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ROLL, JORDAN, ROLL: THE TEXT BY JULIA PETERKIN, THE PHOTOGRAPHIC STUDIES BY DORIS ULMANN
(ULMANN, DORIS). Peterkin, Julia & Doris Ulmann. London: Jonathan Cape Ltd., 1934. First British Edition. 8vo. Cloth. Photography Monograph. Very Good -/No Jacket. 256pp, profusely illustrated in b&w. In a protective clear acetate dustwrapper. "Roll, Jordan, Roll" is the influential collaboration between Julia Peterkin and photojournalist Doris Ulmann that brought light to the lives and history of the Gullah descendants of African-American slaves living in South Carolina and Georgia in the thirties. A well-preserved, most presentable example of the uncommon 1934 Jonathan Cape first British edition of this classic (cited on page 135 of Martin Parr and Gerry Badger's "The Photobook: A History Volume I" and pages 78-79 of "The Book of 101 Books") lacking its dust jacket showing some soiling to the top edge of the textblock a previous owner's name in ink on the front pastedown, and some light foxing to the front and rear pastedowns and endpapers. It has been priced accordingly. Inventory Number: 024208