GORDON, Taylor (1893-1971). Born to Be. New York: Covici Friede, 1929. 8vo (147 x 214 mm). Introduction by Muriel Draper (ca 1886-1952) and foreword by Carl Van Vechten (1880-1964). Color frontispiece and 9 additional plates by Mexican artist [Miguel] Covarrubias (1904-1957). (Very fine with only minor even toning). Original brown cloth with orange printed titles and illustrated jacket (dust jacket very good, creasing to hinges, residue to upper edge and some chipping at extremities). FIRST EDITION. Publisher’s advance review copy with tipped-in notice on front flyleaf. Autobiography of Taylor Emmanuel Gordon, best remembered for his career as a singer in the Harlem Renaissance during the 1920s. Born to one of the only black families in White Sulphur Springs, Montana, he left home in 1910 for a job in Minnesota, before making his way to New York. He entered into many fruitful partnerships, notably with J. Rosamond Johnson and his brother James Weldon Johnson with whom he compiled the seminal Book of American Negro Spirituals. This autobiography chronicles his upbringing in frontier Montana and his singing career. Warmly INSCRIBED and SIGNED, “8 P.M. / Sept. 21. 1929 / N.Y.C / NY / “To my dear friend Martin Wright.” / Better known as Grek. / May you get as much / pleasure, out of this volume, / as I have gotten out of our / years of acquaintance, / Sincerely / Taylor Gordon ” [With:] GORDON, Taylor. The Man Who Built the Stone Castle. White Sulphur Springs, Montana: The Meagher County News, 1967. 8vo (138 x 216 mm). Tipped-in color frontispiece with b&w illustrations. Original printed wrappers (very fine with only minor toning to spine). SIGNED. FIRST EDITION. History of Byron Roger Sherman and Meagher County, Montana. Gordon had returned to his hometown of White Sulphur Springs in 1959 where he lived with his sister until his death. Scarce. [With:] Autograph note signed by Gordon, 1 p.; Christmas card signed by Gordon; and ca 1969 color photograph of Taylor Gordon Condition: Born to Be - Very fine with only minor even toning. Dust jacket very good, creasing to hinges, residue to upper edge and some chipping at extremities. The Man Who Built the Stone Castle - Very fine with only minor toning to spine
GORDON, Taylor (1893-1971). Born to Be. New York: Covici Friede, 1929. 8vo (147 x 214 mm). Introduction by Muriel Draper (ca 1886-1952) and foreword by Carl Van Vechten (1880-1964). Color frontispiece and 9 additional plates by Mexican artist [Miguel] Covarrubias (1904-1957). (Very fine with only minor even toning). Original brown cloth with orange printed titles and illustrated jacket (dust jacket very good, creasing to hinges, residue to upper edge and some chipping at extremities). FIRST EDITION. Publisher’s advance review copy with tipped-in notice on front flyleaf. Autobiography of Taylor Emmanuel Gordon, best remembered for his career as a singer in the Harlem Renaissance during the 1920s. Born to one of the only black families in White Sulphur Springs, Montana, he left home in 1910 for a job in Minnesota, before making his way to New York. He entered into many fruitful partnerships, notably with J. Rosamond Johnson and his brother James Weldon Johnson with whom he compiled the seminal Book of American Negro Spirituals. This autobiography chronicles his upbringing in frontier Montana and his singing career. Warmly INSCRIBED and SIGNED, “8 P.M. / Sept. 21. 1929 / N.Y.C / NY / “To my dear friend Martin Wright.” / Better known as Grek. / May you get as much / pleasure, out of this volume, / as I have gotten out of our / years of acquaintance, / Sincerely / Taylor Gordon ” [With:] GORDON, Taylor. The Man Who Built the Stone Castle. White Sulphur Springs, Montana: The Meagher County News, 1967. 8vo (138 x 216 mm). Tipped-in color frontispiece with b&w illustrations. Original printed wrappers (very fine with only minor toning to spine). SIGNED. FIRST EDITION. History of Byron Roger Sherman and Meagher County, Montana. Gordon had returned to his hometown of White Sulphur Springs in 1959 where he lived with his sister until his death. Scarce. [With:] Autograph note signed by Gordon, 1 p.; Christmas card signed by Gordon; and ca 1969 color photograph of Taylor Gordon Condition: Born to Be - Very fine with only minor even toning. Dust jacket very good, creasing to hinges, residue to upper edge and some chipping at extremities. The Man Who Built the Stone Castle - Very fine with only minor toning to spine
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