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Set intimately within the social context of black life, this is a collection of stories, "big old lies", songs, voodoo customs and superstitions ...Show synopsisSet intimately within the social context of black life, this is a collection of stories, "big old lies", songs, voodoo customs and superstitions passed down through oral tradition.Hide synopsis
Description:Very Good. B000PKXBQA Collectible! "Mules & Men" by Zora Neale...Very Good. B000PKXBQA Collectible! "Mules & Men" by Zora Neale Hurston; J.B. Lippincott(Philadelphia; 1935); 1st ed/1st print; HB, No Jacket; Not ex-lib, NOT remainder, NOT bk club; HB-terracotta w/weeping crocodile(frm the Brier Rabbit story "How the 'Gator Got Black"), binding tight, edges lightly rubbed, tiny bump-top back board, Mylar wrap; 343pp, no marks, edges lightly foxed, 10 B+W line drawings by Miguel Covarrubias; Forward by Franz Boas, 31pp app w/music + hoodo/root doctor recipes; "Mules & Men" celebrates "them big ole lies" told "on the store porch"(folk tale telling)by working class African Americans in small communities; Augmenting folktales frm her hometown w/an article on hoodoo practices of the '30s & her own stories, this is arguably Hurston's most important contribution to African-Am culture testifying to her belief that "folk were creating an art that didn't need the sanction of art to affirm its beauty, " a beautiful 74yr old bk.
Description:Octavo (22cm. ); publisher's terracotta textured cloth, with top...Octavo (22cm. ); publisher's terracotta textured cloth, with top edge stained brown and titles and crocodile device stamped in brown on the spine and front panel; 343pp.; illus. Light soiling to topstain and upper half inch of both panels; Very Good+ and clean throughout. Hurston's second book, and the first to deal with the topic of negro folklore-a topic that fascinated and consumed her for most of her life. Gathered here are folk stories culled from friends and acquaintances in southern Florida, as well as songs, and first-hand studies of hoodoo. With ten superb black and white illustrations and frontispiece by Miguel Covarrubias.
Description:Very Fine Plus. No Jacket. Book. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. Very...Very Fine Plus. No Jacket. Book. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. Very fine plus copy without jacket. Rare in such splendid condition. Beautiful Copy.
Description:Near Fine in Very Good jacket. First UK edition of this scarce...Near Fine in Very Good jacket. First UK edition of this scarce Harlem Renaissance title. A lovely near fine example in mauve cloth in very good priced dustwrapper with split at rear fold. Considerably scarcer edition than the US counterpart which precedes by one year.
