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Dunbar, Paul Laurence. When Malindy Sings. Dodd Mead and Co, New York, 1903.
Price: US$45.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: This is a very clean ex-library copy with spine labe removed (but area shows tape marks), no pocket from inside rear cover (with evidence remaining). stamped "withdrawn" on title page with "Donated 2/73 Mrs. Mielke" along gutter area in ink and the number 7177 in ink at upper corner of title page. Illustrated cover and spine very bright and clean. 144 pages; Ex Library; 6 x 8 3/4 "
Seller: Chequamegon Books, Washburn, WI, U.S.A.
Dunbar, Paul Laurence.. When Malindy Sings.. New York: Dodd, Mead, 1903., 1903.
Price: US$95.00 + shipping
Condition: Poor
Description: FIRST EDITION, first printing. Full brown cloth with lovely stamped green, white and red ving design on front cover with gilt lettering. Top edge gilt others untrimmed. Moderate wear with webbing visible at gutter behind front board, white cloth-tape repair to same. Contents page seems tipped in. This may be lacking a page (no loss to text). Pages thumed. Overall a READING copy only. UncleAndy Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Seller: Ziern-Hanon Galleries, Frontenac, MO, U.S.A.
Paul Laurance Dunbar. When Malindy Sings. Dodd, Mead & Company, New York, 1903.
Price: US$125.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Dodd, Mead & Company, NY, 1903. Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Margaret Armstrong & Photos By the Hampton Institute Camera Club (illustrator). 1st. First Edition, Thus; 144 clean, bright fresh text block ; Brown cover with elaborate red, green, cream & gilt designs on front cover & spine by Armstrong; Forty black & white photos depicting life of blacks at the turn of the century. by the Hampton photo club. top edge gilt. Original binding is fine except for a trace of wear at the top of the spine, else tight fresh copy.
Seller: Hirschfeld Galleries, Saint Louis, MO, U.S.A.
Paul Laurence Dunbar. When Malindy Sings. Dodd, Mead & Company, New York, 1903.
Price: US$149.50 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Brown cloth boards, floral decoration in color, on front and spine. Gilt titles with some surface rubbing. Rubbing/bumping to spine ends and lightly to corners. PO name on ffep. Poem by author from newspaper glued to upper top corner of inside front paste down. Poem by Alice Dunbar Nelson glued to upper corner of back free end paper. Else pages clean, toned.
Seller: onourshelves, Philadelphia, PA, U.S.A.
Dunbar, Paul Laurence. When Malindy Sings. Dodd, Mead & Co, New York, 1903.
Price: US$150.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Very slightly cocked. Small stain along edge of front cover. Light edgewear at spine head and foot, corners. Split along inner hinge/rear free endpapers, though no pages are starting. Previous owner's name in pencil on front free endpaper; Very Good+. Other pages are clean and unmarked. Brown cloth with embossed design and titles in gilt, green and red. Illustrated with photographs by the Hampton Institute Camera Club and decorations by Margaret Armstrong; B&W Photographs; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 143 p.
Seller: Berkshire Books, Concord, CA, U.S.A.
DUNBAR, Paul Laurence. When Malindy Sings. Dodd, Mead & Company, New York, 1903.
Price: US$150.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First edition. Frontispiece and photographic illustrations by the Hampton Institute Camera Club. Decorations by Margaret Armstrong. Light foxing on first and last couple of leaves, boards a bit soiled and dull, very good lacking the rare dustwrapper.
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
Dunbar, Paul Laurence. When Malindy Sings. Dodd, Mead & Co., 1903.
Price: US$185.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Very early edition (First edition issued in 1896). Near Very Good volume, with tender front and rear hinges - with exposed webbing. Blank front free end-paper has two pencil names and dates, (1905 and 1925). Top edge gilt (still bright). Corners are gently bumped and crown and foot of spine cloth just starting to fray. Front and rear book boards have discolored areas (vintage soiling?). This title is written in 'dialect' verse, but he also wrote in both conventional English and Mid-Western regional dialect. Illustrated with 40 b/w photographs from the Hampton Institute Camera Club. LAID-IN is a six (6) page "HAMPTON" booklet, (5' x 4") issued by 'The Press of the Hampton Normal and Agricultural Institute', dated 1917. 144 pages.Fabulous item. Protected in a mylar slip.
Seller: Margins13 Books, Redmond, WA, U.S.A.
DUNBAR, Paul Laurence. When Malindy Sings. Dodd Mead and Company, New York, 1903.
Price: US$200.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First edition. Octavo. 144pp. Illustrated with Photographs by the Hampton Institute Camera Club. Decorated cloth illustrated by Margaret Armstrong. Front hinge is tender, else a very good copy.
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
DUNBAR, Paul Laurence. When Malindy Sings. Dodd Mead and Company, New York, 1903.
Price: US$225.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: First edition. Octavo. 144pp. Illustrated with Photographs by the Hampton Institute Camera Club. Decorated cloth illustrated by Margaret Armstrong. Owner's ink inscription dated 1903 on front pastedown, front hinge is just started, a little rubbing on the boards else a fresh, very good or better copy.
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
DUNBAR, Paul Laurence.. When Malindy Sings.. New York, Dodd, Mead & Company, 1903., 1903.
Price: US$225.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First edition. 8vo. Illustrated with photographs by The Hampton Institute Camera Club. Text decorations and binding designs by Margaret Armstrong. Original pictorial brown cloth stamped in gilt, red, green and beige, t.e.g., uncut. Very good. Signature of Edna Boody on the front free endpaper. Bal 4948.
Seller: Houle Rare Books/Autographs/ABAA/PADA, Palm Springs, CA, U.S.A.
DUNBAR, Paul Laurence. When Malindy Sings. Dodd Mead and Company, New York, 1903.
Price: US$250.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: First edition. Frontispiece and photographic illustrations by the Hampton Institute Camera Club. Decorations by Margaret Armstrong. Two photos of Dunbar, and a poem by Dunbar about H.B. Stowe, both clipped from a periodical are affixed on front pastedown and flyleaf, else a very good copy with bright binding.
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
Price: US$250.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: First edition, 8vo, (8.75 in x 5.75 in), pp. (1-8), 9-144, decorations by Margaret Armstrong, photo illustrations throughout by the Hampton Institute Camera Club. Original gilt lettered and red, white and green decorated cloth designed and signed MA by Margaret Armstrong. Fine clean bright copy, Sheets clean, unmarked, complete. H 10209 All Items Are Sent Insured. Insurance charges are included in the Shipping & Handling Charges. International buyers please be aware that we are not responsible for and do not include or estimate customs duties, fees or taxes in any way in our listings. We ship all orders within 5 days of cleared payment. We do not create and are not responsible for shipping times or delays associated with customs and international shipping.
Seller: J & J House Booksellers, ABAA, Kennett Square, PA, U.S.A.
Dunbar, Paul Laurence. When Malindy Sings. Dodd, Mead, & Co, New York, NY, 1903.
Price: US$275.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Original brown cloth boards with floral print on the front cover. All lettering is bright. Size: 8mo - over 7 3/4" - 9 3/4" tall. 144 pp. Pages are tight and clean. Top edge gilt in good condition. Corners are bumped and rounded. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 1 - 2 pounds. Category: Poetry; Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 610076.
Seller: Lotzabooks, Oak Point, TX, U.S.A.
Paul Laurence Dunbar. When Malindy Sings. Dodd Mead, New York, 1903.
Price: US$284.95 + shipping
Description: Hard cover. 8vo. First addition. Illustrated with photographs. Decorations by Margaret Armstrong. Clean, unmarked text. Fine boards and binding. Great addition to any collection. Satisfaction guaranteed.`
Seller: History Bound LLC, Mendota, MN, U.S.A.
Dunbar, Paul Laurence.. WHEN MALINDY SINGS.. DODD, MEAD. NY 1903, 1903.
Price: US$300.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Near fine in brown cloth with colorful floral motif & gold stamped titles. Top edge gilt. (Tiny chip at tip of front endpaper. 1/2 inch closed tear at base of front endpaper. Mild touches of rubbing to extremities of cloth) Illustrated with photographs by the Hampton Institute Camera Club.
Seller: WAVERLEY BOOKS ABAA, Santa Monica, CA, U.S.A.
Paul Laurence Dunbar. When Malindy Sings. Dodd-Mead and Company, New York, 1903.
Price: US$400.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Cream, red, light green and gold on brown, diagonally fine ribbed cloth with design of red flowers and green vines on a trellis by Margaret Armstrong with her MA in upper right cover corner . Decorated half-title and title page, with decorations and borders in pale blue. Illustrated with photographs by the Hampton Institute Camera Club. A very tight, bright fine copy.
Seller: Bucolusa Books, El Cerrito, CA, U.S.A.
DUNBAR, Paul Laurence. When Malindy Sings. Dodd, Mead & Company, New York, 1903.
Price: US$4000.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First edition. Frontispiece and photographic illustrations by the Hampton Institute Camera Club. Decorations by Margaret Armstrong. Bookplate of John Needels Chester, and an old bookseller's description, both on front pastedown, a small clipping mentioning Dunbar's house on the front fly, corners a bit bumped, very good or better. Nicely Inscribed by Dunbar with a passage in dialect : "Ef you only got de powah fer to blow a little whistle, stay among de people wid de whistlers. Paul Laurence Dunbar. January, 1904." A title seldom found signed.
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
Price: US$4000.00 + shipping
Description: Octavo, 144 pages. Bound in publisher's pictorial cloth binding, with gilt titling and pink and green vines to spine. Boards show mild wear and rubbing, and chipping to head and tail of spine. The front free end paper has cracking at gutter from glue. Inscribed by Dunbar on the second free end paper, with a selection from his poem Philosophy. A second ownership inscription, dated 1903, appears below Dunbar's. CX Consignment. Shelved in Case 0. Dunbar is considered the first African-American poet to earn national distinction and acceptance, and one of the first African-American writers to establish an international reputation. He passed away of tuberculosis in 1906 at the age of 33, making any signed copies of his books, especially of his later works, incredibly scarce. This first printing of When Malindy Sings is signed by Dunbar, and includes an extensive inscription in Dunbar's hand, transcribing a selection from his poem Philosophy: "It's easy enough to titter w'en de stew is smokin' hot, But hit's mighty ha'd to giggle w'en dey's nuffin in de pot." Interestingly, he spells out "enough'" rather than using the published version '"nough" 1345988. Shelved Dupont Bookstore.
Seller: Second Story Books, ABAA, Rockville, MD, U.S.A.