Peterkin Julia Text (7 results)
More imagesPublished by Robert O. Ballou, New York 1933
- Hardcover
Seller: Xochi's Bookstore & Gallery, truth or consequences, NM, U.S.A.Xochi's Bookstore & Gallery
Contact seller2-star sellerCondition: Used - Very good
US$ 350.00
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st. 251pp.; HB blue w/blk.; rubbed w/wear on edges&corners; heavy sun on spine; edges w/sun; lt.tape,ft.endpaper;some lt.tan w/clean,tight pgs. History of US slavery. b/w photos. Ulmann, Doris (photos) (illustrator).
More imagesPublished by Robert O. Ballou, New York 1933
- Hardcover
- First Edition
- Signed
Seller: Second Story Books, ABAA, Rockville, MD, U.S.A.Second Story Books, ABAA
Contact seller4-star sellerHardcover. Limited Edition, #229/350. Quarto, [12], 13-341 pages. In Very Good condition. Bound in publisher's three quarter white linen, embossed brown paper boards, spine with gilt lettering. Top edge of textblock gilt. Some staining and discoloration to spine, particularly along hinges, from water. Tide-marks along upper and…lower gutter throughout volume, in some cases touching the plates. Lacking publisher's slipcase. Illustrated with 90 full-page, hand-pulled copper photogravures after photographs by Ulmann depicting the formerly enslaved alongside their descendants in the Gullah coastal region of South Carolina. All plates with tissue guards, one tissue guard loose. Some offsetting from photogravures, as usual. With the additional signed photogravure loose within, a duplicate of the photogravure on page 129. Some offsetting to front pastedown and endpaper from photogravure. "When all the sisters' feet are washed, the basins and towels are handed over to the brothers, who wash each other's feet." [page 124]. WP consignment. Shelved in Case 3. "Peterkin, a popular novelist who won the Pulitzer Prize in 1929, was born in South Carolina and raised by a black nursemaid who taught her the Gullah dialect before she learned standard English. She married the heir to Lang Syne, one of the state's richest plantations, which became the setting for Roll, Jordan, Roll, and its black population the subject of Ullman's photograph.Ulmann's soft-focus photos - rendered as tactile as charcoal drawings in the superb gravure reproductions here - straddle Pictorialism and Modernism even as they appear to dissolve into memory" [Andrew Roth, The Book of 101 Books, pages 78-79]. 1367221. Shelved Dupont Bookstore.
More imagesPublished by Robert O. Ballou, New York 1933
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: White Fox Rare Books and Antiques, ABAA/ILAB, New York, NY, U.S.A.White Fox Rare Books and Antiques, ABAA/ILAB
Contact seller3-star sellerCondition: Used - Near fine
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Condition: Near Fine. First Limited Deluxe Edition. No. 286 of 350 deluxe copies, signed by both Peterkin and Ulmann, and binding by J. F. Tapley Co. With extra plate, signed by Ulmann, here loose. One of the milestones of photo books as well as literature relating to Black America. Classic depiction of ex-slaves and their offsp…ring in the Rural South. 90 full page photos rendered as copper plate photogravures. The photos are especially sharp, and in their observational depth and lyrical quality, exude a visual poetry. They capture a spirit as they tell a story. Ulmann was celebrated for her pictorialism, and her photos were the equivalent of the best genre paintings. 4to. 30 by 22 cm. 341, [1] pp. Spine has brown discoloration by its extremities. Touches of soiling on board's paper pastedown. Interior is tight, generally clean, with tissue guards all present, typical offsetting, here on the lighter side. Extra plate stained by lower edge in strip 2 to 3 cm, and a closed tear about 2 cm in length, and a few other trivial ones along this edge as well. Corners lightly bumped. Hardcover. Paper pastedown on boards. Spine a cream colored cloth.
More imagesPublished by Robert O. Ballou, New York 1933
- Hardcover
- First Edition
- Signed
Seller: The First Edition Rare Books, LLC, Cincinnati, OH, U.S.A.The First Edition Rare Books, LLC
Contact seller5-star sellerCondition: Used - Very good
US$ 18,500.00
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Cloth. Condition: Very good. Limited Edition. Quarto, [10], 13-341pp, [1]. Original brown paper-covered boards, three-quarter white linen corners and spine. Title in gilt on spine, portrait stamped in blind to front cover. Top edge gilt. Solid text block, foxing to cloth, some rubbing to gilt title on spine. Housed in the publis…her's brown slipcase, small points of restoration with archival glue to corners. Complete with 90 full-page photographs depicting former enslaved peoples, their families, and their homes. All plates remain vibrant, most lacking tissue guards. Includes an original photograph by Ulmann, laid-in at front with her signature in pencil on the bottom right corner. Stated on limitation page: "Of this special edition of Roll, Jordan, Roll, 350 copies, each numbered and signed by Julia Peterkin and Doris Ulmann, have been printed by letterpress and copper-plate photogravure. Of these 327 are for sale. This is copy number 122, signed by both Peterkin and Ulmann on the colophon." This collaboration between Ulmann and Peterkin focuses on a group of former slaves and their descendants in the Gullah region of South Carolina. This is the first appearance of the text, followed by the first trade edition published the same year. The signed limited edition of Roll, Jordan, Roll with text by Julia Peterkin and photographs by Doris Ulmann, complete with 90 photographic plates. (illustrator). Signed.
More imagesPublished by Robert O. Ballou, New York 1933
- First Edition
- Signed
Seller: Burnside Rare Books, ABAA, Portland, OR, U.S.A.Burnside Rare Books, ABAA
Contact seller5-star sellerSigned Limited First Edition. Signed limited first edition. Author Julia Peterkin's own copy, number #3 of only 350 copies, of which 327 were offered for sale, signed by both photographer Doris Ulmann and Peterkin on the limitation page. Presuambly the first few copies were given to the publisher, author, and photographer. Lette…r of provenance from a descendant of Peterkin laid in. Printed by letter press and with 90 superb tissue-guarded full-page copperplate hand-pulled photogravure plates and with an additional original signed photogravure. 342 pp. Bound in publisher's original brown paper boards over half cream cloth with spine lettered in gilt. Lacking slipcase. Near Fine with light rubbing and soiling to boards, front hinge a bit free, light foxing to contents, typical offsetting from photos. A very clean, attractive copy. "Ulmann's photographic collaboration with Julia Peterkin focuses on the lives of former slaves and their descendants on a plantation in the Gullah coastal region of South Carolina. Peterkin, a popular novelist who won the Pulitzer Prize in 1929, was born in South Carolina and raised by a black nursemaid who taught her the Gullah dialect before she learned standard English. She married the heir to Lang Syne, one of the state's richest plantations, which became the setting for Roll, Jordan, Roll. Ulmann's soft-focus photos-rendered as tactile as charcoal drawings in the superb gravure reproductions here-straddle Pictorialism and Modernism even as they appear to dissolve into memory" (Roth, 101 Books).
Published by Robert O. Ballou, New York 1933
Seller: Lorne Bair Rare Books, ABAA, Winchester, VA, U.S.A.Lorne Bair Rare Books, ABAA
Contact seller5-star sellerdj. First Trade Edition. First Printing, preceded by a limited edition of 350 copies. Octavo (22cm); blue cloth with titles stamped in gilt on spine; black topstain; dustjacket; 251pp; illustrated with 70 full-page photographs by Doris Ulmann. Hint of sunning to spine ends, some trivial wear to corner tips, with a tiny splash ma…rk to topstain; contents clean; Near Fine. Dustjacket is unclipped (priced $3.50), gently spine-sunned, modest wear to joints and extremities, with shallow loss to crown, several tiny nicks and tears to extremities, and a 2" split at lower front flap fold; Very Good+. One of the great documentary photobooks of the 1930's, examining the lives of black plantation workers in the Gullah coastal region of South Carolina. The idea for the book was originally conceived by American photographer Doris Ullman (1882-1934), who met Julia Peterkin at a literary gathering in 1929 - the same year Ullman had undertaken a project to create a volume of photographic studies of African Americans throughout the South. Ulmann's portraits of the Gullah people were taken on the Lang Syne plantation, owned by the family of Peterkin's husband; paired with text and stories written by Peterkin, Ullman's portraits of the former slaves and their descendants have long been praised for both their quality, and the sense of dignity they convey. Many times scarcer in an attractive jacket than the signed, limited issue, published the same year. BLOCKSON 3932; ROTH 101. PARR-BADGER, Vol.1, p.135.
More imagesPublished by Robert O. Ballou, New York 1933
- First Edition
- Signed
Seller: Burnside Rare Books, ABAA, Portland, OR, U.S.A.Burnside Rare Books, ABAA
Contact seller5-star sellerCondition: Used - Near fine
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Condition: Near Fine. Signed Limited First Edition. Signed limited first edition. Copy number 346 of only 350 copies, of which 327 were offered for sale, signed by both photographer Doris Ulmann and Julia Peterkin. Printed by letter press and with 90 superb tissue-guarded full-page copperplate hand-pulled photogravure plates and… with an additional original signed photogravure. Bound in publisher's original brown paper boards over half cream cloth with spine lettered in gilt. Lacking the original slipcase but housed in a custom cloth chemise case; tissue guards replaced though originals are present and laid into a custom-made compartment in the slipcase. Near Fine. Neatly recased, light rubbing and color retouching to covers, contents lightly foxed at edges. Toning, light edge wear and light soiling to additional signed photogravure. "Ulmann's photographic collaboration with Julia Peterkin focuses on the lives of former slaves and their descendants on a plantation in the Gullah coastal region of South Carolina. Peterkin, a popular novelist who won the Pulitzer Prize in 1929, was born in South Carolina and raised by a black nursemaid who taught her the Gullah dialect before she learned standard English. She married the heir to Lang Syne, one of the state's richest plantations, which became the setting for Roll, Jordan, Roll. Ulmann's soft-focus photos-rendered as tactile as charcoal drawings in the superb gravure reproductions here-straddle Pictorialism and Modernism even as they appear to dissolve into memory" (Roth, 101 Books).
