Vernon wallace (40 resultados)

Paperback. Condición: Good. Amelia Wallace Vernon was reared in Mars Bluff, a small farming community in South Carolina's pine belt. Though she moved away from the town early in her adult life, on her annual visits home she became increasingly interested in exploring and preserving the history of its African-American community. Over a period of years, she taped interviews with elderly members, who shared a trove of information about their lives and those of their ancestors. Allowing the story to unfold largely through the words of her subjects, Vernon has fashioned a fascinating history of the African Americans who lived in Mars Bluff from the mid-eighteenth century to the mid-twentieth-century.…

Hardcover. Condición: Good. Hardback, fading to cloth, corner bumps; good condition with clean text, fi rm binding.

Paperback. Condición: Good. Amelia Wallace Vernon was reared in Mars Bluff, a small farming community in South Carolina's pine belt. Though she moved away from the town early in her adult life, on her annual visits home she became increasingly interested in exploring and preserving the history of its African-American community. Over a period of years, she taped interviews with elderly members, who shared a trove of information about their lives and those of their ancestors. Allowing the story to unfold largely through the words of her subjects, Vernon has fashioned a fascinating history of the African Americans who lived in Mars Bluff from the mid-eighteenth century to the mid-twentieth-century.…

Hardcover. Condición: Fair. First Editiion. With dust jacket. The item might be beaten up but readable. May contain markings or highlighting, as well as stains, bent corners, or any other major defect, but the text is not obscured in any way.

Hardcover. Condición: Near Fine. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Near Fine. 1st Edition. This is a Near Fine copy of the first edition (2nd printing) in a near fine dust jacket. Includes Index. Bibliography. Maps. Photographs.

hardcover. Condición: Good. Connecting readers with great books since 1972! Used textbooks may not include companion materials such as access codes, etc. May have some wear or writing/highlighting. We ship orders daily and Customer Service is our top priority.

No Binding. Condición: Very Good. ORIGINAL Articles, disbound from USGS Professional Paper; no covers; in very good condition. Journal.

Reprint (first published 1993). xvi, 309 pages. Paperback: H 22.75cm x L 15.25cm. Stiff paper covers rubbed, slight bumping and scuffing at spine ends, curl to covers' top corners likewise affecting interior leaves. Interior pages are clean. Binding remains fairly crisp. A very good copy. With publisher's promotional sheet laid-in. ISBN 1570030928.…

Paperback. Condición: Very Good. First Edition. Trade paperback in stiff wrappers. Neatly inscribed by the author to previous owner on the half title page. Externally, light shelfwear. Internally, clean, has a good binding, no marks or notations. 309 pages. CS. Signed by Author.

paperback. Condición: Very Good. Very Good text and cover, minor reading wear to text and covers/edges. Fast shipping from Northern California via US MAIL. Most International orders shipped via DHL/Asendia. Additional postage may be required on oversize books and sets. Please, NO prison orders.

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Very Good. No markings.

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Very Good. Publisher's original black cloth with blue spine lettering, octavo, pp. xiii, 309. Black and white illustrations.

Hardcover. Condición: Fine. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Fine. 1st Edition. Black hardcover with blue lettering to spine. Fine condition in Fine unclipped DJ in Brodart cover. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

309pp. Illustrated with black and white photos First printing Ex-library with usual marks, else clean tight copy: VG+/VG+ dj.

Soft cover. Condición: Near Fine. 128 pages. Retold by Vernon Mills from the original story by Lew Wallace. Square tight binding, uncreased, unmarked and clean. Size: Approx. 6" x 8 1/2 " Tall. Apps, Fred (ilustrador).

Soft cover. Condición: Very Good. 160 pages. Christina Johnson, Richard Madelin, Frank Downes (stories) / Stephen Spender, Manohar Shetty, Stephen Woodward, Oliver Comins, Vernon Scannell, Nicky Rice, Louis Simpson, Michael O'Neill, Robert Crawford, Roy Fuller, Jogn Gurney, Lawrence Dale, Paul Groves, Davild Gill, Chris Wallace-Crabbe, David Holbrook (poems) / Michael Pearson / James Campbell / Brigid Allen.…

Soft cover. Condición: Very Good-. First Edition. 130 pp. Digest format. Wear on the corners with a few short nicks around the edges and some rubbing on the front cover. Cover art by Vernon Kramer; portfolio by Ernest Schroeder; cartoons by Gahan Wilson; illustrations by Sanford Kossin; Ernie Barth; Frosty; Jay Landau; Carl Geren; Augusto Marin; David Stone; De Persiis; Lee Teaford; and Vogel. This issue contains: The Dwarf by Ray Bradbury; The Will by Walter M. Miller Jr; Scream at Sea by Algis Budrys; The Disenchanted by Wallace West and John Hillyard; Wish It Away by Frank Freeman; The Good Dog by Jerome Bixby; The Odyssey of Henry Thistle - a novelette by Vern Fearing; Mr Dittman's Monsters by William P. McGivern; A Nice Thing to Know by Sam Merwin; and The Sisters by Gordon Schendel. Size: 12mo. Vernon Kramer; Ernest Schroeder; Sanford Kossin; Ernie Barth; Frosty; Jay Landau; Carl Geren; Augusto Marin; David Stone; De Persiis; Lee Teaford; Vogel; (ilustrador). Book. …

Condición: New.

Paperback or Softback. Condición: New. African American at Mars Bluff, South Carolina. Book.

Condición: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Hardcover. Condición: Fine.

Softcover. Condición: Fine. Magazine. Octavo. 160pp. Fine in perfectbound wrappers. British literary magazine that includes contributions from Carol Lee, D.J. Taylor, Richard Zimler, Beatrice Garland, Fergus Allen, Stephen Spender, John Gohorry, Amanda Eason, Ruth Fainlight, Moniza Alvi, Alice Kavounas, Naomi Wallace, Vernon Scannell, Priest Noin, Chris Wallace-Crabbe, Paul Lester, Merlin James, Daniel Hoffman, C.J. Fox, Jason Wilson, David Holbrook, George Sims, Nien-Lun Yeh, Evelyn Juers, Fergus Allen, Oliver Reynolds, Simon Carnell, Herbert Lomas, Ian Gregson, and others. "The Novels of Frank Tuohy" by Jason Wilson, "Afternoons with Lowell" by Daniel Hoffman.…

Hardcover. Condición: Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: N/A. 1st Edition. Not dated but circa 1930. 160pp, with colour plate frontispiece and four further colour illustrations, numerous line drawings and sketches throughout, colour decorated endpapers. In pictorial boards with linen spine (boards are worn and heavily rubbed and a little chipped and indented at edges, rounded and scuffed on corners and spine ends, where the cloth is worn). Hinges cracked, some mild occasional spotting, and the 'belongs to' section has been filled in. A little loose but holding.…

Paperback. Condición: Brand New. reprint edition. 322 pages. 9.50x5.50x1.00 inches. In Stock.

Condición: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Condición: New.

Hardcover. Condición: new. New Copy. Customer Service Guaranteed.

Hardcover. Condición: New.

Condición: very good. no dustjacket. 8vo pp.202. book.

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. Neuware - The inspiring story of a community shaped by its African legacyAmelia Wallace Vernon was reared in Mars Bluff, a small farming community in South Carolina's pine belt. Though she moved away from the town early in her adult life, on her annual visits home she became increasingly interested in exploring and preserving the history of its African-American community. Over a period of years, she taped interviews with elderly members, who shared a trove of information about their lives and those of their ancestors. Allowing the story to unfold largely through the words of her subjects, Vernon has fashioned a fascinating history of the African Americans who lived in Mars Bluff from the mid-eighteenth century to the mid-twentieth-century.Unlike the African Americans of coastal South Carolina, inland blacks have received little historical attention, making Vernon's book particularly valuable. Among other discoveries, she reveals the survival of many African traditions and the perpetuation of a West African form of agriculture commonly associated with coastal South Carolina--the cultivation of rice.…