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
Auburn: Derby & Miller, 1853. Early Edition. Cloth. 5 1/4 X 8 1/4 Inches. 336 PP. Second printing with the called for "Eighth Thousand" on the title-page. Original black cloth binding. Frontis and illustrations intact. One of the most recognized and important slave memoirs of the 19th century. Extensive rubbing..... 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: G.W. Carleton & Co., 1868. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 5 1/4 X 7 1/2 Inches. 371 [8] PP. First edition copy in the original brown cloth binding. Worn at head and foot of spine. Wear to edges. Scattered foxing. A few PO notes in pencil. Gold lettering..... More
Richmond, VA: Privately Printed, 1931. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 5 1/8 X 7 1/8 Inches. 28 PP. Original suede binding. Signed and inscribed by the author ("To my dear friends, the Bowman family. From Joshua Kinney - Dec. 4th, 1931") directly on the half title-page. Autobiographical account of an..... 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
Athens, GA: The University of Georgia Press, 1994. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 7 1/4 X 10 1/8 Inches. 199 PP. Signed "Best Wishes, Gregory Coleman" directly on the FFEP. First printing with full and complete number line to the "1" on the copyright page. Complete history of "Heaven Bound"..... More
Columbia, SC: Bryan Co., 1940. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 5 1/4 X 7 3/4 Inches. 116 PP. Original green cloth binding lightly rubbed. Foxing to endpapers and occasional foxing throughout. Dust jacket a bit soild with a few small chips. Illustrated with three full-page photographic portraits of former slaves..... 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
Montgomery, AL: Country Life Committee, 1915. First Edition, First Printing. 6 1/8 X 9 1/2 Inches. 4 PP. "We have long since learned that the welfare of the patient in the city depends as much on the nurse as upon the doctor." Spectacular circa 1915 fund-raising tract for the Woman's Dept..... More
Rochester, NY: Oxford Press, 1943. Second Edition. Original wraps. 6 1/8 X 9 Inches. 163 PP. An important history of the Negro in New York, but most important as a rare copy of any of Howard Cole's publications still available on the open market. Coles, the founder and editor of..... More
Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1992. First Paperback Edition. Original wraps. 6 1/8 X 9 1/4 Inches. 243 PP. First printing with complete number line on the copyright page. Contains fourteen studies of original folktales told in Africa and America. PO name on top gutter, else a fine copy. More
New York: Dell, 1971. Paperback Original (1st). Original wraps. 4 1/4 X 7 Inches. 214 PP. Stated First Printing copy on the copyright page. "307 exotic recipes from the first ladies of the new African nations" (from front cover). Spine is unbroken. Slight creasing and chip to bottom corner of..... More
Macon, GA: The Tubman African American Museum, 1997. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 9 X 12 1/4 Inches. 187 PP. Large format, profusely illustrated history of Macon's Black Communities. "This book represents a significant milestone for this community. It is a written record of remarkable men and women who have..... More
Tuscaloosa, AL: University of Alabama Press, 1997. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 6 1/4 X 9 1/2 Inches. 421 PP. A sharp copy of this autobiography of one of the original Tuskegee Airmen. Original price sticker of $36.72 intact on front cover. 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
Unknown: Original Photograph, 1884. Original Photograph. Photograph. 4 1/8 X 6 1/2 Inches. Original ID'ed Circa 1884 Cabinet Card. Photograph annotated on the verso: "Gen Hudson - mammy peeking to see if OK & caught in picture - age about 8 to 10 mo's - b. Sept 20, 1883 Son..... More
Unknown: Original Photograph, 1890. Original Photograph. Photograph. 4 1/4 X 6 1/2 Inches. Two original Cabinet Card photographs depicting the baptism of a young Black girl by her Pastor. The scene includes dozens of onlookers and at least one horse and buggy. The two photographs look to have been taken..... 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
New York: Dutton, 1995. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 5 3/4 x 8 3/4 Inches. 305 PP. Signed and inscribed to author Don Belton on the FFEP. Belton, author of "Speak My Name: Black Men on Masculinity and the American Dream" was famously murdered in 2009. First printing with the..... More