Ruby Tartt (7 results)

Glossy Pictorial Cover. xxxvi, 176p., very good hardcover. Transcriptions of African American spirituals collected by Tartt.

First edition (not stated per publisher's contemporary practice). xii, 180 pages. Hardcover: H 24.25cm x L 16cm. Yellow dust jacket rubbed and foxed; some scuffs at edges. Light orange cloth with black stamping to spine. Text block edges foxed with some leaves slightly affected at margins; interior pages are otherwise clean. Binding retains some crispness. {AL-Shelf#2} ISBN 0817300740.

First edition (not stated per publisher's contemporary practice) SIGNED BY THE AUTHORS. xii, 180 pages. Hardcover: H 24.25cm x L 16cm. Yellow dust jacket lightly rubbed and soiled; sunning to spine and panels; front flap's top corner is clipped. Light orange cloth with black stamping to spine. Both authors' ink signatures "Virginia Pounds Brown" and "Laurella Owens" at center of front free endpaper; interior leaves are otherwise bright and clean. Binding retains some crispness. {AL-Shelf#1} ISBN 0817300740.

Paperback. Condition: Good condition overall. These tales were collected from Blacks living in Sumter County, Alabama, before and after World War II. Some of the tales are secondhand slave narratives, and all were recorded well before the Civil Rights Movement. They thus reflect the early struggles and persisting proud humor of Deep South Blacks. Miss Ruby Pickens Tartt was a local white woman who collected the work. With the help of folk singer John Lomax, she published some of the tales as stories and was instrumental in getting Rich Amerson and his wife Little Bit recorded in the Library of Congress. Miss Ruby and the tellers of these tales have been dead many years now. The purpose of the collection is to assure that their work is not forgotten.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good.

Trade Paperback. Condition: As New. 1st Edition. THESE TALES WERE COLLECTED FROM BLACKS LIVING IN SUMTER COUNTY, ALABAMA, BEFORE AND AFTER WORLD WAR II. SOME OF THE TALES ARE SECOND-HAND SLAVE NARRATIVES, AND ALL WERE CURRENT BEFORE THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT AND THUS REFLECT THE EARLY STRUGGLES AND PERSISTING PROUD HUMOR OF DEEP SOUTH BLACKS.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. No. 1-4, Winter to Autumn, 1950. HC, Orig. Red cloth and gilt stamping to spine. B/W photography, ads, illustrations and collected writings from celebrated authors. 4to. 4 page Index to all 4 quarters + 429pp. Fine, Clean, with no markings or writings, never read. Mint Interior with near fine exterior; spine is sunned. Includes stories, poems and other writings by authors such as J. Frank Dobie, Virgie Bernhardt, John Rosenfield, Aubrey Burns, Leonard Casper, Fannie Cook, Elizabeth Coatsworth, David Cornell DeJong, Clyde Eagleton, Dick Johnson, Sidney Sulkin, William Goyen, O. W. Pierce, Amos Taub, James Pipes, Mary Poole, Vernon Young, Thomas Hal Philips, Albert Guerard, Ernest Kroll, Charles Allen, Ruth Morgan, Inez Thrift, Everett A. Gillis, Robert Ramsey, Fred Gibson, Ruby Pickens Tartt and many more. Hard to find in such nice condition. RARE. Collectible. BR Box 152.