Countee Cullen, Signed (30 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st trade ed. illustrations (by Charles Cullen). 11p. Original cloth-backed boards. 24cm. Light cover soil. Edges of title label somewhat ragged. No slipcase. Poetry. A signed limited edition was also published. The illustrator was not related to the poet.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Original decorated paper-covered boards. Early printing with L-Z on the copyright page and 1925 on the title page and copyright page. Inscription in ink: For a fellow poet, Countee Cullen. Another gift inscription in ink to Helen Fraser (owner of the book) dated Christmas 1925. Analysis of the book in ink on a rear blank, corner wear, Very Good. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good condition. Dust Jacket Condition: VG Jacket (light edge wear). Later printing (circa 1972?). New York:: Harper & Row, Publishers, 1947. Bright, shiny, clean, square, tight, and unmarked. The Dust Jacket is NOT price clipped (5.95). INSCRIBED/SIGNED by Ida M. Cullen (Mrs. Countee Cullen). No remainder mark. Bound in the original black cloth. Sharp corners. From the Dust Jacket: "This is a collection of the best poems of the distinguished poet, Countee Cullen, selected by the author, shortly before his death [in 1946], from the entire range of his work. Included in this volume are several new and hitherto unpublished poems. Here are poems burning and bitter, poems deeply religious in feeling, poems concerned with death, and poems that tell the heavy burden a man had to carry, a burden that made him write: 'Yet do I marvel at this curious thing, To make a poet black and bid him sing!' But not all the poems are serious or tragic. Countee Cullen wrote with a lyrical beauty, he loved the sound off singing lines and enchanting words. He wrote poems of love, poems to love, and brilliant epitaphs." . INSCRIBED/SIGNED by the poet's wife. . Later printing (circa 1972?). Hard Cover. Very Good condition./VG Jacket (light edge wear). 8vo. x, 197pp. .

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. jacket has a small closed tear, first printing, inscribed by author's wife Ida Cullen. Inscribed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Joseph Low (illustrator). "With warm regards Ida M. Cullen (Mrs. Countee Cullen) May 1973 on ffep; clean and tight, a few spots of foxing and very light wear to the unclipped dust jacket. Size: 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Signed by Author(s). Book.

No Jacket. 1925 "D-F"code. Bound in clean green woven cloth with a tan paper label on the front boards and one on the spine. The book is signed on title page: "Countee Cullen". An attractive copy in very good condition, signed.

Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Sixth Printing with "A-F" code. Bound in clean black woven cloth with a green label on the front boards. The spine has no lettering or lab el on it. The book is signed on the front endpaper: "Cordially, Countee Cullen". An attractive copy, signed.

HARD BACK BLUE. Condition: VERY GOOD. JACKET: GOOD DJ. Book is signed by Ida M. Cullen WIFE OF Cullen, Countee on the title page. Ida M. Cullen renewed the copyright in 1955. Cover slightly faded at bottom edge. Silver gilt title on spine and silver gilt design on cover. DATE PUBLISHED: 1955 EDITION: 236.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: fine. First Edition. 95p octavo, illustrated A fine copy in a fine dust jacket inscribed by Ida M Cullen to author and scholar Richard Long. Ida was the wife of Countee Cullen. Someone has signed Countee Cullen's name below her inscription. He died in 1946.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. First Edition. Presentation copy inscribed & dated on front free endpaper with an autographed note to Mrs. Stafford, with date and place, tipped in on front paste down endpaper. Art deco illustrations. April 1931 printing. The author was an American poet, novelist, children's writer, and playwright - particularly well know during the Harlem Renaissance. This was his firs published book, discussing havy topics regarding race, etc. Typical age/use wear including some light scuffs and soils. Inscribed by Author(s). Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. first edition; third pr. Octovo hardcover, SIGNED by Cullen in curly lower-case initial letters on endpapers. Tight binding, clean and unfoxed pages, very light rubbing at very tips, tiny tear at head of spine, else VG or better, now in clear and heavy mylar wrap. A bright and solid copy. Additional provenance: on endpaper is the following: "given to Betty Simpson by Aunt Eva." Simpson (Detroit) related to Cullen. Excessively scarce signed copy. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 237 pages.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. with a Hotel Trenier (chicago) card signed by the Author attached to the front endpaper. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. First Edition, Early Printing. Octavo, 108 pages. In Good condition with a Fair condition dust jacket. Tan aged spine with black lettering on a tan publisher's paper label. Dust jacket is wrapped in a mylar covering, has moderate wear along the extremities, stains on the rear cover, pieces of paper adhesively attached to the rear cover, moderate chipping along the extremities, a long tear from the spine head through the front joint separating the front cover and spine, a long tear through the front fore edge separating the front cover and front flap, moderate age-toning along the extremities, and a paper label with adhesive wear around it on the front cover. Boards have mild wear along the extremities, a small dent on the front tail edge, mild shelving wear, and moderate age-toning along the extremities. Textblock has an indent front the front end-page to the dedication page, mild adhesive wear along the pastedowns, a small paper "Hathaway House Bookshop" sticker on the front end-page, mild wear along the edges, and moderate age-toning along the edges. Signed "Yours Sincerely, Countee Cullen", dated "Oct. 19. 1926". DL consignment. Shelved Room C. 1388118. Special Collections.

110 pp. 8vo, publisher's cloth-backed boards in slipcase. First edition; No. 4 of 128 copies, numbered and signed by Cullen. Spine label abraded, making it illegible; otherwise a tight, fresh copy. The box is very good with some partial splitting at the joints and some light abrasion to the label.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1974 edition, originally published in 1927. Fine in price-clipped else fine dust jacket. A nice copy of an important anthology that had long been out of print. This copy warmly Inscribed by Cullen's widow (and second wife): "So nice to be able to spend a few days with you - My new found friends /Elise and John Hope - your kindness to me shall always be cherished - Sincerely Ida M. Cullen. Nov. 12, 1980." Countee Cullen had died in 1946. The contributors represent a who's-who of early 20th Century African-American poets including: Cullen, Paul Laurence Dunbar, Alice Dunbar Nelson, Claude McKay, James Weldon Johnson, Georgia Douglas Johnson, Angelina Grimke, Langston Hughes, Jean Toomer, Sterling Brown, W.E.B. DuBois, Arna Bontemps, Cuning Waring, and many more. A nice copy with a pleasing inscription.

Dust Jacket Condition: No dust jacket. with illustrations and decorations by Charles Cullen (illustrator). A couple tiny pin pricks on back cover. Otherwise fine. Tall 8vo. White paper covered boards. Corner tips and spine in black cloth. Beige spine label printed in black #195 of a Special Edition of 500 Copies issued by Opportunity Journal of Negro Life.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Color by Countee Cullen - New York and London: Harper & Brothers, Published March, 1926 (according to publisher code C-A), first edition early issue, INSCRIBED by Countee Cullen on front end-page, 108 pp, 7.75 x 5.25", 8vo. In fair condition. Painted paper boards are scuffed at edges & worn/bumped at corners with exposed binding. Yellow title label on front board remains bright and clean. Yellow cloth spine tanned from sun-exposure & general age-related wear - title label dulled, but legible. Head and tail of spine chipped - exposed binding. Inscription found on front end-page: "For Isabel (Ramsay) McDonald. As good as a premier anyway. Sincerely, Countee Cullen." Ownership signature (Isabel McDonald) found at bottom edge of front end-page. Torn sticker also found on front end-page. Light toning around edges of leaves throughout text-block. Instances of finger-soiling. Rear gutter split at pages 94 - 95, exposed binding mesh. Binding intact, hinges fragile. Please see photos and ask questions, if any, before purchasing. Countee Cullen (born Countee LeRoy Porter; 1903-1946) is one of the most representative voices of the Harlem Renaissance. When his paternal grandmother and guardian died in 1918, the 15-year-old Countee was taken into the home of Reverend Frederick A. Cullen (c. 1868-1946), the paster of Salem Methodist Episcopal Church, Harlem's largest congregation. There, Countee entered the approximate center of black culture and politics in the United States and acquired both the name and awareness of this influential clergyman who was later elected president of the Harlem chapter of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP). Literary critic and Harvard professor Irving Babbitt publicly lauded Cullen's The Ballad of the Brown Girl, and in 1925, Cullen graduated from New York University, was accepted in Harvard's masters program, and published this first volume of poetry, Color. In 1928, Cullen was awarded a Guggenheim fellowship to write poetry in France, and he married Nina Yolande Du Bois (1900-1961), the daughter of W.E.B. Du Bois. Few social events in Harlem rivaled the magnitude of this marriage, and much of Harlem joined in the festivities that marked the joining of the Cullen and Du Bois lineages, two of its most notable families. Because of Cullen's success in both black and white cultures, and because of his romantic temperament, he formulated an aesthetic that embraced both cultures. A paradox exists, however, between Cullen's philosophy and writing. While he argued that racial poetry was a detriment to the color-blindness he craved, he was, at the same time, so affronted by the racial injustice in America that his own best verse - indeed most of his verse - gave voice to racial protest. The title of this collection, Color, was not chosen unintentionally, nor did Cullen include sections with that same title in later volumes by accident. Both early and late in his career he was, in spite of himself, largely a racial poet. This is Countee Cullen's FIRST published work of poetry, a First Edition Early Issue printed in March, 1926. INSCRIBED by Author! Extremely rare! Inscribed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Signed by Countee Cullen on the front free endpaper, inscribed to former owner in Albany, NY, dated Feb. 10, 1928. xvii, 108 pp. Bound in publisher's decorated boards with yellow cloth backstrip, title labels. Early printing, but not the first, of the first edition, dated January 1926. Very Good with typical offsetting to labels, rubbed bottom edge, small ding to front label, bookplate on paste down, line of toning along endpapers. In a Very Good example of the fragile dust jacket, chipped at head and upper front corner, spine and gutters toned.The Harlem Renaissance poet and scholar's first book, rarely found in a decent jacket.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. First edition. Quarter black cloth gilt and decorated paper over boards. Small tears at the spine ends, bottom corners a little bumped, else near fine lacking the jacket. Inscribed by Cullen to Afro-Caribbean Harlem Renaissance author Eric D. Walrond: "For Eric, Sincerely - and in Paris, Countee. Oct. 15, 1929." Waldrond, author of *Tropic Death* and an important figure in the Harlem Renaissance, abandoned New York for London in 1928. In 1925, Cullen dedicated his famous poem, "Incident (for Eric Walrond)", about a racist incident in Baltimore, to his close friend and fellow author. A nice association copy of an important collection of poetry.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First edition. Decorations by Charles Cullen. Small octavo. 89pp. Quarter black cloth spine and yellow paper-covered boards with publisher's printed paper spine label. First edition, about fine in good only chipped and torn publisher's glassine jacket and modestly worn about very good slipcase. Copy number 32 of 100 numbered copies Signed by Countee Cullen. An uncommon book in this limited, signed issue, particularly in this condition.

Condition: Fair. No Jacket. 1st Edition. This copy is a survivor of the Brooklyn fire in 1970 in which Hall Johnson died. The orange boards are warped and water-stained and have dark brown discolored strip along the bottom 1" of the front and rear boards. The interior of the book is good plus and the 16 colorful illustrations by Charles Sebree throughout the text are very bright and charming, as are the illustrations on the front and rear endpapers and paste-downsns. This copy is inscribed by Countee Cullen and Christopher Cat to musician and composer Hall Johnson:"Countee Cullen/ His Copy. (Underlined) of The Lost Zoo. Admiringly surrenderd to Hall Johnson with the best wishes of Christopher Cat also! (underlined) New York Dec. 1940. (Underlined) In addition to the inscription there is an autographed letter signed (ALS) by Countee Cullen with its original envelope: Mr. Hall Johnson/ Hotel Theresa on the front: "940 St. Nicholas Ave./ New York, N.Y. December 21, 1940Dear Hall, It was nice seeing you for a moment last night. As I promised, here is a copy of my book the only copy I had on hand which accounts for the peculiar type of inscription. I hope it pleases you, and that you may find in it the type of fantasy to recommend to some of the Hollywood bigwigs Walt Disney preferred. Every good wish to you. Countee Cullen (underlined)." Note: Johnson worked with Walt Disney; and the Hall Johnson Choir was featured in the soundtracks on Snow White, Dumbo, and Song of the South. Hall Johnson was a highly regarded African American choral director, composer, arranger, and violinist who dedicated his career to preserving the integrity of the Black spiritual as it had been performed during the era of slavery. His Hall Johnson Choir, the first professional group of its kind, enjoyed a successful concert and recording career for more than three decades in the United States and abroad. During his professional life Johnson coached hundreds of distinguished musicians, including the famous opera singer Marian Anderson. Virtually every Black singer of note has performed Johnson s solo compositions and arrangements. Born on March 12, 1888, in Athens, Georgia, Hall Johnson was the son of William Decker Johnson, a minister, and Alice Virginia Sansom, a former slave. Johnson was given his first at age 14, with which he taught himself to play. Athens was home to a large, prosperous African American middle class, with excellent schools, and Johnson did well. He graduated from the preparatory school in 1903 and then moved on to Allen University in Columbia, South Carolina, where his father had recently been named president. In 1908, Johnson switched his studies to the University of Pennsylvania. After receiving his college degree in 1912, Johnson returned to Athens. Johnson gained a reputation as an excellent music teacher, and played violin in the orchestras of several Broadway productions, performing behind great entertainers such as Eubie Blake, Noble Sissle, and Josephine Baker. He found additional work in more than one dance band, including a stint touring the United States with a group known as the Southern Syncopated Orchestra. In 1923, he took the seat of the violinist in a chamber music group he helped form called the Negro String Quartet. The group performed pieces across a wide spectrum from the standard classical canon to contemporary pieces by African Americans. Johnson produced his own Broadway musical in 1933, Run Little Chillun, a production he called a folk opera. Johnson worked with Walt Disney; and the Hall Johnson Choir was featured in the soundtracks on Snow White, Dumbo, and Song of the South. Over his lifetime, Johnson was a consummate breaker of barriers, and not just between White and Black or between the world of churches and the world of mass entertainment. On April 30, 1970, Johnson died when a fire broke out in his New York apartment building. This volume is from Hall Johnson s library, much of which was salvaged from the Brooklyn fire. First Edition. Hardcover. With condition issues. Signed by Author.

Hardcover. First Edition. Octavo, 89 pages. In Very Good condition. Quarter bound in black cloth with boards covered in decorative paper. Spine with paper label. Covers protected with a mylar wrapper. Mild shelf wear and scuffing. Spine label age toned. Upper edge of text block dyed orange. Front free endpaper inscribed by Countee Cullen. Pages clean. CX Consignment. Shelved in Case 0. 1345660. Shelved Dupont Bookstore.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. First edition "I-D". 8vo. Frontispiece and b/w decorations by Charles Cullen. Beige cloth over blue boards, silver spine label, uncut. A fresh tight copy with some light staining around spine label. Acetate dust jacket. Publisher¿s black board slipcase with large printed gold label (starting to crack). Very good. 110 pages. #76 of 128 copies on handmade paper, signed by Cullen on the colophon page. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Cullen, Charles (illustrator). 1st Edition. 89 pages. First Edition, first printing, with "first edition" and "G-B" on copyright page. Cullen's second book of poetry, which met with some controversy in the black community because Cullen did not give the same attention to the subject of race he had given it in his first collection, Color. Art deco illustrations by Charles Cullen, the author's brother. Inscribed by Cullen with a line from the poem "Song Of The Rejected Lover," signed "Your Buddy" (but inscription handwriting is verified). Very good book with rubbing to front panel and light wear to the edges of boards, in very good or better dustjacket (also illustrated by Charles Cullen), with moderately toned spine panel and only minor edgewear. A very nice copy! Inscribed by Author(s).

Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. First edition, first printing of the Countee Cullen's first book. A fantastic association copy, signed by him on the front free endpaper and inscribed the year following publication to a fellow classmate at Harvard University, "For Aubrey Starke Sincerely, Countee Cullen Harvard June 1, 1926." Laid in is a poem by Cullen typed on letterhead which bears a Harvard Square address. Bound in publisher's decorative paper boards over yellow cloth with orange title labels printed in black to spine and upper board. Near Fine with darkening to spine, thin red discoloration to rear joint. Offsetting to front free endpaper. In a Near Fine dust jacket with toning, light wear to the spine ends.The scarce first edition of Cullen's first volume of poetry, published when he was 22 years old, during the same year he entered Harvard to study for a Master's degree in English. Prior to this book's publication, Cullen was seen as an up-and-coming poet. He would go on to become a central figure of the Harlem Renaissance. Porter p. 28, Perry 221, Schomburg p. 11.

First Edition. First edition, limited issue. Signed by Countee Cullen on the colophon at front, copy 124 of 128. xiii, 111 pp. Bound in publisher's quarter cloth, silver title label, internal bookmark. Near Fine with wear to title label and some glue staining around it, lacking dust jacket. A signed copy of a major collection by the Harlem Renaissance poet.

Unbound. Condition: Fine. Christmas card. Measuring 5" x 4". Fine. A printed holiday greeting card Signed by Countee Cullen and his second wife, Ida. While several signed limited edition books were produced during Cullen's short lifetime, signed ephemera remains uncommon.

No Binding. Condition: Fine. ("Countee Cullen") 1 page, 8 1/2" x 5 1/2", Opportunity Journal of Negro Life 127 East 23rd Street, New York City letterhead, January 30, 1928 to Marion Deane at the Hampton Institute. Watermarked "Ty Bond" "Made in U.S.A." Fine (uniform light toning). In part: " - It was news to me that one of my poems had been used in E. V. Lucas' anthology, but it is an honor concerning which I am glad to hear. I have secured and am sending to you Mr. Jones' autograph. Mr. Langston Hughes can be addressed at Lincoln University, Lincoln, Pa - " Cullen (1903-1946) was an African-American poet who came to prominence during the Harlem Renaissance. Signed by Author(s).

Condition: Near Fine. 17 x 26 cm. On plain beige stationery. Return address 41 Grand View Blvd. Tuckahoe 7, New York, NY. No pamphlet or envelope present to identify the recipient. Text: I have read the pamphlet and I find it quite stimulating. You do command a certain strength with your words but I believe that you are holdiong back what is truly in your heart when you commit pen to paper. Criticism is not one of my strong points. You may have a better chance of sending it to a publishing house such as Johnson Publishing Co. in Chicago. Mr. John Johnson you will find is a very fair judge of grammatical structure. Remember: in order for a writer to succeed I suggest three things -- read and write -- and wait. With every good wish, believe me, Yours sincerely, [Signed] Countee Cullen.".

Condition: Near Fine. 22cm. x 15cm. On plain beige stationery. Return address 2190 Seventh Avenue New York, NY. Brief letter "Thank you for purchasing my book One way to Heaven. I am genuinely happy when one of my books makes a new friend. If you will send your copy of my book to the address above, I shall be very happy to autograph it for you. Yours very sincerely, Countee Cullen.".