Pernet Patterson (12 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. First in Book Form. 1931. FIRST EDITION in book form. Hardcover, dustjacket, 240 pages. Blue tint to top edge. Condition of hardcover: Creases to cloth on top cover; light bump/abrasion to spine; shelf wear/fraying to top extremity/spine (and tiny bump to extremity); minor soiling; shelf wear. Edges lightly age toned, foxed, rubbed. Internally: Except for several minor corner creases, pages are Very Good Plus. Clean and readable. Kept in temperature-controlled room. Overall: Good. Dustjacket: Price intact on flap. Lightly age toned/soiled; liquid stain to foot of spine panel/part of front and rear panels; abrasion-type tears to foot of rear panel; else overall Fair. Protected in Mylar cover. A wonderful book about African Americans in the South, written with rare intuition and sympathy by the author who understood them. The stories offer a remarkable insight into the strangely contrasted elements of tragedy and comedy in the souls of the Blacks, according to the publisher. Insightful, historical. Note: We are a well-established, well-respected, ethical book dealer in business since 1991. We describe the condition of our books thoroughly and honestly, so you'll know exactly what you will be receiving when you order. We ship promptly.

Hardcover. Octavo, vii, 240 pages. In Good minus condition. Spine is black with yellow print. Boards in black cloth with yellow print. Light wear to spine caps and corners, wear to bottom edge, mark in white ink on spine, mildly cocked spine, crease on spine. Text block has grey tinted top edge. NOTE: Shelved in Netdesk Column C. 1376439. FP New Rockville Stock.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Included. FIRST EDITION. 12mo. vii(3)3-240p. Black cloth with yellow letters. Small spot on front cover, textblock edges slightly darkened, else near fine to fine with no internal markings. Dust jacket slightly darkened and very slightly shelfworn. "The Negro of the South is here portrayed with rare intuition and sympathy by a man who has understood him better perhaps than any other writer of our time. These stories afford a remarkable insight into the strangely contrasted elements of tragedy and comedy in the Negro soul." [from the dust jacket].

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First edition. Octavo. 240pp. A fine copy in very good dust jacket; jacket spine is browned. A collection of award winning short stories, two of which deal with African-Americans in the South, purportedly a subject on which the White author was an authority. A posthumous publication and the Virginia author's only book.

Hardcover. Condition: Very good. Hardcover. Contemporary ink gift inscription on front free endpaper, foxing to prelims, else a very good hardback in a darkened and rubbed jacket that has a small dampstain to the bottom corner of the front panel, some minor loss at the extremities and a closed tear to the the spine at the top of the rear joint. "Stories that giveremarkable insight into the strangely contrasted elements of tragedy and comedy in the Negro soul.".

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First edition. Pencil inscription else fine in fine dustwrapper with very slight soiling at the spine. A collection of award winning short stories, two of which deal with African-Americans in the South, purportedly a subject on which the author was an authority. A posthumous publication and the Virginia author's only book.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition, First Printing. 5 1/4 X 7 1/2 Inches. 240 PP. "Will be one of the most esteemed items in the whole of American collected short stories." Douglas Southall Freeman First printing copy of this collection of eight distinctly "southern" short stories. Signed and inscribed by author's widow on the FFEP. Dated fictional stories of the Negro in the South. Rubbing to hinges. A hint of toning to interior. DJ retains original $2.00 price, but is a bit worn at edges and spine. Some light staining to DJ. Overall, an attractive copy with a bit of character about it. Signed.

PATTERSON, Pernet. THE ROAD TO CANAAN. NY: Minton, Balch & Company, 1931. 12mo., black cloth in dust jacket; 240 pages. First Edition. Fictional portrayals of the Southern American Negro. Published posthumously- the author died the year prior to publication. Signed presentation from Patterson's wife on the front endpaper: "For Mary & Helen O'Neill with the affection of the author's wife, Madge Patterson. June 1952." Very Good (very light circular stains covers; contents clean & tight); bit of wear & soil (interior repairs to lower spine using clear, archival tape; $2.00 price is present) d/j. $100.00.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. This inspiring collection of award winning short stories is the Virginia author's only book due to his early death in October 1930, before the book's publication. At the time of his death, the publication was already planned, and he had selected the stories to be included as the best he had produced. His wife, Madge mcC. Patterson, PUBLISHED THE BOOK IN 1931. This unique copy is inscribed by His wife. The Negro of the South here dreams his lyric dreams, laughs his careless laughter, and loves and hates primitive passion. No reader can escape the intuitive feeling and sympathy of these unusual stories. With Negro dialect stories set in the American South; two of which deal with African-Americans in the South, purportedly a subject on which the author was an authority. Three stories originally appeared in "The Atlantic monthly" and another in "the Black Swan, the magazine of Virginia". The book is fine in dust jacket and very clean internally without any marks or stains. The dust jacket is not clipped with a closed tear to the top left and tiny edge chipping. Inscribed by author's wife who published the works: "FOR MARY MARGARET MC BRIDE. THAT GREAT AMERICAN! FROM THE AUTHOR'S WIFE AND SON - MADGE AND JOHN PATTERSON." Size: 8vo signed and inscribed by author. Signed by Author(s). book.

Dust Jacket Condition: dj. First Edition. Black cloth boards (hardcover); dustjacket; 240pp. Brief (non-authorial) presentation inscription to front endpaper, else Very Good or better in somewhat toned & edge-rubbed jacket with shallow losses to spine ends, about Very Good. Eight Negro dialect stories set in the American South. By a Virginia author.

Paperback / softback. Condition: New. This item is printed on demand. New copy - Usually dispatched within 5-9 working days.

Paperback / softback. Condition: New. This item is printed on demand. New copy - Usually dispatched within 5-9 working days.