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Ralph Bunche Nobel Prize Winner — Oversized Portrait Issued by Carter G. Woodson and the Associated Publishers

ref. 3730471Washington D.C.: Associated Publishers Inc. circa 1950s–1960s. 22 x 17 inches. Mild foxing; near fine. Almost life-size portrait of Ralph Bunche 1904–1971 political scientist scholar and diplomat. Bunche was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for his diplomatic negotiations effecting an armistice between the new state of Israel and its Arab neighbors. He was awarded the U.S. Medal of Freedom in 1963. Bunche’s bust portrait was printed in a halftone process after a photograph likely taken the year before he was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1950. Howard University records a print of this identical image but their example has a caption and a copyright date of 1949. Associated Publishers Inc. of Washington D.C. were established in 1921 by Carter G. Woodson to publish books on African American history including his own. Known as the “Father of Black History” Woodson began the annual celebration of Negro History Week now Black History Month in February 1926. As discussed in Jarvis R. Given’s 2021 book Fugitive Pedagogy: Carter G. Woodson and the Art of Black Teaching the firm had a long history of publishing portraits of important African-Americans “lithographs with suitable margins for framing.” These portraits were issued from the 1930s into the 1960s. As an example in their 1939 catalog Valuable Books on the Negro Associated Publishers sold individual prints and sets of “Pictures of Distinguished Negroes.” The catalog offered “Large Pictures” suitable for “Assembly Halls and Offices Almost Life Size—19 x 24 Inches $1.00 a Piece—Six for $5.00…They supply a long felt need for pictures large enough to be seen at a distance and easily recognized.” Not in OCLC or in the collections of Howard University including their digital “Associated Publishers Photograph Morgue.” unknown

Ian Brabner, Rare Americana (ABAA) · Estados Unidos650,00 US$≈ 580,72 €

Jonathan Cape Limited, London publishers [William Shakespeare]:Biblio.com

Jonathan Cape publishers; Shakespeare Spoof copy of typed publisher's report headed 'Special edition POLITBURO MINUTES 1. 4. 58. In this issue: OTHELLO'.

ref. 77551958. A Gestetner copy. Three pages paginated 1 to 3 with covering sheet on four leaves each 33 x 21.5 cm. An old copy creased and spotted. Text clear and complete. An entertaining spoof on how Cape would respond if a novel called 'Othello' by an unknown William Shakespeare were offered to them. At head of first page: 'REPORT OF POLITBURO MEETING 1.4.58. Present: R.K. M.S.H. D.G. W.P. N.A. J.S.O. J.A. W.C.1. The following were discussed: OTHELLO by William Shakespeare.' Begins 'M.S.H. said that he had got on to this book through reading some sonnets by the author in Encounter. W.P. said he had read them and thought them rather old-fashioned. D.G. thought that they showed a homosexual tendency.' The discussion continues with R.K. opining that 'the colour problem might be difficult in America'. 'W.P. said he didn't think much of the title. It looked as though an 'h' had been dropped from the beginning. If we made it two words and called it HOT HELLO it would perhaps attract more attention.' A design for the jacket is discussed in similar tone. M.S.H. feels 'we'd had too many books about Cyprus. D.G. said we couldn't wipe Cyprus off the map; a recent book about Cyprus by Lawrence Durrell was a Book Society Choice. . D.G. said there weren't any British or Greeks in the book. It was a simple love story about a black man married to a white girl. He suffocated her with some pillows and then committed suicide.' N.A. does not think the book will be 'any good for the Australian market because they never used handkerchiefs there.' 'J.S.O. said he'd got some bio material. The man wrote from Stratford but whether this was Stratford London or Stratford Warwickshire he didn't know. He described himself as an actor. M.S.H. thought J.S.O. might find out about this. Perhaps the man was a Jamaican. If so Ian Fleming might know him. Fleming was a Cape author' D.G. considers it 'essentially a woman's book' and suggests the names covering five lines of notable women to whom to send the proofs. R.K. reports that the author 'seemed fond of single-word titles. This one was called MACBETH.' Ends with joke title by 'Slyman and Screwster' i.e. the American publishers Simon and Schuster. See Image./ [1958.] unknown

Richard M. Ford Ltd · Reino Unido120,00 GBP≈ 143,32 €

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