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Piney Woods and Its Story. (Signed and with ephemera)
by Laurence C. Jones
- Used
- Condition
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- Seller
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Wilmington, Delaware, United States
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About This Item
New York: Fleming H. Revell Company, (1922). Ninth (Revised) Edition. Frontispiece, 154pp. + [18] halftone plates. Publisher's blind-stamped cloth. Slightly cocked; endpapers tanned; Very Good in a soiled dust jacket.
Inscribed: "To Mr. W.H. Middlebrook. In the spirit in which he met us. Laurence C. Jones, Founder + Principal of the Piney Woods School, Piney Woods Miss. Feb. 1939." A University of Iowa graduate and educational reformer, Jones dedicated his career to supporting Black literacy in the mode of Booker T. Washington: through academic study and practical labor such as agriculture and domestic science.
Three ephemeral items. 1. The Pine Torch. Vol I. No. 5. Four-page school newspaper (small paper loss), its leading article photo-illustrating a female graduate: "Ella Carter - A Dividend for all who have ever helped Pine Woods School." 2. The Pine Torch. Vol. I. No. 2. Photo-illustrations of the campus, a line drawing map, articles. 3. Leaflet with map: "What a Southern Man -Mr. Francis Harmon. Assistant to the President of Motion Picture Producers and Distributors of America, Inc.- Thinks of The Piney Woods School."
The book's scarce illustrated dust jacket has a lengthy flap blurb by the banker-philanthropist George Foster Peabody.
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- Bookseller
- Ian Brabner, Rare Americana (ABAA)
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 3731420
- Title
- Piney Woods and Its Story. (Signed and with ephemera)
- Author
- Laurence C. Jones
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
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About the Seller
Ian Brabner, Rare Americana (ABAA)
Biblio member since 2020
Wilmington, Delaware
About Ian Brabner, Rare Americana (ABAA)
Established in 1995, Ian Brabner, Rare Americana buys and sells rare books and manuscripts covering diverse facets of American history.
Our inventory encompasses a broad spectrum of collecting interests, with a special focus on 18th- and 19th-century American history, including African-American history, women's history, and unique or unusual materials documenting the American experience. In our stock, you will also find rare pamphlets, documents, letters and correspondence, journals, diaries, significant archives, as well as original art, graphics, and photographs.
Our inventory encompasses a broad spectrum of collecting interests, with a special focus on 18th- and 19th-century American history, including African-American history, women's history, and unique or unusual materials documenting the American experience. In our stock, you will also find rare pamphlets, documents, letters and correspondence, journals, diaries, significant archives, as well as original art, graphics, and photographs.
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- Soiled
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