The Green Roller de Roark Bradford - 1949

Harper & Brothers, 1949. Hardcover. Good. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Harper & Brothers, January 1949. Hardcover. Acceptable.

New York: Harper & Brothers, 1949. Hardcover. Good. Burchard, Peter. No Stock Photos! We photograph every item. dampstain to bottom edge of boards, staining on endpapers from dust jacket. light edge wear; There were those who claimed the Green Roller never lived. But others knew better. They knew the Green Roller had preached up and down the swamp lands of Louisiana for a hundred years. And after that he went to glory.

New York: Harper & Brothers, 1949. Hardcover. Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket. Illustrated by Peter Burchard. 118 pages. Twelve poem-style "sermons" of the twelve apostles of the Green Roller, a legendary figure in teh "swamp lands of Louisiana." Book plate and name of previous owner on front endpages. Dust jacket shows some wear to the edges and a few small tears. Dust jacket in mylar protector.; 5 1/4 x 7 1/2

Harper & Brothers. Collectible - Good. First edition copy. Collectible - Good. Acceptable dust jacket.

Harper & Row, New York, 1949. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Good. Illustrator: Burchard, Peter. Book . Near Fine HB in G DJ, protected by archival polyester cover. Stated First Ed. 118 p. illus. 20 cm. Red cloth over boards with black Harper logo on cover and title on spine. Only defect is a 3/4" x 1/2" light water spot at bottom of cover. Contents are in "like new" condition. Unclipped DJ has 2" closed tear on front panel. Spine is darkened. Otherwise minor edge wear. Combination of two short stories and 12 sermons in verse in the style of stories told by Southern African-Americans. Size: Duodecimo (12 mo; up to 7 3/4" / 17.5-20 cm tall). 118 pages. Item Type: Book. Illustrator: Burchard, Peter. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Fiction; Short Stories (single author); . Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 490. .

New York: Harper & Brothers, 1949. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Octavo. Burchard Dj Art. Original red cloth. A clean, bright, unclipped copy with the usual light jacket spine color fading and shelf rubbing to the edges, in a Brodart jacket cover. From the collection of Roger Carlson of Bookman's Alley, with his handwritten price.

Harper 1949 stated 1st edition good condition no jacket.

Harper & Brothers Publishers, New York, 1949.. 12 mo., hardcover, near fine in VG white and green pictorial dj protected in mylar. 117 pp. b & w illustrations. -"Roark Bradford's best book. . . . Excerpt from the dust jacket flap: "Certainly none of his books ever displayed more advantageously his great gifts-that special sensitivity to the cadence and meaning of folk speech; the heart that understood and interpreted the world around him with such sympathy; the craftsmanship to communicate this love and enthusiasm intact so that others might share it. How he will be missed!" There were those who claimed the Green Roller never lived. He must have been a h'ant, they said. But others knew better. They knew the Green Roller had preached up and down the swamp lands of Louisiana for a hundred years. And after that he went to glory, dissatisfied that he hadn't had time to make for it a stretch on the surface of iniquity. But the Green Roller did more. He trained twelve men… Leer más