Set intimately within the social context of black life, this is a collection of stories, "big old lies", songs, voodoo customs and superstitions ...Show synopsisSet intimately within the social context of black life, this is a collection of stories, "big old lies", songs, voodoo customs and superstitions passed down through oral tradition.Hide synopsis
Description:Octavo. Brown cloth, illustrated dust jacket. Hinges cracked;...Octavo. Brown cloth, illustrated dust jacket. Hinges cracked; front hinge almost completely separated from spine. DJ has significant wear; spine of DJ completely missing (all other pieces present), front flap separated; age-toning, small tears and chipping to edges. Fair copy only. Shelved Case #2. Rare & Expensive. 9-114-1160272.
Description:Very Good. B000PKXBQA Collectible! "Mules & Men" by Zora Neale...Very Good. B000PKXBQA Collectible! "Mules & Men" by Zora Neale Hurston; J.B. Lippincott(Philadelphia; 1935); 1st ed/1st print; HB, No Jacket; Not ex-lib, NOT remainder, NOT bk club; HB-terracotta w/weeping crocodile(frm the Brier Rabbit story "How the 'Gator Got Black"), binding tight, edges lightly rubbed, tiny bump-top back board, Mylar wrap; 343pp, no marks, edges lightly foxed, 10 B+W line drawings by Miguel Covarrubias; Forward by Franz Boas, 31pp app w/music + hoodo/root doctor recipes; "Mules & Men" celebrates "them big ole lies" told "on the store porch"(folk tale telling)by working class African Americans in small communities; Augmenting folktales frm her hometown w/an article on hoodoo practices of the '30s & her own stories, this is arguably Hurston's most important contribution to African-Am culture testifying to her belief that "folk were creating an art that didn't need the sanction of art to affirm its beauty, " a beautiful 74yr old bk.
Description:Octavo (22cm. ); publisher's terracotta textured cloth, with top...Octavo (22cm. ); publisher's terracotta textured cloth, with top edge stained brown and titles and crocodile device stamped in brown on the spine and front panel; 343pp.; illus. Light soiling to topstain and upper half inch of both panels; Very Good+ and clean throughout. Hurston's second book, and the first to deal with the topic of negro folklore-a topic that fascinated and consumed her for most of her life. Gathered here are folk stories culled from friends and acquaintances in southern Florida, as well as songs, and first-hand studies of hoodoo. With ten superb black and white illustrations and frontispiece by Miguel Covarrubias.
Description:with an introduction by Franz Boas, 10 illustrations by Miguel...with an introduction by Franz Boas, 10 illustrations by Miguel Covarrubias. 343p., terracotta cloth with weeping crocodile device, previous owner's signature, first edition, slightly worn at spine ends.
Description:Very Fine Plus. No Jacket. Book. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. Very...Very Fine Plus. No Jacket. Book. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. Very fine plus copy without jacket. Rare in such splendid condition. Beautiful Copy.
Description:Near Fine in Very Good jacket. First UK edition of this scarce...Near Fine in Very Good jacket. First UK edition of this scarce Harlem Renaissance title. A lovely near fine example in mauve cloth in very good priced dustwrapper with split at rear fold. Considerably scarcer edition than the US counterpart which precedes by one year.
