Black April

Indianapolis: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, 1927. First Edition. First Printing, second state, with "ducks piped" on p.17, line 32-33. Octavo (19.5cm); vertically-ribbed brown cloth, with titles stamped in gilt on spine and front cover; decorative endpapers; brown topstain; dustjacket; [ii],[10],11-315,[3]pp. Beginning oxidation to gilt, lower corners gently bumped (though still sharp), with some faint, scattered staining to covers; contents fresh;… Read more about this item

Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill, 1927. First Edition. Cloth. Good. Brick red cloth with black lettering on front and spine, back cover has wearing away of cloth, spine darkened, wear to head and tail of spine wear to extremities. Deckled pages. Large bookplate on front endpaper. Owner's name and address also on front flyleaf, dated March 1927. First edition (page 17,… Read more about this item

Indianapolis, In: Bobbs- Merrill, 1927. Book. Very Good. Cloth. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Brick cloth with gilt lettering/rules to front, black lettering to spine. First Edition, later printing, with "piped" on page 17. This copy is VG in a VG, unclipped ($2.50) DJ ( second state with the John W. Crawford review on the front).… Read more about this item

Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill, 1927. First Edition. Hardcover. Near fine/Near fine. An extraordinary novel of Negro life on an isolated plantation"-the dust jacket. "Julia Peterkin pioneered in demonstrating the literary potential for serious depictions of the African American experience. Rejecting the prevailing sentimental stereotypes of her times, she portrayed her black characters with sympathy and understanding, endowing them with… Read more about this item

Bobbs-Merrill /Grosset 12mo 7 - 7½, 1927. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. Missing dust jacket; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket missing. First edition. Shelf and handling wear to cover and binding, with general signs of previous use. PON in ink inside cover.… Read more about this item

Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill. Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1927. Hardcover. Brown ribbed cloth titled in gilt, brown topstain. First edition first state with "quacked" instead of "piped", page 17 line 32. Gilt titles a bit dulled, few faint stains to cloth, spine ends pushed, minor vertical creases to spine. Unmarked. The 2nd state DJ with Crawford… Read more about this item

Indianapolis: The Bobbs-Merrill Company Publishers, 1927. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo. FIRST EDITION, 1927. Black April: A Novel by Pulitzer Prize winning author, Julia Peterkin. Hardcover. Bound in brown publisher's cloth with gilt lettering within a gilt border on the cover. Gilt lettering on the spine. Endpapers are a geometric pattern in black, brown and dark… Read more about this item

NY: PLENUM PRESS. CLEAN COPY. . VG. Hardcover. First Edition. 1980.

NY: GROSSET AND DUNLAP, 1927. Reprint. Hardcover. Good +. 5 1/2 x 8 in. Black cloth with brown lettering. Blindstamped. 1927, printed by arrangement with the Bobbs-Merrill Co. Condition is GOOD+ ; edges worn, corners and ends of spine have slight fraying. Covers clean and rubbed, binding tight. Text clean with two PO's names on ffep, sides of… Read more about this item

Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill, 1927. First issue with "wood ducks quacked" in lines 32-33, p. 17. In first issue d.j. without the Crawford blurb on the front panel flap. Very good in d.j. with wear to spine extremes. First issue with "wood ducks quacked" in lines 32-33, p. 17. In first issue d.j. without the Crawford blurb on the front… Read more about this item

No DJ, bruised spine ends and wear, brown top stain, soiled spine as well, very tight and square and unmarked. the main title page has black and brown ink. unknown printing or issue.

London: Eveleigh Nash & Grayson, 1927. Cloth. Very Good. 7.5" by 5.5". None. An English edition of Julia Peterkin's work detailing the plantation South of the United States. 'Black April' tells of an African-American foreman working on a plantation.Julia Peterkin (1880-1961) was an American author hailing from South Carolina. Her works made her an unusual Caucasian author as… Read more about this item

Grosset & Dunlap, 1927. First THUS. Hardcover. Good/Acceptable. 0x0x0. Hardcover reprint with dust jacket in archival protective wrapper. Jacket has chips, small tears primarily along the edges and a few tape repairs. Looks as pictured and is now protected from further damage with the cover. Text and exterior are in clean, unmarked condition and the binding is sound.… Read more about this item

Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill Company, 1927. Ribbed terra-cotta cloth in mylar protected dust-jacket. 316 pages. First Edition / First Printing (w/ "ducks quacked" on page 17). A near fine copy in unclipped jacket of Peterkin's second book. Peterkin (1880-1961) was born in South Carolina and learned the language and culture of the Gullah blacks from her nursemaid. Her novels, especially this one,… Read more about this item

INDIANAPOLIS: BOBBS-MERRIL CO. VG+/NONE. PUB 1927. FIRST EDITION. HARDCOVER. ISBN: FIRST ISSUE WITH "WOOD DUCKS QUACKED" ON PAGE 17 LINES 32 & 33. CLEAN BROWN CLOTH WITH TARNISHED GILT TITLES ON SLIGHTLY DARKENEDSPNE, AND TARNISHED GILT TITLES ON FRONT COVER. A VERY NICE TIGHT CLEANCOPY.. Keywords: GULLAH NEGROES, SOUTHERN FICTION, SOUTH CAROLINA, INVISIBLE, ABCDEF.

Indianapolis, IN: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, Inc., 1927. Book. G+. Hardback. Early Printing. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Hardback bound in reddish brown cloth-covered boards with blind stamped title on the front and spine with illustrated end pages. Book has light edge wear with small bump on lower corner and light age toned pages. Dust jacket has… Read more about this item

New York, NY: Grosset & Dunlap, 1928. First Edition, First Thus . Hardcover. COLLECTIBLE - NEAR FINE/No Jacket. Text/As New w/faint margin discoloration. Embossed black linen boards/NF w/fraying to upper/lower spine edges. DJ/None. Historical nove. The story of Africa-America April, "tall, lean, black, broadshouldered", "a man among men", named by his grandmother for the lucky month of April… Read more about this item

University of Georgia Press, 1998. Paperback. Good. Disclaimer:A copy that has been read, but remains in clean condition. All pages are intact, and the cover is intact. The spine may show signs of wear. Pages can include limited notes and highlighting, and the copy can include previous owner inscriptions. At ThriftBooks, our motto is: Read More, Spend… Read more about this item

New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1927. Reprint. Hardcover. Very Good in Fair DJ; p.o.'s bookplate remainder inside front board; moderate chipping to dj edges; all else-clean, tight, & attractive; dj protected by new Mylar wrap.. 8 vo; black boards with publisher blind stamp logo at bottom right of front board; front board gilt lettering; gilt spine lettering; 316… Read more about this item

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