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New York, NY: Farrar Straus Giroux (1982) 390 pp. Original black cloth covers, very bright and clean. Tiny, faint dampstains to foredge of text block. DJ lightly soiled w/ light edge wear; spine a bit sunned. Price clipped. Illust. w/ b/w photos.. First Printing. Hard Cover. Very Good+ to Near Fine/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
This Was Harlem: A Cultural Portrait, 1900-1950 by Anderson, Jervis - 1983
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This Was Harlem: A Cultural Portrait, 1900-1950
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New York: Farrar Straus Giroux, 1983. Paperback. Very Good +. Second printing. x, 389, [1] p.: illustrations; 23 cm. Paperback. "The Harlem of which Anderson writes was an outpost of American optimism, a gathering place for the avant-garde in music, dance, and democratic interracial relationships; and, as the site and symbol of America's freewheeling sense of possibility, it was our own homegrown version of Paris." (Ralph Ellison) -- back cover. In Very Good+ Condition: edges rubbed; spine slightly creased; clean and solid.
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THIS WAS HARLEM: A Cultural Portrait, 1900-1950
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Farrar Straus Giroux, 1982. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Browning to top page edges. Rubbing to jacket. .
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THIS WAS HARLEM; A cultural portrait, 1900-1950
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NY: Farrar Straus Giroux, 1982. First printing. 8vo, pp. x, 390. Notes, index. Illustrated with photographs. Black cloth. A nice copy in slightly scuffed dj.
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Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1982. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Octavo. Photographs. Out of print
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Farrar Straus & Giroux, 1983-05. Paperback. Good.
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New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1982. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Octavo. Photographs. Stated first printing. Arguably the best history of the Harlem Renaissance ever written, with an excellent bibliography. A near pristine copy, clean and unmarked.
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This was Harlem : ; a cultural portrait, 1900-1950
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New York: Farrar Straus Giroux, 1982. First printing (stated). Hardcover. Extremely gently bumped top-front corner, other corners extremely mildly rubbed, extremely faint soilling to boards, mostly to front board, bright pages in tight binding, DJ spine sunned, very mild rubbing to DJ spine head and foot, very gentle rubbing to DJ corners, faint green discoloration to front DJ, else Near Fine(-) in Very Good DJ.. Large octavo in light brown DJ, x, 389 pages, b&w illustrations, portraits ; 25 cm. African Americans -- New York (State) -- New York -- History. || A chronological account of early Harlem covering its literature, painting, music, clubs, churches, and individuals who played important roles in the community. || Contents: The road uptown. "Forgotten streets" ; Black Bohemia ; Social leadership ; Music and comedy ; Departures and arrivals ; A struggle for Harlem -- Shaping a Black metropolis. "The promised land" ; Style in ragtime ; The beauty business ; Harlem at sixteen ; Democracy and the…
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This Was Harlem: A Cultural Portrait, 1900-1950
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New York: Farrar Straus Giroux, 1982. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. First edition. 390pp. Illustrated from black and white photographs. About fine in a very good dust jacket with faint spotting, creasing, and tiny tears.
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This Was Harlem: A Cultural Portrait, 1900-1950
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New York: Farrar Straus Giroux, 1982. Hardcover. VG (Boards are lightly edgeworn; interior is clean; binding is solid.)/Good (DJ is toned and moderately worn.). Black cloth boards with bronze and silver lettering on the spine; x, 389 pp.; richly illustrated. "A chronological account of early Harlem covering its literature, painting, music, clubs, churches, and individuals who played important roles in the community." -- WorldCat.
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