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Ann Arbor Mi: University of Michigan Press, 1971. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. Xv, 169 Pp. First Printing. Fine In Near Fine Dust Jacket Priced $6.95.

New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1955. First Edition 1st Printing. Black Cloth. Good. 168 pp. No additional printings indicated. Black trade binding, with red lettering on spine. Previous owners' information on front free endpaper.

New York: Farrar, Straus and Young, 1951. First Edition, First Issue 1st Printing. Cloth/Boards. Very Good Book/Very Good DJ. 212 Pp. Red Cloth Spine Over Grey Boards. First Printing, Fsy Logo On Copyright Page. Book With Light Rubbing At Edges, Tiny Pull Tear At Top Of Spine, No Fraying. Dj Not Price Clipped [$2.75], Very Slight Fading To Red Color On Spine, Minor Chipping And Wear To Edges, Some Dust On Rear Pane. Inscribed By Owen Dodson "Dear Hilda, This Is For Thee With The Best Friendship And Admiration Of Owen / Paris, Sept 20, 1951." The Inscription Is To Hilda Simms (April 15, 1918 - February 6, 1994), The African-American Stage Actress, Best Known For Her Starring Role On Broadway In Anna Lucasta In 1944. Born As Hilda Moses In Minneapolis, Minnesota, One Of Nine Siblings, She Studied Teaching At The University Of Minnesota Until Lack Of Money Forced Her To Leave. Anna Lucasta And Ms. Simms' Performance In The Title Role Created A Stir When The Play, Written By Philip Yordan And Produced… Leer más

Morristown, New Jersey: Silver Press, 1995. First Edition, First Printing . Illustrated Boards. Fine/Fine DJ. Color Full Page and Double Page Illustrations By Michael Bryant. Scarce trade hardcover issue. As new in as new DJ.

Pasadena: Pasadena Junior College, 1940. First Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine. 11 1/2" Tall. Photographs Throughout. A Nice Clean Copy, With Some Fine Inscriptions Of Outstanding Athletes. Light Rubbing At Spine Ends.

Pasadena: Pasadena Junior College, 1941. First Edition . Illustrated Wrappers. Very Good +. 11 1/2" Tall. Photographs Throughout. A nice clean copy, with some fine inscriptions of outstanding athletes: John "Johnny" Anderson (track). "Little" Jos. Fraser, Stan "Moose" Prather, Johnny Wachtler, Also, with an issue of Campus, the softcover magazine.

University Press Of Mississippi, 1999. 1st Edition 2nd Printing. Hardcover. Fine. Viii, 216 Pp. Black Cloth Spine, Gilt, Yellow Boards. Second Printing. Inscribed By Author In 2001. Fine In Fine Dust Jacket

Norton, 1967. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Photographs; Jacket By Eric Carle. Xix, 346 Pp. Blue Cloth, Gilt. First Printing Indicated. Very Near Fine, Bright And Clean, No Marks. Dust Jacket Priced $5.50, Light Wear, Browning To Spine And Top Edges, 1/2" Closed Tear At Front Spine Edge, 1/8" Closed Tear Rear Flap Fold.

New York: HarperCollins, 1997. First Edition, First Printing . Cloth/Boards. Fine Book/Fine DJ. 260 pp. Inscribed "To connie- with admiration and affection, Ellis Cose 1-22-97".

Insight Editions, 2008. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Photographs And Facsimiles. Xvi, 141 Pp. Black Boards Lettered In White. First Printing Indicated. Fine In Fine Dust Jacket.

Hawley & Hazel, 1975. Original Print . No Binding. Fine. Undated Lithographed Cut-Out Mounted On Handle. Pre-1985. The Relating Explanatory Wikipedia Article Reads Like A Very Tasteless And Unbelievable Joke. Darlie (Originally Known As Darkie) Is An Oral Care Brand Owned And Manufactured By The Hawley & Hazel Company With Focus On Chinese And Southeast Asian Markets. The Company Is Headquartered In Hong Kong With Manufacturing Facilities In Zhongshan. The Brand Was Launched In Shanghai In The 1930S And Was Included In The Colgate-Palmolive Portfolio In 1985 After Colgate-Palmolive Acquired 50% Equity In Hawley & Hazel. Hawley & Hazel Marketed Darkie Toothpaste As A Parody Of American Minstrel Performer, Al Jolson, Who Became Popular For His Blackface Performances. The Whiteness Of His Teeth Inspired The Brand Name And Logo. Darky, Or Darkie, Is An Ethnic Slur Used Primarily In The Western World To Refer To Black People. The Packaging Featured An Image Of A Wide-Eyed White Man In Blackface,… Leer más

Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1918. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good. Plates, With Tissue Guards. Xii, 515 Pp. Blue Cloth, Gilt. First Edition, Volume I Of What Became A 3 Volume History. The Saturday Club, Established In 1855, Was An Informal Monthly Gathering In Boston, Massachusetts, Of Writers, Scientists, Philosophers, Historians, And Other Notable Thinkers Of The Mid-Nineteenth Century. Out Of Its Meetings Evolved What Became The Atlantic Monthly. This Copy With Ownership Signature Of Moorfield Storey, A Member Of The Club Since Circa 1894/5-, President In 1925, With His Address At 175 Walnut St., Brookline. Moorfield Storey (March 19, 1845 - October 24, 1929) Was An American Lawyer, Anti-Imperial Activist, And Civil Rights Leader Based In Boston, Massachusetts. According To Storey's Biographer, William B. Hixson, Jr., He Had A Worldview That Embodied "Pacifism, Anti-Imperialism, And Racial Egalitarianism Fully As Much As It Did Laissez-Faire And Moral Tone In Government." Storey… Leer más

Rochester, NY: The Lawyers Co-Operative Publishing Co., 1980. Second Edition . Blue Cloth. Near Fine/No Dust Jacket. 9 7/8" Tall. 369 Clean, Unmarked Pages. Second Edition. Previous Owner's Stamp On Fep, Ffep And Second Free Endpaper.

New York Ny: Alfred A. Knopf, 1926. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Good. 300 Pp + 4 Pp Ads At Rear. Red Cloth Printed In Orange, Orange-Red And Green. First Printing, With 1926 Date On Title Page. Spine Worn, Tiny Frays At Top Edges, And Lettering Weak; Front Hinge Broken Before Half-Title. Walter Francis White (1893 - 1955) Was A Civil Rights Activist Who Led The National Association For The Advancement Of Colored People (Naacp) For A Quarter Of A Century, 1929-1955, After Joining The Organization As An Investigator In 1918. He Directed A Broad Program Of Legal Challenges To Racial Segregation And Disfranchisement. He Was Also A Journalist, Novelist, And Essayist. He Graduated In 1916 From Atlanta University (Now Clark Atlanta University). In 1918, White Joined The Small National Staff Of The Naacp In New York At The Invitation Of James Weldon Johnson. He Acted As Johnson's Assistant National Secretary And Traveled To The South To Investigate Lynchings And Riots. Of Multiracial,… Leer más

University of Utah Press, 2002. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Soft cover. Fine/No Jacket. Xiv, 239Pp. Illustrated Wrappers. Uncorrected Pre-Publication Page Proofs, Soft Cover, Not The Hardcover Published Book. Fine, No Marks.

Los Angeles Ca: Bryant Foundation, 1954. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Near Fine. 20 Pp. Green Wrappers Printed In Dark Green. First Edition Stated. Very Near Fine, No Marks.

New York City: Grove Press / Black Cat, 1962. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Soft cover. Fine. 125 Pp. + Cat At Rear. Fine, No Wear Or Marks, A Little Yellowing To Spine.

Boston Ma: Small, Maynard & Company, 1899. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Good. X, 3- 244 Pp. Red-Brown Cloth, Gilt, Top Edge Gilt, 1899 Date On Title Page, Stub Between Pages 4 And 5, One Final Blank. First Printing. Wear, Fraying Across Top Edge Of Spine, Spine Gilt Strong Except For Publisher's Name At Bottom, Spine Cloth Faded / Damp-Stained. Front Hinge Completely Broken, Front Endpaper Detached But Present, With The Signature Woodham Jelliffe Dated 1916 With A Number 199 Above, Probably A Book Inventory Number. Dampstain At Lower Spine Corner Of Pages From Beginning Of Book, Diminishing And Then Disappearing About 2/3 Through. Rowena Woodham Jelliffe (1892-1992) Became A Pioneer In The Field Of Interracial Theater As An Outgrowth Of Her Career As A Social Worker And Co-Founder Of Karamu House. Born And Raised In New Albion, Ill., She Came To Ohio In 1910 To Enter Oberlin College, Where She Served As President Of The Oberlin Women's Suffrage League And Met Her Future Husband,… Leer más

Boston Ma: Small, Maynard & Company, 1899. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good +. X, 3- 244 Pp. Red-Brown Cloth, Gilt, Top Edge Gilt, 1899 Date On Title Page, Stub Between Pages 4 And 5, One Final Blank. First Printing. Light Usage, Gilt Brilliant, Slight Fading To Spine Cloth (As Usual), Hinges Tight, No Marks.

New York / Cincinnati / Chicago: American Book Company, 1898. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Good. 144 Pp. Publisher's Corrected File Copy. Printed Label "Marked Copy, With Handwritten Number 198, On Spine; Red Sticker With Handwritten "Dropped April 5, 1938" On Front Cover, Stamp "Received Sep 26 1898 American Book Company Library" On Front Free Endpaper, Many Partial Pages With New Printed Book Text Pasted In Over Old Text With Date Of Correction In Red Ink, Also Some Handwritten Changes. These Changes Are Made Throughout The Section On Human Geography "White People And Black People", Original Text Was Outrageous And Insulting, Changes Moving Towards Being Only Somewhat Less Outrageous And Insulting, Particularly When Referring To The Career Prospects Of The Boy "Sambo", Later Renamed "Robert", The Indian "Black Bear", And The Chinese Boy "Sing Lee". [The Book Is Part Of A Collection Of Several Dozen File Copies Of The American Book Company And Its Acquired Titles, Many Of Which Are Also… Leer más