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Price: US$25.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: pref. by L.Trotsky. Boni & Liveright, NY c.1924, small 8vo. cloth, 249pp., ca.1/2" waterstain to bottom of covers, & rear eps, G $
Seller: Harry Alter, Sylva, NC, U.S.A.
Price: US$50.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Original black cloth over boards with gilt lettering. Hinges firm. Previous owner's name. Rubbing to gilt on spine, and minor edgewear. Some pencil marks in margins (not affecting text). Short pencil note inside back cover. Preface by Leon Trotsky. Much of the material in the book originally appeared in "Hearst's International Magazine." Scarce. 249 pp. Size: 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall
Seller: Dave Shoots, Bookseller, Saint John, NB, Canada
Price: US$60.00 + shipping
Condition: Fair
Description: 249 Pp. Black Cloth, Gilt. First Printing, 1924. A Very Worn Copy, Spine Gilt Worn And Almost Unreadable, Spine Cloth Covered With Clear Tape, Hinges Completely Broken With Page Block Completely Loose. Ownership Signature Of Rowena Woodham-Jelliffe (1892- 1992), Who Became A Pioneer In The Field Of Interracial Theater As An Outgrowth Of Her Career As A Social Worker And Co-Founder Of Karamu House. Born And Raised In New Albion, Ill., She Came To Ohio In 1910 To Enter Oberlin College, Where She Served As President Of The Oberlin Women's Suffrage League And Met Her Future Husband, Russell W. Jelliffe. After A Year Spent Jointly As Graduate Students At The University Of Chicago, Rowena And Russell Were Married And Came To Cleveland To Establish The East Side Settlement House That Eventually Became Karamu. To Help Draw Their Largely African American Constituency Into The Settlement's Program, Mrs. Jelliffe Began Producing Children's Plays With Interracial Casting. An Adult Dramatic Group, The Gilpin Players, Was Organized In The Couple's Living Room In 1920. A Permanent Theater Was Opened In 1927, After 2 Summers' Study By Mrs. Jelliffe At The School Of Theater And Dance In New York. Besides Directing 100 Plays At Karamu From 1920-46, She Sometimes Wrote Plays For The Children And Once Completed A Play By Langston Hughes When The Final Act Failed To Arrive In Time. Mrs. Jelliffe Was Also A Campaigner For Civil Rights, Helping To Integrate The Wade Park Manor Dining Room In 1926 And Marching With Martin Luther King, Jr., In The 1960S. Her Papers Are At Case Western University.
Seller: Arroyo Seco Books, Pasadena, Member IOBA, Pasadena, CA, U.S.A.
STRONG, Anna Louise.. The First Time in History.. Boni & Liveright, New York, 1924.
Price: US$250.00 + shipping
Description: Introduction by Leon Trotsky. 249 pp. 8vo, publisher's cloth in dust jacket. First edition. Better than very good; in a bright fresh jacket with a closed tear and some use to the bottom of the front panel, and some other minor edge wear.
Seller: Jeffrey H. Marks, Rare Books, ABAA, Rochester, NY, U.S.A.