Pontiflet Ted (5 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Included. First printing. Illustrated by Mahiri Fufuka. Very Good book in VG- dustjacket with slight soiling. [1002].

Hard Cover. Condition: Good. Mahiri Fufuka (illustrator). Ex-Library.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Nice copy of this Afro-A kids book, a few spots from sticker removal.vvtv2/2.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First edition. Illustrated by Mahiri Fufuka. Thin quarto. Pictorial boards. Corner a bit rubbed and worn, very good in tape repaired and moderately stained, fair only dust jacket lacking part of the spine. Inscribed twice by the author: "Blessings & Peace. Ted Pontiflet 3-25-79" and at a later date: "Baby, You 'worked' hard for this one. Tee Hee, and you deserve it. Love you. Ted. 8-25-85." Children's book by an African-American author and artist. Very uncommon.

Unbound. Condition: Fine. Color photographic print copies of two photographs taken at James Baldwin's Funeral. Each is approximately 13¾" x 9½". Produced by a commercial processor, with computer generated production notes in the bottom margin, and dated 17 years after the fact in 2004. Neatly Signed by the photographer, African-American artist and author Ted Pontiflet ("Pontiflet") in lower right corner in fine point gold sharpie. Fine. The funeral was held at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine in New York in 1987. The first image depicts four mourners: Borough President of Manhattan (and later New York City Mayor) David Dinkins, Amiri Baraka, Maya Angelou, and Toni Morrison emerging from the service understandably distraught. Baraka, Angelou, and Morrison had each given eulogies at the service. The second image depicts six pallbearers carrying Baldwin's coffin down the steps of the Cathedral, where it was reportedly accompanied by the thunderous drumming of the Nigerian percussion master Babatunde Olatunji. Well-composed images of an important moment in time.