New York: Freedomways Associates, 1962. First Edition. Original wraps. 6 X 9 Inches. 350 [2] PP. Important early 60's Freedomways featuring Whitney M. Young Jr among others. Coverage includes "The Economic Status of Negroes", "The Tuskegee Voting Story", "What Price Prejudice?", "Desegregation and the Economy of the South" and more..... More
London: Longman, Hurst, Rees and Orme, 1808. First Edition. Hardcover. 5 1/2 X 8 3/8 Inches. [VOL 1, 572 PP][VOL 2, 592 PP]. First Edition. Two volumes with all three original illustrations (two folding). The all-important folding plate featuring the diagram of the human cargo on a slave ship laid-in..... More
Boston: Little, Brown & Co., 1995. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 6 1/4 X 9 1/2 Inches. 411 PP. Stated "First Edition" with full number line to the "1" on the copyright page. Original price of $24.95 intact. Signed twice by author. Signed and inscribed, "June 2005 / Paonia Co..... More
New York: WCC Books, 1965. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 5 1/2 X 8 1/4 Inches. 254 PP. First printing with original price of $4.95 intact. Signed, "6-28-65 / For Arnold Shapiro, with whom I dined and talked on this date. Best Wishes, Bill Huie" directly on the half title-page..... More
New York: McGraw-Hill, 1969. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 5 7/8 X 8 5/8 Inches. 257 PP. Stated "First Printing" on the copyright page. Original price of $6.95 intact. Signed, "To My Friend, Manuel Vazquez: From his admirer and supporter. In the name of Unity & Justice - Whitney Young..... More
New York: Random House, 1965. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 5 3/4 X 8 1/2 Inches. 454 PP. Stated "First Printing" on the copyright page. Original price of $5.95 intact on front flap. Signed by author and poet Robert Penn Warren on bookplate affixed to the FFEP. Impressive and important..... More
New York: Newmarket Press, 1987. Early Edition. Hardcover. 5 1/2 X 8 1/4 Inches. 122 PP. Signed by Coretta Scott King to Simon Estes, legendary bass-bariton opera singer and a member of the first generation of black opera singers that broke down the walls of racial prejudice in the opera..... More
New York: Stein & Day, 1970. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 5 5/8 X 8 3/8 Inches. 191 PP. First printing copy signed and inscribed by author on the FFEP. Wolff is widely known for the work he did with the Atlanta Braves and for being the former owner of..... More
Winchester, KY: Oliver High School, 1921. First Edition, First Printing. Original wraps. 5 7/8 X 9 3/4 Inches. 34 PP + 16 PP ads. Original guide and history to the Oliver Street Colored School in Winchester, KY. This issue, the first and only as far as we can find, features..... More
Knoxville, TN: University of Tennessee Press, 1976. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 6 1/8 X 9 1/4 Inches. 286 PP. Exhaustive study of the shifting status of "blacks" in Tennessee in the 1880's. DJ a bit worn at edges and folds. A hint of scuffing to front cover. More
New York: Ballantine, 1958. First Paperback Edition. Original wraps. 4 1/8 X 7 Inches. 190 PP. Original first issue of the paperback with title over black background. Price of 50 cents on front cover. Ballantine #F411K. Spine remains unbroken. A high-grade copy of this 20th century classic. Hint of wear..... More
New York: Cambridge University Press, 2003. Advance Reading Copy. Original wraps. 5 7/8 X 8 7/8 Inches. 283 PP. "Beginning in the early 1990's a new voice began to be heard in America - the voice of white nationalism." From the Preface. A brief look at the rise of White Nationalism..... More
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
Chicago: University of Illinois Press, 2015. First Paperback Edition. Original wraps. 6 X 9 Inches. 250 PP. First printing of the paperback edition with the full and complete numberline to the "1" on the copyright page. Signed and inscribed by author, "To Mary Ann, Thanks so much for your support!..... More
Boston: Skinner House Books, 2009. First Edition, First Printing. Original wraps. 8 1/2 X 9 Inches. 651 PP. Oversized paperback original. Foreword by William Sinkford, the first black President of the Unitarian Universalist Assocation. A history of the UUA and it's work to end racism in both their congregations and..... More
Washington DC. Archive. Archive of materials from former Democratic National Committee (DNC), Director of Campaign Materials / 1965 Inaugural Parade Committee member Burnhart Muller. Muller was instrumental in organizing the 1964 Democratic National Convention in Atlantic City, NJ as a memer of the internal staff of the event. He was..... More
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
Washington DC: National Press Books, 1992. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 6 1/4 X 9 1/4 Inches. 285 PP. Stated "First Edition" on the copyright page. Original price of $21.95 intact on front flap of DJ. Slight foxing to gutters, else fine. More
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
Atlanta, GA: Nobel Peace Prize Dinner, 1964. Ephemera. Single Sheet. 5 1/4 X 4 1/8 Inches (folded dimensions). Single sheet, folded. Scarce original January 27, 1965 engraved invitation to attend the dinner in Atlanta honoring Martin Luther King Jr., the 1964 winner of the Nobel Peace Prize. "You are cordially..... More
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