Nashville, TN: Marshall & Bruce, Printers to the State, 1893. First Edition. Hardcover. 5 1/2 X 8 1/2 Inches. 286 PP. First printing of this early 1892 report on the the conditions of the school system in the state of Tennessee. A bit of history... The state legislature did not..... More
Columbia, SC: Bruccoli Clark and Algonquin Book, 1986. Original wraps. 9 7/8 X 11 7/8 Inches. 200 PP. Oversized softcover, edited and with an introduction by Thomas Johnson. Includes numerous black and white images by Roberts. A nice copy of this book of photographs from this often overlooked early African..... More
Orlando, FL: Historical Society of Central Florida, 2005. The Highwaymen. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 11 1/8 X 8 5/8 Inches. 128 PP. "Renowned for their resourcefulness, speed and creativity, a group of Florida artists known as the Highwaymen employed a unique painting style as a way to assert their..... More
New York: Mark Litho (?). First Edition. Original wraps. 5 1/4 X 7 3/4 Inches. 16 PP. "Why is it that the great portion of the members of our society cannot accept the fact that men and women need not be of the same race in order to love one..... More
Nashville, TN: Tennessee Arts Commission, 1981. First Edition. Original wraps. 8 X 10 1/2 Inches. 96 PP. First edition of this retrospective and catalog of the exhibition of the same name that was organized by the Tennessee State Museum. Hint of scuffing. More
Richmond, VA: Confederate States of America, 1864. First Edition. 8 X 10 Inches. Document #1) "Pay Office, Engineer Department, C.S./Richmond, December 14, 1864. A List of Counties upon which to base a call for 5000 slaves for labor on the Public Defences, in pursuance of an act passed by the..... More
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1929. First American Edition. Hardcover. 6 X 9 Inches. 356 PP. "Whether the pleasure of the negroes was sincere may be doubted; but certainly it was the loudest I had ever witnessed: they all talked together, sang, danced, shouted." - Matthew Lewis First American edition of this..... More
Washington DC: American Council of Learned Societies, 1947. First Edition. Original wraps. 6 X 8 3/4 Inches. 28 PP. Important early census of materials relating to African Americans and their footprint at the National Archives. Stapled wraps. Light toning to spine. More
New Britain, CT: New Britain Museum of American Art, 2007. First Edition. Original wraps. 10 7/8 X 9 3/8 Inches. 112 PP. Original stiff wraps as issued. Profusely illustrated biography and catalog of Porter's work. Porter was one of the first African-Americans to exhibit at the National Academy of Design..... More
Chicago: Nelson-Hall, 1973. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 5 5/8 X 8 3/4 Inches. 269 PP. Early study of the Black female by Sociologist Robert Staples. Staples reaches into the study of the woman in America, but even deeper to see the struggles of the Black woman in America. His..... More
College Station, TX: Texas A&M University Press, 2008. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 6 1/4 x 9 1/2 Inches. 437 PP. Stated "First Edition" on the copyright page. Original price of $45.00 intact on rear cover. The first account of the African-American struggle to wear the Naval Academy's "Blue &..... More
Urbana, IL: University of Illinois Press, 1979. Signed Limited Edition. Hardcover. 7 3/4 X 10 1/4 Inches. "Ida M'Toy, an old negro woman, for a long time a midwife in my little Mississippi town and for another long time a dealer in second-hand clothes in the same place, has been..... More
Gainesville, FL: University Press of Florida, 2010. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 6 1/8 X 9 1/8 Inches. 292 PP. First printing with the complete number line to the "1" on the copyright page. A sharp AS NEW copy. More
Chicago, IL: Muhammad Mosque of Islam No. 2, 1965. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 5 5/8 X 8 3/8 Inches. 355 PP. Watershed book from the Nation of Islam founder Elijah Muhammad. First printing with original price of $5.00 intact on front flap. Rear hings starting to crack just a...... More
Hardcover. First printing with complete number line to the "1" on the copyright page. Original price of $28.00 intact on front flap. Signed and inscribed by author on the title-page. Incredible story of two brothers, George and Willie Muse, and their kidnapping and very public career as circus freaks in..... More
Nashville, TN: Smith, Camp & Co., 1857. First Edition, First Printing. Cloth. 5 X 7 7/8 Inches. 356 PP. First printing copy in the original embossed cloth binding. The directory contains the names, business, and residence of all heads of families and businesses in Nashville, Memphis, Clarksville, Shelbyville, Knoxville, Franklin..... More
New York: Collier Books, 1964. Paperback Original (1st). Original wraps. 4 1/4 X 7 Inches. 288 PP. Stated "First Edition 1964" on the copyright page. Original price of 95 cents on front cover. Hint of wear to edges and slight rubbing to gutters, else a fine copy. More
New York: Mentor / New American Library, 1970. First Paperback Edition. Original wraps. 4 X 7 Inches. 304 PP. Stated "First Printing" on the copyright page. Includes work by Malcolm X, Dick Gregory, DuBois, Douglass, Hughes, Hayden and many more. Ink to first few pages. Closed tear to front cover..... More
Hartford, CT: J.B. Burr and Company, 1871. Early Edition. Cloth. 7 X 10 3/8 Inches. [693 PP][787 PP]. Both volumes bound in the original black cloth with gilt title stamping to spines. Both volumes retain frontis and tissue-guard and all plates throughout. With over 450 engravings by Angas, Danby, Wolf..... More
Richmond, VA: Whittet & Shepperson, 1921. First Edition. Hardcover. 5 1/8 X 7 5/8 Inches. 117 PP. First printing of this collection of poems told in an antiquated African American dialect. Poems include: Ole Marster, De Ole Battered Banjo, Uncle Joe, Mammy's Charge and The Race Question among many others..... More
New York: Applause Theatre & Cinema Books, 2006. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 8 5/8 X 11 1/4 Inches. 343 PP. "This work of passion in not only entertaining, it is our history!" Dick Gregory First printing with original price of $27.95 intact on rear panel. Signed by the author..... More
New York: George Braziller, 1958. First Edition. Hardcover. 5 3/4 X 8 3/8 Inches. 501 PP. Stated "First Editon" on the copyright page. Original price of $5.95 intact on front flap. Includes four short stories from "The Ways of White Folks" as well as poems, song lyrics, selections from his..... More
Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1956. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 5 3/4 X 8 1/2 Inches. 245 PP. "The first book of Negro folklore from the North. All the tales were gathered in Michigan. But the storytellers came to Michigan from every state in the South." (from the DJ)..... More
New York: Vintage Books, 1964. First Paperback Edition. Original wraps. 4 1/8 X 7 1/8 Inches. 370 PP. Collectible condition copy of the early Civil Rights era classic. With endorsements by Malcolm X and Ralph Abernathy amount others, this book lays out a frank discussion of the "American dilemma" and..... More
New York: John S. Taylor, 1839. First Edition. Cloth. 4 3/4 X 7 5/8 Inches. 348 PP. Lemuel Haynes is noted as possibly the first African American to minister to a white congregation in America. Appiah & Gates (Africana, 1999) note that Haynes "was born to a black father he..... More