Boston and Chicago: The Pilgrim Press, 1943. First edition, first printing. Signed by Charles S. Johnson on the half-title page. x, 142 pp. Bound in publisher's gray cloth lettered in red. Near Fine with slight lean to spine, very light rubbing to extremities, and light soiling to covers and textblock..... More
Nashville, TN: The Social Science Institute at Fisk University, 1947. Volume V of the periodical, complete in six issues spanning October 1947 to December 1948. Association copy signed on the front free endpaper by Charles S. Johnson and inscribed "with respect and admiration" to Father John LaFarge. 319 pp. Bound..... More
New York: Doubleday, Page and Company, 1901. First edition, first issue with no mention of "The Future of the American Negro" on the title page. x, 330 pp. Bound in publisher's ribbed maroon cloth stamped in gilt, gilt topstain. Very Good+ with a little lean to spine and light rubbing..... More
New York: Published for the Author by Geo. R. Lockwood & Son, 1886. First edition of Sarah H.Bradford's revised biography of Harriet Tubman, originally published as Scenes in the Life of Harriet Tubman. Bound in publisher's brown cloth blocked in blind and stamped in gilt. Very Good with light wear..... More
New York: Boni & Liveright, 1926. First edition, first printing. Bound in publisher's black cloth stamped in yellow; yellow decorative endpapers. Very Good with fading to spine, wear to spine ends and corners, light rubbing and soiling to cloth. Hinge following front free endpaper is exposed leaving binding a little..... More
New York: Albert and Charles Boni, 1925. First edition, first printing. xviii, 446 pp. Bound in publisher's blue paper-covered boards over buckram spine cloth lettered in blue. Good with moderate rubbing and toning to covers, mottling to front cover, boards exposed at edges. Dust-soiling and light staining to upper edge..... More
New York: Harper & Brothers, Publishers, 1953. First edition, first printing. Signed by Gwendolyn Brooks on the half-title page and inscribed "For friends." x, 180, [1] pp. Bound in publisher's yellow cloth-affect paper over green spine cloth lettered in russet. Very Good with light wear and soiling to boards, fraying..... More
Boston: Published for the Author, 1861. First edition. A remarkable family presentation copy of this landmark African American autobiography, given by the author's daughter to friends and abolitionist allies, accompanied by extraordinary first-hand documentation of Jacobs's funeral. [4, blank] [2] 5–306 [4, blank] pp. 12mo. Bound in publisher's original light..... More
New York: The Grove Press, 1965. First edition, first printing. Bound in publisher's black cloth with spine lettered in gilt. Near Fine with light rubbing to extremities, light soiling to textblock edge. In a Near Fine unclipped dust jacket with fading to spine, trace evidence of label removal at base..... More
New York: Boni & Liveright, 1926. First edition, first printing. [283]pp. Bound in publisher's black cloth stamped in yellow, pictorial endpapers. Near Fine with slight lean to binding, light sunning to spine ends, foxing and dust-soiling to top edge of textblock. Small corner chip to front front free endpaper and..... More
New York: The Macaulay Company, 1931. First edition, first printing of one of the earliest Afrofuturist works written. Signed by George Schuyler on the front free endpaper verso and dated October 18, 1931. xii, 250 pp. Bound in publisher's beige cloth stamped in black, lacking the dust jacket. Very Good..... More
New York: BasicBooks, 1997. First edition, first printing. Signed by Thomas Sowell on special bookplate tipped to front free endpaper. x, 180 pp. Bound in publisher's quarter black cloth over black paper-covered boards, silver gilt lettering to spine. Fine in a Near Fine unclipped dust jacket with very light edgewear..... More
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1927. First edition, first printing of this anthology of plays about African-American life. [xviii], 430 pp. Bound in publisher's green cloth boards with printed paper overlay, paper label to spine. Near Fine with moderate rubbing to extremities, light toning to spine and board edges, and..... More
New York: Printed by J. J. Little & Ives Company, 1931. First and only edition. x, 7 - 293 pp. Bound in publisher's red cloth lettered in black on the spine; lacking dust jacket. Near Fine fading to spine and light rubbing to cloth. Binding exposed at several places, contents..... More