Roll, Jordan, Roll (Signed limited edition)
- SIGNED
- New York: Robert O. Ballou, 1933
New York: Robert O. Ballou, 1933. First edition. Fine. One of 350 copies (327 for sale) signed by Julia Peterkin and Doris Ullman, with an additional photogravure signed by Ullman. 341 pp. Complete, with all ninety copperplate photogravures and accompanying tissue guards. Publisher's half buff cloth over blindstamped brown paper boards. Spine titled in gilt. Slight bubbling to cloth at spine. Some faint scuffing to boards. With the publisher's brown paper slipcase, somewhat scuffed. A Fine copy in the Very Good+ slipcase.
Roll, Jordan, Roll is a photographic account of the Gullah people, the descendants of enslaved Africans living in the coastal areas of the southern United States. Begun in 1929, Ullman's project spanned several years, producing a series of portraits that are "rich in tonal range and unified in soft focus...[and] reveal a distinct photographic account, attuned to the dignity and grace of Gullah people" (MoMA). Roll, Jordan, Roll is now regarded as one of the finest photography books of the twentieth century and is praised for its portrayal of Black subjects as dignified individuals rather than stereotypes.
Julia Peterkin, who won the Pulitzer Prize in 1929 for her novel Scarlet Sister Mary, provided the text for the book. Fine.
Roll, Jordan, Roll is a photographic account of the Gullah people, the descendants of enslaved Africans living in the coastal areas of the southern United States. Begun in 1929, Ullman's project spanned several years, producing a series of portraits that are "rich in tonal range and unified in soft focus...[and] reveal a distinct photographic account, attuned to the dignity and grace of Gullah people" (MoMA). Roll, Jordan, Roll is now regarded as one of the finest photography books of the twentieth century and is praised for its portrayal of Black subjects as dignified individuals rather than stereotypes.
Julia Peterkin, who won the Pulitzer Prize in 1929 for her novel Scarlet Sister Mary, provided the text for the book. Fine.