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Lift every voice and sing / James Weldon Johnson ; illustrations by Elizabeth Catlett ; introduction by Jim Haskins.
Kislak Center for Special Collections - Joanna Banks Collection PZ8.3.J6334 Li 1993
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LIBRA Rare PS3519.O2625 L54 1993 Banks copy 2
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LIBRA PS3519.O2625 L54 1993
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Johnson, James Weldon, 1871-1938, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Songs, English--United States--Texts.
- Songs, English.
- African Americans--Music.
- United States.
- Songs, English--United States--Juvenile literature.
- African Americans--Songs and music.
- African Americans.
- Songs.
- African Americans--Music--Juvenile literature.
- Genre:
- Texts.
- Songs and music.
- Poetry.
- Music.
- Songs.
- Penn Provenance:
- Banks, Joanna (donor) (Banks Collection copies 1 & 2)
- Physical Description:
- 1 volume (36 unnumbered pages) : illustrations ; 29 cm
- Manufacture:
- Leominster, MA : Eusey Press.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Walker and Company, 1993.
- Markham, Ontario : Thomas Allen & Son.
- Summary:
- An illustrated version of the song that has come to be considered the African American national anthem.
- Notes:
- Includes music for voice and piano.
- Published simultaneously in Canada by Thomas Allen & Son Canada, Limited, Markham, Ontario.
- Text "copyright 1921 by Edward B. Marks Music Company. Copyright renewed"--verso of title page.
- "Illustrations copyright ©1993 by Elizabeth Catlett"--verso of title page.
- "Introduction copyright ©1993 by Jim Haskins"--verso of title page.
- "The text typography is set in ITC Veljovic Bold and ITC Veljovic Bold Ital"--colophon.
- "The interior and jacket of the book were printed by Eusey Press of Leominster, Massachusetts"--colophon
- "The book was bound by Book Press of Brattleboro, Vermont"--colophon
- "Book art direction and design by Georg Brewer"--colophon.
- Local Notes:
- Kislak Center Banks Collection copies 1 & 2 presented to the Penn Libraries in 2018 by Joanna Banks.
- Kislak Center Banks Collection copies 1 & 2 retain dust jacket.
- Kislak Center Banks Collection copies 1 & 2 have wrappers around dust jacket stating: A portion of the proceeds from this book will be donated to Hale House.
- ISBN:
- 0802782507
- 0802782515
- OCLC:
- 26934404
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