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BALDWIN, James . Three Letters, Signed. 1955-1959. One-page autograph letter, signed, and two typed letters, signed, to Edwin Parone, dated 1955 to 1959. Three pages, octavo, on Howard University letterhead and plain paper; approximately 500 words; unpublished. Director of LeRoi Jones’s (Amiri Baraka) riveting off-Broadway play The Dutchman, Parone also worked as an editor at Dell Publishing and as a theatrical agent at the William Morris Agency during the 1950s. Parone was well acquainted with Baldwin and managed over the years to assist the financially embarrased writer by placing his work discreetely in well-paying anthologies. Mentioned in the correspondance is Amen Corner, which Baldwin implored his friend to "hold." "Anyone who wants to read it must read it at your house. Incidentally, Howard U. is presenting it from May 10 to May 19. Want to drop down and look at it with me?" According to Parone, "it was only natural that when Jimmy wrote Amen Corner I should find myself involved -- as a friend, as an agent -- he was a procrastinator and as the time drew dangerously close to rehersal [under playwright Owen Dodson] I literally locked him in his apartment until the work was done." A moving series of letters, with mention of his "awful financial situation" and of his intimate friend Lucien Happersberger, the dedicatee of Giovanni’s Room. Very good
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HIMES, Chester. Typed Letter, Signed. Copenhagen: 1966. A brief letter on a single 8½" x 11" sheet, from the great expatriate African-American novelist, to the editor of a Belgian francophone literary periodical. Himes reports that he is unable to supply a copy of his novel Cotton Comes to Harlem but that Retour en afrique is essentially the same book and that if his correspondent cannot locate a copy, Himes himself will try to locate one the next time he is in Paris. Accompanied by the original mailing envelope and a a carbon copy of a note from the addressee. Folded twice, else very good. Signed by Himes.
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JAMES, C.L.R. World Revolution 1917-1936: the Rise and Fall of the Communist International. New York: Pioneer, 1937. Octavo, 429pp. First edition of this scarce title by the great Caribbean homme de lettres. A very good copy, spine sunned, in dust jacket, with splitting to one flap-fold. Inscribed by James, "To my comrade Fred Beal with warm greetings, C.L.R. James, Jan. 6, 1938." James presentation copies are quite uncommon.
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THOBY-MARCELIN, Philippe and MARCELIN, Pierre. Canapé-Vert. New York: Editions de la Maison Francaise, 1944. Octavo, 255pp. First edition of this important Haitian novel, winner of the Prix du Roman Haitien of the Deuxieme Concours Latino-Americain. One of 150 numbered copies on Papier Corsican, of which this is number 70, in a total numbered edition of 200. A very good or better copy in publisher’s illustrated wrappers, with spine cocked and partially detached from front cover. Inscribed by Philippe Thoby-Marcelin to poets Barbara Howes and William Jay Smith, "Á Barbara et Bill, affecteux hommage de Phito. Petionville, 23 mars 1952." Scarce in the first edition, and especially so inscribed.
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650.00 |
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THOBY-MARCELIN, Philippe and MARCELIN, Pierre. Le Crayon de dieu. Paris: La Table Rond, 1952. Octavo, 254pp. First edition of this well-known novel by the Haitain brothers. Text darkened, but a very good copy in publisher’s printed wrappers. Inscribed by Philippe Thoby-Marcelin to poets Barbara Howes and William Jay Smith, “Á Barbara et Bill, confraternal et cordial hommage de Phito. Washington, 10 september 1952.” A nice association copy.
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WALCOTT, Derek. The Gulf and other Poems. London: Jonathan Cape, 1969. Octavo, 71pp. Uncorrected proof of the Nobel laureat's third book of poetry (the UK issue preceeding the US), containing a text different from that eventually produced. Signed by Walcott on the contents page. Better than very good in gold wrappers with one short closed tear to bottom edge.
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WASHINGTON, Booker T. Typed Letter, Signed. Tuskegee: 1915. Typed letter, signed. Brief typed letter, signed, from Booker T. Washington, Principal of the Tuskegee Institute, to one Dr. George H. Burton, forwarding him a copy of his annual report to the Board of Trustees. Typed in purple ink. Signed in full by Washington. Near fine.
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WRIGHT, Richard. Jeunesse noire. (Black Boy.) Paris: Gallimard, 1947. Octavo, 264pp. First French Edition. Very good in publisher’s printed wrappers. Translated from the American by Marcel Duhamel in collaboration with André Picard. Inscribed by Wright on the front free endpaper and dated "Feb 15, 1952. Paris"
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