New York: The Viking Press, 1962. First edition, first printing in correct dust jacket. Signed by Ezra Jack Keats, inscribed to book designer Jane Byers Bierhorst, "with whom its been pleasant working." They would collaborate on later books. 34 pp. Bound in publisher's blue cloth with white and red lettering..... More
[Montclair, NJ?]: [No Publisher], [1932]. First edition. 60 pp. Bound in publisher's green stiff wraps lettered in copper. Good+, front wrap chewed along edges, a few small nibbles to prelims as well, front wrap a little stained. Very scarce, with only two holdings located in OCLC. A self-published, highly political..... More
New York: Hill and Wang, 1969. First edition, softcover issue. Signed by Ted Joans on the half title with his drawing of a rhino, in Seattle dated 1997. [xii], 130 pp. Bound in publisher's illustrated wraps. Very Good with a little curling to wraps, light wear. More
Burton, MI: Subterranean Press, 2018. Limited edition signed by N.K. Jemisin, copy #383 of 500 thus. [2], 383 pp. Bound in publisher's red cloth with silver lettering, black patterned endpapers. Fine in Fine dust jacket. The Hugo & Nebula award winning novel. More
Boston: Published for the Author [by Thayer & Eldridge], 1861. First edition. 306 pp. Bound in publisher's full brown textured cloth, expertly rebacked with original spine laid down, boards blind ruled with floral ornamentation, spine ornamented and lettered "LINDA" in gilt. Very Good with foxing throughout, small tidemark to upper..... More
New York: Coward-McCann, Inc., 1970. First edition. [xvi], 330 pp. Bound in publisher's black cloth lettered in silver. Top edge foxed, else Fine in a Near Fine dust jacket, unfaded and unclipped, lightly shelfworn. The prison letters of a famous African American '60s radical figure. More
New York: Random House, 1972. First edition. Publisher's black cloth with red paper sides, spine lettered in gilt. Near Fine with one dog-eared page and a little lean to spine, in a Near Fine dust jacket with two small closed tears, bright and unclipped ($5.95). The sequel to Soledad Brother..... More
Los Angeles: Holloway House Publishing Co., 1969. First edition. 312, [8] pp. Bound in publisher's wraps. Good with corner creasing to front wrap and first few pages, wear to wraps, a few corner creased pages, pages toned with age. More
Columbia, SC: Hampton Publishing Company, 1944. First edition of this scarce novel written by an African American woman who worked as a teacher and librarian in South Carolina. Bound in publisher's original reddish-brown cloth stamped in brown. Good, cloth mottled, boards splayed and worn through at edges. Foxing to textblock..... More
Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott Company, 1937. First edition, first printing. Bound in publisher's original orange cloth lettered in black; lacking the dust jacket. Very Good with lean to binding, cloth lightly soiled, scuffed and spine-faded, small puncture to front joint. Pages toned with scattered light spotting and a few creased..... More
New York: Printed at Kay Printing House, 1929. First edition, first printing. Bound in publisher's origina dark blue cloth with titles lettered in gilt. Very Good or better, with toning to cloth at spine and edges, gilt rubbed completely at spine and partialyl to front cover, cloth lightly edge-worn. Pathfinders..... More
New York: Broadway Publishing Company, 1919. First edition, first printing. Bound in publisher's original maroon cloth stamped in black. Near Fine with fading to spine, light wear at tips and toning to pages. A noted African American female poet, Effie Waller Smith was born in Kentucy and this was the..... More
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1955. First edition, first printing. Hardcover issue bound in publisher's original black paper-covered boards over white cloth spine lettered in black. Near Fine with ding to top edge of upper board, toning and musty odor to pages. In a Very Good+ dust jacket with price..... More
Brooklyn, NY: D. B. Fulton, [ca. 1907]. First edition. Bound in publisher's red pebbled cloth with titles printed in black on upper board. Very Good with edge wear, heavy fading to spine and edges, light staining to rear cover, light foxing. Hinge at front endpaper is slightly exposed and split..... More
New York: George W. Hodges, 1951. First edition. Signed by George W. Hodges on the title page. Bound in publisher's original cloth-backed boards. Very Good with toning and scuffing to covers. A scarce book of poetry and prose by an African American author. More
Memphis: E.H. Clarke & Brother, 1911. First edition. 546, [2, TOC] pp. Bound in publisher's crimson cloth with gilt lettering. Very Good with some dampstaining to cloth, worn tips. Contents bright; a few pressed flowers laid in. Approximately 70 biographical sketches of African-American leaders and prominent figures around the South..... More
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1933. First edition, first printing. [viii], 317 pp. Bound in publisher's floral patterned yellow cloth with paper title label to spine; lacking the dust jacket. Very Good with fading to spine; toning, soiling and wear to title label. Former owner name and address to front..... More
Tucson, AZ: Printed by Acme Printing Company, [1921]. First edition. Bound in publisher's leatherette, housed in later yellow and black slipcase. Near Fine, former owner's name in gilt at bottom of front cover, printed on bottom of slipcase as well. Signed by a former Captain in the 10th Cavalry on..... More
Rochester, N.Y: [Published by the Author], 1908. First edition of the African American author's first book, a book of poetry dedicated to institutions of which he was a member, in particular the Fremasons. Bound in publisher's original blue cloth lettered in white. Very Good with wear at corners and spine..... More
Boston: The Christopher Publishing House, 1938. First edition, first printing. An editorial copy, with a small rubber stamp stating such on the rear paste down. 271 pp. Bound in publisher's green cloth lettered in black; lacking a dust jacket. Near Fine with faint mottling to cloth at rear,, light wear..... More
Boston: The Christopher Publishing House, 1931. First edition, first printing. Signed Mercedes Gilbert and inscribed to a theater critic, referencing her current role in the first Broadway play with an all-Black cast, the Pulitzer Prize-winning Green Pastures. Bound in publisher's original rose cloth patterned in blind with titled stamped in..... More
[Portland, OR]: Black Flag Productions, [1996]. Original 11" x 17" flyer for Portland, Oregon Gangsta/ G-funk hip hop group Fundamental Maddness advertising their 1996 album "2 in the Game." It would be their only album. Good condition with wrinkling from moisture, a few holes from being mounted, faint stains visible..... More
London: Friends of Soledad, 1972. Issue No. 2. May 1972. 24 pp. including wraps. Unbound sheets. Near Fine with light shelf wear, a single page corner creased. Includes a two page sheet listing contents, booklets in preparation, and items for sale. A rare British publication celebrating the American Black..... More
Scarsdale, New York: Bradbury Press, Inc., 1973. First edition. [xii], 176 pp. Publisher's cream-colored cloth, blind stamped front, gilt lettering to spine. Near Fine with just a hint of foxing to edges, small scuff to paste down, in Very Good+ dust jacket with sunned spine panel, worn head, top edge..... More
New York: Arbor House, 1985. First edition, first printing. Signed by James Farmer on half title. [xii], 370 pp. Bound in publisher's boards with crimson cloth backstrip, silver spine lettered. Fine in Fine dust jacket with a little rubbing. A signed copy of the Civil Rights activist's memoir; he began..... More