johnston percy edward (4 risultati)

First Edition. Early title from the founder of the "Howard Poets". Johnston began publishing poems as early as 1945, when he was 15, but didn't receive wider acclaim until his first volume Concerto for Girl and Convertible and Other Poems was published in 1960. He would be anthologized throughout the 60s but only ever offered a few titles of his own, making them exceptionally scarce on the market. Near Fine, trace wear. A bright and clean copy. Staplebound [16mo], illustrated wraps, 36 pp.

Saddle-stitched. First Edition. Small octavo, 27 pages. In Very Good minus condition. Wraps have mild rubbing wear along front cover and moderate general soiling. Shelved in Room B. 1395334. Special Collections.

Soft cover. Condizione: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Small stapled wrappers, 36pp, the third book, by this African-American poet-philosopher, founder and member at Howeard U, of the eponymous Howard Poets and editor and founder and director of the DASEIN magazine, a private journal of African-American lit, INSCRIBED in 1967, rare, OClC lists no copies.vvclst2/2. Inscribed by Author(s).

Soft cover. Condizione: Good. Small 8vo, lettered wrappers, somewhat mottled and spotted, a scarce privately printed and financed mag, supported by the Afro-American poet and prof. Johnston, which ran for some ten years, initially it was titled a QUARTERLY JOURNAL OF AFRICAN-AMERICAN ARTISTS, this rubric was dropped in the last year of publication and other writers such as Micheline were included, although there is a large section devoted to the Howard Poet, Lance Jeffers.scarce.VVtv1/1.