![[Broadside]: Behold! The Man Who Carves His Sermons in Wood. Displayed by Mr. and Mrs. E. Pierce](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/472/289/651289472.0.m.1.jpg)
[Broadside]: Behold! The Man Who Carves His Sermons in Wood. Displayed by Mr. and Mrs. E. Pierce
by PIERCE, Elijah
- Used
- Good
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
-
Gloucester City, New Jersey, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
[Columbus, Ohio]: New Model Printing Co, 1935. Unbound. Good. Photographically illustrated broadside. Measuring 11" x 14". Stiff card stock. Dampstain on the right hand margin, age-toning on the acidic card stock, small chips, repair with archival tape on the verso, a good example of a fragile and rare poster for the traveling exhibition of Pierce's woodcarvings from the Bible. The poster leaves blank space for the place, time, and price of admission for the exhibition and also advertises "Quartet Singing ... Good Music." Pierce (1892-1984) was born the son of a former slave in Mississippi, became an ordained minister and worked as an itinerant preacher displaying his carvings in the 1930s. Pierce was also a barber, sculptor, and woodcarver during his long career who lived in Columbus, Ohio. [With]: *Elijah Pierce: Woodcarver*. Columbus, Ohio: Columbus Museum of Art 1992. Large quarto. Illustrated wrappers. 256pp, heavily illustrated. The picture employed on this poster appears in the Introduction on page 11 of the catalog. A rare poster from early in Pierce's career as a woodcarver.
Details
- Bookseller
- Between the Covers- Rare Books, Inc. ABAA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 387423
- Title
- [Broadside]: Behold! The Man Who Carves His Sermons in Wood. Displayed by Mr. and Mrs. E. Pierce
- Author
- PIERCE, Elijah
- Format/Binding
- Unbound
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- New Model Printing Co
- Place of Publication
- [Columbus, Ohio]
- Date Published
- 1935
- Keywords
- African-Americana, Broadside, Art/Illustration, Religion
- Bookseller catalogs
- African-Americana;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Between the Covers- Rare Books, Inc. ABAA
Biblio member since 2005
Gloucester City, New Jersey
About Between the Covers- Rare Books, Inc. ABAA
Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc., founded in 1985, specializes in first editions of 20th Century American and English fiction. Our inventory of over 75,000 first editions includes: African-American literature & history, Mysteries, Detective Fiction, Drama, Books into Film and Sports books. We routinely issue extensively illustrated color catalogs, available by subscription. We are members of the Antiquarian Booksellers' Association of America (ABAA)and the International League of Antiquarian Booksellers (ILAB). Tom Congalton, founder of Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc., actively promotes the ethics and standards of these professional organizations and served as President of the ABAA from 2000 to 2002.
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- Wrappers
- The paper covering on the outside of a paperback. Also see the entry for pictorial wraps, color illustrated coverings for...
- Unbound
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- Verso
- The page bound on the left side of a book, opposite to the recto page.
- Leaves
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- Quarto
- The term quarto is used to describe a page or book size. A printed sheet is made with four pages of text on each side, and the...
- New
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