COLOR Countee Cullen 1st Ed Signed Inscribed Black Poet Poetry Harlem 1925

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Color.Countee Cullen1925 Book XVII, 108 New York & London : Harper, 1925.Measuring 7 1/2 x 5 1/4 inches bound in patterned paper covered boards with a cloth spine and a paper label. The binding is cracked on pages 29-31 and is rubbed and scuffed but signed / inscribed Nov 21, 1926. The contents are bright and fresh.From the collection of Lulu Slocum Teeter and her daughter Mary Teeter. Lulu was the manager of the F. & R. Lazarus department store bookshop in Columbus, Ohio in the "golden era" of such stores, from 1926 to 1950. She arranged hundreds of "signing events" during that period and was a well know figure in the "book trade." Her daughter, Mary, was the director of the Bexley, Ohio Public Library for many years, retiring in 1974.Countee Cullen From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Countee Cullen Countee Cullen, photographed by Carl Van Vechten , 1941 Born May 30, 1903 Died January 9, 1946 (aged 42) Resting place Woodlawn Cemetery, Bronx, New York Occupation Writer Nationality American Alma mater New York University;Harvard University Period 1923-46 Genre Poetry Literary movement Harlem Renaissance Spouse Yolande WilliamsCountee Cullen (May 30, 1903 - January 9, 1946), born as Coleman Rutherford, was an African American poet, author and scholar who was a leading figure in the Harlem Renaissance . (He pronounced his name "Coun-tay" read more

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