Introduction by edwin bjorkman (4 resultados)

Blue Cloth. Condición: VERY GOOD ( AVERAGE). No Jacket. Fourth Printing. Very slight damp stained marked outer cover binding in places. Browned fore'edges. This book will be POSTED AT OUR STANDARD RATES FULLY INSURED (UK) ONLY . Please email for further details. OFFERED FOR SALE BY A FULL-TIME STOCKHOLDING CAREER BOOKSELLER WHO TELLS YOU WHO THEY ARE AND WHAT THEIR TELEPHONE AND ADDRESS CONTACT DETAILS ARE! POSTED AT OUR STANDARD RATES FULLY INSURED! (UK ONLY). FEEL FREE TO E-MAIL FOR PHOTOGRAPHS AND FURTHER DETAILS. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾". Not Signed or Inscribed.…

Condición: Very Good. First edition hard back binding in publisher's original black cloth covers, gilt lettering to the spine. 8vo 8'' x 6'' 463 pp. Trinity College name to front end paper. Very Good condition book in torn and repaired dust wrapper, not price clipped 15/-. Dust wrapper supplied in archive acetate film protection, this is not adhered to the book or to the dust wrapper and can easily be removed should you so wish. Member of the P.B.F.A. PLAYS (Theatre Performance).…

Black Cloth. Condición: Very Good. No Dust Jacket. First American Edition, First Printing. By Knut Hamsun, Winner Of The Nobel Prize For Literature, 1920. 202 Pages. Black Cloth. First American Printing. Light Wear, A Few Pin-Point Frays At Corners. Ownership Signature, Dated 1921, Of Rowena Woodham-Jelliffe (1892- 1992), Who Became A Pioneer In The Field Of Interracial Theater As An Outgrowth Of Her Career As A Social Worker And Co-Founder Of Karamu House In Cleveland. Born And Raised In New Albion, Ill., She Came To Ohio In 1910 To Enter Oberlin College, Where She Served As President Of The Oberlin Women's Suffrage League And Met Her Future Husband, Russell W. Jelliffe. After A Year Spent Jointly As Graduate Students At The University Of Chicago, Rowena And Russell Were Married And Came To Cleveland To Establish The East Side Settlement House That Eventually Became Karamu. To Help Draw Their Largely African American Constituency Into The Settlement's Program, Mrs. Jelliffe Began Producing Children's Plays With Interracial Casting. An Adult Dramatic Group, The Gilpin Players, Was Organized In The Couple's Living Room In 1920. A Permanent Theater Was Opened In 1927, After 2 Summers' Study By Mrs. Jelliffe At The School Of Theater And Dance In New York. Besides Directing 100 Plays At Karamu From 1920-46, She Sometimes Wrote Plays For The Children And Once Completed A Play By Langston Hughes When The Final Act Failed To Arrive In Time. Mrs. Jelliffe Was Also A Campaigner For Civil Rights, Helping To Integrate The Wade Park Manor Dining Room In 1926 And Marching With Martin Luther King, Jr., In The 1960S. Her Papers Are At Case Western University.…

Hardcover. Condición: Good. NOT Ex-Library. Hardback/Hardcover. Clean copy in good condition. Quick dispatch from UK seller.