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  • THE UNDERGROUND RIVER. by Conway, Martha.
    Conway, Martha.
    THE UNDERGROUND RIVER.

    Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )

    New York: Touchstone / Simon & Schuster, 2017. SIGNED first edition - Set in 1838 aboard a nineteenth century riverboat theater on the Ohio River, which formed the boundary between slave-owning Kentucky and the North, this is the story of a frank and naive seamstress who is blackmailed into saving runaways on the Underground Railroad, jeopardizing her freedom, her livelihood, and those about her. INSCRIBED on the title page. Conway has been nominated for the Edgar and won several awards for her historical fiction; this title was named a The New York Times Book Review Editors Choice. 340 pp plus author's note.

    Condition: Fine in glossy illustrated wrappers.

    Book ID: 71539
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  • [Duncanson, Robert S.] author, Ketner, Joseph D.
    THE EMERGENCE OF THE AFRICAN-AMERICAN ARTIST: Robert S. Duncanson 1821-1872.

    Edition: First printing.

    Columbia and London: University of Missouri Press (1993.) dj. Hardcover first edition - The first full-scale biography of this artist who was considered the 'best landscape painter in the West' in the mid-19th century, but who has since fallen into obscurity. This book looks at the influences on this artist, the first African American painter to win international recognition. Includes more than 130 reproductions of his paintings, including some of other African American artists at the time, with a generous selection in full color. 235 pp with notes, index, bibliography and index of illustrations. Printed on glossy stock throughout. The uncommon hardcover edition of a book both beautiful and important. ISBN: 0-8262-08800.

    Condition: Fine in near fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 26634
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  • M.T.W. (illustrated by C R Lord; J G Francis and others.)
    CONNOR MAGAN'S LUCK.

    Edition: Early printing.

    Boston: D. Lothrop & Company, Franklin St., Corner of Hawley, (c 1881.). Hardcover - The title story is a genuinely charming, if unabashedly sentimental, tale of a young boy, the son of Irish immigrants, living in a shanty town between the banks of the Ohio River and the railroad tracks. Connor has inherited both his mother's indefatigable optimism and the quiet courage of his father, a brakeman for the railroad. This story was apparently bound with varying other stories - this volume includes 'Miss West's Class Talks About Words,' 'How Jonathan Ran Away From School' and 'Surprised.' Illustrated with a frontispiece (which refers to a story not included in the book), a decorative title page, 5 full page plates…

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    Boston: D. Lothrop & Company, Franklin St., Corner of Hawley, (c 1881.). Hardcover - The title story is a genuinely charming, if unabashedly sentimental, tale of a young boy, the son of Irish immigrants, living in a shanty town between the banks of the Ohio River and the railroad tracks. Connor has inherited both his mother's indefatigable optimism and the quiet courage of his father, a brakeman for the railroad. This story was apparently bound with varying other stories - this volume includes 'Miss West's Class Talks About Words,' 'How Jonathan Ran Away From School' and 'Surprised.' Illustrated with a frontispiece (which refers to a story not included in the book), a decorative title page, 5 full page plates and several smaller entexte drawings (some signed by C. R. Lord and J. G. Francis, others unsigned.) Unpaginated [50 pp.] A small slim volume measuring just 7 1/8 by 4 7/8 inches, bound in gray cloth with red and gilt illustration on front cover, lettering in gilt (title is misspelt on front cover as 'Magin's') Previous owner's name dated Christmas 1884.

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    Condition: Very good condition - some soiling to the covers and minor shelfwear, front hinge starting, but appealing, sturdy and still very easily readable.

    Book ID: 38536
    View cart More details Price: $50.00