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1903réf. 1245491903. First Edition. Signed. DU BOIS W. E. Burghardt. The Negro Church. Report of a Social Study made under the direction of Atlanta University; together with the Proceedings of the Eighth Conference for the Study of the Negro Problems held at Atlanta University May 26th 1903. Atlanta: Atlanta University Press 1903. Octavo original printed gray self-wrappers respined; pp. 212. $2800.First edition of a rare association copy of Du Bois' groundbreaking work on the Black Church with owner signature of Adelaide M. Cromwell influential scholar and granddaughter of renowned 19th-century Black historian John Wesley Cromwell a peer of Du Bois this 1903 work published the same year as his famed ""Talented Tenth"" manifesto key in affirming Du Bois' role in moving ""the Atlantic University Studies to the frontier of social science research virtually single-handedly.""The year Du Bois arrived in Atlanta in 1897 to begin his tenure at Atlanta University he became director of the annual series of conferences and primary editor of the accompanying publications. Particularly ""in both Negro Church 1903 and Negro Family 1908É Du Bois would push the Atlantic University Studies to the frontier of American social science research virtually single-handedly"" Levering Lewis W.E.B. Du Bois 160. There and in his own early writings ""Du Bois created sociological and historical works of lasting significanceÉ that set wholly new standards for the sociological study of Black Americans"" New York Times. In Atlanta already ""one of the 20th century's intellectual heavyweights"" he stood in ""the vanguard of social science scholarship in America"" but remained ignored by the academy as the critically underfunded Atlanta University was routinely bypassed by white philanthropists Levering Lewis 713 162.It was in Atlanta that Du Bois created ""the first American school of sociology"" Wright First American School of Sociology 80. Yet in 1910 when he realized ""his presence on the faculty of Atlanta University negatively affected the school's philanthropic outreach effortsÉ he chose to resign from the faculty."" Du Bois increasingly ""saw that 'the cure wasn't simply telling people the truth it was inducing them to act on the truth.' It was not enough to determine truth scientifically; it had to be implemented politically."" This became a cornerstone of his often tumultuous always consequential life and career. Nearly five decades after leaving Atlanta the news of his death across the world in Ghana caused the 250000 Americans gathered at the 1963 March on Washington to grow suddenly silentÑa ""moment almost cinematic in its poignancy""Ñas Roy Wilkins declared: ""his was the voice calling you to gather today in this cause"" Levering Lewis 162 2. First edition first printing: Atlanta University Publications No. 8; with numerous in-text charts and graphs. Partington 2332. Work 408. Not in Blockson. With owner signature of Adelaide M. Cromwell tipped in from the library binding it was bound into at one time this association copy belonged to the prominent Black historian and sociologist who followed in the footsteps of her grandfather John Wesley Cromwell a pioneering 19th-century lawyer author and civil rights activist. Dr. Cromwell Hill an influential scholar and activist was a distinguished professor at Boston University and pivotal co-founder of its African Studies ProgramÑonly the second in the country. In addition to authoring major works on Black history she also served as the first African American appointed Library Commissioner in Massachusetts. Text very fresh expert restoration to original wrappers. unknown
1948réf. 140941350Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company 1948. First Edition. Very Good/Good. First edition. Association copy signed by Dorothy West on front free endpaper inscribed to Adelaide M. Cromwell whose signature is above this under her married name Hill: "October 1976. With so much love. Thank you for all the years of your friendship signed Dorothy." Cromwell was a prominent sociologist and a granddaughter of John Wesley Cromwell also the first Black instructor at Hunter College and at Smith College. She was the author of several books on Black history and a study of Boston's Black upper class. She would write an afterword for this book decades later upon its republication. iv 347 pp. Publisher's tan cloth with crimson lettering. Very Good with wear at foot cloth slightly soiled and worn at tips slight lean to spine pencil brackets throughout text presumably Cromwell's notes written on rear endpapers in pencil as well. In Good dust jacket worn and slightly chipped along edges price-clipped clear tape reinforcement to verso only. The debut novel by a writer generally associated with the Harlem Renaissance for her association with Langston Hughes and other figures of the movement as well as the literary magazine Challenge she published during the Great Depression. In their 2020 reprint of this novel The Feminist Press writes "Written in elegant and piercing prose The Living Is Easy is a classic of American literature by a groundbreaking African American woman writer whose work deserves widespread and enduring recognition. Houghton Mifflin Company unknown books
1994réf. 37511Dundurn Press. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1994. First Edition. Hardcover. 1550022148 . Previous owner's name and address on half title page along with Signature of the Author With Inscription to previous owner a Canadian Oueens Own Rifleman of Canada. Also signed by 15 of the WW2 veterans of the Queens Own Rifles of Canada present in France for D-Day 50 Celebration. Extremely rare! w/djA clean tightly bound hardcover copy. ; 0 X 0 X 0 inches; 192 pages . Dundurn Press hardcover
1914réf. 1239221914. Signed. CROMWELL Adelaide CROMWELL John Wesley. The Negro in American History. Men and Women Eminent in the Evolution of the American of African Descent. Washington: American Negro Academy 1914. Octavo original gilt-lettered green cloth. $3200.First edition of Cromwell's paramount African American history that ""broke fresh ground"" in its defining biographies of leaders such as Frederick Douglass and Phillis Wheatley a major biography of Reconstruction congressman Robert B. Elliot who crafted a core argument against the 1873 decision in the Slaughter-House Cases along with accounts of the lives and influence of Henry Highland Garnet Denmark Vesey Nat Turner and many more. This important association copy stands within that tradition in its owner signature of Cromwell's granddaughter historian and scholar Dr. Adelaide Cromwell co-founder of the African Studies program at Boston University.Born enslaved in 1846 Cromwell became a teacher before enrolling in Howard University's law school. Admitted to the bar in 1874 in 1876 he founded the newspaper People's Advocate and became a voice for Black education in all-Black schools founding the Bethel Literary and Historical Association and playing a vital role in establishing the American Negro Academy. Cromwell's early writings and leadership were quickly seen as crucial and in 1887 he was profiled in Simmons' Men of Mark alongside Frederick Douglass and Crispus Attucks. Simmons asserted: ""If you ask me for the best English scholar in the United States I would unhesitatingly refer you to John Wesley Cromwell"" Smithsonian. Cromwell's Negro in American History his ""first full-length monograph"" documents the ""history of African Americans from the slave trade through Reconstruction and its aftermath"" ANB. Early recognized as a ""very important work"" it features lengthy biographies of Phillis Wheatley Sojourner Truth Frederick Douglass and Booker T. Washington as well as figures such as Reconstruction attorney Robert B. Elliott ""who helped draft legislation to fight the KKK in the South"" Smithsonian. Negro in American History is especially significant in its attention to slave revolts as ""a constant menace to the safety and security of slavery."" Cromwell saw Denmark Vesey and Nat Turner as folk heroes and ""maintained that before the American Revolution along approximately 25 insurrections had occurred."" The work of Black historians such as Cromwell ""broke fresh ground by focusing on the slaves' responses to captivity"" and by evincing pride for a Black past that ""laid the foundation for Black protest"": raising questions and ""themes that did not become popular among historians until the 1960s"" Smith Different View of Slavery 303-4. In his life and writings Cromwell combined ""advocacy for the collective uplift of African Americans with a belief in educational advancement and intellectual achievement. His historical work placed him at the nexus of the pre-professional and professional milieus in African American scholarship"" ANB. First edition first printing. With frontispiece and eleven full-page illustrations. This distinctive association copy possesses the owner signature of Adelaide M. Cromwell the granddaughter of its author John Wesley Cromwell and the niece of Dr. Otelia Cromwell the first African American woman to earn a doctorate from Yale. Following in their footsteps Dr. Adelaide Cromwell also broke ground in African American history serving as a distinguished professor at Boston University and pivotal co-founder of its African Studies ProgramÑonly the second in the country. In addition to authoring major works on Black history she also became the first African American appointed Library Commissioner in Massachusetts.Interior quite fresh expert repair to rear inner hinge and a sopt at top of rear board. hardcover
1660réf. 44488London: Printed for James Davis and are to be sold at the Grey-hound in St. Pauls Church-yard 1660. 1st Edition Abbott 1043; Wing G351. Later binding by Riviere & Son full red morocco triple gilt border rule to boards. AEG. Spine with elaborate gilt tooling five raised bands. Gilt stamped title to spine. Gilt dentelles. Very minor binding wear. Age-toning to eps & text paper. A handsome & pleasing VG - Nr Fine volume. 8 131 13 pp. A6 blank. 12 pages of bookseller offerings conclude volume. Engraved frontispiece restored lower corner. 12mo; A6 B - G12 A1 = Frontis. 5-1/2" x 3-1/4" 14 cm x 8.3 cm. Printed for James Davis, and are to be sold at the Grey-hound in St. Pauls Church-yard hardcover books
1930réf. 147544N.p.: N.p. 1930. First White script for the 1930 pre-Code film the first talking picture adaptation of Twain's novel. Screenplay divided into nine alphabetical Sequences A through J omitting I presumably as issued. The third screen adaptation of Mark Twain's 1876 classic coming-of-age novel and the first sound version. The top box office attraction of 1930 it prompted the studio to release "Huckleberry Finn" directed by Norman Taurog the following year with largely the same cast. In a custom quarter leather clamshell box. Wrapper integral with title page dated July 20 1930 noted as FIRST WHITE with credits for author Mark Twain screenwriters Sam Mintz Grover Jones and William Slavens McNutt star Jackie Coogan director John Cromwell and supervisor Louis D. Lighton. 143 leaves with last page of text numbered J-6. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good detached at the punch holes with closed tears and light soiling side stapled with three staples. N.p. unknown
1838réf. 52830New York:: Bufford's Lithography 1838. First edition thus. stitched and enclosed in unprinted blue paper wrappers as issued; enclosed in a custom cloth folding box. . Some scattered inoffensive foxing; beautiful original condition. Rare. Folio. Ten lithographs and five engraved maps. . Deak Picturing America 477. These views and maps illustrate NYS Assembly Document 200 1838 and were also issued separately. Deak: "This early series of ten lithographic views and fine engraved maps constitutes one of the most important keys to the iconography of the Adirondack region." Bufford's Lithography, hardcover
LA HAYE, Chez J. Swart - M. DCC. XXV (1725) - Reliure usagée - Dos à 5 nerfs- Les 2 Tomes en 1 volume : I, Préface de 6 pages + 327, Tome II 254 pages + 32 de table des Matières.- rousseurs éparses - Propre intérieurement.
