook number: 43830
USD 275.00 [Appr.: EURO 241.75 | £UK 205.5 | JP¥ 39200]
Catalogue: Poetry
Keywords: Poetry Countee Cullen Charles Cullen Harlem Renaissance Negro poets African American Authors
Dust Jacket Only for the Black Christ & Other Poems
NY, NY: Harper Brothers, [1929]. Dust Jacket Only. 12mo. Good with corners clipped, loss. [First Edition]. .
Wittenborn Art BooksProfessional sellerBook number: 68-3763
USD 75.00 [Appr.: EURO 66 | £UK 56 | JP¥ 10691]
Catalogue: Ephemera
My Soul's High Song _ the Collected Writings of Countee Cullen _ Voice of the Harlem Renaissance
New York, Doubleday, 1991. Cloth/dust jacket and Mylar wrapped Octavo. Hardcover. black cloth spine, light blue lettering, papered boards, dust jacket unclipped, 618 pp first edition Standard shipping (no tracking or insurance) / Priority (with tracking) / Custom quote for large or heavy orders. Very good/very good.
San Francisco Book CompanyProfessional sellerBook number: 95738
€ 100.00 [Appr.: US$ 113.8 | £UK 85 | JP¥ 16221]
Catalogue: Poetry
On These I Stand
New York, Harper & Row. 1947. Hardcover. Book, 8vo. x, 198 pp. Black boards with gilt to spine and publisher's blind stamp to front. Illustrated dustjacket with usual wear and chipping, now in protective sleeve. Collection of Countee Cullen's "best poems" selected by himself a few weeks before he died in 1946. Fine/Good.
Neale Williams Antiquarian BooksProfessional sellerBook number: 8945
€ 45.00 [Appr.: US$ 51.21 | £UK 38.25 | JP¥ 7299]
Catalogue: Literature (Primary)
Keywords: Literature, Poetry, American Writers
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