Massa's in The Cold, Cold Ground
by Foster, Stephen Collins
- Used
- good
- Condition
- Good/No Jacket
- Seller
-
Torrington, Connecticut, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Boston: Ticknor & Company, 1889 AEG. Unpaginated. Pictorial boards titled in gilt, cover soil, wear and small loss to upper cover, binding shaken, gift inscription, occasional foxing and finger soil. Foster's song in type, followed by hand-lettered stanzas paired with a b&w illustration and ending with the verse and musical notation. The verse is written in black dialect and presents an idealized and innacurate relationship between slaves and their master in the American South. . Pictorial Boards. Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Charles Copeland & Frank Myrick. 8vo.
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Details
- Bookseller
- E M Maurice Books, LLC, ABAA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 009405
- Title
- Massa's in The Cold, Cold Ground
- Author
- Foster, Stephen Collins
- Illustrator
- Charles Copeland & Frank Myrick
- Format/Binding
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Publisher
- Ticknor & Company
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1889
- Size
- 8vo
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- racism, Racial stereotypes, Black Dialect, Slavery
- Bookseller catalogs
- Poetry;
Terms of Sale
E M Maurice Books, LLC, ABAA
All items returnable within 10 days after receipt, with prior notification, for a full refund. Buyer to pay return insured/trackable shipping. All returns should be boxed. Refund to be granted after item has been returned in the same condition as when first shipped. We do not drop ship or ship blind, all orders will contain branded labels and materials
About the Seller
E M Maurice Books, LLC, ABAA
Biblio member since 2004
Torrington, Connecticut
About E M Maurice Books, LLC, ABAA
Established in 2003, E M Maurice Books has been selling rare, collectible, out-of-print and obscure children's and illustrated books by catalog, online and at trade shows around the Northeast. We have high standards for condition and make every effort to describe condition and edition accurately. We rarely sell ex-library copies and on the rare occasion we do, it will be stated clearly in the description. Our quarterly digital catalogs include items which are offered to established customers before being offered online, please inquire if you would like to be added to our digital mailing list. We never sell our mailing list and save all customer information in a safe digital environment.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Shaken
- A hardcover in which the text block is loose, but still attached to the binding.
- AEG
- All Edges Gilt. Describes a book in which the top, fore edge and bottom of the outside of the pages are decorated with gold...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...