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New York: Margent Press, 1943. 1943, 190pp, illus. w/ photos, slight wear to cover, soiling and edgewear to dj w/ a few tears. Hard Cover. Good/Fair.

NY: Margent Press. GOOD book, no DJ. ep's & margins browned. Shelfworn.. 1943. 1st ed likely. Hardcover. GOOD book, no DJ. VG+ text. Book about Blacks working for Federal Government, their goals, trials & acheivments. Scarce. .

Margent Press. Collectible - Good. First edition copy. Collectible - Good. Good dust jacket. Owner's name on rear endpage. In protective mylar cover. (civil service, autobiographies, employees)

New York: Margent Press. Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket. 1943. First Edition. Hardcover. New York: Margent Press, 1943. First Edition. 8vo. 190pp. 13 full-page individual or group portraits. Brown cloth, near fine (both lower corners bumped); dj moderately chipped/frayed at edges, very good. Mr. Paynter served in the government for 52 years, except for two years in the Navy. He had various assignments, including work in Washington with the Census of 1890, the Post Office in Denver, and the Internal Revenue at Treasury in Washington. "He writes of the inequities of Civil Service, gives specific instances of unfair practice, and tells of the follies and frailties of government employees. The failure of Reconstruction and Negro legislators…he resents the hindrances from within which are placed in the way of Negroes' progress, and the crippling financial failure which sometimes follow" (dj). ; 13 portraits; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 190 pages .

New York: Margent Press, 1943. Hardcover. Good/Good. First edition. Octavo. 190pp. Illustrated, portrait plates. Dents on the boards, thus good in good plus dustwrapper with some modest toning and overall wear. Autobiography of an African-American federal government worker, his account of a 40 year career with the Internal Revenue bureau and other agencies.

New York: Margent Press, 1943. First Edition. First printing. Octavo; publisher's brown cloth-covered boards, titled in gilt on spine; dustjacket; [i-xviii ],19-190pp; illus. Tight, Near Fine copy in slightly scuffed and edgeworn dustwrapper; small loss of text at base of spine panel, Very Good. Memoir by an African-American author, documenting a long career in government service, including Naval enlistment during the Spanish-American War. Valuable for Paynter's straightforward accounting of the "hindrances which are placed in the way of Negroes' progress, and the crippling financial failures which sometimes follow.

New York: Margent Press, 1943. First printing. 8vo. 190 pp. Portrait plates. Paynter describes his 42 years in Federal service, during the years 1890-1930, including "duty at Washington, with the Census of 1890, the Post Office at Denver, and the Internal Revenue Bureau and the Treasury Department at Washington ... [writing] of the inequities of Civil Service, giving specific instances of unfair practice, and telling of the follies and frailties of government employees." Blockson catalogue 3057. Very good. Orig. brown cloth, gilt spine title, illustrated dust jacket. (#6482).

New York: Margent Press, 1943. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. First edition. Octavo. 190pp. Illustrated, portrait plates. Near fine in very good dustwrapper with some modest soiling and a couple internally tape repaired short tears. Autobiography of an African-American federal government worker, his account of a 40 year career with the Internal Revenue bureau and other agencies. In 1898 Paynter published his reminiscences of his time as a black sailor in the old Navy *Joining the Navy or Abroad with Uncle Sam* and in 1930 he published a novel about escaped slaves, *Fugitives of the Pearl.