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Sheed & Ward, 1942. Hardcover. Acceptable. Missing dust jacket; Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Sheed & Ward, 1997. 1st. Fine. "Dark Symphony (1942), the autobiography of Catholic-convert Elizabeth Laura Adams (1909-?), has as its central motif the author's search for spiritual peace while faced, to a certain degree, with racial discrimination. Also included in this volume are several of Adams's stories, articles, and poems, and draft excerpts from her autobiography as published in the Catholic journal The Torch."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved Hardcover

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Sheed & Ward, 1/1/1942 2:00:00 AM. hardcover. Good. 0.7000 in x 7.7000 in x 5.4000 in. This is a used book in good condition and may show some signs of use or wear .

New York: G. K. Hall & Co.; London, Etc., Prentice Hall International, 1997. lviii, 283p., slightly dj. (African-American women writers, 1910-1940).

G.K. Hall & Co., 1997. 282pp. Black hardback with DJ, VG, First Printing of this edition, originally published in 1942, African-American woman author, autobiography and short stories, . Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good.

Sheed & Ward, 1944. Hardcover. Good. 1944. Second Impression. 194 pages. No dust jacket. Yellow cloth. Well bound and clean pages, with mild tanning to text block edges. Some rub-marking and tanning to pastedowns and endpapers with inscriptions to front. Boards have moderate shelf wear, with rubbing and marking. Light bumping to corners and crushing to spine ends. Book has noticeable forward lean. Boards are slightly bowed.

New York: G. K. Hall, 1997. First printing. Hardcover. Fine/fine. Boards in dust jacket, fine copy. Edited and with an introduction by Carla Kaplan.

NY 1942 first edition. Sheed & Ward. Hardcover octavo. red cloth. 194p. VG in Good dj. some wear on dj; price not clipped. no owner marks. .

London: Sheed & Ward, 1946. remains DJ glued to front, some wear to covers, owners name front endpaper, otherwise book clean and tight. Reprint. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

MacMillan Publishing Company, 1996-12. Hardcover. Good.

London: Sheed & Ward, 1945. 3rd imp. yellow bds, green titles, light soilng. foxing, dj, p/clip, edges rubbed/frayed, back lightly stained red in patches. negro girl joining the catholic church.. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. Religion.

New York: Sheed & Ward, 1942. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Fair. 194p. Ex-library, original cloth. A hardcover book in very good condition. Call number on spine and seminary stamps inside. Dustjacket clipping was taped to the front endpaper, but has detached, leaving small tape stains. Otherwise clean and tight. The memoirs of a young black girl from Santa Barbara who converted to Catholicism as an adult.

New York:: Sheed and Ward,, 1942.. Hardcover first edition -. Very good in a fair only dust jacket (bookplate on front pastedown, mostly hidden by dj flap, significant rubbing and edgewear to the black dust jacket. Original price of $2.50 still present).. First printing. The autobiography of a young African American woman who was born in Santa Barbara, California to a family in "comfortable circumstances" although she grew up during the Depression, and who converted to Catholicism after her graduation from high school. This book attempts to reconcile both her sense of herself as a "new Negro" and her spiritual life as a Catholic who eventually became a Franciscan Tertiary. She recounts not only her spiritual awakening, but also the necessity to overcome racial prejudice even within the Church itself.

Sheed & Ward. Collectible - Acceptable. INSCRIBED! New York: Sheed & Ward, 1942. 1st edition. 8vo hardcover. 194pp. Inscribed by author on title page. Good book, lacking jacket. Front flap only of jacket laid in; dampstained. Spine lightly sunned, and several faint water marks to front board. Pages toned. Previous owner's inscription to front pastedown. Inside otherwise clean. (african american, black american, african american studies, black studies, religion, theology, christian, christianity, catholic catholicism) Inquire if you need further information.