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Dunbar, Paul Laurence. Howdy Honey Howdy. Dodd, Mead & Co, New York, 1905.
Price: US$45.00 + shipping
Condition: Fair
Description: Boards smudged. Board corners lightly bumped and worn. Front hinge broken. Spine working loose from binding. Previous owner's name to first free endpaper. A few pages show light foxing, but text is clean and bright. A few pages have small closed tears. ; Text body is clean and unmarked. Boards have gilt lettering and is decorated with black, red, and white.
Seller: Boards & Wraps, Baltimore, MD, U.S.A.
Paul Laurence Dunbar. Howdy Honey Howdy. Dodd, Mead & Company, New York, 1905.
Price: US$50.00 + shipping
Condition: Poor
Description: Hard cover bound books with cloth pages, front image shows signs of wear. Poems by Paul Laurence Dunbar with illustrations by Leigh Richmond Miner and decorations by Will Jenkins. First several pages unattached but included; other pages held by binding. Yellowing due to presumable aging. 1905 edition includes marginalia dated 1916 throughout the book, as well as front cover inscription.
Seller: Topos Bookstore, Ridgewood, NY, U.S.A.
Dunbar, Paul Laurence. Howdy Honey Howdy. Dodd, Mead, New York, 1905.
Price: US$75.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Very good in brown cloth-covered boards with black, gilt and orange decorations and a photograph tipped onto the from cover. wear at the extremities, a small scratch on the cover photograph, discoloration on the right edge, and a small closed tear on one page that has been archivally mended.
Seller: Clayton Fine Books, Shepherdstown, WV, U.S.A.
Dunbar, Paul Laurence. Howdy Honey Howdy. Dodd, Mead and Company, New York, 1905.
Price: US$75.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 22 x 15 cm. Octavo. Unpaginated. Bound in brown decorated cloth with photo paste-dwon. Poetry, illustrated with photographs. First edition with "Published October, 1905" with no additional printings noted and "Printed in August, 1905" on the colophon page. There is a newspaper photo of Dunbar that has been pasted to the title page, obscuring the publisher. Bit of scuffing to cover photo. Previous owner's name stamp on front and rear fixed endpapers. Corners are lightly bumped.
Seller: Midway Book Store (ABAA), St. Paul, MN, U.S.A.
Dunbar, Paul Laurence. Howdy Honey Howdy. Dodd, Mead and Company, New York, 1905.
Price: US$94.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Will Jenkins and Leigh Richmond Miner. First Edition. Not paginated. 8 3/4 x 5 15/16 inches. Publisher's tan cloth boards with gilt, black, and light grey decorations plus photographic onlay. Top edges gilt. Spotting to endpapers (apparently as normal). A nice copy noting some rubbing to the spine decorations and minor rubbing to the photographic onlay. Otherwise bright and clean throughout, illustrated with photographs. Cloth. Poems by Paul Laurence Dunbar. Photographs by Leigh Richmond Miner. Decorations by Will Jenkins. "Paul Laurence Dunbar was born on June 27, 1872, to two formerly enslaved people from Kentucky. He became one of the first influential Black poets in American literature and was internationally acclaimed for his dialect verse in collections such as Majors and Minors (Hadley & Hadley, 1895) and Lyrics of Lowly Life (Dodd, Mead and Company, 1896). The dialect poems constitute only a small portion of Dunbar's canon, which is replete with novels, short stories, essays, and many poems. In its entirety, Dunbar's literary body is regarded as an impressive representation of Black life in the turn-of-the-century United States.He died February 9, 1906, at age 33." (Poetry Foundation website) "Leigh Richmond Miner (1864-1935) was a photographer in the United States. He was the principal photographer at Hampton Institute and his work appeared throughout the school's extensive publications and publicity materials during the first three decades of the twentieth century.As a member of the Hampton Institute Camera Club, his photographs illustrated five of Paul Laurence Dunbar's six books of poetry illustrated with photographs. Miner illustrated the last three books in the series individually while running a photography studio in Yonkers, NY during an leave from the school in 1904-07. Based upon these images alone, he ranks among the most published photographers of images of African Americans." (Wikipedia).
Seller: Kuenzig Books ( ABAA / ILAB ), Topsfield, MA, U.S.A.
DUNBAR, Paul Laurence.. Howdy Honey Howdy.. Dodd, Mead and Company, New York, 1905.
Price: US$100.00 + shipping
Description: Illustrated with photographs by Leigh Richmond Miner. Decorations by Will Jenkins. 8vo, publisher's decorated cloth with applied illustration on front panel. First edition, first printing with October on copyright page and August on p. [125]. A bright, tight and sound copy with some light rubbing to the spine.
Seller: Jeffrey H. Marks, Rare Books, ABAA, Rochester, NY, U.S.A.
DUNBAR, Paul Laurence. Howdy Honey Howdy. Dodd, Mead & Company, New York, 1905.
Price: US$125.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: First edition. Photographs by Leigh Richmond Miner. Decorations by Will Jenkins. A fairly discreet ex-lending library copy with a single stamp on front pastedown and an envelope to serve as a pocket on the rear pastedown, signature loose, rear hinge tender, and slight wear at the spine ends, a good only copy without the rare dust jacket.
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
Dunbar, Paul Laurence. Howdy Honey Howdy. Dodd Mead, New York, 1905.
Price: US$150.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: African-American dialect poetry. Brown cloth boards with stamped orange, black and gray decorations by Will Jenkins on front and spine. Gilt page top edges. Photographs by Leigh Richmond Miner on front board and with each poem on decorated pages. Little wear on spine tips, and small rubs on board corners. Copyright page states Published October, 1905. Last page shows printed in August 1905.
Seller: Old Algonquin Books, Arvada, CO, U.S.A.
Paul Laurence Dunbar. Howdy Honey Howdy". Dodd, Mead & Company, New York, 1905.
Price: US$199.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Tan cloth boards with illustrated front board with photograph paste down and bright gilt title. Decorated spine with partially rubbed gilt title. TEG. Rubbing and loss (1/2") to bottom spine end with bottom of gatherings exposed. Top spine corners rubbed. Corners lightly bumped/rubbed. PO inscription on ffep. Interior is clean. First gathering is loosening but completely attached. Rest of text block is tight. Verse written in American southern dialect. Illustrated with photographs.
Seller: onourshelves, Philadelphia, PA, U.S.A.
Paul Laurence Dunbar. Howdy Honey Howdy. Dodd, Mead and Company, New York, 1905.
Price: US$250.00 + shipping
Condition: Fair
Description: Howdy Honey Howdy. By Paul Laurence Dunbar and printed in New York City by Dodd, Mead and Company. Illustrations and photographs by Leigh Richmond Miner with decorations by Will Jenkins. 1905, 1st edition, 125 pp, 8.75 x 6, 8vo, hardcover brown cloth. In fair condition, with light rubbing and wear to boards and spine. Hinges at front and rear remain in good condition. Text block splitting in multiple places around middle and in need of restoration. Light pencil markings and marginalia. Illustrated throughout with a variety of black-and-white photographs. General age-related toning to pages, along with periodic foxing and wear. Please see photographs and ask any questions prior to purchasing. A scarce 1st edition, with Published Oct. 1905 on front and Printed in August, 1905 at rear. Paul Laurence Dunbar (1872-1906) was an influential African-American poet and writer, with much of his inspiration taken from the stories and dialects of former enslaved people in the South. One of the last works by Dunbar before his death from then-incurable tuberculosis in 1906. A great piece for restoration. COLL1905FIJX-0124-aj0340
Seller: ROBIN RARE BOOKS at the Midtown Scholar, Harrisburg, PA, U.S.A.
Price: US$300.00 + shipping
Description: Octavo. Unpaginated. Illustrated with photographs. Brown cloth, pictorially stamped, with photographic illustration mounted on front cover. Light shelfwear, contemporary bookplate on front pastedown. A very good copy. First edition. The copyright page reads Òpublished Oct., 1905,Ó and the last page of book states ÒPrinted in August, 1905.Ó BAL 4955.
Seller: Michael R. Thompson Books, A.B.A.A., Los Angeles, CA, U.S.A.
Paul Laurence Dunbar. Howdy Honey Howdy. New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1905.
Price: US$375.78 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: First edition. Near fine with some minor edge-wear. Decorative brown boards with photo mounted on front. No DJ. Book comes protected in mylar cover.
Seller: The Scribe Bookstore, ABAC, Toronto, ON, Canada
Dunbar, Paul Laurence. Howdy Honey Howdy. Dodd Mead, New York, 1905.
Price: US$425.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: 105 pages. First edition, first printing with "Published Oct. 1905" on the copyright page & "Printed in August, 1905" on the last page of book. Illustrated by Will Jenkins. Photographs by Leigh Richmond Miner of the Hampston Institute Camera Club. 22 poems, all previously published. Near fine book with all cover decorations complete, clear & bright but with a touch of wear to the corners. No dust jacket. A beautiful copy!
Seller: Fireproof Books, MINNETONKA, MN, U.S.A.
Dunbar, Paul Laurence, 1872-1906. Howdy Honey Howdy. Dodd, Mead, New York, 1905.
Price: US$1250.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: frontis, photos (by Leigh Richmond Miner), (117)p. Original decorative brown cover with photo mounted on front cover. dj. 22 cm. Jacket rather heavily chipped around edges and on backstrip (which lacks a large portion at top and a small piece at bottom). Additionally, the backstrip portion of the jacket is held together with several pieces of cellophane tape, a couple of which are also on adjoining area of the front or back panel. The book is clean and bright with just a little spine sloping and two former owner's names in red and blue ink on the front endpaper. Jackets, worn or otherwise, are quite uncommon on Dunbar books published during his short life.
Seller: McBlain Books, ABAA, Hamden, CT, U.S.A.
DUNBAR, Paul Laurence. Howdy Honey Howdy. Dodd, Mead & Company, New York, 1905.
Price: US$1600.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: First edition. Photographs by Leigh Richmond Miner. Decorations by Will Jenkins. Decorated cloth with applied gravure portrait. Slight rubbing on the boards, a near fine copy in a good only example of the rare dustwrapper that is split along the front flap fold, with considerable shallow chipping along the extremities, most pronounced on the front panel. Exceptionally uncommon in jacket.
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.