The Black Christ & Other Poems by Cullen, Countee - 1929

New York: Harper & Brothers, 1929. First Edition. Good. 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Charles Cullen. Sturdy, attractive, tightly bound hardcover, clean, if lightly toned interior, minimal rubbing to extremities. Some extremely dramatic black-and-white engraved woodcuts by Charles Cullen, his brother. Blue cloth over boards, black cloth-backed. Abraded paper label to front cover, black over tan. Even more abraded paper title label to spine. Moderate rubbing to extremities, light bleed-through of blue at upper rear panel. 110 pp. and with a final, arresting, Christian-themed image at end. Countee Cullen (born Countee LeRoy Porter; May 30, 1903 – January 9, 1946) was an extremely important American poet, novelist, children's writer, and playwright. His importance to the so-called Harlem Renaissance is unquestioned. His precise birthplace remains unknown, whether Baltimore, Maryland, New York City or Louisville. He was adopted at age 15 by "Reverend Frederick A. Cullen,… Read More

New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1929. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Octavo, 110 pages. In Good condition. Spine is black with a faded and partially torn off-white square. Boards have bumping to corners, major rubbing, some damp staining along the bottom edge, minor staining to covers, sunning, and shelf wear. Binding is partially shaken, most evident on page 34-35. Text block has a gold sticker on the bottom right edge of the front paste down and minor scuffing and staining to the rear paste down and last end paper. NOTE: Shelved in Room A. 1373984. Special Collections.

New York: Harper & Brothers, 1929. 1st edition . Hardcover. Good condition, ca. 1" missing from top of d.j. spine in worn d.j./fair. Charles Cullen. 110p., illus.

New York:: Harper and Brothers,, 1929.. First edition; No. 4 of 128 copies, numbered and signed by Cullen.. publisher's cloth-backed boards in slipcase.. Spine label abraded, making it illegible; otherwise a tight, fresh copy. The box is very good with some partial splitting at the joints and some light abrasion to the label.. 8vo,.

London and New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1929. Hardcover. Near Fine. First edition. Quarter black cloth gilt and decorated paper over boards. Small tears at the spine ends, bottom corners a little bumped, else near fine lacking the jacket. Inscribed by Cullen to Afro-Caribbean Harlem Renaissance author Eric D. Walrond: "For Eric, Sincerely - and in Paris, Countee. Oct. 15, 1929." Waldrond, author of *Tropic Death* and an important figure in the Harlem Renaissance, abandoned New York for London in 1928. In 1925, Cullen dedicated his famous poem, *Incident (for Eric Walrond)*, about a racist incident in Baltimore, to his close friend and fellow author. A nice association copy of an important collection of poetry.