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George Bernard Shaw. The Adventures of The Black Girl in Her Search For God. Constable, 1932.
Price: US$8.33 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Constable 1932 reprint. Pages clean and bright, inscription on second page, binding firm, minor shelf wear to cover. ALL ITEMS ARE DISPATCHED FROM THE UK WITHIN 48 HOURS ( BOOKS ORDERED OVER THE WEEKEND DISPATCHED ON MONDAY) ALL OVERSEAS ORDERS SENT BY TRACKABLE AIR MAIL. IF YOU ARE LOCATED OUTSIDE THE UK PLEASE ASK US FOR A POSTAGE QUOTE FOR MULTI VOLUME SETS BEFORE ORDERING
Seller: HALCYON BOOKS, LONDON, United Kingdom
Price: US$11.64 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: 1932. First Edition. 75 pages. No dust jacket. 'The Adventures of the Black Girl in Her Search for God'. Illustrated paper covered boards. Pages remain clear with minimal tanning and foxing, mild to end-papers and text-block edges. Binding remains firm. Boards have moderate edge-wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Mild crushing to spine ends. Book has a slight forward lean.
Seller: World of Rare Books, Goring-by-Sea, SXW, United Kingdom
Price: US$15.37 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 75pp. First edition of the book by George Bernard Shaw with numerous wood engravings by John Farleigh. Decorated end papers and covers also by the artist. Black card covers with white lettering on face and spine. Shelf wear to top and tail of spine and corners. Toning to top page edge. Few light spots to ffep and rfep. Slight mark to lower margin on p27 and p41. Weak binding at pp32/33. No inscriptions.
Seller: The Bookshop at Beech Cottage, Newbury, United Kingdom
Price: US$16.44 + shipping
Description: EA, 77 S., OPbd., gut erhalten Sprache: Englisch. Aufgrund der EPR-Regelung kann in folgende Länder KEIN Versand mehr erfolgen: Bulgarien, Frankreich, Griechenland, Luxemburg, Österreich, Polen, Rumänien, Schweden, Slowakei, Spanien.
Seller: Wolfgang Rüger, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
Price: US$16.84 + shipping
Condition: Fair
Description: 1932. Reprinted. 75 pages. No dust jacket. Illustrated paper covered boards with lettering. Contains black and white illustrations. Clean pages and illustrations with light tanning and mild foxing throughout. Binding remains firm. Boards have mild edge-wear with slight rubbing to surfaces and bumping to corners. Lettering is bright and clear. Minor scuffing to spine ends, edges and corners. Minor wear marks to boards.
Seller: World of Rare Books, Goring-by-Sea, SXW, United Kingdom
Price: US$23.62 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: 1932. Hardcover. Clean copy. Fine in dustjacket. DJ has some wear and tear to edges but remains good. . . . .
Seller: Kennys Bookshop and Art Galleries Ltd., Galway, GY, Ireland
Price: US$24.30 + shipping
Condition: Fair
Description: Ex library hardback with illustrated boards; usual stamps/markings. Published in 1932 by Constable & Company Ltd. Light wear/chips to boards otherwise a good, clean copy. Ready for immediate despatch from UK. BS-2C*
Seller: Gareth Roberts, Rhydcymerau, Llandeilo, CARMS, United Kingdom
Price: US$25.62 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: The Adventures of the Black Girl in Her Search for God, by Bernard Shaw. At the time of listing, we have a number of interesting works by George Bernard Shaw. Please see other related listings for details. Published by Constable & Company Limited, London. Stated first edition, December 1932. Printed by R. & R. Clark, Edinburgh. A good copy of this beautifully hardback with printed paper over boards. The engravings by John Farleigh are simply beautiful. Pictorial endpapers. Worn at extremities and vertical edges of spine are rubbed to boards. Owner's signature to first blank. Text is very good with some light spotting, particularly to blanks at either end of book, and some spotting to text block edge. A most attractive book. Text in English. 75pp + 1pp. Dimensions: approx 210mm high x 138mm wide x 10mm deep. Weight: approximately 213g (unpacked).
Seller: Lanna Antique, Perth, United Kingdom
Price: US$25.62 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: B&W Illustrations throughout. Illustrated endpapers. 75 p.pages. 8 1/2" tall. Some wear at tips of fore corners and corners of spine. No inscriptions.
Seller: Bay Books, Penzance, United Kingdom
Price: US$25.87 + shipping
Description: Dispatched, from the UK, within 48 hours of ordering. The book is perfectly readable and fit for use, although it shows signs of previous ownership. The spine is likely creased and the cover scuffed or slightly torn. Textbooks will typically have an amount of underlining and/or highlighting, as well as notes. If this book is over 5 years old, then please expect the pages to be yellowing or to have age spots. Aged book. Tanned pages and age spots, however, this will not interfere with reading. Damaged book. Slightly damaged in some way typically, a grazed corner or torn cover.
Seller: Reuseabook, Gloucester, GLOS, United Kingdom
Price: US$26.51 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Numerous exquisitely beautiful b/w illustartions, bookplate of John William Bridge on FEP. Wear along spine, head of spine beginning to detach from boards and has been reinforced with tape, lightly rubbed corners of cover, age spotting to FEP, half-title page and BEP, minor age spotting on some pages, otherwise text and illustrations are clean, bright and tight throughout.
Seller: PsychoBabel & Skoob Books, Didcot, Oxfordshire, OXON, United Kingdom
Price: US$27.41 + shipping
Description: 74 Seiten, 2 Bl. Illustr. Original Pappband (etwas bestoßen, Rücken unten mit kl. Fehlstelle). Erste Ausgabe der Sammlung von Kurzgeschichten. - Die Titelgeschichte ist eine satirische Allegorie der Erfahrungen eines frisch zum Christentum konvertierten afrikanischen schwarzen Mädchens, das die biblische Aufforderung "Suche und du wirst mich finden" wörtlich nimmt und versucht, Gott zu suchen und tatsächlich mit ihm zu sprechen. Ha-B2-25 Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 2000
Seller: Treptower Buecherkabinett Inh. Schultz Volha, Berlin, Germany
Price: US$30.70 + shipping
Description: Minor, scattered marginal foxing. Good copy in the original illustrated, paper-covered boards. Spine bands and panel edges somewhat edge-nicked and dust-toned as with age. Some wear around the spine cover edges. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Physical description : 74 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 21 cm. Subjects : 1900-1999. Teenage girls, Black Fiction Written by a White Man. Women, Black ; Fiction. God ; Fiction. Religions ; Caricatures and cartoons. Christianity ; Fiction ; Race. Adolescent. 1 Kg.
Seller: MW Books Ltd., Galway, Ireland
Price: US$32.02 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: A controversial collection of short stories from George Bernard Shaw, illustrated throughout with the engravings of John Farleigh. A curious collection of short stories from playwright, polemicist and political activist George Bernard Shaw. The title tale is a satirical allegory relaying the experiences of an African girl newly converted to Christianity.Featuring pictorial endpapers and illustrated vignettes from wood engraver John Farleigh, specially commissioned by the author.The work caused controversy when released due to the religious, sexual and racial themes within the writing, and the wood engravings that compliment these themes. Shaw exacerbated the general furore by proposing intermarriage of the black and white population as a solution to racial problems in South Africa. This was taken as a bad joke in Britain, and as blasphemy in Nazi Germany.The second impression of this illustrated edition, released in the same month as the first impression. The book was first published in 1932, as 'Short Stories, Scraps and Shavings'. In December 1932 Constable and Company published this engraved edition, under the new title.With a former owner's inscription. In the publisher's original pictorial paper covered boards. Light shelf wear to back strip head and tail, resulting in small losses to paper. Former owner's inscription to front endpaper. Internally, firmly bound. Pages generally bright and clean, with the odd spot. Very Good. Please contact us for pictures and/or further details – only too pleased to help!
Seller: A Book Is Forever, Pershore, United Kingdom
Price: US$38.43 + shipping
Description: A first edition copy of this work by George Bernard Shaw, with illustrations throughout. The first edition. In the publisher's original cloth binding. With an engraved title page, four full page plates and fourteen vignette illustrations. Collated complete. 'The Adventures of the Black Girl in her Search for God' is a satirical allegory, telling the story of a young black woman who, when struggling to understand the words of her local Christian missionary, attempts to go out and 'seek' God. She meets several religious figures, including God and Jesus, as well as an atheist, but isn't satisfied with any of their responses. The story outraged the religious public, which ultimately led to its heavy demand. There have been numerous responses, both satirical and serious, from other creators, including 'The Adventures of the Black girl in her Search for Mr Shaw' by the journalist and activist, Mabel Dove Danquah. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Externally, very smart with some shelf wear to the extremities. Internally, firmly bound. Pages bright and clean with a few handling marks and the odd spot. Light age-toning to the edges. A tear and some offsetting to page 17. Very Good Indeed
Seller: Rooke Books PBFA, Bath, United Kingdom
Price: US$38.43 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: lacking glacene dust jacket, illustrated by John Farleigh, a nice copy. first edition; 75 pages
Seller: Tiger books, Canterbury, United Kingdom
Price: US$40.35 + shipping
Description: Cover design and wood-engravings by John Farleigh Corners just a little rubbed, but a very nice copy
Seller: Bertram Rota Ltd, Kintbury, United Kingdom
Price: US$43.60 + shipping
Description: Minor, scattered marginal foxing. Good copy in the original illustrated, paper-covered boards. Spine bands and panel edges somewhat edge-nicked and dust-toned as with age. Some wear around the spine cover edges. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Physical description : 74 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 21 cm. Subjects : 1900-1999. Teenage girls, Black Fiction Written by a White Man. Women, Black ; Fiction. God ; Fiction. Religions ; Caricatures and cartoons. Christianity ; Fiction ; Race. Adolescent. 1 Kg.
Seller: MW Books, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$46.11 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Copyright George Bernard Shaw 1932. Hardback. Clean copy, sound binding. Quick dispatch from UK seller.
Seller: Stephen White Books, Bradford, United Kingdom
Price: US$51.23 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First Edition. Hardback. No Dust Jacket. 8vo. pp 75. Illustrations and cover by John Farleigh. Atrractive copy. Fine. Exceptional condition. Fine.
Seller: Burwood Books, Wickham Market, United Kingdom
Shaw, George Bernard. The Adventures of the Black Girl in Her Search for God. Constable, 1932.
Price: US$57.64 + shipping
Description: 206 x 134mm, black pictorial boards printed in white, pp.78 + final blank leaf. Engraved title-page, 19 wood-engravings in text (4 full-page) & patterned engraved endpapers by John Farleigh. The first issue. Blank leaves faintly foxed. One of the landmarks in 20th century book illustration. Copies of this first edition sold out within a week of publication. Despite its enormous public success (by the end of the first year sales had reached 200,000) some found the book dangerously heretical; it was banned from public libraries in Cambridge.
Seller: Cameron House Books, Freshwater Bay, Isle of Wight, United Kingdom
Price: US$64.04 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: The Adventures of the Black Girl in Her Search for God, by Bernard Shaw. At the time of listing, we have a number of interesting works by George Bernard Shaw. Please see other related listings for details. Published by Constable & Company Limited, London. Stated first edition, December 1932. Printed by R. & R. Clark, Edinburgh. A fine copy of this beautiful hardback with printed paper over boards. The engravings by John Farleigh are simply beautiful. Pictorial endpapers. Very slight wear to extremities. With the original glassine protective wrap, slightly worn. Text is near fine with just occasional light spotting, particularly to blanks at either end of book. A most attractive edition. Text in English. 75pp + 1pp. Dimensions: approx 210mm high x 138mm wide x 10mm deep. Weight: approximately 218g (unpacked).
Seller: Lanna Antique, Perth, United Kingdom
Price: US$64.04 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: First Edition. DESCRIPTION: Illustrated black paper covered boards. Black and white patterned endpapers. Inscribed "To Dear John (John Papworth] from Vivian Craddock William (Member of the Uganda Society)." Illustrated with engravings by John Farleigh Language: English. Book Condition: Good: Light wear to corners, edges and spine ends and edges. Tightly bound with clean intact endpapers and strong hinges. Light foxing to fly pages and false title page. Lighter spotting and faint patches of foxing to margins of title page and rear pages. Inscription to false title page. All other pages are clean and unmarked. DJ Condition: No DJ. Pages 74. Size: 8vo 21cm by 13.5cm. PROVENANCE: Inscription: John Papworth & Vivian Craddock Williams. VIVIAN CRADDOCK WILLIAMS: Executive Committee of the Uganda SocietyFounded in 1923 as the Uganda Literary and Scientific Society and gained its current name in 1933. For the half century from 1933 to 1983, the Uganda Society played a prominent role as an innovative multi-disciplinary organization. It fostered and facilitated scientific, literary, social, economic and cultural pursuits of various sorts. The Uganda Society publication, The Uganda Journal, earned an excellent reputation throughout the world. The society, however, closed in the midst of civil unrest, in 1983. JOHN PAPWORTH: Acquired from the estate of John Papworth. John Papworth activist against big government, big business, supermarkets, the media, consumerism advocating the local people should control local affairs. Joined the RAF and served as a cook where he began his political awakening becoming an ardent socialist. Joined the Communist Party but thrown out for not expressing the right views. Papworth became a passionate and vocal peace activist and after one CND demonstration he was imprisoned alongside Bertrand Russell. In the 1960s he became close friends with the Austrian economist Leopold Kohr, originator of the small is beautiful concept and of societies where direct democracy and face-to-face communication were the norm. Papworth was the de facto originator of the concept of localisation. In 1966 he became founding editor of Resurgence, collaborating with Leopold Kohr, E.F. Schumacher and Herbert Read. Soon afterwards, president Kenneth Kaunda offered him a position as his personal assistant in Zambia. Most famously he staged a one-man protests against cars on the Abbey Road zebra crossing and gave shelter to George Blake, the KGBs most famous spy in the UK who had just escaped from prison. In the 1960s he was involved with the Movement for Colonial Freedom, and met Kenneth Kaunda, the first president of Zambia. Kaunda stayed with him in Earls Court, then invited him to Zambia as his personal assistant when he took over control of the country. In Zambia he found God and was ordained in 1975, before being driven out by anti-white thugs. He moved to north London in the 80s, and came to national fame in 1997 after saying that stealing from supermarkets was not sinful. At his house in St Johns Wood Papworth started regular events called Councils for Posterity, where people discussed our legacies to future generations, and which later expanded into larger London venues. Asked what he thinks his legacy will be, as he approaches what must be the end of his life, he said: I think a dispensation to ask questions about fundamental issues, rather than to take things for granted. John Papworth died aged 98 in 2020.
Seller: Jacket and Cloth, Chippenham, United Kingdom
Price: US$69.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: London: Constable, 1932, FIRST EDITION, 75 pp., many nice illustrations. Paper covers, lightly worn. Clean, no marks, newspaper article laid in. In very good condition.
Seller: Terra Firma Books, San Diego, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$70.45 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: The first edition, first impression of George Bernard Shaw's well renowned collection of satirical short stories. First edition of The Adventures Of The Black Girl In Her Search For God by George Bernard Shaw in the original publisher's paper covered boards.The first impression with no later impression stated.Densely illustrated throughout the text with illustrations by John Farleigh.The satirical allegory relates to a Black girl who converts to Christianity and attempts to seek out and speak to God.The protagonist and her purpose reflect John Bunyan's 'The Pilgrim's Progress' in that her own spiritual life is represented as a series of physical events and encounters.George Bernard Shaw was a well respected Irish playwright and was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1925. In the original publisher's paper covered boards. Externally, very smart. There is some minor bumping to the head and tail of the spine and to the extremities. There is some slight wear in these areas. There is some light spotting to the fore edge. Internally, firmly bound. The pages are bright and clean with the odd spot. Very Good
Seller: Rooke Books PBFA, Bath, United Kingdom
Price: US$75.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: 8vo. Decorative Boards, 75 pp., Good with small tears along spine, else VG. Illustrated. First Edition.Provenance: From the collection of the late Lloyd Dinkelspiel Sr (1889-1959) and his wife, Florence Hellman Dinkelspiel (1904-1954), granddaughter of Isaias Wolf Hellman (1842 ?1920), the founder of Wells Fargo Bank.
Seller: Wittenborn Art Books, San Francisco, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$78.50 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Some rubbing along the edges of the spine and bumping to the corners, some light foxing in the text. Overall a very nice copy of this rare book. Size: 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall
Seller: A Different Chapter, Cairo, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$98.66 + shipping
Description: Priv.-HLDr. mit Rückenvergoldung und Schuber; 74 Seiten, 8°, mit zahlr. teils ganzseitigen Illustrationen von John Farleigh. Einband unscheinbar berieben. Vorsätze etwas stockig, sonst sehr guter Zustand. Book Language/s: English
Seller: Antikvariat Valentinska, Praha, Czech Republic
Price: US$125.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First edition (so stated; "December, 1932"). 8vo. Illustrated with 19 wood engravings by John Farleigh (4 are full page). Original black pictorial boards (small spots on top edge). Fine. No signatures or bookplates. No foxing.
Seller: Houle Rare Books/Autographs/ABAA/PADA, Palm Springs, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$125.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: London: Constable & Company Limited, 1932. One of the most delightful books in the Shavian canon, due to the nineteen wood engravings by John Farleigh (1900-1965) that grace it. This is a Very Good (Plus) to Near Fine copy of the First Edition (December 1932). Illustrated paper-covered boards in black and white; white lettering on the front cover and spine. Clean text; 75 pages.There is a rather attractive bookplate on the front paste-down. Rubbing at the margins, but still an extremely handsome book. Lacking the scarce glassine dustwrapper; in an archival plastic protector. First Edition. Pictorial Cover. Near Fine/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.
Seller: Quercus Rare Books, Chico, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$129.03 + shipping
Description: First illustrated Edition; 8vo; pp. 78 (last blank); illustrated endpapers, illustrated title page, numerous other engravings throughout the text, original illustrated papered boards, very good copy. A book of short stories. The title story is a satirical allegory relating the experiences of an African black girl, freshly converted to Christianity, who takes literally the biblical injunction to "Seek and you shall find me" and attempts to seek out and actually speak to God. The book was first published in 1932 as Short Stories, Scraps and Shavings. In December 1932 this Constable and Company was published with the title "The Adventures of the Black Girl in her Search for God."
Seller: Time Booksellers, Somerville, VIC, Australia
Price: US$150.00 + shipping
Description: First edition of Shaw's controversial 20th century retelling of Bunyan's Pilgrim's Progress. Octavo, original pictorial boards, pictorial endpapers, illustrated with wood-cut engravings by John Farleigh. In near fine condition with light rubbing to the extremities. Small bookplate to the pastedown. The Black Girl, as protagonist in the present volume, serves the same purpose as Christian in John Bunyan's The Pilgrim's Progress; that is to say her own "inner", or "spiritual" life is represented as a series of physical events and encounters. After becoming dissatisfied with the inconsistencies of the answers the missionary who has converted her gives to her questions, the Black Girl wanders into the forest on a literal search for God. Having a powerful intellect capable of formulating searching theological questions, and exposing vapid answers, the Black Girl so becomes superior to the inferior insipid white missionary woman, challenging popular prejudice, both in sex and race.
Seller: Raptis Rare Books, Palm Beach, FL, U.S.A.
Price: US$153.70 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First Edition. Hardback. 8vo. pp 75. Illustrations by John Farleigh. Atrractive copy with very faint almost invisible restoration at spine ends. Prelims very slightly foxed. Signed on half title page 'John Farleigh 15th Dec 1932,' Very good indeed.
Seller: Burwood Books, Wickham Market, United Kingdom
George Bernard Shaw. The Adventures of the Black Girl in Her Search for God. Constable, 1932.
Price: US$185.73 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 3rd impression. Full leather binding. Blacl leather with red and green pattened design to boards. Raised bands and label to spine. A very good copy.
Seller: Babushka Books & Framers, Isle of Wight, United Kingdom
Price: US$261.79 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: 1st Edition. 75pp. Octavo. Black paper covered boards with white lettering on spine and front cover with a subtle illustration of a girl. Very slight bumping to ends of spine and few small spots on front cover that are slightly darker. B/W decorative illustrated endpapers. Clean, tight text block with several illustrations throughout. Placed loosely inside are several contemporary newspaper cuttings pertaining to the book and it's author. A great copy. near fine George Bernard Shaw (26 July 1856 ?2 November 1950) was an Irish playwright and a co-founder of the London School of Economics. He is the only person to have been awarded both a Nobel Prize in Literature (1925) and an Oscar (1938), for his contributions to literature and for his work on the film Pygmalion (adaptation of his play of the same name), respectively. This book of short stories by him was first published in 1932, as Short Stories, Scraps and Shavings. In December 1932 Constable and Company published this edition engraved and designed by John Farleigh.
Seller: Aquila Books(Cameron Treleaven) ABAC, Calgary, AB, Canada
Price: US$569.98 + shipping
Description: 8vo., First Edition, with decorative title, numerous illustrations (a number full-page) in the text and patterned endpapers; black pictorial boards printed and lettered in white, a near fine copy. SOLD WITH AN A.L.s. FROM THE AUTHOR TO H.N. HAWKER, DATED SEPTEMBER 1917 AND DECLINING A SUGGESTED ENGAGEMENT WITH CHARACTERISTIC WRY HUMOUR.
Seller: Island Books, Thakeham, West Sussex, United Kingdom
Price: US$2500.00 + shipping
Description: Pictorial boards and twenty woodblock illustrations within by John Farleigh. Laurence A210a. This copy INSCRIBED and SIGNED to "Catherine Inge/from/Bernard Shaw" and dated "30/11/32" on the half-title page. Pasted to the facing blank page is an AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED "G. B. S." from Shaw to "My dear Mrs. Inge" discussing a concert as well as the publication of this book. In full: "It was extraordinarily recreative to hear those boys' voices after the screams of the female bourgeoisie of the west country at the Three Choirs Festival. And imagine its being the first time I ever heard a note of music at St. Pauls! THE BLACK GIRL is now equipped with a preface (at the end, as Sir Walter Scott recommended) and a lot of fascinating pictures. The one on page 56 is a speaking likeness of myself in my radiant youth. Keep it on the top shelf out of the Dean's reach. The book will not be published until the 5th." Tipped to the half-title page with a small piece of tape is a short note by the recipient stating that she had lent the book in 1946 for the [National Book League] exhibition for Shaw's 90th birthday. [Mary] Catherine Inge was the wife of William Ralph Inge, the dean of St. Paul's. Foxing to endpapers and to two pages of text. Very Good, lacking the scarce dustwrapper
Seller: Charles Agvent, est. 1987, ABAA, ILAB, Fleetwood, PA, U.S.A.
Price: US$4000.00 + shipping
Description: First edition of George Bernard Shaw's short story collection, including the satirical allegorical title story: The Adventures of The Black Girl in Her Search For God. Octavo, original illustrated boards, pictorial endpapers, designed and illustrated with engravings by John Farleigh. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, "To Eleanor and Theodore Roosevelt this Visiting Card after a memorable day at Government House, Manila from Charlotte F. Shaw and G. Bernard Shaw 9th February 1933." Mr. and Mrs. George Bernard Shaw stopped at Manila on a round-the-world cruise where they were invited to lunch with Theodore Roosevelt Jr., the eldest son of Theodore Roosevelt, and his wife Eleanor Butler Alexander-Roosevelt where they enjoyed lunch and Shaw assisted in editing one of Theodore's reports to the war department. Laid is is a small copy of a selection of pages from Eleanor Butler Alexander-Roosevelt's 1959 autobiography 'Day Before Yesterday' which describes the visit in detail and also mentions the occasion upon which they received the current inscribed volume in the mail after the Shaw's visit. In near fine condition. In the original glassine which is in very good condition. Rare and desirable with exceptional provenance. The Black Girl, as protagonist in the present volume, serves the same purpose as Christian in John Bunyan's The Pilgrim's Progress; that is to say her own "inner", or "spiritual" life is represented as a series of physical events and encounters. After becoming dissatisfied with the inconsistencies of the answers the missionary who has converted her gives to her questions, the Black Girl wanders into the forest on a literal search for God. Having a powerful intellect capable of formulating searching theological questions, and exposing vapid answers, the Black Girl so becomes superior to the inferior insipid white missionary woman, challenging popular prejudice, both in sex and race.
Seller: Raptis Rare Books, Palm Beach, FL, U.S.A.