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
Cambridge, MA: Candlewick Press, 2007. Early Edition. Hardcover. 6 1/4 X 9 3/8 Inches. 116 PP. Signed by Giovanni directly on the title-page. Number line to the "2" on the copyright page. Original price of $18.99 intact on front flap. 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
New York: Garland Publishers, 1993. First Edition. Hardcover. 6 1/8 X 9 1/4 Inches. 309 PP. First edition of this important study of Black culture in Boston prior to the Civil War. "Enormous reservoirs of hope, charity, energy, and faith fueled black Bostonians in their collective efforts for socioeconomic advancement;..... More
New York: Minton, Balch & Co., 1934. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 5 3/4 X 8 1/4 Inches. 304 PP. Stated "First Edition" on the copyright page. Signed "For Commander A.A. Marstetter with my appreciation of his kindness and courtesy / John H. Craige / 14 November, 1934" directly on..... More
Baton Rouge, LA: Louisiana State University Press, 1977. Early Edition. Hardcover. 6 1/4 X 9 1/4 Inches. 216 PP. Includes a history of the Harlem Renaissance movement as well as studies of Ellison, Wright and Langston Hughes among others. Ink price of $12.50 to front flap. Hint of scuffing to..... More
Goodrich's Landing, LA: Original, 1863-64. Original Letters. Important collection of six war-date letters written by Union Brigadier General John Parker Hawkins while in command of Colored Troops at Goodrich's Landing, LA. Goodrich's Landing was the name for the cotton plantation owned by Henry Goodrich that was siezed by Union troops..... More
Columbia, MO: University of Missouri Press, 2007. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 6 1/4 X 9 1/2 Inches. 348 PP. First printing copy with correct number line to the "1" on the copyright page. Signed and inscribed "To Dorothy" by author on half title-page. More