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Chicago: Johnson Publishing Company, Inc., 1970. First Edition First Printing . Soft cover. Fair. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Small quarto. Unpaginated. Soft cover bound in white and black wrappers. The binding is worn and bumped. Front cover has some creases at the bottom corner. This also affects the half title, the title page, and the first few pages of the text. Spine is toned. Text block is separated from the binding but is sound. Prior owner's bookplate (George Breathett) inside the front cover (George Breathett was a professor of history at Bennett College in Greensboro, NC). Text is sound and clean. A collection of cartoons focused on racism and the position of African Americans in American society in 1970.

Chicago: Johnson Publishing Company, 1970. Softcover. Fine. First edition. Perfect bound wrapper. Near fine with some rubbing. Signed by the author on the back panel. Second book by the author of *The Middle Passage*, a book of cartoons.

Johnson Publishing Company, 1970. First Edition, First Printing. Cardboard Wrappers. Fine. A handsome First Edition, First Printing (so stated) of Charles R. Johnson's first book. In heavy decorated black & white cardboard wrappers, the book is very clean and solid. Includes cartoons on being African-American, Johnson began his career as a graphic artist. He soon went on to write his first novel, "Faith and the Good Thing" in 1974 and his later works included "Middle Passage" that won the 1990 National Book Award and was the basis for the 2000 film by the same name about the capture of African slaves that were brought to America in the late 1770's. A nice copy by this important African-American writer.