Title: Roll, Jordan, Roll Author: Peterkin, Julia & Doris Ulmann Place: New York Publisher: Robert O. Ballou Date: [1933] Description: Text by Julia Peterkin, Photographs by Doris Ulmann Illustrated with 90 full-page, hand-pulled photogravures after photographs by Ulmann, each with the original tissue guard. (4to) 11½x8¼, embossed brown boards with white linen spine and corners, top edge gilt. No. 115 of 350 copies. First Edition. Signed by Peterkin and Ulmann in the colophon. With an additional photogravure print, 'Woman Carrying Basket', signed by Ulmann, laid in. A classic and dramatic narrative account of the African-American life in the Southern States as witnessed by the author. The scarce deluxe edition of Doris Ulmann's exquisitely illustrated book. Few copies of this deluxe edition had been distributed at the time of Ulmann's death in 1934. Most were donated by her heirs to the Tuskegee Institute, and sold for that school's benefit. Roth 78. Lot Amendments Condition: Some spotting to cloth, some light soiling to boards, small stain to front board, hinges strengthened with cloth; lacking slipcase; loose print with creasing in margins not affecting image; else very good. Item number: 194025
Title: Roll, Jordan, Roll Author: Peterkin, Julia & Doris Ulmann Place: New York Publisher: Robert O. Ballou Date: [1933] Description: Text by Julia Peterkin, Photographs by Doris Ulmann Illustrated with 90 full-page, hand-pulled photogravures after photographs by Ulmann, each with the original tissue guard. (4to) 11½x8¼, embossed brown boards with white linen spine and corners, top edge gilt. No. 115 of 350 copies. First Edition. Signed by Peterkin and Ulmann in the colophon. With an additional photogravure print, 'Woman Carrying Basket', signed by Ulmann, laid in. A classic and dramatic narrative account of the African-American life in the Southern States as witnessed by the author. The scarce deluxe edition of Doris Ulmann's exquisitely illustrated book. Few copies of this deluxe edition had been distributed at the time of Ulmann's death in 1934. Most were donated by her heirs to the Tuskegee Institute, and sold for that school's benefit. Roth 78. Lot Amendments Condition: Some spotting to cloth, some light soiling to boards, small stain to front board, hinges strengthened with cloth; lacking slipcase; loose print with creasing in margins not affecting image; else very good. Item number: 194025
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