Moses Man of the Mountain Zora Neale Hurston DJ + Extra Start Price USD 2,750.00 Current Price USD 2,750.00 Time Left 12 days 17 hours 53 minutes Bid Count 0 Buy It Now Price - Reserve Price - Start Time Tuesday, September 23, 2008 End Time Wednesday, January 21, 2009 Location Sean Fagan, Rare Books See more about 'Moses Man of the Mountain Zora Neale Hurston DJ + Extra' Description   About Us       Contact Us       Shipping Terms & Return Policy        Bargain Bin       Newly Listed       We Buy Books      The Holidays are here already!  Over 10,000 fresh books coming to market in the next few months.  We need space and we will accept reasonable offers on all books.   Don't miss this chance! Reasonable offers accepted.     Browse These Books Too  Sets & Leather Bindings  First Editions & Classics  Civil War  American History  General History  Travels & Places Illustrated & Children's Books New York State History  Philosophy  Art & Sculpture  Architecture  Gardening & Nature  Science and Mathematics  Hunting & Fishing  Rare & Unusual Books  Miscellaneous  Poetry  Religion                 Author Name:   Hurston, Zora NealeTitle:    Moses: Man of the Mountain Binding:   HardcoverBook Condition:   Very Good/Very Good Edition:   First EditionPublisher:   Philadelphia J. B. Lippincott Company 1939Seller ID:   INTERLOC022707 Octavo, 350pp., Dust Jacket is wrapped in a fresh Mylar protective sleeve. First state binding of reddish brown cloth. Jacket has some chips and tears as is often seen with this title. Otherwise a fabulous copy of a scarce title. The DJ has the original $3.00 price on the front flap at the bottom. This copy belonged to Sara Lee Creech and is signed by her on the front free end paper. Sara Lee Creech is notable as the creator of the Sara Lee doll; a mass marketed black doll.Creech, a white woman, was a Georgia native who moved to Belle Glade with her mother in 1941, opened a florist shop ( Flowers by Creech), and helped found a local organization dedicated to the improvement of race relations. As the story is told, one day in December 19 48 Sara Lee Creech was returning to her car when noticed two black children playing dolls in the back seat of a Buick. The little girls were playing with white dolls. Inspired by the notion that black children should have dolls that looked like them, over the next three years Creech developed a black doll that accurately and realistically reflected the beauty of African-American children. The figurine was an infant with medium-brown skin made of vinyl, chubby cheeks, and deep, soft-brown eyes. She wore a yellow organza dress with white trim and a yellow bonnet and sold for $6.89. Her name was Sara Lee, and the dolls were featured in the 1 951 Sears, Roebuck and Co. Christmas catalog. Tucked into the book is a Kodak color photograph dated 1948 and featuring a red-haired woman who may be Sara Lee Creech. Modern Firsts First Edition Created by eBay Blackthorne ver. 3.2.146.0 Place a Bid!