Skip to content

Visions in stone: the sculpture of William Edmondson by Fuller, Edmund L

by Fuller, Edmund L

Similar copies are shown below.
Similar copies are shown to the right.
Visions in stone: the sculpture of William Edmondson by Fuller, Edmund L

Visions in stone: the sculpture of William Edmondson

by Fuller, Edmund L

  • Used
  • near fine
  • Hardcover
  • Signed
  • first
1st Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Weston, Edward (photographs). Signed by Author(s). Near fine, dark blue cloth over boards w white font on cover and spine, HARD COVER, SIGNED , xi + 123 pps w 108 blk & white plates. Book is clean, tight and bright with slight discoloration on front cover - barely visible and former owners name in ink on FEP lower edge. Authors signature and date on title page. Dust jacket show a bit of shelf wear, a few small repaired (in verso) hair tears at top edge, yellowing at flap edge - and is now under mylar protective wrap making a fine appearance. Very generously illustrated throughout, with 108 black and white full page photographs of the sculptures of William Edmondson mostly figures of people, animals, angels and carved headstones in limestone. Preface is illustrated by 12 original photographs by Edward WESTON. A scarce book on this notable self-taught African-American folk artist. Very scarce book with even scarcer signature.
  • Bookseller Independent bookstores US (US)
  • Illustrator Weston, Edward (photographs)
  • Format/Binding Hardcover
  • Book Condition Used - Near Fine
  • Jacket Condition Very Good
  • Quantity Available 1
  • Edition 1st Edition
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Keywords FINE ARTS, BLACK STUDIES, PHOTOGRAPHY

We have 4 copies available starting at £57.15.

Sounder
More Photos

Sounder: Author's First Childrens Book

by William H. Armstrong

  • Used
  • near fine
  • Hardcover
  • first
Condition
Used - Near Fine
Jacket Condition
Fair in Mylar
Edition
1969 no other printing listed 1069 on dust jacket flap
Binding
Hardcover
Quantity Available
1
Seller
Winfield, Illinois, United States
Item Price
£122.46

Show Details

Description:
Dust jacket is very worn, now protected with a mylar book cover. Clipped dj. flaps inside, both ends. No Awards listed past 1969, see photos. Book iteself in near fine condition. States this is William Armstrong's first children's book, 1069 on dj.
Item Price
£122.46
Old Massa’s People
More Photos

Old Massa’s People

by Orland Kay Armstrong

  • Used
  • near fine
  • Hardcover
  • first
Condition
Used - Near Fine
Jacket Condition
very good +
Edition
1st edition Stated
Binding
Hardcover
Quantity Available
1
Seller
Salida, Colorado, United States
Item Price
£159.20

Show Details

Description:
Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill, 1931. 1st edition Stated. Near Fine/very good +. Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill, 1931 1st edition Stated in near fine condition with a very good + dust jacket. Orange cloth with red lettering. The spine is bumped but contents are clean and tight with perhaps some light foxing The dust jacket is not price clipped, has a couple of small closed tears, and quite a bit of fading to the spine. It is in a protective dust jacket.
Item Price
£159.20
The Conquest of Kansas by Missouri and her Allies...from the Passage of the Organic Act until the...
More Photos

The Conquest of Kansas by Missouri and her Allies...from the Passage of the Organic Act until the Close of July, 1856, FIRST EDITION 1856

by Phillips, William

  • Used
  • very good
  • Hardcover
  • first
Condition
Used - Very Good
Edition
First
Binding
Hardcover
Quantity Available
1
Seller
Lincoln, Nebraska, United States
Item Price
£128.79

Show Details

Description:
The Conquest of Kansas by Missouri and her Allies, A History of the Troubles in Kansas from the Passage of the Organic Act until the Close of July, 1856. William Phillips, Phillips Sampson and Company, 1856. First Edition. Boston: 414 pp plus ads 6pp in back and ads on front and back paste downs and fly pages.Narrative includes some of the following notable sections:Kansas before the Passage of the Organic Act, The First Invasion, Governor Reeder, the First Election, Smart Electioneering TrickThe March Election, Protests, Bogus Legislature, Shannon Appointed, Topeka Constitution, Pat Laughlin, Pardee the Martyr, Law and Order Convention, Rescue of Branson, Wakarusa War, Mobbing the Ballot Boxes, Skirmish at Eason, State Legisltuare, Dragoons, Sheriff Jones Shot, Marshal Donaldson Declares War, Sacking of Lawrence, Guerilla War, Law and Order in Leavenworth, Captain Walker, Battle of Black Jack, Battle of Franklin, Nimrod Whitfield, Death of Cantral, Sacking of Osawattomie, A Chapter of… Read More
Item Price
£128.79
Central Avenue-Its Rise and Fall (1890-c.1955). Including the Musical Renaissance of Black Los...
More Photos

Central Avenue-Its Rise and Fall (1890-c.1955). Including the Musical Renaissance of Black Los Angeles

by Bette Yarbrough Cox

  • Used
Condition
Used - Very Good+
Jacket Condition
Very Good+
Quantity Available
1
Seller
Los Angeles, California, United States
Item Price
£163.28

Show Details

Description:
A definitive work on the African-American community in Los Angeles from the late 19th to the mid-20th century.
Item Price
£163.28
Behold the People
More Photos

Behold the People: R C Hickman's Photographs of Black Dallas 1949-1961

by Hickman, R. C.

  • Used
  • near fine
  • Hardcover
  • Signed
Condition
Used - Near Fine
Jacket Condition
Very Good
Binding
Hardcover
ISBN 10 / ISBN 13
9780876111369 / 0876111363
Quantity Available
1
Seller
Dallas, Texas, United States
Item Price
£204.10

Show Details

Description:
Signed. Near Fine. Softcover. The late R C Hickman became a professional photographer after WW II. He made a visual record of the black community in Dallas, Texas for 3 decades. He worked for the Dallas Star, Jet Magazine and the NAACP. There are 109 mostly full page black and white photographs. He got photos of important celebrities when they came to Dallas: Martin Luther King, Ella Fitzgerald, Joe Louis and Thurgood Marshall to name a few. His photos of regular folks are the best though. Congresswoman Barbara Jordan wrote the Preface and said, "These are images of the ordinary lives of extraordinary people". The book is in near fine condition with only very slight shelf wear. The dust jacket has a crease on the upper left front. The pages are clean and unmarked, and the corners are square. The author has dated and signed on the title page (no inscription).
Item Price
£204.10
Sounder
More Photos

Sounder: Author's First Childrens Book

by William H. Armstrong

  • Used
  • near fine
  • Hardcover
  • first
Condition
Used - Near Fine
Jacket Condition
Fair in Mylar
Edition
1969 no other printing listed 1069 on dust jacket flap
Binding
Hardcover
Quantity Available
1
Seller
Winfield, Illinois, United States
Item Price
£122.46

Show Details

Description:
Dust jacket is very worn, now protected with a mylar book cover. Clipped dj. flaps inside, both ends. No Awards listed past 1969, see photos. Book iteself in near fine condition. States this is William Armstrong's first children's book, 1069 on dj.
Item Price
£122.46
Old Massa’s People
More Photos

Old Massa’s People

by Orland Kay Armstrong

  • Used
  • near fine
  • Hardcover
  • first
Condition
Used - Near Fine
Jacket Condition
very good +
Edition
1st edition Stated
Binding
Hardcover
Quantity Available
1
Seller
Salida, Colorado, United States
Item Price
£159.20

Show Details

Description:
Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill, 1931. 1st edition Stated. Near Fine/very good +. Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill, 1931 1st edition Stated in near fine condition with a very good + dust jacket. Orange cloth with red lettering. The spine is bumped but contents are clean and tight with perhaps some light foxing The dust jacket is not price clipped, has a couple of small closed tears, and quite a bit of fading to the spine. It is in a protective dust jacket.
Item Price
£159.20
The Conquest of Kansas by Missouri and her Allies...from the Passage of the Organic Act until the...
More Photos

The Conquest of Kansas by Missouri and her Allies...from the Passage of the Organic Act until the Close of July, 1856, FIRST EDITION 1856

by Phillips, William

  • Used
  • very good
  • Hardcover
  • first
Condition
Used - Very Good
Edition
First
Binding
Hardcover
Quantity Available
1
Seller
Lincoln, Nebraska, United States
Item Price
£128.79

Show Details

Description:
The Conquest of Kansas by Missouri and her Allies, A History of the Troubles in Kansas from the Passage of the Organic Act until the Close of July, 1856. William Phillips, Phillips Sampson and Company, 1856. First Edition. Boston: 414 pp plus ads 6pp in back and ads on front and back paste downs and fly pages.Narrative includes some of the following notable sections:Kansas before the Passage of the Organic Act, The First Invasion, Governor Reeder, the First Election, Smart Electioneering TrickThe March Election, Protests, Bogus Legislature, Shannon Appointed, Topeka Constitution, Pat Laughlin, Pardee the Martyr, Law and Order Convention, Rescue of Branson, Wakarusa War, Mobbing the Ballot Boxes, Skirmish at Eason, State Legisltuare, Dragoons, Sheriff Jones Shot, Marshal Donaldson Declares War, Sacking of Lawrence, Guerilla War, Law and Order in Leavenworth, Captain Walker, Battle of Black Jack, Battle of Franklin, Nimrod Whitfield, Death of Cantral, Sacking of Osawattomie, A Chapter of… Read More
Item Price
£128.79
Central Avenue-Its Rise and Fall (1890-c.1955). Including the Musical Renaissance of Black Los...
More Photos

Central Avenue-Its Rise and Fall (1890-c.1955). Including the Musical Renaissance of Black Los Angeles

by Bette Yarbrough Cox

  • Used
Condition
Used - Very Good+
Jacket Condition
Very Good+
Quantity Available
1
Seller
Los Angeles, California, United States
Item Price
£163.28

Show Details

Description:
A definitive work on the African-American community in Los Angeles from the late 19th to the mid-20th century.
Item Price
£163.28
Behold the People
More Photos

Behold the People: R C Hickman's Photographs of Black Dallas 1949-1961

by Hickman, R. C.

  • Used
  • near fine
  • Hardcover
  • Signed
Condition
Used - Near Fine
Jacket Condition
Very Good
Binding
Hardcover
ISBN 10 / ISBN 13
9780876111369 / 0876111363
Quantity Available
1
Seller
Dallas, Texas, United States
Item Price
£204.10

Show Details

Description:
Signed. Near Fine. Softcover. The late R C Hickman became a professional photographer after WW II. He made a visual record of the black community in Dallas, Texas for 3 decades. He worked for the Dallas Star, Jet Magazine and the NAACP. There are 109 mostly full page black and white photographs. He got photos of important celebrities when they came to Dallas: Martin Luther King, Ella Fitzgerald, Joe Louis and Thurgood Marshall to name a few. His photos of regular folks are the best though. Congresswoman Barbara Jordan wrote the Preface and said, "These are images of the ordinary lives of extraordinary people". The book is in near fine condition with only very slight shelf wear. The dust jacket has a crease on the upper left front. The pages are clean and unmarked, and the corners are square. The author has dated and signed on the title page (no inscription).
Item Price
£204.10
Visions in stone: the sculpture of William Edmondson
Stock Photo: Cover May Be Different

Visions in stone: the sculpture of William Edmondson

by Fuller, Edmund L

  • Used
  • good
  • Hardcover
Condition
Used - Good
Jacket Condition
Good
Binding
Hardcover
ISBN 10 / ISBN 13
9780822932598 / 0822932598
Quantity Available
1
Seller
Rochester, New York, United States
Seller rating:
This seller has earned a 5 of 5 Stars rating from Biblio customers.
Item Price
£57.15

Show Details

Description:
Pittsburg, PA: University of Pittsburg Press, 1973. Hardcover. Good/Good. 8 1/2 x 10 1/2. GOOD/WITH GOOD JACKET, 123 pp. Text clean with usual library treatments and contains numerous b/w illustrations. Gray cloth boards. Mylar coated black jacket with white text. Binding stitched and tight.
Item Price
£57.15
Visions in stone: the sculpture of William Edmondson
Stock Photo: Cover May Be Different

Visions in stone: the sculpture of William Edmondson

by Fuller, Edmund L

  • Used
Condition
Used - Very Good
ISBN 10 / ISBN 13
9780822932598 / 0822932598
Quantity Available
1
Seller
Frederick, Maryland, United States
Seller rating:
This seller has earned a 4 of 5 Stars rating from Biblio customers.
Item Price
£106.12

Show Details

Description:
University of Pittsburgh Press. Used - Very Good. Very Good condition. Acceptable dust jacket. (william edmondson, 1882-1951) A copy that may have a few cosmetic defects. May also contain light spine creasing or a few markings such as an owner’s name, short gifter’s inscription or light stamp.
Item Price
£106.12
Visions in Stone: The Sculpture of William Edmondson
More Photos

Visions in Stone: The Sculpture of William Edmondson

by Fuller, Edmund L.; Photographs by Edward Weston

  • Used
  • very good
  • Hardcover
  • first
Condition
Used - Very Good
Jacket Condition
Good
Edition
First Edition
Binding
Hardcover
ISBN 10 / ISBN 13
9780822932598 / 0822932598
Quantity Available
1
Seller
South Pasadena, California, United States
Seller rating:
This seller has earned a 5 of 5 Stars rating from Biblio customers.
Item Price
£244.92

Show Details

Description:
University of Pittsburgh Press, 1973 First Printing of 2000 copies in originial $14.95-priced dust jacket, Ex-Library with the usual markings, jacket affixed to book at rear pastedown but otherwise unattached to book, jacket rubbed with slight edge wear, contents Fine, pages unmarked, clean tight copy of scarce book featuring the work of the first African-American "folk art" sculptor to exhibit at the Museum of Modern Art; 4to; 124pp illus. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good.
Item Price
£244.92
Visions in Stone: The Sculpture of William Edmondson

Visions in Stone: The Sculpture of William Edmondson

by FULLER, Edmund L

  • Used
  • Fine
  • Hardcover
  • first
Condition
Used - Fine
Jacket Condition
Near Fine
Binding
Hardcover
ISBN 10 / ISBN 13
9780822932598 / 0822932598
Quantity Available
1
Seller
Gloucester City, New Jersey, United States
Seller rating:
This seller has earned a 5 of 5 Stars rating from Biblio customers.
Item Price
£2,449.20

Show Details

Description:
Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press, 1973. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. First edition. Photographs by Edward Weston. Quarto. 123pp. Illustrated with 108 plates. Fine in a very good price-clipped dust jacket with a bit of rubbing. First serious book about this important sculptor who was discovered late in life to much acclaim. He was the first African-American folk artist to be given a one-person exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art in New York.
Item Price
£2,449.20
The Sky and the Forest
More Photos

The Sky and the Forest

by Forester, C.S

  • Used
  • very good
  • Hardcover
  • first
Condition
Used - Very Good
Jacket Condition
Very Good
Edition
First Edition
Binding
Hardcover
Quantity Available
1
Seller
Salem, Oregon, United States
Seller rating:
This seller has earned a 5 of 5 Stars rating from Biblio customers.
Item Price
£28.48£17.09
Save £13.96!

Show Details

Description:
C.S. Forester: The Sky and the Forest. Little, Brown and Company, Boston. Stated First Edition First Printing Thus August, 1948. Cover price $2.75. Used. VG BOOK/VG UNCLIPPED DUST JACKET. A story of a central Africa. By C.S. Forester, author of the Admiral Hornblower series.
Item Price
£28.48£17.09
Save £13.96 !
Malungu, Ngoma vem! África encoberta e descoberta no Brasil (Cadernos do Museu da Escravatura No.1)
More Photos

"Malungu, Ngoma vem!" África encoberta e descoberta no Brasil (Cadernos do Museu da Escravatura No.1)

by Robert W. Slenes

  • Used
  • Fine
  • Paperback
Condition
Used - Fine
Binding
Paperback
Quantity Available
1
Seller
Arlington, Virginia, United States
Seller rating:
This seller has earned a 5 of 5 Stars rating from Biblio customers.
Item Price
£24.45

Show Details

Description:
Rare! Luanda: Angola. Ministério da Cultura, 1995. Staple-Bound Pamphlet. Fine. Pages and cover securely held by one clean staple. Interior pristine. Covers clean and crisp, with slight reading wear to foreedge. Many B&W photos/illustrations. 24 pages. Not from a library. Published by the Angolan National Museum of Slavery and National Institute of Cultural Patrimony on the 20th anniversary of Angola's independence.
Item Price
£24.45
Ol' Man Adam an' His Chillun
More Photos

Ol' Man Adam an' His Chillun

by Roark Bradford

  • Used
  • very good
  • Hardcover
  • first
Condition
Used - Very Good
Jacket Condition
No Jacket
Edition
First Edition
Binding
Hardcover
Quantity Available
1
Seller
Roanoke, Virginia, United States
Seller rating:
This seller has earned a 5 of 5 Stars rating from Biblio customers.
Item Price
£36.73

Show Details

Description:
New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1928. "Ol' Man Adam an' His Chillun ( Being the Tales They Tell about the Time When the Lord Walked the Earth Like a Natural Man)". 264 pages.. Solid. Clean. Flyleaf detached from title page, but all pages still bound. A great collector's item and a rare find. . First Edition. Decorative Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. Illus. by A.B. Walker. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Fiction.
Item Price
£36.73
Gone With The Wind
More Photos

Gone With The Wind

by Margaret Mitchell

  • Used
  • good
  • Paperback
  • first
Condition
Used - Good
Jacket Condition
None Issued
Edition
First Edition Thus
Binding
Paperback
Quantity Available
1
Seller
Salem, Oregon, United States
Seller rating:
This seller has earned a 5 of 5 Stars rating from Biblio customers.
Item Price
£81.64£48.98
Save £40.00!

Show Details

Description:
MARGARET MITCHELL: Gone With The Wind, published December, 1939 by The Macmillan Company. MOTION PICTURE EDITION. First Printing Thus. Paperback. Used. Good Condition/ No DJ issued. Bound in yellow pictorial stiff card wraps. Clark Cable and Vivien Leigh front cover. 391 pages 7 X 9 1/2. Scarce. Includes 12 pages of color prints from the film. Plot summary: "Epic Civil War drama focuses on the life of petulant Southern belle Scarlett O'Hara. Starting with her idyllic life on a sprawling plantation, the film traces her survival through the tragic history of the South during the Civil War and Reconstruction, and her tangled love affairs with Ashley Wilkes and Rhett Butler."
Item Price
£81.64£48.98
Save £40.00 !
The Temple Of My Familiar

The Temple Of My Familiar

by Alice Walker

  • Used
  • very good
  • Hardcover
  • first
Condition
Used - Very Good
Jacket Condition
No DJ Included
Edition
Large-Print Edition
Binding
Hardcover
ISBN 10 / ISBN 13
9780896219298 / 0896219291
Quantity Available
1
Seller
Salem, Oregon, United States
Seller rating:
This seller has earned a 5 of 5 Stars rating from Biblio customers.
Item Price
£81.64£48.98
Save £40.00!

Show Details

Description:
Alice Walker. THE TEMPLE OF MY FAMILIAR. Copyright 1989 by Alice Walker. Thorndyke, Maine. Hardcover, ISBN 9780896219298. Publisher: Thorndike Pr, 1990. USED. VG CONDITION/ NO DJ INCLUDED. Large print. 595 pages. 5 5/8 X 8 ¾.
Item Price
£81.64£48.98
Save £40.00 !
Harlem On My Mind: Cultural Capital of Black America 1900-1968
More Photos

Harlem On My Mind: Cultural Capital of Black America 1900-1968

by Schoener, Allon (editor)

  • Used
  • Paperback
Condition
Used
Binding
Paperback
Quantity Available
1
Seller
Bethel, Connecticut, United States
Seller rating:
This seller has earned a 5 of 5 Stars rating from Biblio customers.
Item Price
£51.39

Show Details

Description:
As new except for tiny spot on side exterior page edges and light surface scratching on the back cover. 255 pages. 8.5" X 11" X .5" (22cm X 28cm X 1.3cm) History of Harlem as cultural center. Illustrated with hundreds of black and white photos of people and cultural ephemera like playbills, tickets to the Cotton Club, and advertising banners about the importance of Black Santa. Part of a project with the Metropolitan Museum of Arts. Nonfiction. History. Photography. African American History. Regional History- New York.
Item Price
£51.39
Black Ladies
More Photos

Black Ladies

by Uwe Ommer

  • Used
  • Hardcover
Condition
Like New
Binding
Hardcover
ISBN 10 / ISBN 13
9783822886748 / 3822886742
Quantity Available
1
Seller
Martinez, California, United States
Seller rating:
This seller has earned a 5 of 5 Stars rating from Biblio customers.
Item Price
£61.23

Show Details

Description:
Book cover like new - pages clean, bright and unmarked – spine like new.
Jacket like new, slight shelf wear.
Proceeds benefit Friends of the Library.
"Honest and reliable service - every book hand-packaged with care."
A photographic portrait of African women.
Item Price
£61.23
Robeson, Labor's Forgotten Champion
More Photos

Robeson, Labor's Forgotten Champion

by Charles H. Wright

  • Used
  • Hardcover
  • first
Condition
Used - Very Good+
Jacket Condition
Very Good+
Edition
1st Edition 1st Printing
Binding
Hardcover
ISBN 10 / ISBN 13
9780913642061 / 0913642061
Quantity Available
1
Seller
San Jose, California, United States
Seller rating:
This seller has earned a 5 of 5 Stars rating from Biblio customers.
Item Price
£61.23

Show Details

Description:
United States: Balamp Pub Co, 1975. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good+/Very Good+. Book has one page with a small wrinkle, else clean and tight, jacket has some paper-loss on the backcover, else clean. Jacket is not price-clipped.
Item Price
£61.23
Dick Gregory's Bible Tales, with Commentary

Dick Gregory's Bible Tales, with Commentary

by Richard "Dick" Claxton Gregory (1932-2017)

  • Used
  • Hardcover
  • first
Condition
Used - Better than very good
Jacket Condition
Better than very good
Edition
First
Binding
Hardcover
ISBN 10 / ISBN 13
9780812816822 / 081281682X
Quantity Available
1
Seller
Fort Worth, Texas, United States
Seller rating:
This seller has earned a 3 of 5 Stars rating from Biblio customers.
Item Price
£61.23

Show Details

Description:
187 pages. Octavo (8 1/2" x 5 1/2") bound in original publisher's quarter purple cloth with gilt lettering to spine over yellow boards and faux signature to cover in original pictorial jacket. Edited by James R McGraw. First edition. Richard "Dick" Gregory was an American civil rights activist, social critic, writer, entrepreneur, comedian, motivational speaker, author and actor. He became the first black comedian to successfully cross over to white audiences. Condition: Lightly soiled. Jacket corners and spine ends chipped else better than very good in like jacket.
Item Price
£61.23
The Political Legacy Of Malcolm X

The Political Legacy Of Malcolm X

by T'Shaka, Oba

  • Used
  • very good
  • Paperback
  • first
Condition
Used - Very Good
Jacket Condition
None As Issued
Edition
First Edition
Binding
Paperback
ISBN 10 / ISBN 13
9780883781104 / 0883781107
Quantity Available
1
Seller
Salem, Oregon, United States
Seller rating:
This seller has earned a 5 of 5 Stars rating from Biblio customers.
Item Price
£110.17£66.10
Save £53.98!

Show Details

Description:
T'Shaka, Oba. The Political Legacy Of Malcolm X. Third World Press, Chicago. Stated First Edition, First Printing Thus, 1983. Softcover. ISBN0883781107. BIOGRAPHY, BLACK STUDIES, AMERICAN HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY, POLITICAL SCIENCE. A nice copy. Used. VG Condition. 293 pages, indexed. 5 3/8 X 8 1/2.
Item Price
£110.17£66.10
Save £53.98 !