muse clarence arlen david sloan (7 résultats)

Hardcover. Etat : fair to g. First edition. 416/1000 with an elaborate 12 line inscription to Murray by David Arlen on limitation page. Quarto. 145 (2)pp. Original punch-tied, cloth-backed pictorial boards. Illustrated title page. Illustrated with 7 striking full-page woodcuts on colored stock as well as 10 full-page b/w and in-text woodcuts by Blanding Sloan. Novel about black entertainers in the South. Clarence Muse was one of the first African American actors to star in a major motion picture. He appeared in more than 150 movies and wrote the script to the musical film adaptation of Way Down South with Langston Hughes. Some wear to edges and cloth, some scuffing to front cover, minor on back. Block somewhat age-toned and uncut. Binding in overall fair to good-, interior in good condition.

Hardcover. Etat : Very Good. No Jacket. Limited Edition. Number 23 of 1000 copies with a lengthy inscription and signature by co-author David Arlen on limitation page. Stylishly illustrated with woodcuts by Blanding Sloan. Quarto in pictorial, paper-covered boards and bound together with a black ribbon. Condition: very slight wear to binding; some toning to several pages; else, this copy is in very good+ condition. 146 pages. Inscribed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Etat : Good +. Sloan, Blanding (illustrateur). First edition. Quarto (10-1/2" x 8"). 146 (2)pp. Original punch-tied, pictorial orange boards. Illustrated title page. Illustrated with 7 striking full-page woodcuts on colored stock as well as 10 full-page b/w text woodcuts by Blanding Sloan. Edition limited to 1000 numbered copies (this is #6), inscribed and signed on the limitation leaf by David Arlen to his parents. One of the woodcuts on colored stock has been separated at inner margin but is still present. Edges of boards a bit shelf-worn A novel about black entertainers in the South. An outspoken proponent for the positive treatment of black performers, Muse (1889-1979) fought demeaning stereotypes for most his career. Ironically, he was a staunch supporter of the controversial black-oriented TV series The Amos 'n Andy Show (1951). He insisted that, despite the standard caricatures of the title players, the series allowed black actors to portray white-collar roles such as doctors, bankers, judges, and professors, generally not done in white-oriented series. Clarence Muse was one of the first African American actors to star in a major motion picture. He appeared in more than 150 movies and wrote the script to the musical film adaptation of Way Down South with Langston Hughes.

First Edition. Very good copy in the original punch-tied, cloth-backed pictorial boards. Spine bands and panel edges somewhat rubbed and dust-toned as with age. Remains uncommonly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Scans on request. ; 145 pages; Description: 145, [1] p. , 1 l. Incl. Illus. , plates (2 col. ) col. Plates. 27 cm. Subjects: African Americans --Social life and customs. Limited to 1000 copies, SIGNED by THE AUTHOR and with a lengthy inscription to Earl C. Kenton. 1 Kg.

Hardcover. Etat : Fair. Blanding Sloan (illustrateur). 1st ed. Woodcut illustrations (including 7 on colored paper) by Blanding Sloan, 146p. Original pictorial boards, punch-tied with black ribbon. 27 cm. Cover edges rubbed. Minor cover soil and wear. Tears along inner lower edge of first 20+ leaves which will probably contain to split and became completely detached -- some repairs with adhesive archival paper tape are visible but seems to have failed to stop the splitting of this rather brittle pages. One early illustration on orange papaer and a text leaf [39-40] are already detached. Copy No. 964 of an edition with a stated limitation of 1000 copies (although we have had copies with numbers greater than 1000). INSCRIBED by on limitation page by Muse ("Sept. 21, 1930 To Mr. Eddie Sutherland. Troupers, good old sincere troupers here. You'll know them. I do hope they relax you after a day a [sic] Concentration in your exacting progession. Artist I salute you. Clarence Muse"). Muse, an African American actor and entertainer, wrote this book with David Arlen about whom we know little. This book is a fictional account about an African American vaudeville troupe. [James] Blanding Sloan was a white American artist, filmmaker and puppeteer -- some of his work was strongly anti-war and anti-nuclear.As to Eddie Sutherland, he was an American film actor (1916-1924) and director (50 or more films between 1925 and 1956 including "One Night in the Tropics," the first Abbott & Costello film). Sutherland appears to have signed the first interior page. We don't know if Muse appeared, credited or uncredited, in any films directed by Sutherland.

First Edition. Very good copy in the original punch-tied, cloth-backed pictorial boards. Spine bands and panel edges somewhat rubbed and dust-toned as with age. Remains uncommonly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Scans on request. ; 145 pages; Description: 145, [1] p. , 1 l. Incl. Illus. , plates (2 col. ) col. Plates. 27 cm. Subjects: African Americans --Social life and customs. Limited to 1000 copies, SIGNED by THE AUTHOR and with a lengthy inscription to Earl C. Kenton. 1 Kg.

Hardcover. Etat : Very Good. Illustrated by Blanding Sloan (illustrateur). First Edition. A few early page edges stained; one edge chip, few pages faded on edges; light wear to cover edges; Scans available on request ; #985/1000 copies, inscribed by Clarence Muse to George Flegler; orange illustrated covers, string bound; period 8" x 10" inscribed publicity photo of Clarence Muse laid in; B/w woodcut illustrations; 145 pages; Signed by Author.