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New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1937. Book. Illus. by Garner, Elvira. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Publisher's pictorial boards with tan cloth with blue spine. Edges of boards toned. Bottom edges of both boards light rubbed; corners rubbed. Head and heel of spine lightly rubbed. Interior unmarked and clean.spine edge.

Henry Holt & Co. , 1938. Hardcover. Acceptable/Missing. Heavy rubbing to extremities, particularly the corners. Cloth along spine is heavily worn. Illustrated paper backed boards show light soiling and wrinkling. Small stains to rear pastedown along gutter. Text and images are unmarked, illustrations bright. Unpaginated 8vo.

Henry Holt, 1937. 2nd Printing . Hardback. Vg/Good. foxing spots to the dws and offsetting to the front endpapers

New York: Henry Holt and Co, 1937. Third printing. Glossy Pictorial Cover. very good/very good. Octavo. 9" x7". With coilor illustrations on every page by author/illustrator Elvira Garner. Some toning to front and rear endpapers. Gift inscription of previous owner on front free endppaper. Nice copy in dust jacket.

Henry Holt and Company, 1937 DJ has large piece in upper right corner missing. Back panel is fully intact with some minor soiling. Toning to endpapers. Interior is clean and tight. Great illustrations throughout text.

New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1937. 2nd. Hardcover. Good/Good. Unpaginated. Color illustrations. Light edge wear, rubbing to covers and spine. Covers and end papers slightly soiled; else a clean, tight copy. Record # 808942

New York: Henry Holt and Co., 1938. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Mint green 1/4 cloth, color illus. paper-covered boards. Both covers somewhat tanned, with rubbing and minor exposure to corners, cloth faded along spine panel with minor tear (mended) at head of spine. Some tanning to endpapers, interior clean, binding firm..

Henry Holt, 1937. 1st Edition 2nd Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Good. Blue Cloth Spine, Illustrated Boards. Second Printing Stated. Near Fine, Bright And Clean, No Marks. Dust Jacket ;Price Clipped, Some Wear, Browning, Short Tears And Small Losses. Per Wikipedia, Elvira Garner (1886-1956) Was An Early 20Th-Century Author And Watercolor Illustrator In The Us State Of Florida. Garner Lived In Sanford, Florida, And Attended Rollins College In 1903 And 1904, But She Wasn't Able To Graduate Because Of Family Responsibilities. Garner Published Five Children's Books, The First Four Of Which She Also Illustrated: Ezekiel (1937), Ezekiel Travels (1938), Sarah Faith Anderson: Her Book (1939) And 'Way Down In Tennessee (1941). Her Last Book Was Little Cat Lost (1943). Ezekiel, Her Best-Known Children's Book, Won A Prize From The Julia Ellsworth Ford Foundation, Was Published By Henry Holt In 1937, And Detailed The Story Of A Black Boy Who Lived In Sanford, Florida With His Mammy, Pappy And… Read More

New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1938. First Edition. Hardcover. Good +/good. First Edition. Hardcover. An admittedly worn but presentable first printing in scarce dust jacket of this second book by Florida watercolorist Elvira Garner (1886-1956) following a Black boy from Sanford, Florida, written in Garner's interpretation of AAVE with her color illustrations inserted into the type on every page. 9 1/4" X 6 1/2". Unpaginated. Rather heavy wear to scarce color pictorial dust jacket, with heavy dust soiling, chipping to corners and edges, toning, creasing, small tears, and edgewear. Original price of $1.50 present on both flaps, visible through struck through on front flap. Bound in color pictorial paper over boards, with spine backed in green cloth. Moderate wear to binding, with crease along upper board, bumping and rubbing to edges and extremities, and dust soiling. Binding is firm and sound. Pages are occasionally smudged or dust soiled, else unmarked.

Henry Holt & Co, 1937. Hard. Very Good. Second Printing. Cloth backed pictorial boards. Toning to end papers, especially the gutters, else a Fresh, unmarked copy. Darkened, unclipped ($1.50) jacket with chips, small tears and writing on front flap. Color illustrated by the author. Ezekiel, a ""little darky"" lives in Sanford, Florida with his sister, Emancipation, his brother, L'il Plural, baby Assafetid + his Mammy and Pappy, of course.

E-027: H. Holt and Company. Very Good. 1938. Hardcover. Hardcover. 4to. Henry Holt And Company, New York. 1938. Unpaginated. Illustrated. First Edition/First Printing. Bound in illustrated paper covered cloth boards with titles present to the spine and front board. Boards have shelf-wear present to the extremities (boards are scuffed and worn). Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. Elvira Garner (1886–1956) was a 20th-century Florida author and watercolor illustrator. Her best-known children's book Ezekiel, published by Henry Holt in 1937, detailed the story of a black boy who lived in Sanford, Florida with his Mammy, Pappy and sister Emblematic of Florida when it was part of the Deep South, Ezekiel was written in African-American dialect, it was popular in its time, but fell out of favor when books like Little Black Sambo were labeled racist. Now highly collected as an artifact of black Americana and African American fiction. Ezekiel's type was drawn,… Read More

New York: Henry Holt. 1937. Very Good, all extremities worn, endpaper foxing & inscription .

NY: Henry Holt and Company. Very Good in Very Good- dust jacket. (1938). First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Children's story written in African-American dialect. DJ has light wear and rubbing at edges and corners with small chips and tears; tiny bit of loss at head of DJ spine; 1" piece torn away at bottom edge of front DJ flap. .

New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1938. First edition. Hardcover. Good condition.. The best known children's book of the Sanford Florida author and illustrator (1886 - 1956), written in an African American dialect, about a young black boy named Ezekiel. 8vo, unpaginated. Many full color illustrations inserted into the lines of the story itself. Green cloth backed, over illustrated paper covered boards, with title in black and red. Illustrated dusty jacket, title in black and red at front cover, no title at spine. Dj dusty, spine rubbed, slt chipped. Gift inscription dated 1938 at ffep.

New York: Henry Holt & Co., 1937. Second Printing, 1937 . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. The interior of the book is clean and tight. The gutters have browning along the glue line, but this is the only problem. The illustrated covers are bright, with light weaer at tips and corners. The dust jacket is not price-clipped, and is also in very good condition. The paper has darkened slightly, and shows light wear and handling,with more significant darkening to the spine area. The attached scan gives a better idea of condition. The jacket is now in a protective mylar cover.

New York: Henry Holt. Good+ in Poor dust jacket. 1937. 1st. Hardcover. Both book and dustjacket have dampstains and show signs of water damage. Image is of front cover of book. Dustjacket is in two pieces and can be fitted with a Mylar protective sleeve, if requested. Gift inscription on front free endpaper and toned gutters on interior front and rear covers. ; Book is attractive from the outside. ; Small 4to 9" - 11" tall .

New York: Henry Holt. Very Good-. 1938. 1st. Hardcover. Signed by the author on the front free endpaper: "Autographed for . . . . By Elvira Garner 1938" That's the wonderful news. Sadly, this copy has dampstains on the covers and spine. Also, bumped corners. But the interior pages' text and illustrations by the author are in Very Good condition. Very scarce signed copy. ; Small 4to 9" - 11" tall; Signed by Author .

New York: Henry Holt. 1937. First Edition. Near Fine+ in very good+ dj hardback; Chips on jacket spine ends, and jacket spine browned, nice bright copy. .

New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1938. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good/very good. Hardcover, illustrated by the author. Some offsetting to the endpapers and pastedowns, still a lightly used very good copy with clean contents and solid binding in a very good dust jacket (some tanning to the spine and some edge wear). A really nice copy. Now protected in an archival cover.

New York: Henry Holt and Company. First Edition . Hardcover. Good+/Good. Elvira Garner. Copyright is 1938. Covers show old tape stains around upper spine. Spine ends are a little bumped, and there is rubbing along edges. Inside covers are a little soiled along edges of paste downs. Volume remains tight, bright, and otherwise clean. Dust jacket shows closed tears and scattered edge wear. Illustrations and lettering on jacket are bright and intact. Jacket is now protected in a clear mylar sleeve.