Befo' War, Used (12 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. After more than a century, shows almost no wear. A lovely copy of Gordon and Page's collection of poems, originally published in 1888. This edition appears to be uncommon. 5 x 7-1/4". 131 pages.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good +. No Jacket. First American Edition. Reddish boards with brown leaf decorations and brown title on cover have light soiling/rubbing with light bumping at corners. Brown spine has wear at front gutter with a 2.5" split at bottom spine. Second endpaper has a tasteful ownership plate. The 131 pages are clean, tight and unmarked with small spots on fore edges. This is a series of poems by Gordon and Page from an African American viewpoint and using dialect.

Condition: Good. pp 131 In an attractive pink and brown decorated binding with black titles; very little sign of use, occasional spotting to pages. On page 1 there is a pencil gift inscription to New york heiress Gwendoline Caldwell, dated Paris 1902. An ex Westminster Public Library copy with several stamps, especially to verso of title page, a Brentano's of Paris booksellers plate, and a German bookplate to front pastedown featuring the coat of arms of the Zedtwitz family. Overall good with an interesting provenance. Good Please contact Christian White Rare Books Ltd for more information or images of this item.

GORDON, A.C. [With Thomas Nelson Page]. BEFO' DE WAR: ECHOES IN NEGRO DIALECT. NY: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1895. 12mo., decorative cloth. Later Printing. Very Good (bookplate & ink name of front endpapers). $50.00.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Missing. First Edition. New York, 1888. Tan cloth covered boards with darker spine and gold spine titles; Brown titles on front board; edges and covers worn and rubbed with boards showing through at rounded corners; 12mo, 6 3/4" to 7 3/4" tall, no jacket. Previous owner's name on front endpapers; front hinge cracked with exposed webbing; amateur artwork in pencil on rear endpapers; mild foxing; no internal markings; 131 pages.

Hardcover. First edition. 131pp. Duodecimo [18.5 cm] 1/4 brown cloth with decorative cloth covered boards, a gilt stamped title on the spine, and a brown ink stamped title on the front cover. Decorative endsheets. Good. The extremities are mildly darkened, rubbed and stained. The edges of the spine and covers are subtly bumped. Slight spine lean. The top edge of the text block is darkened. There is a previous owner's bookplate on the front pastedown, and there is a former owner's name on the front flyleaf. The text block is cracked at the beginning. Mildly browned pages. Armistead Churchill Gordon was a Virginia lawyer who also wrote prose and poetry.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. An early printing. Small octavo, decorated paper covered boards with brown cloth along the spine. Light shelf wear and aging, else very good. Text is clean and binding is sound. ; 131 pages.

Cloth. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: None. 1st Edition. Rare Contribution to African American Music, words and melodies collected by E.A. McIlhenny. World Cat locates only 9 copies! IBound in purple clothy, with gilt embossed type on front cover and spine.Spine is faded, but still legible, with some wear on top and bottom; cover bright, with some slight scuffing. Inside tight and bright, with very occasional pencil markings and one or two in red pencil. Illustrated with black and white photos. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

hardcover. First Edition. 131pp. 12mo, original decorated buckram-backed cloth; (very slightly worn at spine ends and edges of lower corners, othewise very good). New York: Scribner's 1888. Limited Edition. A. C. Gordon's first book. Thomas Nelson Page's second book. "A volume of verse." Work p. 291. One of 1500 copies. BAL 15362.

[African American] [Slavery and Abolition] A.C. Gordon and Thomas Nelson Page . Befo' De War: Echoes in Negro Dialect. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1888. First edition. Written in African American Vernacular English (AAVE). 132 pages. Quarter bound in brown and tan cloth hardcovers with dark brown lettering on front board and gilt spine. Subtle floral pattern on left margin of front cover. As issued, no dust jacket. Octavo. A.C. Gordon was a profound lawyer, writer, and author, who received an honorary of Doctor of Laws degree from the College of William & Mary in 1906 and an honorary Doctor of Letters degree from Washington and Lee University in 1923. He was a president of The Virginia Bar Association from 1920-21. In this collection of poems, he surfaces the various horrors experienced by enslaved African-Americans through Black dialects. He relays themes of Black oral history, tradition, culture, and life before the abolition of slavery. Ex-library copy with typical markings. Boards are minorly rubbed and show edge wear with slight fraying at head and tail of spine and along the lower edges. Text, printed on heavy stock, is clean and unmarked and binding is tight, overall in very good condition.

[10], 131 pp. 1 vols. 12mo. First edition of Page's second book, Gordon's first. (BAL indicates 1500 copies printed). [10], 131 pp. 1 vols. 12mo. Inscribed on the title page: "After de War / Thomas Nelson Page." BAL 15362 Decorated pink cloth, brown buckram spine. Front cover soiled and slightly stained. Very good First edition of Page's second book, Gordon's first. (BAL indicates 1500 copies printed).

Reliure de l'éditeur. Charles Scribner's sons | New York 1888 | 12.5 x 18.8 cm | Reliure de l'éditeur | Edition originale. Reliure de l'éditeur, dos lisse de toile vert olive partiellement décoloré, coiffe supérieure arasée, plats de cartonnage crème mouchetés de rose, coins émoussés, gardes ombrées. Envoi autographe signé de Thomas Nelson Page en tête de la page de titre. | [ENGLISH DESCRIPTION FOLLOWS] First edition.Publisher's binding, smooth olive-green cloth spine partially faded, upper headcap trimmed, cream boards speckled with pink, bumped corners, shadowed endpapers.Signed autograph inscription by Thomas Nelson Page at the head of the title page. *.