MACINTYRE, W. Irwin. COLORED SOLDIERS. Macon, GA: The J. W. Burke Company, 1923.
Price: US$30.00 + shipping
Condition: Fair
Description: FAIR-only in publisher's substantially mottled green cloth, 12mo, pp. 96 plus [1] page ads. Frontis portrait of a single-armed black man with cigarette. Occasional derogatory & caricatural black language, similar to Uncle Remus tales. Old discoloration of endpapers only. See WORK, p. 403.
Seller: T. Brennan Bookseller (ABAA / ILAB), Ellsworth, ME, U.S.A.
MacIntyre, W. Irwin. Colored Soldiers. The J.W. Burke Company, Macon, GA, 1923.
Price: US$60.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: 96pp. Pages are unmarked with a warm patina. Olive green cloth boards are pointed with some bug-eaten edges. Binding is tight and square. Foxing present on endpages.
Seller: Chamblin Bookmine, Jacksonville, FL, U.S.A.
W. Irwin MacIntyre. Colored Soldiers. The J. W. Burke Co., Macon, Georgia, 1923.
Price: US$81.50 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Drab green cloth boards with black printing. Mild rubbing to spine ends. Pages clean, lightly toned. Binding tight. Dialogue reflects dialect of the persons depicted.
Seller: onourshelves, Philadelphia, PA, U.S.A.
MACINTYRE, W. Irwin.. COLORED SOLDIERS. Macon, GA: The J. W. Burke Company, 1923.
Price: US$87.50 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Publisher's olive cloth with black lettering within blind-ruled border, 12mo, pp. 96 plus [1] page ads. Arresting frontis of a single-armed black man with cigarette, seemingly hand-rolled. Occasional derogatory & caricatural black language, somewhat reminiscent of Uncle Remus. Old Christmas gift inscription on toned free front end-paper. Light rubs at board tips & spine ends & mild bump to upper board tip. Area of light discoloration on upper panel. GOOD and sound. See WORK, page 403.
Seller: T. Brennan Bookseller (ABAA / ILAB), Ellsworth, ME, U.S.A.
MacIntyre, W. Irwin. COLORED SOLDIERS.. J. W. Burke, Macon, GA, 1923.
Price: US$100.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: World War I; Afro-Americans; 96 pages [1] page ads; 19.6cm; khaki cloth binding, slightly rubbed; frontisportrait from photograph; margins of first few pages stained; owner marks. War amputee.
Seller: Kurt Gippert Bookseller (ABAA), Chicago, IL, U.S.A.
MacIntyre, W. Irwin. Colored Soldiers. The J. W. Burke Company, Macon, GA, 1923.
Price: US$112.50 + shipping
Description: 96, frontis illus., discoloration inside boards, ink notation inside front board, slight wear to edges of spine.
Seller: Ground Zero Books, Ltd., Silver Spring, MD, U.S.A.
MacINTYRE, W. Irwin. Colored Soldiers. J.W. Burke Company, Macon, Georgia, 1923.
Price: US$125.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: First edition. 12mo. 96pp, (1pp ad), frontispiece photo. Green cloth lettered in black. Very slight discoloration on the front board and the endpapers a little toned, else near fine. Anecdotes told in dialect about black soldiers in WWI, related by a white man from Georgia.
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
MacIntyre, W. Irwin. Colored Soldiers. J. W. Burke, Macon, GA, 1923.
Price: US$275.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: 96 pages. First edition, first printing. The author helped recruit 300 black mule-drivers to serve in France during WWI. Frontispiece photograph of a World War I Negro soldier in uniform who has lost his arm. This Georgian author was white and wrote a number books in dialect. Almost a fine book with a touch of rubbing to the corners. No dust jacket. A beautiful copy!
Seller: Fireproof Books, MINNETONKA, MN, U.S.A.