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1939rif. H32672Pittsburgh: Nixon Theatre 1939. Wraps. Very good. 8.25 x 5.25 inches very good inscribed on cover by Ethel Waters to Bernard; she was the star in DuBose and Dorothy Heyward's "Mamba's Daughters" at the Nixon Theatre on the week commencing Monday Dec. 4 1939. Nixon Theatre unknown
1941rif. H32710Pittsburgh: Nixon Theatre 1941. Wraps. Very good. 8.25 x 5.25 inches very good light wear and soil signed on the cover by Ethel Waters who would be singing in Pittsburgh the week after; this is a program for "The Student Prince. Nixon Theatre unknown
1951rif. 13019Garden City: Doubleday & Company Inc 1951. First Edition. Hardcover with dust jacket. Very Good/Very Good. Alfredo Valenti Anton Bruehl photographs. 8vo. Pp. 278. Bound in light grey cloth covered boards titles stamped in blue on spine photo illustrated endpapers top edges dyed gray: leaf margins toned spine ends rubbed. In the photo illustrated dust jacket with slight wear at corners and spine. Inscribed by author in ink on title page "Sincerely wishing you Marian Andreas -- pleasant reading Ethel Waters." A fine memoir by the groundbreaking American singer and actress the second African-American to be nominated for an Academy Award and the first to be nominated for an Emmy Award. In her inspiring story Waters details her difficult childhood and rise through the Vaudeville circuit to her major successes on Broadway and in Hollywood and how her deep faith gave her the strength courage and determination; the title of her book from the famous gospel hymn which became her signature song. Dust jacket is now housed in a clear removable archival sleeve. Doubleday & Company, Inc hardcover
1951rif. 7665Garden City NY: Doubleday & Company Inc 1951. First edition. Hardcover in jacket inscribed by Waters to Clarence Gene Shaw on the title page. Some edge toning and light wear to boards jacket rear panel toned and with a few edge tears. Very good. Nice association copy of this autobiography by one of the prominent musical voices in the Harlem Renaissance Ethel Waters. From playing the nightclubs such as Edmond's Cellar and the Plantation Club on Broadway she went on to perform at the Cotton Club in the 1930s with Duke Ellington where she debuted one of her most well known songs "Stormy Weather." She would continue her trailblazing in 1939 when she became the first African American to star in her own television show. She was also the second African American to be nominated for an Academy Award and the first African American woman to be nominated for an Emmy. This copy is inscribed to trumpeter Clarence Eugene or "Gene" Shaw who played with Lester Young Wardell Gray and later Charles Mingus on his Tijuana Moods album and others. . Doubleday & Company, Inc hardcover
rif. x-031320201XPraeger Pub Text 1951. Hardcover. New. reprint edition. 8.75x5.75x0.75 inches. Praeger Pub Text hardcover
1992rif. SKU0652528Da Capo Press 1992-03-22. paperback. New. 5x0x8. New Textbook Ships with Tracking Da Capo Press paperback
1951rif. 7452Garden City: Doubleday & Company Inc 1951. Book of the Month Club Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Inscribed by Waters on the half-title page. Near Fine in a Very Good jacket faded at the edges generally chipped and with some small creases and closed tears. Grey buckram toned at the edges bumped with blue ink lettering on the spine. Square and firmly bound clean internally. A nice signed copy of the acclaimed jazz singer's memoir. Doubleday & Company, Inc hardcover
rif. 031320201X.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
1992rif. Q-0306804778Da Capo Press 1992-03-22. Paperback. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! Da Capo Press paperback
1951rif. 21979Garden City: Doubleday. Very Good in Good dust jacket. 1951. Hardcover. Gray cloth titled in teal photographic endpages grayish topstain. Early edition inscribed by Waters to the half title page. Pages slightly toned mild ridge to spine. The DJ in mylar is chipped and rubbed flap price intact. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; Signed by Author . Doubleday hardcover
1978rif. DADAX031320201XBloomsbury 1978-06-01. hardcover. New. 5.50x0.69x8.50. Buy with confidence. Excellent Customer Service & Return policy. Bloomsbury hardcover
1951rif. 61899Doubleday and Co 1951. hardback. very good condition in a good dust jacket with moderate wear a small chip on the front and a bit of spine fading. Doubleday and Co hardcover
1951rif. 21329New York: Doubleday & Company Inc 1951. Cloth. Fine/Very Good. The inscription signed by Waters reads: "Hi. Son hope you will enjoy this - Fondly Ethel Waters". 8vo. 22 by 14 cm. 6 278 pp. An especially well written co-written theatrical autobiography by the trailblazing pioneer black entertainer who first made her mark as a singer but proved a gifted actress as well both on the stage and in film and remains a widely revered figure to this day. The book has no issues to speak of. The dust jacket has moderate wear including as few smallish chips along its edge. Doubleday & Company, Inc unknown
1921rif. 88629New York: Pace Phonograph Corp 1921. Very Good. 33 rpm phonograph record. Later plain white record sleeve. This record was the most successful record published by Pace under their Black Swan label before they went bankrupt only two years later. While we have no record player and haven't played this it appears to be in playable condition. Pace Phonograph Corp unknown
1939rif. 3147771939. 8 x 10 inches. Small blemish at upper right colored-in two old mounts on verso otherwise fine. 8 x 10 inches. Inscribed photograph of African-American television theater and film pioneer Ethel Waters 1896-1977 depicting her in one of her most famous roles and inscribed: "To Alice with the same devotion Hagar has for Lissa and you have for Natalie I have for you Ethel Waters." The photograph shows Waters as Hagar in the Broadway production of Mamba's Daughters 1939 a role which was adapted specifically for her by Dorothy and Dubose Hayward from their novel of the same name; it has been cited as the first dramatic starring role for an African-American actress ANB. On June 14 1939 Waters became the first African-American to host a television program when NBC broadcast "The Ethel Waters Show" a one-hour variety program which included a scene from Mamba's Daughters. The Alice of the inscription is Alice D. Laughlin 1895-1952 muralist engraver and designer who co-founded with designer Natalie Hays Hammond 1904-1985 the Stage Alliance which produced "Six Miracle Plays" directed by and starring Martha Graham at the Guild Theater in 1933. Hammond and Laughlin together with Phyillis Connard constituted a small colony of women artists in Gloucester Massachusetts at the Hammond compound designed by architect Eleanor Raymond. Ethel Waters first made a name for herself as a blues singer on the club circuit; her stage career began when Irving Berlin cast her in As Thousands Cheer 1933 after hearing her perform "Stormy Weather" at the Cotton Club. In 1949 she became the second African-American to be nominated for an Academy Award Best Supporting Actress for her role in Pinky. WITH: Autograph letter unsigned 6 pp to Natalie Hammond unknown
rif. 330829framed. near fine. Black and white photograph signed by American signer and actress Ethel Waters. Circa 1965. Please inquire for more information. Ethel Waters was an American singer and actress. Waters frequently performed jazz swing and pop music on the Broadway stage and in concerts. She began her career in the 1920s singing blues. Her notable recordings include "Dinah" "Stormy Weather" "Taking a Chance on Love" "Heat Wave" "Supper Time" "Am I Blue" "Cabin in the Sky" "I'm Coming Virginia" and her version of "His Eye Is on the Sparrow". Waters was the second African American to be nominated for an Academy Award the first African American to star on her own television show and the first African-American woman to be nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award. unknown
rif. 331098framed. very good. Photograph of American signer and actress Ethel Waters. Signed circa 1939. Decorative frame. Please inquire for more information. Ethel Waters was an American singer and actress. Waters frequently performed jazz swing and pop music on the Broadway stage and in concerts. She began her career in the 1920s singing blues. Her notable recordings include "Dinah" "Stormy Weather" "Taking a Chance on Love" "Heat Wave" "Supper Time" "Am I Blue" "Cabin in the Sky" "I'm Coming Virginia" and her version of "His Eye Is on the Sparrow". Waters was the second African American to be nominated for an Academy Award the first African American to star on her own television show and the first African-American woman to be nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award. unknown
1951rif. 007576St. Louis MO: American Theatre 1951. Autograph. Very good condition. Paperback. Signed by Authors. First Edition. Octavo 8vo. Stagebill from performance of Carson McCullers "The Member of the Wedding" beginning November 12 1951. Signed and inscribed in ink on front cover "With sincere appreciation of you comments to Mr. Otto Senz signed Ethel Waters. Thank you." Minor creases through program and overall slight soiling and moderate browning to edges. American Theatre Paperback
1922rif. 93787New York: Pace Phonograph Corp 1922. Very Good. 33 rpm phonograph record. The record label is slightly worn. A little visible shallow scratching. Later generic white record sleeve. We have no record player so have not attempted to play either side of this record. Ethel Waters was the star vocalist on the Black Swan label. She was "born again" after attending a Billy Graham Crusade in 1957 and often sang "His Eye is on the Sparrow" and perhaps other songs but probably neither of the songs on this record at Billy Graham Crusades during the last two decades of her life. The "Jazz Masters" who accompanied her on this record are thought to have been members of Fletcher Henderson's Orchestra. Pace Phonograph Corp unknown
1972rif. 44638New York: Harper & Row Publishers 1972. First Edition. First Printing. Hardcover. good. 22 cm 162 pages. Illus. boards somewhat worn and soiled parts of DJ had been cut off & pasted inside front board but are now detached. Ink number on title page. Plate-autographed NOT hand-autographed by the author. Introduction by Eugenia Price and Joyce Blackburn. The "ghetto to glitter" autobiography of Ethel Waters the actress and gospel singer who in 1957 came home to Jesus through Billy Graham and his Team. Harper & Row, Publishers hardcover
1931rif. 24037New York: Shapiro Bernstein & Co 1931. First Edition. Original Wraps. Good. Quarto. Cover detached but all present. Shapiro Bernstein & Co paperback
1951rif. 47465Garden City: Doubleday 1951. 8vo pp. 278. VG in torn and chipped dj. An autobiography of the black singer and actress from Chester PA. Doubleday unknown books
1951rif. 21677Garden City: Doubleday 1951. 8vo pp. 278. VG in torn and chipped dj. An autobiography of the black singer and actress from Chester PA. Doubleday unknown books
1921rif. 88629New York: Pace Phonograph Corp 1921. Very Good. 33 rpm phonograph record. Later plain white record sleeve. This record was the most successful record published by Pace under their Black Swan label before they went bankrupt only two years later. While we have no record player and haven't played this it appears to be in playable condition. Pace Phonograph Corp unknown books
1939rif. 3147771939. 8 x 10 inches. Small blemish at upper right colored-in two old mounts on verso otherwise fine. 8 x 10 inches. Inscribed photograph of African-American television theater and film pioneer Ethel Waters 1896-1977 depicting her in one of her most famous roles and inscribed: "To Alice with the same devotion Hagar has for Lissa and you have for Natalie I have for you Ethel Waters." The photograph shows Waters as Hagar in the Broadway production of Mamba's Daughters 1939 a role which was adapted specifically for her by Dorothy and Dubose Hayward from their novel of the same name; it has been cited as the first dramatic starring role for an African-American actress ANB. On June 14 1939 Waters became the first African-American to host a television program when NBC broadcast "The Ethel Waters Show" a one-hour variety program which included a scene from Mamba's Daughters. The Alice of the inscription is Alice D. Laughlin 1895-1952 muralist engraver and designer who co-founded with designer Natalie Hays Hammond 1904-1985 the Stage Alliance which produced "Six Miracle Plays" directed by and starring Martha Graham at the Guild Theater in 1933. Hammond and Laughlin together with Phyillis Connard constituted a small colony of women artists in Gloucester Massachusetts at the Hammond compound designed by architect Eleanor Raymond. Ethel Waters first made a name for herself as a blues singer on the club circuit; her stage career began when Irving Berlin cast her in As Thousands Cheer 1933 after hearing her perform "Stormy Weather" at the Cotton Club. In 1949 she became the second African-American to be nominated for an Academy Award Best Supporting Actress for her role in Pinky. WITH: Autograph letter unsigned 6 pp to Natalie Hammond unknown books
