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Los Angeles: Pines One Publications, 1997. INSCRIBED / SIGNED by the AUTHOR directly on the front free endpaper: "Howard, Thanks for proving that brothers DO read! Enjoy! Van W 8/8/97 San Fran USA." Fine condition in a bright and shiny Near Fine dust jacket with only light shelfwear. No chips, tears or fading. Sharp corners. Square and tight. NOT a library discard. NOT a remainder. Hinges are perfect. Pages are clean and unmarked. NO underlining. NO highlighting. NO margin notes. African American author's first novel. Bound in the original orange cloth, stamped in bright gold on the spine. From the dust jacket: "Single, employed, former All-American Shawn Wayne is searching for his ideal woman after a ten-year hiatus from the dating world, and so, armed with technical accoutrements sure to impress, he ventures forth -- only to find that the rules have changed.". INSCRIBED / SIGNED by the AUTHOR. First Printing of the First Edition. Hardcover. Fine condition/Near Fine… Leer más

[Las Vegas, Nevada?]: Privately Published, 2013. INSCRIBED/SIGNED by the AUTHOR with just her first name. Appears unread. NO creases. The spine is square and flat. Pages are crisp, clean and unmarked - apparently never read or even opened. Illustrated with numerous b/w photographs. Bound in the original black pictorial wraps, with white titles.. INSCRIBED/SIGNED by the AUTHOR. 1st ed? (No additional printings listed). Softcover. Fine condition. Illus. by NOT a library discard. 355pp. Great Packaging, Fast Shipping.

New York: Minton, Balch & Company, 1928. Clean, square, tight, unmarked copy. Sharp corners. Not a book club edition. Not price clipped (1.00). No remainder mark. No bookplate. Frontispiece by Philip Kappel. A story of Abraham Lincoln and "Mammy Jinny" in Washington during the Civil War. Told in Negro dialect. A drawing of Lincoln is featured on both the Dust Jacket and the frontispiece. Previously published in the Chicago Sunday Record-Herald. Original black cloth, gilt. See Monaghan 3041. SIGNED by the AUTHOR. Second printing. Hardcover. Fine condition/Near Very Good dust jacket. Illus. by Kappel, Philip . 8vo. 43pp .

Mansfield Centre, Connecticut: Martino Fine Books, 1998. BRAND NEW in perfect condition. STILL SEALED in the publisher's clear plastic SHRINKWRAP. NO rubbing. NO fading. Bright, clean, square and tight. Sharp corners. NO owner's name or bookplate. NOT a remainder. Fresh and crisp -- obviously never read. 1998. "Limited edition facsimile reprint" of the 1928 original. No date (but 1998, first Martino printing). Published @ $75.00 and Limited to 150 Copies (per prospectus). A comprehensive bibliography with 17,500 entries arranged by subject and fully indexed. Many useful annotations. Black authors are noted by an asterisk. A standard reference. Bound in the original green cloth, stamped in bright gold on the spine. From the publisher: "Work was Director of Records and Research at the Tuskegee Institute in Alabama. It took Work over 20 years to complete his bibliography. The purpose of the book '... is to furnish an accurate and comprehensive handbook of… Leer más

Boston, Massachusetts: G. K. Hall & Co., 1990. BRAND NEW in perfect condition. NO rubbing. NO fading. Bright, shiny, clean, square, and tight. Sharp corners. NOT a library discard. NO owner's name or bookplate. NO remainder mark. Fresh and crisp -- obviously never read. NO underlining. NO highlighting. NO margin notes. Hardcover. This bibliography lists and describes hundreds of publications. It includes an Introduction and the listings are arranged in sections such as Psychosocial Development; Psychological Health; Physical Health; Drug Abuse; Suicide; Academic Performance; Educational and Occupational Choice; Employment; Family-Adolescent Relationships; Sexuality and Contraception; Teen Parenting. Bound in the original gray cloth, lettered in shiny red on the spine and front cover.. 3rd printing. Hardcover. New/No jacket, as issued. 8vo. vii, 160pp. Great Packaging, Fast Shipping.

New York: Pyramid Books, 1970. Tight, square, unmarked copy. Light cover soil else Very Good condition. No creases. Not price clipped (95 cents). No remainder mark. No store stamp, ink name or bookplate. Photo illustrated throughout. The daring exploits and record-breaking feats of back stars in boxing, baseball, basketball, football, golf, track and field, tennis, etc. Satchel Paige, Jack Johnson, Joe Louis, Sugar Ray Robinson, Althea Gibson, Arthur Ashe, Joe Perry, Bill Willis, Willie Mays, Jimmy Brown, Gale Sayers, Wilt Chamberlain, Oscar Robertson, Bill Russell, Muhammad Ali, Ralph Boston, John Carlos, Jesse Owens, etc. Front cover features full-color photos of Jackie Robinson, Muhammad Ali, Robertson, Wilt Chamberlain, etc. Bibliography. Index. . 1st Printing of First Softcover Edition. Mass Market Paperback. Very Good condition. 192pp. Great Packaging, Fast Shipping.

New York / London: Garland Publishing, Inc, 1985. Very Good condition (cover only lightly rubbed). NOT a library discard. NO owner's name or bookplate. Pages are clean and unmarked. 1985. First Edition. 2,668 entries. From the introduction: "This is the most comprehensive and first book-length bibliography on black involvement in business." Covers black entrepreneurs, management, marketing, advertising, labor, income, consumerism and other topics, some as early as the 1650's. Book-length works are annotated. Bound in the original blue cloth, stamped in bright gold on the spine.. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good condition/No dust jacket, as issued. Illus. by NOT a library discard. 8vo. 367pp. Great Packaging, Fast Shipping.

New York: Penguin Books, 1977. 5" wide by 7.75" tall. Appears unread. Bright, clean, tight, square, unmarked copy. No creases. Not price clipped (3.95). No remainder marks. No store stamp, owner's name or bookplate. No underlining. No highlighting. No margin notes. Illustrated. Maps. Annotated Bibliography. Index. Keywords: Slavery Middle Passage American History Africa African Americans Negroes Plantations Civil War . Later printing of the 1962 original. Trade Paperback. Near Fine condition. xiv, 306pp. Great Packaging, Fast Shipping.

Virginia Beach, VA: The Donning Company, 1998. Fine condition in a bright and shiny Fine dust jacket. The jacket shows just a bit of mild surface rubbing. NO chips, tears, creases or fading. NO foxing. Sharp corners. Square and tight. NOT a library discard. NOT a remainder. NO owner's name or bookplate. Pages are fresh, crisp, clean and unmarked. Profusely photo illustrated. Covers Black College Football's history including the record setting players and coaches, such as Florida A&M's Jake Gaither, Tennessee State's John Merritt, Southern's Arnett "Ace" Mumford, Prairie View's Billy Nicks, Tuskegee's running back Ben Stevenson, Jackson State's Walter Payton, etc. Bound in the original black boards. From the dust jacket: "In 1892, the men of Biddle University met their counterparts form nearby Livingstone College for a 'match game of ball' on a snow-covered field in Salisbury, North Carolina, 23 years after Princeton and Rutgers had… Leer más

Virginia Beach, VA: The Donning Company, 1998. Near Fine condition in a bright and shiny Near Fine dust jacket. Only mild edgewear. Square and tight. NOT a library discard. NOT a remainder. NO owner's name or bookplate. Pages are fresh, crisp, clean and unmarked. NO foxing. Profusely photo illustrated. Covers Black College Football's history including the record setting players and coaches, such as Florida A&M's Jake Gaither, Tennessee State's John Merritt, Southern's Arnett "Ace" Mumford, Prairie View's Billy Nicks, Tuskegee's running back Ben Stevenson, Jackson State's Walter Payton, etc. Bound in the original black boards. From the dust jacket: "In 1892, the men of Biddle University met their counterparts form nearby Livingstone College for a 'match game of ball' on a snow-covered field in Salisbury, North Carolina, 23 years after Princeton and Rutgers had inaugurated college football. The Biddle and Livingstone players had no idea… Leer más

New York:: Praeger Special Studies / Praeger Scientific, 1985. A bright, clean, square, tight copy. The Dust Jacket is only a little rubbed. No chips. No tears. No owner's name or bookplate. No remainder mark. Pages are fresh and crisp. No underlining. No highlighting. No margin notes. Appendix. Bibliography. Bound in the original black boards, lettered in shiny gold. From the publisher: "Eight out of ten black Americans believe that the banking industry does not afford them the same opportunities as it does whites. In BLACK MANAGERS, the authors analyze the dynamics which influence the careers of black bankers. This book not only suggests strategies to help the black professional survive in a difficult environment but also recommends policy considerations to help top management facilitate the development of a highly motivated, productive and loyal cadre of black managers and other professionals." . First Printing of the First Edition.. Hard Cover. Near Fine… Leer más

Hanover, New Hampshire: Wesleyan University Press / University Press of New England , 1994. Near Fine EX-LIBRARY, but without any library markings on the spine or covers. All text pages and illustrations are crisp, clean and unmarked. NO underlining. NO highlighting. NO margin notes. 1994. First Printing of the First Edition. Music Culture. Bibliography. Index. Bound in the original black cloth, stamped in bright gold on the spine.. First Printing of the First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine EX-LIBRARY/No dust jacket. 8vo. xviii, 246pp. Great Packaging, Fast Shipping.

New York: New York University Press, 1984. Fine condition in Very Good Dust Jacket. Clean, square, tight, and unmarked. Sharp corners. No remainder mark. No owner's name or bookplate. No underlining. No highlighting. No margin notes. List of chapter notes/references. Index. First hand account of what it was like to be a black police officer in New York City in the 1970s and 1980s.. First Printing of the First Edition. Hardcover. Original blue cloth/Jacket not priced or clipped. (xi), 280pp.

Dallas, Texas: BenBella Books, 2011. SIGNED by the AUTHOR directly on the title page. "AUTOGRAPHED COPY" sticker on the front. New and unread in a New dust jacket. The jacket has only a tiny bit of mild shelfwear (like you sometimes find in any new book store). NO chips, tears or fading. NOT price clipped ($24.95). Square and tight. Sharp corners. Inadvertent dogear to corner of two leaves. Pages are otherwise fresh, crisp, clean and unmarked -- obviously never read. Bound in the original black boards, stamped in bright silver on the spine. Complete with dust jacket. From the publisher: "This is the rallying cry that author Sophia A. Nelson wants all of America to grapple with when it comes to the way we view and treat black women. BLACK WOMAN REDEFINED was inspired in part by what Nelson calls open season on accomplished black women, which reached a tipping point in 2007 when Don Imus referred to black female Rutger's University basketball co-eds as nappy-headed hos. Since… Leer más

Privately Published, 2015. Very Good condition (only light rubbing to the cover). Flat, uncreased spine. NO tears, creases, chips or fading. Corners are NOT bumped. Bright and shiny. Brief ink notes/corrections on a small number of pages (less than 15). NO owner's name or bookplate. NOT a library discard. NOT a remainder. Bound in the original shiny black wraps, stamped in bright white. From the publisher: "You will follow Dr. Byrd from his humble Christian upbringing in the small rural community of Nigton, Texas, through his transition to atheism while in the Air Force in the sixties. In this book you will gain insight on what it means to be Black and Atheist. After his conversion to atheism, Dr. Byrd takes you on a journey in his life through his academic and intellectual development on atheism; the humor of the Bible and many religious practices; dealing with tragedy and death without God; an exploration of the Gods of many lands, superstitions, and the miss-application of… Leer más

New York: St. Martin's Press, 1997. Clean, square, tight, unmarked copy. Sharp corners. Not a book club edition. Not price clipped (21.95). No owner's name or bookplate. No remainder mark. From the Dust Jacket: "Is jazz dead? In these pages Tom Piazza takes aim at those who argue that it is... Blues Up and Down chronicles two decades of upheaval in the jazz world - and presents a persuasive argument for the music's continuing role in our culture." Among the chapters are: McCoy Tyner's Present Tense; Mary Lou Williams Keeps the Faith; Black and Tan Fantasy; Portrait of Wynton Marsalis; Keepers of the Flame; The Little Record Labels That Could; How Two Pianists Remade a Tradition; Jazz Piano's Heavyweight Champ; etc . SIGNED by the AUTHOR. First Printing of the First Edition. Hardcover. Fine condition/VG jacket (lightly rubbed). 8vo. x, 194pp .

New York: Amistad / HarperCollins, 2005. A bright, shiny, clean, square, tight copy. Sharp corners. Dust Jacket is NOT price clipped (27.95). No chips. No tears. No creases. No owner's name or bookplate. No remainder mark. No underlining. No highlighting. No margin notes. Illustrated with maps and 16 pages of old photos and prints. List of chapter notes/sources. Bibliography. Index. From the Dust Jacket: "BOUND FOR CANAAN tells the stories of men and women like David Ruggles, who invented the black underground in New York City; bold Quakers like Isaac Hopper and Levi Coffin, who risked their lives to build the Underground Railroad; and the inimitable Harriet Tubman. Interweaving thrilling personal stories with the politics of slavery and abolition, BOUND FOR CANAAN shows how the Underground Railroad gave birth to this country's first racially integrated, religiously inspired movement for social change." Bound in the original two-tone boards, lettered in shiny copper… Leer más

Ames, Iowa: Iowa State University Press, 1987. Winner of the 1988 Benjamin Shambaugh Award. Very Good condition. NO chips, tears or fading. Bright and shiny. Sharp corners. Flat, uncreased spine. Sharp corners. Previous owner's tiny labels (2). Yellow highlighting on several pages. Photo illustrated. Bound in the original tan pictorial laminated boards. From the publisher: "From 1900 until the early 1920s, an unusual community existed in America's heartland -- Buxton, Iowa. Originally established by the Consolidation Coal Company, Buxton was the largest unincorporated coal mining community in Iowa. What made Buxton unique, however, is the fact that the majority of its 5,000 residents were African Americans -- a highly unusual racial composition for a state which was over 90 percent white. At a time when both southern and northern blacks were disadvantaged and oppressed, blacks in Buxton enjoyed true racial integration -- steady employment, above-average wages, decent housing, and… Leer más

Austin: University of Texas Press, 1996. Near Fine condition. This is the original publisher's 1996 printing. We have only the one but it is available today. NOT a Print on Demand. Bright, clean, square, tight, and unmarked. Flat, uncreased spine. No store stamp, owner's name, or bookplate. Pages are fresh and crisp. No underlining. No highlighting. No margin notes. 6" wide by 9" tall. Chapter notes and references. Bibliography. Index. From the rear cover: "For nearly a hundred years, Venezuelans have referred to themselves as a cafe con leche (coffee with milk) people. This expression well describes the racial composition of Venezuelan society, in which almost everyone is of mixed blood. It also voices a popular belief that within their blended society Venezuelans have achieved a racial democracy in which people of all races live free from prejudice and discrimination. Whether or not historical facts actually support this popular perception is the question… Leer más

Boston, Massachusetts: G. K. Hall & Co., 1972. BRAND NEW in PERFECT CONDITION. Bright, shiny, clean, square, tight, and unmarked. Sharp corners. NO owner's name or bookplate. NOT a remainder. NOT a library discard. Fresh and crisp, obviously never read. Clement M. Doke was for many years the Chairman of the African Language Department of the University of Rhodesia. From the front matter: "The Catalogue of the C. M. Doke on African Languages is estimated to contain in all some 7,000 cards [i.e. 7000 books, presented in the form of facsimile catalogue cards from the library]. It is divided into two sections, namely, the Author section and the Subject section…" Included is a 15-page biographical profile of Doke by G. Fortune, Department of African Languages, University of Rhodesia. There is also an 8-page bibliography of Doke's publications and manuscripts, 1913-1970. Bound in the original gilt-stamped sturdy green buckram. 7.5" wide by 10.25" tall..… Leer más