Easton, Md: Privately Printed, 2023. A STUNNING linocut print from contemporary artist Adam Himoff, which has made local and national impression after a building-sized mural of the print was installed in Douglass' hometown of Easton, Md in 2023. Himoff's work brings the image of Douglass into the 21st century..... More
New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons. 1932. Tunis, Edwin. 8vo. A lovely early printing of this classic Maryland cookbook, increasingly scarce, particularly in original dust jacket. Certainly the most whimsical Maryland cookbook ever printed, and quite politically incorrect by today's standard. Illustrations by renowned Maryland illustrator Edwin Tunis..... More
Charlottesville, Va: University Press of Virginia, 1976. 1st edition. 8vo. Taken from the records of the Federal Writers' Project (WPA) of the 1930s, this collection of interviews with former Virginia slaves provide a realistic window into the life of the enslaved in the antebellum American South. The transcripts are written..... More
London: Royal Geographical Society, 1998. 8vo. A beautiful work depicting the life of the black descendants of slavery on the islands of the Caribbean through emotional black and white photography. Trade paperback. Stiff cardstock wraps. 63pp. The front half of the book features full-page photographs while the back..... More
New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1948. 1st Edition. 8vo. A scarce 1948 1st Edition Advance Copy in the exceedingly rare strikingly-designed original dust jacket. A study of racial segregation from an economical viewpoint, with particular attention to what we would call Red-Lining today, describing "the mechanism of..... More
New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1973. 1st Edition. 8vo. A beautiful 1973 1st Edition of Walker's first short story anthology, featuring the first appearance in book form of her iconic story, 'Everyday Use'. Signed by author without inscription under her name on title page. "These are..... More