New York: Collier Books, 1969. First Paperback Edition. Original wraps. 4 1/8 X 7 Inches. 212 PP. First paperback printing with original price of $1.25 on front panel. Scarce sociology book from the late 60's when racial tensions in America were just about as high as they are today. "Jukes, Lumbees... More about Almost White: A Provocative Study of America's Mixed Blood Minorities
Nashville, TN: Brandon Printing Co., 1886. First Edition, First Printing. Original wraps. 6 X 9 1/21 Inches. 4 PP. Very scarce original Vanderbilt University Commencement Day "Programme of Exercieses" for Wednesday, June 16, 1886. Single sheet (folded). The family names listed include those such as Hume, Meade and Crockett -... More about JUNE 16, 1886 VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY COMMENCEMENT DAY PROGRAM (WOMEN'S STUDIES INTEREST
New York: Whittlesey House, 1947. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 5 5/8 X 8 1/4 Inches. 364 PP. First printing with $3.00 original price on rear flap. Front flap is clipped, but price is on back as stated. This novel explores the volatile world of the pre-Civil Rights south through... More about Wild Grape... a novel of the deep south (FIRST PRINTING IN DJ
Wheaton, IL: Church League of America, 1968. First Edition, First Printing. Original wraps. 9 X 12 Inches. 55 PP. First printing of this extreme right-wing attack on Martin Luther King published less than a month after his assassination in Memphis, TN. The Church League of America put King on trial... More about Martin Luther King, Jr. - His Three Pronged Attack on: Christ and the Bible, The United States of...
Bloomington, IN: IUniverse, Inc., 2011. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 5 3/4 X 8 3/4 Inches. 178 PP. Signed and inscribed directly on the half title-page. Original price of $26.95 intact on front flap. A statistical, business take on the decline of primarily religious values in our culture. More about America Adrift: Righting the Course; The Decline of America's Great Values
Missoula, MT: Mountain Press Publishing, 1995. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 6 1/4 X 9 1/4 Inches. 326 PP. First Edition, First Printing copy in original dust jacket. Original price of $25.00 intact on front flap of DJ. Signed and inscribed by author directly on the title-page. Nice account of... More about Children of the Fur Trade: Forgotten Metis of the Pacific Northwest (SIGNED FIRST PRINTING
New York: The Grove Press, 2009. First Thus. Hardcover. 5 5/8 X 8 1/2 Inches. 299 PP. First printing of the 50th Anniversary "Restored Text" issue. Housed in original publisher slipcase. Afterword by David Ulin. More about Naked Lunch (50th Anniversary Issue in Slipcase
Tallahassee, FL: The Naiad Press, 1983. First Thus. Original wraps. 4 1/8 X 7 Inches. 208 PP. The Volute reprint edition of the 1962 original classic. From the author of 'Odd Girl Out' and 'Journey to a Woman'. One of the classic mid-20th century pulps that featured a lesbian theme... More about Beebo Brinker
Tallahassee, FL: Meroen Press, 1992. First Edition, First Printing. Original wraps. 5 3/8 X 7 1/2 Inches. 344 PP. Signed and inscribed to "Dr. Ruben, My name is William Ashanti Hobbs. I am determined, as a publisher and novelist, to make an impact not only in African-American Literature, but literature... More about The Chosen People: Africa's Lost Tale of Meroe (SIGNED ASSOCIATION COPY
Norman, OK: University of Oklahoma Press, 1943. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 5 3/8 X 8 5/8 Inches. 189 PP. Stated "First Printing" on the copyright page. Housed in original dust jacket that retains the price of $2.50 on the front flap. An early collection of African American folktales from... More about Ziba
Nigeria: Evans Brothers, 1985. First Edition, First Printing. Original wraps. 5 5/8 X 8 1/2 Inches. 56 PP. Signed and inscribed first printing copy of author's first book. Ogundipe-Leslie is a Nigerian poet, author and noted black feminist. Her activism for women's rights in Africa rivals that of any other... More about Sew the Old Days and Other Poems (SIGNED AND INSCRIBED FIRST PRINTING
Yaba, Lagos: Kraft Books Limited, 1991. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 5 1/2 X 8 7/8 Inches. 200 PP. Signed first printing in orignal publisher blue buckram binding. Signed by Ebele Eko directly on the title-page. The first book length study of Elechi Amadi, one of the founding generation of... More about Elechi Amadi: The Man and His Work (SIGNED FIRST PRINTING
New York: Random House, 1951. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 5 5/8 X 8 1/2 Inches. 338 PP. Stated First Printing copy on the copyright page. Original price of $3.50 intact on front flap of dust jacket. An in-depth look at post-war Japan. From the Pulitzer Prize Winning author of... More about The Voice of Asia (HIGH-GRADE FIRST PRINTING COPY
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1952. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 5 3/4 X 8 3/8 Inches. 270 PP. Stated "First Edition" on the copyright page. Retains original price of $3.50 on front flap of dust jacket. Important early Civil Rights book on the humiliation, segregation and dangers of the... More about South of Freedom; The Stirring Personal Report of an Ace Negro Journalist who Returned to his...
Nashville, TN: Southern Publishing Association, 1973. First Edition, First Printing. Original wraps. 4 3/4 X 7 Inches. 48 PP. In the face of food shortages and rising meat prices, the author of this book contends that we should all turn to vegetarianism as a way of both saving money and... More about Unmeat: The Case for Vegetarianism (FIRST PRINTING
Boston: Broadside Free Press, 1970. First Edition, First Printing. Original wraps. 8 1/2 X 11 Inches. 48 PP. Original stapled wraps. A near perfect copy in every way. Original price of $1.00 on front cover. A humorous and mostly rebellious look at the rich and powerful in and around Boston... More about The Whole Hub of the Universe Catalog; Lunatic Guide to Boston & Satellites - from invasion...
Union City, TN: Forrester Wood Publication, 2001. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 6 X 9 1/4 Inches. 176 PP. Scarce private printing in original DJ. Signed by R.C. Forrester and Betty Burdick Wood directly on the title-page. Betty is the granddaughter of John Carlos Burdick, whose commercial fishing business of... More about Night Riders of Reelfoot Lake: The Untold Story (SIGNED BY BOTH AUTHORS
New York: Random House, 1957. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 5 1/2 X 8 1/4 Inches. 246 PP. Signed "Best Wishes, Carl T. Rowan" directly on the half title-page. Stated "First Printing" on the copyright page. Rowan was an influential government official and noted Civil Rights journalist in the late... More about Go South to Sorrow (SIGNED FIRST EDITION COPY); A Prize-Winning Journalist evaluates the Progress...
Santa Barbara: Capra Press, 1975. First Edition, First Printing. Original wraps. 8 X 11 Inches. 128 PP. A classic look at life when hippies take to the sea. I suppose that seamen are all hippies at heart though... Original wraps a bit worn at edges and corners. "A documentary of... More about Water Squatters; The Houseboat Lifestyle
New York: 1979. First Edition, First Printing. Original wraps. 5 1/2 X 8 1/2 Inches. Signed by Deena Schwartzbaum (AKA Lisa Baumgardner) on the lower border of the back cover. Iconic magazine documenting both feminism in the big city as well as the punk revolution taking place in NYC in... More about Bikini Girl Magazine Vol. One, No. 3
San Diego, CA: Greenleaf Classics, 1966. First Edition, First Printing. Original wraps. 4 1/4 X 7 Inches. 160 Pages. THE FIRST BOOK WRITTEN ON THE HELL'S ANGELS! Jan Hudson was a pseudonym for George W. Smith, an Angel himself. A scarce counter-culture "iconic" book that chronicles much of the origin... More about The Sex and Savagery of Hell's Angels (Paperback Original
Gretna, LA: Pelican Publishing, 2012. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 10 1/4 X 10 1/4 Inches. 160 Pages. Signed by photographer David Spielman directly on the title-page. A one page biography, snapshot if you will, of dozens of New Orleans entertainers. Photos and bios include Dr. John, Fats Domino, Harry... More about When Not Performing: New Orleans Musicians (Signed by Photographer David Spielman