Sinnette Elinor Verney (25 results)

Paperback. Condition: Very Good.

paperback. Condition: Good. Good - Bumped and creased book with tears to the extremities, but not affecting the text block, may have remainder mark or previous owner's name - GOOD PAPERBACK Standard-sized.

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Paperback or Softback. Condition: New. Arthur Alfonso Schomburg: Black Bibliophile & Collector. Book.

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Paperback. Condition: New. Illustrated. This is the first full biography of the pioneering black collector whose detective work laid the foundation for the study of black history and culture. Born in Puerto Rico in 1874, Arthur Alfonso Schomburg came to New York militantly active in Caribbean revolutionary struggles. He searched out the hidden records of the black experience and built a collection of books, manuscripts, and art that had few rivals. Today it forms the core of the New York Public Library's Schomburg Center for research in Black Culture, one of the leading collections in the field.At the center of the Harlem Renaissance, Schomburg was a generous friend of many of the writers, artists, performers, collectors, scholars, and political figures who made Harlem the capital of Black America. A contributor to the major black journals of the period, he went on to head the Negro Collection at Fisk University and became curator of his own collection in the New York Public Library until his death in 1938.…

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Condition: New. In English.

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Paperback. Condition: Brand New. 262 pages. 9.00x6.00x0.75 inches. In Stock.

1989: Co published by Wayne State and New York Public Library. 262p. Very good copy in like jacket. Reverse blank endpapers have some scholarly notes in light pencil. Notes by former curator of African American Collections at Emory University. African American.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good +. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Navy cloth-covered boards with gold-debossed titling to spine, debossed silhouette and signature of subject to front cover. Pages are clean with no markings from previous owners. Light foxing to pastedowns and endpapers, light wear on upper rear pastedown. Boards are clean and bright with very light bumping to upper front edge, light rubbing to spine head. Binding is tight and square. Light foxing to text block. DJ is clean and bright with light foxing to inside of DJ, and light creasing to corners.…

paperback. Condition: New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title.

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Included. No Edition Stated presumed first. List of Illustrations (34). Prologue by author dated 1987. Seven chapters from 1) The Early Years, to 7) The Final Years. 193 pp. plus: Epilogue, Notes, Selective Bibliography, Index. Book has crease bottom front corner, soft rear corners and slight edge/shelf wear. FlatSIGNED by author in black ink. ' Autographed by Author' bookmark laid in. Bookseller's Inventory # 253824. Signed by Author(s).…

Paperback. Condition: New. Illustrated. This is the first full biography of the pioneering black collector whose detective work laid the foundation for the study of black history and culture. Born in Puerto Rico in 1874, Arthur Alfonso Schomburg came to New York militantly active in Caribbean revolutionary struggles. He searched out the hidden records of the black experience and built a collection of books, manuscripts, and art that had few rivals. Today it forms the core of the New York Public Library's Schomburg Center for research in Black Culture, one of the leading collections in the field.At the center of the Harlem Renaissance, Schomburg was a generous friend of many of the writers, artists, performers, collectors, scholars, and political figures who made Harlem the capital of Black America. A contributor to the major black journals of the period, he went on to head the Negro Collection at Fisk University and became curator of his own collection in the New York Public Library until his death in 1938.…

hardcover. Condition: Good. Unmarked hardcover in unclipped jacket. Light wear to jacket edges Penned inside front cover under jacket flap " Moreland-Springarn Rerearch Center Howard University" HUBS bookstore inventory tag on rear of jacket. Stock picture matches.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. First edition. Octavo. 236pp. Illustrated. Modest stain, light but fairly large on front and rear board, and more faintly in the lower hinge of the first and last several leaves thus about very good in lightly rubbed very good dust jacket with corresponding stains mostly visible only on the inside of the jacket. Essays on Black book collectors, and on the development of Black memorabilia as collectibles, repositories of collections, etc., with contributions by the editors, as well as by Dorothy Porter Wesley, Charles Blockson, Bettye Collier-Thomas, Paul Robeson, Jr., Clarence Holte, and other notables. The book was the result of a seminar, "Black Bibliophiles and Collectors Symposium" that occurred at Howard University in 1983. An exceptionally scarce title.…

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

Condition: New. Print on Demand pp. 276.

Condition: New. Print on Demand pp. 276 Illustrated Edition.

Condition: New. PRINT ON DEMAND pp. 276.

Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. nach der Bestellung gedruckt Neuware - Printed after ordering - This is the first full biography of the pioneering black collector whose detective work laid the foundation for the study of black history and culture. Born in Puerto Rico in 1874, Arthur Alfonso Schomburg came to New York militantly active in Caribbean revolutionary struggles. He searched out the hidden records of the black experience and built a collection of books, manuscripts, and art that had few rivals. Today it forms the core of the New York Public Library's Schomburg Center for research in Black Culture, one of the leading collections in the field.At the center of the Harlem Renaissance, Schomburg was a generous friend of many of the writers, artists, performers, collectors, scholars, and political figures who made Harlem the capital of Black America. A contributor to the major black journals of the period, he went on to head the Negro Collection at Fisk University and became curator of his own collection in the New York Public Library until his death in 1938.…

Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Arthur Alfonso Schomburg | Black Bibliophile & Collector | Elinor Des Verney Sinnette | Taschenbuch | Englisch | 2000 | Wayne State University Press | EAN 9780814321577 | Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, 36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr[at]libri[dot]de | Anbieter: preigu Print on Demand. …