The Big Old World Of Richard Creeks

Philadelphia: Chilton, 1962. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First edition. Illustrated by Bob Laurie. Fine in about fine dustewrapper. Novel about an African-American bard living in the rapidly dying tradition of the Black minstrel, by an author known for his studies of black folk music. An uncommon title; the publisher is better known for its automobile manuals than for its fiction.… Saber más sobre este artículo

New York: Chilton Books, 1962. Near fine (a little "dusty," otherwise fine--tight, solid, clean) in very good++ dust jacket (lightly edgeworn). The engaging story of a modern wandering Black troubador, told in his inimitable voice. Courlander was an African American writer who managed to do almost everything: an anthropologist and recorder of folksongs, an expert on Haitian African culture, a… Saber más sobre este artículo

Philadelphia: Chilton. Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1962. First Edition. Hardcover. Some light wear on jacket edges; inscribed by author ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 118 pages; Signed by Author .

Philadelphia: Chilton Book Company, 1962. Inscribed, dated and signed by author on front end page. Book is in very nice condition inside and out. DJ is whole and clean with light rubbing and very minor edge wear, protected by a clear mylar jacket. Courlander's novel chronicling the life of Richard Creeks, a wandering Africa American "minstrel" and laborer, in Georgia… Saber más sobre este artículo