School Acres: An Adventure in Rural Education.


By: Cooley, Rossa B.

Price: $50.00

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Condition: Very Good- with no dust jacket

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Gray cloth with some light edge and corner wear, along with a sunned spine and toning along edges. There is a small black ink smudge on the bottom edge. Book is square and binding secure with no tears or parting. There is a Presentation inscription from the Publishers on the front pastedown. Overall VG to VG-. Rossa B. Cooley was a longtime President of the Penn School for African-Americans on St. Helena's island in South Carolina. This book is her account of her work there. Wonderful B&W portrait illustrations by Winold Reiss, who had earlier done the illustrations in Alain Locke's The New Negro. ; B&W Crayon Drawings from Life; Small 8vo 7½" - 8" tall; 166 pages

Title: School Acres: An Adventure in Rural Education.

Author Name: Cooley, Rossa B.

Edition: First Edition; First Printing

Illustrator: Illustrated by Winold Reiss

Location Published: New Haven, Yale University Press: 1930

Binding: Hardcover

Book Condition: Very Good- with no dust jacket

Categories: African - American

Seller ID: 16724

Keywords: african - american black interest negro south carolina penn school education