Brown thrasher books (36 risultati)

Soft cover. Condizione: Good. bookseller stamps on title page.

Paperback. Condizione: Very Good. No Jacket. Trade Paperback in Very Good Condition. Edited, with an introduction by John A. Scott. A classic account of life among slaves and slaveholders in the U.S. South. Golden brown illustrated wrappers are bright and clean, unmarked, with light wear to extremities. Tight and square binding. Internals very clean, no markings, no creasing. Fanny Kemble was on the English stage in the 19th century; in 1830, she was on tour in America and met and married Pierce Butler, from a wealthy family whose income was largely from the family rice and cotton plantation on the Sea Islands of Georgia. 600 slaves worked on the plantation, Fanny was shocked by what she saw and recorded her observations in a journal written as letters to a friend, They were never sent and never published until after her divorce in 1863. They incited controversy when published but lapsed out of print after the Civil War, until this book was reissued in 1961. A classic work about the South, slavery, plantation life in the antebellum South. 415 pages. Index viii pages. 5.4 x 8.5 inches. University of Georgia Press, Athens, Georgia, USA.…

Paperback. Condizione: Very Good. No Jacket. Trade Paperback in Very Good Condition. Edited, with an introduction by John A. Scott. A classic account of life among slaves and slaveholders in the U.S. South. Green and white wraps are bright and clean, unmarked, with faint wear to extremities. Tight and square binding. Internals very clean, no markings, no creasing. Fanny Kemble was on the English stage in the 19th century; in 1830, she was on tour in America and met and married Pierce Butler, from a wealthy family whose income was largely from the family rice and cotton plantation on the Sea Islands of Georgia. 600 slaves worked on the plantation, Fanny was shocked by what she saw and recorded her observations in a journal written as letters to a friend, They were never sent and never published until after her divorce in 1863. They incited controversy when published but lapsed out of print after the Civil War, until this book was reissued in 1961. A classic work about the South, slavery, plantation life in the antebellum South. 415 pages. Index viii pages. 5.4 x 8.5 inches. University of Georgia Press, Athens, Georgia, USA.…

Soft cover. Condizione: Fine. Gift Quality. Never Read. Trade Paperback. Carefully packaged and shipped in box. L.

Soft cover. Condizione: Fine. Athens: UGa Press/Brown Thrasher Books, 1981 reissue. 274pp. illus. paperback 8vo: Fine. A classic account of the Georgia sea islands, originally published in 1956.

Reprint (first published 1987). [12], 164 pages. Paperback: H 21.25cm x L 13.75cm. Paper covers rubbed with some scuffing at edges and joints. Past owner's ink signature on front cover's blank verso; short swath of black marker obscuring a bookstore number stamp on half-title page; interior pages are otherwise clean. Binding is firm. A good+ copy. Winner of the 1988 Lillian Smith Award which honors outstanding writing regarding the American South. ISBN 0820310441.…

Softcover. Condizione: Near Fine. No Dust Jacket. First Edition Thus; First Printing. This book has only very light shelf wear,; it appears as new and unread. This book, by the distinguished medical doctor and child psychologist, Robert Coles, explores the Southern culture depicted in Flannery O'Connor's fiction. Cole had worked in the South during the Civil Rights era. He wrote a new Preface to this Brown Thrasher Edition. ; The Walter Lynwood Fleming Lectures in Southern History; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 166 pages.…

Recent reprint. xvi, 320 pages. Paperback; H 21.25cm x L 14cm. Tan stiff paper covers, light color fading along spine. Ownership inscription at top right corner of half-title page. Interior pages are otherwise bright and clean and binding remains fairly crisp. A very good+ copy. ISBN 0820306843.

Reprint (originally published 1986). xii, 582 pages. Paperback; H 22.75cm x L 15.25cm. Stiff paper covers lightly rubbed, touch of soiling at top edge of rear cover. Pages are bright and clean and binding remains crisp. A near fine copy. ISBN 0820313963.

Soft Cover. Condizione: Very Good+++. No Jacket. 2nd Printing. xxi. Note to Scholars. Annotations, Bibliography. Discography. Index. 233pp. Pictorial Soft Cover. Po's name on half title page. Soft Cover.

Soft cover. Condizione: Near Fine. 1983 reissue. 320pp. paperback 8vo: near Fine [a page mid-text has some extra paper @ outer blank margin from a publishing flaw; else a nice clean and crisp copy] A classic of Georgiana originally published in 1928. Professor Coulter (1890-1981) was long the dean of historians of Georgia.…

Softcover. Condizione: Fair. No Jacket. Significant damage due to wetness. Boards are moderate to severely edgeworn. Please note the image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item. Book.

Soft cover. Condizione: Very Good. A clean and unmarked University Press softcover with a "read-only-once-or-twice" look & feel. The second novel in the author's trilogy; tells of black life in the Deep South from before the First World War to the 1960s. Stored in sealed plastic protection and mailed (bubble-wrapped) in a sturdy Jiffy Rigi Bag envelope. We ship daily from Roswell, Ga. Serving satisfied customers since 1999. Benny Andrews (illustratore).…

Soft cover. Condizione: Near Fine. No Jacket. 1995 Edition. remainder marks on bottom spine.

Soft cover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: NDJ. Reprint. Softcover with a "read-a-few-times" look & feel. Minor scuffing to the black paper-boards. Author's first novel. Stored in sealed plastic protection and mailed (bubble-wrapped) in a sturdy Jiffy Rigi Bag envelope. We ship daily from Roswell, Ga. Serving satisfied customers since 1999.…

Soft cover. Condizione: Fine. 3rd Edition. Very large, sturdy softcover, glossy gray wrappers with a photo of boy sitting in boat on most of front, 194 pages, double-column text, profusely illustrated with photographs and some musical scores. Very tiny creases at front tips. Near Very Fine.

PAPERBACK. (7 x 9 inches). First Edition. xviii. + 196pp. Profusely illustrated in b&w: photo insets, musical notation, map. xviii. + 196 pages. Bibliography/Selected Works & Books. Cover art same as Stock Photo. First Edition. LATER 4th PRINTING (1999) per print number line. "Based on photographs & writings of Francis Harper.between 1912 and 1951". VG. Appears gently read but no names or writings. Front cover fore edge lifted else a clean/tight/bright copy. NO spine creasing. …

Paperback. 360pp. Near new condition, covers bright, text clean and binding tight.

Good plus or better, light general wear trade paper Price sticker on back cover.

Hardcover. Condizione: NF. Condizione sovraccoperta: NF. Exceptionally bright, crisp reprint; covers/pages near pristine. .

Paperback. Condizione: Very Good +. No Jacket. Reissued 1982. previous owner's name plate f.e.p.

8Vo Hardcover. Condizione: Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Good. 235pp. Tan boards, black lettering, unclipped jacket. Text is clean on unmarked, uncreased pages. Hinges are intact, textblock is square with pointed corners. Moderate overall book shelf/timewear, boardwear, board edge and cornerwear; foxing on textblock edges, written names on frontleaf; moderate jacketwear, jacket edgewear, sunning. …

Reprint (first published 1983). xxxii, 326 pages. Paperback: H 25.25cm x L 20.75cm. Light brown paper covers rubbed with some edge bumps/scuffs as well as curling/wear at fore-edge corners; usual strong sunning to spine with slight scuffing at ends; small surface abrasion at front cover's top right. Peeled residue from past owner's removed label at half-title's top right; interior pages are otherwise clean. Binding is firm. A very good copy. Classic reference examining the pottery tradition in Georgia with reviews of local production in the counties/towns of Washington, Crawford, Upson, Pike, Atlanta, Fulton, Paulding, Barrow, Gillsville, Hall, Banks, Mossy Creek, and White. Approximate shipping weight = 3 pounds. {DecArts-Shelf#2} ISBN 0820316962. …

Soft cover. Condizione: Near Fine. No Jacket. A Very Solid Tight Trade Paperback, Appears Unreadyellow Card Covers With B/W Illustration . Black Lettering On Front And Spine. Very Little Shelf Wear, No Reading Creases On The Spine. In Excellent Condition.

Softcover. Condizione: Fine. Reprint. Introduction by Charles Joyner. Photographs by Muriel and Maclolm Bell, Jr. Trade paperback. 274pp. Fine.

Softcover. Condizione: Very Good. Reissue with a new afterword by Philip Lee Williams. Illustrated by Benny Andrews. Trade paperback. Very good or better with light general wear and the spine titling tiniest bit sunned. The last book in Andrews' Muskhogean trilogy, first published in 1983.

Soft cover. Condizione: Near Fine. Large 8v0, Softcover. XVII + 194 Pages, Illustrations. A near fine copy. Extra postage may apply for overseas orders. All books are posted in a sturdy book box.

Hardcover. Condizione: Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Fine. Reprint. Fine/Fine/1st pntng of this edition. A very well done reprint of an important Georgia classic on plantation slave music originally published in the 1940's by Lydia Parrish. 256pp. Many large black and white photos. Music scores printed throughout book. Four page bibliography. Many different types of slave music represented: children's play songs, ring chants, work songs, and religious songs. This copy is clean and tight, does'nt appear to have been read. No soiling or marking. This is a first printing of this reprint edition, so stated. Dust jacket is clean and has no tears or nicks. Covered with a removable mylar dust jacket. Size: Coffee Table Size.…

Soft cover. Condizione: Very Good. 1st Edition. First Printing.

Paperback. Condizione: Brand New. 196 pages. 8.25x5.75x0.25 inches. In Stock.