AUNT CELEY TALKS by Glass, Julia Daingerfield - 1948

Cape Town: Books of Africa., 1969. 2nd Edition. HARDCOVER. Pictorial cloth. A very good copy without dust jacket.

Camden: International Marine Publishing., 1977. First Edition. Hardcover. A very good copy in a somewhat chipped and torn dust jacket.

Near fine condition! A bright and tight copy in original cloth -- no notes, underlining, or markings of any kind. Dialect novel of an African-American woman on a Louisiana plantation. (Subtitle: "In the Years 1921-22: 'Lest We Forget'".) In the dedication, the author writes: "They are leaving us -- the old Negroes so dear to our mothers' hearts ... I have written this story as a memorial to those plantation days... In recording episodes and incidents told by Aunt Celey and made humorous in her own way or telling ... I write with deep affection and with honor to her." (With an illustration of "Aunt Celey" by Merle Venrick.) Ships from NC. All books are sealed in plastic, packed securely, and shipped promptly.

San Antonio, Texas: Privately Printed, 1948. [ii], 152pp. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Merle Verrick. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

San Antonio: Privately Printed. Near Fine with No dust jacket as issued. 1948. Original Edition. Hardcover. (San Antonio): Privately printed, (1948). Original Edition. Large 8vo. 152pp. Red cloth, cover letters gilt, near fine condition, upper corners of text block slightly bumped. Reproduced sketch-portrait of Aunt Celey, by Merle Vernrick. Signed by Julia Glass with personal inscription, dated Christmas 1950, reading in part, "may the glory of our southland follow you wherever you may god, and not fall upon you". From Dedication: "I have written this story as a memorial to those plantation days in which the lives of the Negro were so closely interwoven with the lives of "marster an' Mistis". Told using the dialect of our Louisiana plantation Negro as spoken up to and through the period Glass's writing. ; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 152 pages; Signed by Author .

San Antonio Tx: Carleton Printing Company , 1948. Novel told in dialect of a black woman on a Louisiana plantation. Red cloth boards have light wear, minor rubbing at corners and tips. Pencil notation on fep. The pages are clean, text has no markings, binding is sound. . Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Venrick, Merle . 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

board rub, browning to block and endpapers

San Antonio: Carleton Printing Compan, 1948. 1st ed. . Hardcover. X-Lib VG/No Jacket. 152 pages. In the Years 1921-22, "Lest We Forget". From an earlier culture, stories told with affection in supposed Negro dialect. First edition inscribed and SIGNED by the author, dated May 1951. Illustration by Merle Venrick. Red cloth-covered boards with gilt title on front. (no title on spine) Calling card of author in library card pocket. X-Lib VG/No Jacket. Former library copy, minimal markings. A clean, solid copy. Card pocket, library name stamp, and de-assession stamp. Item #: E3733. ** SAVE MORE ** Additional books in the same order ship for FREE via Standand Shipping.