M B Tolson (38 results)

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Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Afterword by Robert M. Farnsworth. Illustrations. Appendix. 276pp. Pictorial Soft Cover with title on spine and front Soft Cover. Soft Cover.

Octavo, gray cloth (hardcover), 173 pp. Fine in dust jacket with mylar protector. zslic.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Small octavo in gray cloth binding. Condition: panel from dust jacket (containing author biography & photo) taped to 1st free endpaper; else very good. 173 pages.

Hardcover. Condition: USED Fair. ex-library with all associated markings.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Afterword by Robert M. Farnsworth. Illustrations. Appendix. 276pp. Pictorial Soft Cover with title on spine and front Soft Cover which has slight crease in upper corner. Soft Cover.

Hard Cover. Dust Jacket Included. First Edition. Stated second printing, near fine in a like dust jacket. Purple felt tip ink marks on top and bottom edges of pages. The jacket has a couple of small pulls at the top of the front panel. Introduction by Karl Shapiro. An epic poem which attempts to characterize Harlem from the 1920's on. This work by the African-American author was meant to be the Prologue to a much larger work, but no other volumes were published.

276p, 6x9 inch paperback with illustrated wraps; in very good condition, library bookplate with withdrawn stamp inside front cover. The poet and activist's most important work, an epic portraiture of community in blues, monologues, and verse. It is also modeled on Edgar Lee Masters' Spoon River Anthology.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Unclipped dust-jacket. Clean blue covers with gilt lettering on the spine. Clean pages, plates and end-papers. Contains colour plates (full page illustrations) and black and white illustrations. Light shelf-wear on upper and lower edges of dust-jacket. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: under 1 kg. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 78124121031. All our books are sent by tracked mail.

PAP. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. University of Missouri Press 1980-01-01 00:00:00 Binding: Trade Paperback.

Paperback. Condition: Fine. First quality oversize paperbound edition, issued the same year as the hardcover edition. A collection of poem portraits of Harlem notables by one who knew many of them. A clean, unmarked copy.

Paperback. Condition: New.

FIRST EDITION, ex-library, octavo hardcover (VG) in d/w (VG); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Introduction by Karl Shapiro. Same forma as first printing. Small closed tear to upper DJ corner, protected by the Brodart cover; else a fine copy, unclipped and unmarked.

Second printing. 8vo, pp. 173. Introduction by Karl Shapiro. Tan cloth. Cover somewhat yellowed, slightly worn at corners and at ends of spine, o/w a VG tight copy in scuffed and chipped dj. Poems.

Softcover. Condition: Very Good. First edition. Printed wrappers. Light toning on the spine, a bit of spotting on wraps, very good. Contains reviews of Carl Sandburg's *Complete Poems* by William Carlos Williams and of Basil Bunting's *Poems: 1950* by Hugh Kenner; additional contributions by Theodore Roethke, George Barker, Betty Miller Davis, James Merrill, M.B. Tolson and more.

Softcover. Condition: Very Good. First edition. 62pp. Printed wrappers. Owner name canceled on front cover, spine slightly tanned, very good. Contains reviews of Carl Sandburg's *Complete Poems* by William Carlos Williams and of Basil Bunting's *Poems: 1950* by Hugh Kenner; additional contributions by Theodore Roethke, George Barker, Betty Miller Davis, James Merrill, M.B. Tolson and more.

hardcover. Condition: Very Good in Dustjacket. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Columbia. 1979. University of Missouri Press. 1st American Edition. Very Good in Dustjacket. 0826202764. Edited and with an afterword by Robert M. Farnsworth. 276 pages. hardcover. Jacket art by Jerry Dadds. keywords: African American Literature Poetry America Harlem. DESCRIPTION - A Gallery of Harlem Portraits is Melvin B. Tolson's first book-length collection of poems. It was written in the 1930s when Tolson was immersed in the writings of the Harlem Renaissance, the subject of his master's thesis at Columbia University, and will provide scholars and critics a rich insight into how Tolson's literary picture of Harlem evolved. Modeled on Edgar Lee Master's Spoon River Anthology and showing the influence of Browning and Whitman, it is rooted in the Harlem Renaissance in its fascination with Harlem's cultural and ethnic diversity and its use of musical forms. Robert M. Farnsworth's afterword elucidates these and other literary influences. Tolson eventually attempted to incorporate the technical achievements of T.S. Eliot and the New Criticism into a complex modern poetry which would accurately represent the extraordinary tensions, paradoxes, and sophistication, both highbrow and lowbrow, of modern Harlem. As a consequence his position in literary history is problematical. The publication of this earliest of his manuscripts will help clarify Tolson's achievement and surprise many of his readers with its readily accessible, warmly human poetic portraiture. inventory #45792.

Original Cloth. Condition: NVG. Dust Jacket Condition: NVG. First Edition. Book has front cover wear. Dj has chips cover soiling. Book.

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. 1st edition. Near Fine. 8vo, 128pp, printed wrappers. Scarce issue of this journal devoted to the Black Studies. Includes the text of a 1973 address by Gordon Parks, plus a section of Parks photos (and a Parks cover). Presentation inscription from editor Harold Schneider on first interior page (no other markings), price sticker to cover, light outer wear, slight spine lean. Not Signed.

First Edition. 8vo, pp. x, 276. Illustrated wtih phjotographs. Edited, with an afterword, by Robert M. Farnsworth. Brown cloth stamped in black. Edges slightly scratched, o/w a nice copy in dj.

No Binding. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Near Fine condition.Broadside, with text printed in dark blue on light blue and white patterned stock, measuring 8 1/2" x 11" . Subtle toning and light wear to extremities. Issued as Broadside No. 5 by Dudley Randall's Broadside Press, which published nearly 100 poems (roughly one per month) in its Broadside Series. Single poem by Tolson (1898-1966). PLEASE REVIEW PICTURES.

Condition: Good. Volume 1. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has soft covers. Clean from markings. In good all round condition. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,200grams, ISBN:

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Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Paperback. Condition: New.

Condition: very good. Dust Jacket Condition: very good. 8vo pp.173. book.

Cloth. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 770 Lines. endnotes. 16pp. Red cloth boards with title on spine and front board. Pictorial Dust Jacket with 1/2" closed tear in front panel. Po's name on f.f.p. Hardcover.