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Hardcover. Condition: Good.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st. Slightly yellowed blue cloth covers with gold lettering. Binding tight, pages very good+.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st. Blue cloth covers with gold title on front cover and spine, collector bookplate, synopsis laid in, else cover and pages near fine, in chipped glassine jacket. Published in the Penn Mutual's Centennial Year in Honor of the Man Whose Name the Company Adopted at its Founding in the Year 1847.

Condition: Good. New. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do 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.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Owner name, covers and page edges dust soiled, pages near very good.

Soft Cover. Condition: Very Good. Support Small Business by buying this book! No marks or writing observed in text. Binding tight and square. Gently read if at all. OCR copy of book published in 1878.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 1st. moderately worn covers, endpapers foxed, pages near very good.

Condition: Good. Former library copy. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

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Paperback or Softback. Condition: New. Shadow and Light: An Autobiography. Book.

Paperback. Condition: New. "M.W. Gibbs recalls a life of myriad transformations-from a youth of poverty to success in gold rush California to election as the first black municipal judge in America to service as the American consul to Madagascar. And Gibbs tells it all with a verve and candor. It is an autobiography worthy of its subject-and just as much worth reading today as when it was first published in 1902."-Tom W. DillardShadow and Light: An Autobiography (1902) is an astonishingly rich historical document from one of the most exceptional pioneers in nineteen-century America. Mifflin Wistar Gibbs's account of his towering success as an African American businessman, newspaper owner, judge, and diplomat is a voluminous narrative of one man's triumph despite the staggering racial inequalities of the time.Born into a free black family in Philadelphia in 1823, the young Mifflin Wistar Gibbs demonstrated a precociousness as a writer and orator as young as 16 years old. Although involved in the black literary and political scenes in Philadelphia, Gibbs was disillusioned with the city's racial inequality; He subsequently became involved in abolitionist activities, and was an active participant in the Underground Railroad. In his late 2o's he was invited by Fredrick Douglas to speak on an abolitionist lecture circuit throughout New York, Ohio, and Pennsylvania. In 1850 Gibbs left for the west to seek a fortune in the California gold rush. By the late 1850's he had built a successful business, and eventually established two black-owned newspapers in the Bay Area. When new discriminatory laws were passed in California, Gibbs moved to Victoria, where he became extremely successful as a businessman and a leader of the black community. Once the civil war had ended, he returned to the United States where he earned a law degree, moved to the south, and by 1873 had become the first African American elected as a municipal judge. From his beginning as a fatherless boy, to his post as an American diplomat, Shadow and Light is a stirring testament to the achievements of an extraordinary American pioneer.With an eye-catching new cover, and professionally typeset manuscript, this edition of Shadow and Light: An Autobiography is both modern and readable.

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good-. No Jacket. Moderately worn, rubbed, and soiled.

Paperback. Condition: New. "M.W. Gibbs recalls a life of myriad transformations-from a youth of poverty to success in gold rush California to election as the first black municipal judge in America to service as the American consul to Madagascar. And Gibbs tells it all with a verve and candor. It is an autobiography worthy of its subject-and just as much worth reading today as when it was first published in 1902."-Tom W. DillardShadow and Light: An Autobiography (1902) is an astonishingly rich historical document from one of the most exceptional pioneers in nineteen-century America. Mifflin Wistar Gibbs's account of his towering success as an African American businessman, newspaper owner, judge, and diplomat is a voluminous narrative of one man's triumph despite the staggering racial inequalities of the time.Born into a free black family in Philadelphia in 1823, the young Mifflin Wistar Gibbs demonstrated a precociousness as a writer and orator as young as 16 years old. Although involved in the black literary and political scenes in Philadelphia, Gibbs was disillusioned with the city's racial inequality; He subsequently became involved in abolitionist activities, and was an active participant in the Underground Railroad. In his late 2o's he was invited by Fredrick Douglas to speak on an abolitionist lecture circuit throughout New York, Ohio, and Pennsylvania. In 1850 Gibbs left for the west to seek a fortune in the California gold rush. By the late 1850's he had built a successful business, and eventually established two black-owned newspapers in the Bay Area. When new discriminatory laws were passed in California, Gibbs moved to Victoria, where he became extremely successful as a businessman and a leader of the black community. Once the civil war had ended, he returned to the United States where he earned a law degree, moved to the south, and by 1873 had become the first African American elected as a municipal judge. From his beginning as a fatherless boy, to his post as an American diplomat, Shadow and Light is a stirring testament to the achievements of an extraordinary American pioneer.With an eye-catching new cover, and professionally typeset manuscript, this edition of Shadow and Light: An Autobiography is both modern and readable.

Condition: New.

Paperback or Softback. Condition: New. Shadow and Light: An Autobiography. Book.

Hardcover. Black cloth, gold lettering on spine, no dj, rubbed, back cover stained, ex-lib, underlining. Religion; 10166.

full color illustrated trade paperback soft cover 8vo. very good cond.binding square & tight. spine uncreased. covers clean. edges clean. a little rubbing at spine bottom, front cover has crease at bottom corner. contents free of markings. "Unabridged republication of the work originally published by E. P. Dutton in 1913." nice clean used copy. good binding. clean text. no library markings, store stamps, stickers, bookplates, no names, inking , underlining, remainder markings etc ~. vii+312p. medieval literature. mythology. folklore. fairy tales. knights of the round table. ~ Although he didn't invent the Round Table or the tales of its fellowship, the twelfth~century poet Chrétien de Troyes was the first to recount in verse the adventures of Arthur's knights. He is also chiefly responsible for establishing the importance of the Arthurian legend in European literature and assuring its survival into modern times. This sensitive translation of Chrétien's verse narratives features four romances, including those of Erec and Enide, Cligés, Yvain, and Lancelot. Erec and Enide's tale illustrates how honor can be restored to a troubled relationship through acts of public duty. Cligés' tale involves a forbidden relationship, in which a knight falls in love with his queenwho is also his uncle's wife. The story of Yvain explores the effects of long~term absence on a questing knight's marriage. Lancelot's adventure, the rescue of Guinevere, is Chrétien's enduring contribution to the tradition of Arthurian myth. The version included is a principal source of Mallory's popular Le Morte d'Arthur. Lively and accessible, these four romances form the most complete expression of the ideals of French chivalry by a single author.

Condition: New.

Paperback or Softback. Condition: New. Eulogium on Doctor William Shippen: Delivered Before the College of Physicians of Philadelphia, March, 1809. Book.

PAP. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. Back cover water stained, Signed by author, previous owner's name on front free endpaper. Jacket has small tears and chips and soil.

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. No marks or highlighting in the text. Publisher overstock with a black marker line on the bottom page ends. Our copy is paperback showing light shelf-wear.

Reprint 1995 of the original 1902 edition, with introduction by Booker T. Washington, in the series: Blacks in the American West. -- Softcover. Condition: near fine (corner crease). ISBN 080327050X.