New York: Harper's Weekly Illustrated Newspaper, June 2, 1860. Folio. Original 1860 pre-Civil War historic newspaper with an inside-page detailed report on the capture of the Slave Ship 'WILDFIRE', brought into Key West, Florida in April, 1860. The report is accompanied by a near full-page poster engraving of the African..... More
New York: Thomas Crowell Co., 1955. Hallock, Robert. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7. Nice 2nd printing of this classic study of one of Americas most complex historical figures, originally written with the adolescent in mind but very enjoyable adult reading as well. Red cloth boards. Offsetting to front end papers..... More
Hartford, CT: Park Publishing Co., 1882. 2nd Edition. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7. Beautiful 2nd printing of Frederick Douglass' 3rd and final autobiography, originally published the prior year, 1881. Brown cloth with gilt illustration, still very bright, to front board. Square Tight Binding, though some paper separation at..... More
New York: Harper's Weekly Illustrated Newspaper, January 13, 1900. First Edition. 1900 newspaper with an inside-page 1ST PRINTING of the PAUL LAURENCE DUNBAR story 'NEGR0 LIFE in WASHINGTON' - #1R-021 This article comprises a complete page of the newspaper and features several illustrations depicting Negro life in Washington, DC..... More
New York: International Publishers, 1950-55. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. Complete four volume 1st Edition set of Foner's ground breaking and scarce set on Douglass. Signed by Foner on the front end paper of Volume II. A 5th supplemental volume was added in 1975 but was not part..... More
Generic, 2019-01-01. 1st Edition. Leather Bound. 8vo - over 7. Brown cloth with gilt illustration to front. Lettering on spine in gilt. Mild rubbing and wear to binding. P/O signature to front end paper. More
Houghton Mifflin Company, 1971-01-01. 1. Paperback. 8vo - over 7. Trade paperback. Staple binding. Clean interior. Very mild age toning to edges. A superior edition. More
1958. Original 1958 theatre lobby card for the re-release of the 1927 feature film 'Uncle Tom's Cabin', based on the 1852 novel by Harriett Beecher Stowe, the abolitionist work which was a major catalyst in driving the nation toward civil war in 1861. As the Civil Rights movement continued..... More
University of Georgia Press, 2010-12-01. Paperback. 8vo - over 7. Trade paperback. Square Tight Binding.Clean interior. Little to no wear. A superior edition. More
Nashville: Blackfoot Studio, 1903. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7. SCARCE turn-of-the-century book of African American folk-songs and poetry in the stereotypical racist black dialect, profusely illustrated throughout. Illustrated paper-covered boards. Red cloth spine. Moderate rubbing and wear to boards and edges with a few small shallow gouges to..... More
New York: The Modern Library, 1929. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 12mo - over 6. A handsome 1st Modern Library edition of this valuable African American literary reference, in very scarce original dust jacket.Blue cloth gilt. Square Tight Binding. Clean interior. Pages with mild tanning. Spine of binding lightly sunned, more so..... More
New York: Coward-McCann, 1952. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7. Beautiful copy of this Himes classic.Half black cloth. Square Tight Binding. Clean interior. Dust jacket with mild rear panel age toning and rubbing. Presents handsomely in archival mylar.A superior edition. More
New York: International Publishers, 1950-55. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7. Complete four volume 1st Edition set of Foner's ground breaking and scarce set on Douglass. Signed by Foner on the front end paper of Volume II.A 5th supplemental volume was added in 1975 but was not part of..... More
The Easton Publishing Co., 1965-01-01. 1st Edition. Paperback. Staple bound trade paperback. Signed by author on front end paper. Square Tight Binding. Clean interior. Signed by author on front end paper. P/O gift inscription on verso of same. Mild wear to illustrated wraps. More
State University of New York Press, 2017-07-02. 1st Edition. Paperback. 8vo - over 7. Trade paperback. Square Tight Binding.Clean interior. The mildest wear to corners of wraps. More
Southern Poverty Law Center, 2014-01-01. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7. BEAUTIFUL 1st Edition boldly inscribed in blue marker by Morris Dees, founder of the Southern Poverty Law Center, on the title page.Black cloth with illustrated pastedown to front board. Square Tight Binding. Clean interior. "Morris Seligman Dees Jr...... More
University of Masschusetts Press, 1971, 1971-01-01. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7. Green cloth. Square Tight Binding.Clean interior. Virtually no wear to binding. Jacket with a lightly sunned spine and a few spots of oxidation. Presents handsomely in archival mylar. More
New York: Corinth. 1st Edition. Beautiful association copy signed and inscribed by Editor LeRoi Jones (Amari Baraka) to influential anti-war activist and member of the Boston Five, Mitchell Goodman and his wife, Denise Levertov. This anthology contains prose and verse from such notable Beats as LeRoi Jones, Diane..... More
Chapel Hill, NC: University of North Carolina Press, 1926. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7. Scarce and invaluable early 20th-century work on the historical vernacular and commonplace folk music of African Americans. Rare in original dust jacket."Disregarding for the most part, the authors, in this instance, have collected the..... More
Baltimore: Reginad F. Lewis Museum of Maryland African American History & Culture, 2015. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Quarto. Signed and inscribed by Barbara Paca on the title page. Inscription in her characteristic presentation of 'To celebrate ALL Founding Families'. This book was written and issued to commemorate the exhibition of the..... More
Tidewater Publishers, 1960-01-01. Early Printing. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7. Red cloth. Square Tight Binding. Clean interior, save for two small notations on front end paper. Jacket with mild edge wear. Presents handsomely in archival mylar. More
Federalsburg, Md: Stowell Press, 1926. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7. Brown cloth. Tight Binding. Clean interior. Mild slant to spine. More
G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1932-01-01. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7. Beautiful edition of this Maryland culinary classic, littered throughout with politically incorrect and racist cartoons from 1930s Maryland, then still very much a Southern State. Illustrated map endpapers by famed 20th-century artist Edwin Tunis. Very mild wear. More
New York: Doubleday Doran & Co., 1939. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7. The second novel by one of the more influential black writers to come out of the later years of the Harlem Renaissance. Turpin's 1st novel, 'These Low Grounds', critically acclaimed and exceedingly scarce novel covering four..... More
New York: Harper & Brother, 1937. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7. The first novel by one of the more influential black writers to come out of the later years of the Harlem Renaissance. Turpin's critically acclaimed and exceedingly scarce novel covering four generations won him instant literary recognition..... More