Published by Beinecke Rare Book Library, 2003
ISBN 10: 0300134010 ISBN 13: 9780300134018
Seller: 369 Bookstore _[~ 369 Pyramid Inc ~]_, Dover, DE, U.S.A.
Paperback. Condition: Good.
Published by Univ of Georgia Pr, 2014
ISBN 10: 0820346179 ISBN 13: 9780820346175
Seller: Revaluation Books, Exeter, United Kingdom
Paperback. Condition: Brand New. reissue edition. 172 pages. 10.75x8.50x0.75 inches. In Stock.
Published by Univ of Georgia Pr, 2014
ISBN 10: 0820346179 ISBN 13: 9780820346175
Seller: Revaluation Books, Exeter, United Kingdom
Paperback. Condition: Brand New. reissue edition. 172 pages. 10.75x8.50x0.75 inches. In Stock.
Published by University of Georgia Press, 1993
ISBN 10: 0820315583 ISBN 13: 9780820315584
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Flat signed by Rudolph P. Byrd on title page. From the library of Dr. Ralph Gomes, Howard University. Hardcover and dust jacket. Good binding and cover. Shelf wear. Jacket sunned. Clean, unmarked pages. *Autographed by editor.* "Rudolph P. Byrd (1953â"2011) was a professor of American and African American studies and the founding director of the James Weldon Johnson Institute at Emory University. He and Beverly Guy-Sheftall of Spelman College were the founding co-chairs of the Alice Walker Literary Society. His several awards and fellowships include the Thomas Jefferson Award from Emory University; the Governorâs Award in the Humanities; the Dick Bathrick Activist Award from Men Stopping Violence of Atlanta, Georgia; the Andrew W. Mellon Fellowship at Harvard University." - The New Press Dr. Gomes was a professor at Howard University for 49 years in sociology and criminology. He was also a former Olympic athlete, representing Guyana in the 1960 Rome summer Olympics. Besides his scholarly work, Gomes was active in the black liberation movement. He had an impressive and deep collection of black art, historical advertising and iconography that spoke of the passage of black people and how they sought to record their life stories. His collection spanned from slavery, to antebellum life, to Jim Crow, to the Harlem Renaissance, to sport, to the civil rights movement. Signed.
Published by [New York], 1938
Seller: James Cummins Bookseller, ABAA, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Condition: Fine. Vintage silver print docketed on verso by Van Vechten, "I.J. Singer /April 27 - 38 / xvi Mi 3"; and with the studio stamp "Photograph by Carl Van Vechten/146 Central Park West/Cannot be reproduced without permission". 1 vols. 9-7/8 x 7-7/8 inches. Rare photo of the eminent writer Israel Joshua Singer (1889 - 1944), author of THE BROTHERS ASHKENAZI, and older brother of Isaac Bashevis Singer, who referred to him as his mentor. Vintage silver print docketed on verso by Van Vechten, "I.J. Singer /April 27 - 38 / xvi Mi 3"; and with the studio stamp "Photograph by Carl Van Vechten/146 Central Park West/Cannot be reproduced without permission". 1 vols. 9-7/8 x 7-7/8 inches.
Published by New York, 1943
Seller: James Cummins Bookseller, ABAA, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Gelatin silver print. 1 vols. 9 x 5-1/4 inches. Hughes Bussing Tables at the Stage Door Canteen. The Stage Door Canteen was a New York nightclub run by the USO (American Theater Wing) for the benefit of servicemen on leave, and many stars and celebrities volunteered to perform menial tasks as well as to entertain the troops, in an atmosphere which was racially mixed and festive. Both Langston Hughes and Carl Van Vechten frequently volunteered their services as busboys there. "And he enjoyed working as a waiter at the Stage Door Canteen on West 44th Streetr, where famous artists vied with one another for the right to serve members of the armed forces in a setting that found Harold Jackman of Harlem supervising Alfred Lunt of Broadway, the sixty-two year old Van Vechten toiling as head busboy, and Fania Marinoff and Tpoy Harper on display as hostesses." Rampersad. The Life of Langstobn Hughes p. 47. Fine. Atelier stamped on verso: "Photograph by Carl Van Vechten | 146 Central Park West | Cannot be reproduced without permission", and docketed by Van Vechten in ink, documenting the subjects of the photograph ("Stage Door Canteen. Busboy Langston Hughes, hostess Terry Keane, U.S. Seaman Andy Mann, Canadian Seaman J. H. Keller"), the date ("April 8, 1943"); and identification number" XII I.y.6" Gelatin silver print. 1 vols. 9 x 5-1/4 inches.
Published by New York, 1939
Seller: James Cummins Bookseller, ABAA, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Variant of the portrait published in PORTRAITS: the Photographs of Carl Van Vechten, (1978), edited by Saul Mauriber. Half length portrait of the actor, seated, in coat and tie. 1 vols. 32.3 x 23 cm. (Approximately 12-3/4 x 9 inches). Fine image of the great actor in the year of his starring role as 'Heathcliff' in WUTHERING HEIGHTS. Fine. Atelier stamp on verso, and docketed by Van Vechten in ink, giving the subject of the photograph, the date, and the number of negative and print ("VII p 32") Half length portrait of the actor, seated, in coat and tie. 1 vols. 32.3 x 23 cm. (Approximately 12-3/4 x 9 inches) Variant of the portrait published in PORTRAITS: the Photographs of Carl Van Vechten, (1978), edited by Saul Mauriber.