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Mentor/New American Library, 1968. First Edition Later Printing . Soft cover. Near Fine. Collection of fiction, poetry, autobiographical material, & literary criticism from leading Black voices of the late 1960s, including Richard Wright, Malcolm X, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Lance Jeffers, LeRoi James, Langston Hughes, Ralph Ellison, Margaret Walker, Gwendolyn Brooks, & more. In 720 pages with Bibliography. First published in Sept. 1966, this is a later (21st) printing of that FIRST EDITION from the early 1970s (with ISBN). Mass market paperback in black/white/yellow decorative wrappers is in Near Fine condition: just slightly off being Brand New--looks & feels unopened! Completely clean & unmarked, binding strong & straight, pages off-white with heavy tanning to all edges, commensurate with age, but still completely supple. Extremely mild edgewear/rubbing to extremities, with no fading or creasing. Our photos depict the Exact book you will receive, never "stock"… Leer más

Oxford University Press, 1973. First Edition First Printing . Hardcover. Fine/Good. In-depth portrait of the Bourbon Street Black, based on fieldwork & interviews in this tight-knit community of African-American musicians, their families, friends, & followers who form an integral part of New Orleans, Louisiana. In 244 pages with black-and-white photos throughout, Notes Appendix, Index. A FIRST EDITION, first printing from 1973, this hardcover book has been in storage since received Brand New for review. Condition is Fine: completely clean, binding tight & square, pages white, with moderate foxing to outside page edges. The unclipped DJ is downgraded to only Good due to a tear ascending diagonally up & across front cover from lower corner near spine & heavy creasing in this same area, other small chips & rubbing. Nicely protected in new mylar cover Free! Our photos depict the Exact book you will receive, never "stock" images of books we don't actually have! All… Leer más

Garden City, New York: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1946. First Edition Later Printing . Hardcover. Good/Very Good. De Angeli, Marguerite. Highly acclaimed children's book which was among the first (in 1946) to address racial prejudice. It features an African-American lead character, April, who lives in a Philadelphia suburb (Germantown, where the author lived), is active in her Brownie Scout Troop, & receives a wonderful surprise for her 10th birthday. A FIRST EDITION, later printing (lists to a 1956 book in front) . Hardcover book has decorative paper over boards with a design matched on the accompanying DJ. Condition is downgraded Good because it is an Ex-Lib copy, with card pocket & the usual stamps & markingsto front matter & one interior page. Heavy rubbing to lower extremities from shelf. Otherwise, it is very clean, binding tight & square, pages slightly off-white but completely unmarked. Slightly darkened area of tape residue to front cover through part of title.… Leer más

Norman, Oklahoma: University of Oklahoma Press, 1967. First Edition, 2nd Printing 2nd Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. Details the long-neglected contributions of African-American soldiers to the western expansion of the United States & battles against Native American Indians, who gave these regiments the name "Buffalo Soldiers." In 290 pages + 8 pages of black-and-white photos with Index & extensive Bibliography, this is the Second Printing from Oct. 1967 of the FIRST EDITION, initially published in May of that same year. Hardcover 8vo has yellow cloth-covered boards, lettered in silver inside a silver-rimmed title box to spine. Condition is Fine: as bright & clean & crisp as Brand New! Binding strong & straight, pages white & completely unmarked, corners crisp. The unclipped DJ is Near Fine, with just a tad of rubbing to extremities. Our photos depict the Exact book you will receive, never "stock" images of books we don't actually have! Same day… Leer más

Scribner, 2011. First Edition First Printing 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. The former editor-in-chief of Atlanta magazine chronicles the transformation of that city as a result of the events of 9 April 1968, when it served as the location for the largest funeral for a private US citizen in history when it held the services for the recently slain Martin Luther King, Jr. In 244 pages with Index, Selected Bibliography, extensive Notes, & Glossary of Organizations, + a 12-page section of black & white photos in center, others scattered throughout text. A FIRST EDITION, First Printing, from 2011, this hardcover has a black cloth-wrapped spine lettered in silver, with creamy white textured paper over the remaining boards. Condition is Fine: like new, marred only by former owner's address label inside front cover. Else, completely clean & unmarked. The unclipped DJ is Near Fine, with 2 small shallow scratches to front cover, else, bright & colorful with no wear. Our photos… Leer más

New York, New York: Avon, 1967. First Paperback . Soft cover. Very Good+. Written shortly after what was then "the most vivolent, destructive race riot in American history,'' the 6 days of unrest that besieged what was then referred to as "the Negro ghetto" in the Watts neighborhood of South Central Los Angeles, CA. Orig. published in hardcover in 1966 with the subtitle, "The Los Angeles Race Riot, August 1965"), this is the First Mass Market Paperback Edition from Avon (V2167), the First Printing from Feb. 1967. In 287 pages + 8 pages of black-and-white photos in center. Condition is VG+: very clean & bright, bBinding straight & strong, pages modestly tanned, commensurate with age, heavier inside both covers. Nicely protected in new mylar collector bag Free! Our photos depict the Exact book you will receive, never "stock" images of books we don't actually have! Same day shipping on all orders received by 2 pm Weekdays (PST); later orders,… Leer más

Washington, D.C., U.S.A.: Literally Speaking Pub House, 1999. First Edition First Printing . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. SIGNED FIRST EDITION. "The reader will gain unbelievable access & understanding of the most resilient & misunderstood man in the world: the Black Man,'' in this collection of stories, miscellaneous thoughts, & poems. 202 pages. SIGNED with a full page inscription by the author on ffep, plus a promotional postcard from the signing. First Edition hardback is Fine in Fine DJ, just about flawless--just slightly less crisp than Brand New!Completely clean, white pages are unmarked, binding tight & square, hinges intact. The unclipped DJ has old price sticker on rear but otherwise flawless. Our photos show the Exact book you will receive, never "stock" images of books we don't actually have. Same Day Shipping on all orders received Weekdays by 2 pm (Pacific); later orders, weekends & holidays ship very next business day.

New York, New York: Doubleday, Page & Company, 1906. First Edition, 2nd Printing 2nd Printing. Hardcover. VG-/No Jacket. Keller, Arthur I.. Disturbing "romance" that glorified white supremacy & served as the basis for D. W. Griffith's equally disturbing 1915 film of the same name, later retitled, "Birth of a Nation."First published in 1905, this is the 1906 printing of that First Edition, with the Second State boards now in tan cloth (ruled & lettered in green, with the cross aflame to spine under title) instead of the original red. In 374 pages with glossy frontispiece + 6 internal glossy plates intact with clean margins. Though generally very clean, condition is downgraded to Good due to staining to top edges of pages 61-65. Many former owner's names on front endpapers + clipping bearing the notice of the author's death glued to recto of frontis, which has created offsetting to opposite page. Text is clean & unmarked, pages moderately tanned,… Leer más

Chicago, Illinois, U.S.A.: Johnson Publishing Company, Inc., 1982. Revised Edition 5th or later Printing. Soft cover. Near Fine. Holmes, Louis F.. First published in 1963 in the midst of the civil rights movement & before the "Black is Beautiful" campaign, this coloring book was created by North Carolina social activist Lucille Giles. It offers brief biographical sketches (in the forms of short poems) of 29 prominent African Americans, each accompanied by a blank illustration for children to color. In a message to parents that opens the book, the author states that the book "has been carefully planned to awaken his [your child's] interest and give him an early knowledge of Blacks who have made vital contributions to world history." Following its initial publication in 1963, it was reprinted 4 times, then revised in 1974; this is the 8th printing from 1982. Colorful tan wrappers, stapled binding, 64 pp. Exceptionally clean, completely unmarked, no coloring. Just the slightest hint of bumping at… Leer más

New York, New York, U.S.A.: New York University Press, 1998. First Edition First Printing . Hardcover. As New/As New. Expose of some of the lies & disinformation propagated by politicians & pundits about black criminality, exploring the underlying fears of whites who endorse & spread these falsehoods. Even more relevant today than when it was originally published in 1998, this is the First Edition, first printing, in 201 pages. Stored since acquired Brand New for review (notice laid in), this hardcover book is still pristine & never opened! completely clean, binding straight & strong, pages white; NO writing/underlining/highlighting; NOT ex-lib. The unclipped DJ is equally Fine, virtually flawless, with no fading or edgewear. Our photos depict the exact book you will receive, never "stock" images of books we don't actually have! Same day shipping if ordered by 2 pm weekdays (PST); later orders, weekends & holidays ship very next day.

New York, NY, U.S.A.: Random House Inc, 1967. First Edition Later Printing . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Pulitzer-prize-winning dramatic novelization of the 1831 slave revolt led by the title character in Virgina. Though the CR page & DJ details all match the points for a First Edition, First printing, this is a variant/later state? with green cloth-covered boards, not the requisite black of the First Edition. Sticker from a bookstore in China in rear suggests it may be a foreign reprint edition.Small 8vo is in VG condition: very clean, binding strong & straight, pages creamy white with moderate tanning to all edges. Slight darkening to extremities & spine fadingFlaws: slightly cocked with a lean to the right. Minor soil/shelfwear to bottom outside page edges. The unclipped DJ (with orig. $6.95 price at top front flap & 10/67 at lower) is also VG, marred by very slight edgewear & rubbing to extremities, but no chips or tears; slight spine fade. Nicely protected in new mylar… Leer más

New York, New York: Vintage Books/Random House, 1964. First Paperback Edition . Mass Market Paperback. Very Good. Classic work in Black history by this renowned Chicago journalist that explored, at the dawn of the civil rights era, the status of race relations in the United States & what to do about what was then described as the "Negro problem." Orig published in hardcover, this is the First mass market paperback edition (Vintage V-279) from 1964. Condition is VG: completely clean inside save for old bookstore stamp to ffep & "used" sticker to lower spine. Binding strong & straight--feels never opened. Pages show moderate, age-appropriate tanning, & white covers are yellowed/mildly soiled with virtually no edgewear. Slight musty odor. Protected in new clear mylar collector bag Free! Our photos depict the Exact book you will receive, never "stock" images of books we don't actually have! Same day shipping on all orders received Weekdays by 2 pm (PST);… Leer más

New York, New York: Ballantine, 1957. Paperback Original (PBO) . Soft cover. Good. Expose by an award-winning journalist who went into the Deep South to uncover the truth about the fight against the Supreme Court's decision in the 1954 Brown case to desegregate the schools. A paperback original (PBO) from Bantam (#220), it is based, in much shorter form, on a controversial series of articles orig. published in the "Saturday Evening Post." 181 pages. Condition is solidly Good: generally very clean with mild-moderate edgewear all around, rubbing to extremities, many small creases. Binding straight & strong. Pages moderately tanned, heavier around edges, commensurate with age & paper quality. Nicely protected in new mylar collector bag Free!Our photos depict the Exact book you will receive, never "stock" images of books we don't actually have! Same Day Shipping on all orders received by 2 pm Weekdays (Pacific); later orders, weekends & holidays ship very next… Leer más

New York, New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1994. First Thus . Hardcover. Fine/No Dust Jacket, as Issued. Pinkney, Brian. Collection of 66 poems by the late African-American lyricist especially written for black children, though appropriate to all ages & races & lovers of literature. In 83 pages, illustrated throughout by Brian Pinkney using a special scratchboard technique, in which a white board is covered in black ink, which is then scratched off with a sharp tool to reveal the white design beneath. Drawing together poems originally published in various magazines in the 1930s, this is the FIRST EDTION, second printing from Knopf from 1994, a hardcover 8vo in decorative rose-colored cloth over boards with an image of a young black boy on front cover. Sturdy library binding with reinforced hinges, two stamps in front matter indicating it came from a junior high demonstration program. Else, condition is Fine: as bright & clean as brand new! Pages white & unmarked. No DJ, as issued.Our… Leer más

New York, New York: Scholastic Book Services, 1994. First Thus . Soft cover. Fine. Pinkney, Brian. Collection of verse by the late African-American poet especially written for black children, though appropriate to all ages & races. In 83 pages, illustrated throughout by Brian Pinkney using a special scratchboard technique, in which a white board is covered in black ink, which is then scratched off with a sharp tool to reveal the white design beneath. Orig. published in 1932, this is a special Scholastic Books edition from 1994 (fifth printing) that was made available to a new generation of children ONLY through their schools. It adds 7 new poems to the original 59. Slim softcover with decorative paper wrappers is in Fine just a tad of rubbing to fore edge side of front cover is only flaw! Else, completely clean & bright, looks & feels unopened. Pages white & unmarked, binding strong & straight. Our photos depict the Exact book you will receive, never "stock" images of… Leer más

Massachusetts: SerialThriller Studios, 2004. First Edition First Printing . Soft cover. Very Good. Story of Tony Tucker, young African-American lawyer in New York City who, in dedicating his life to the defense of underprivileged minorities, eventually must confront "his own deeply rooted torment." FIRST EDITION trade paperback is VG: completely clean, binding tight & square, white pages, NO writing, underlining, or highlighting; NOT ex-lib. FLAWS: minor edgewear/shelfwear. Our photos depict the exact book you will receive, never "stock" images of books we don't actually have! Same day shipping if ordered by 2 pm weekdays (PST); later orders, weekends & holidays ship very next day.

Macon, Georgia: J. W. Burke Company, 1932. First Thus . Soft cover. Good+. Fictionalized, but based on true accounts, of a former enslaved man in the post-Civil War South making his way back "home" to his old master. First self-published by the author in 1920, this is the First Edition, first printing, from the J. W. Burke Co. of Macon, GA, from 1932 (First, thus). Small16 mo (5.25" x 7") in mottled light blue wrappers, lettered in darker blue script to front cover, stapled binding. In 47 pages with list of author's other books in rear, duo-fold map stapled in center. Condition is Good+: completely clean & unmarked inside save for faded gift inscription to verso of half title page dated 1937. Frontispiece of the author is tearing away from binding at lower edge, about 2" up; all other pages secure. Exterior edges of both covers extend beyond the page edges & show many small, short tears to fore edge; interior pages flawless. Noticeable stain to front cover,… Leer más

New York, New York: Antheneum, 1975. First Edition First Printing . Hardcover. Very Good+/Very Good. Early contribution to the movement, begun in the Civil Rights era, to acknowledge & commemorate Black History in the United States. This book served as one of the very first comprehensive guidebooks to museums, monuments, & historic sites across the country, designed for both the armchair & actual traveler. In 402 pages with Index & Geographical Index, profusely illustrated throughout with black-and-white photos A First Edition, First printing, from 1975, this hardcover 8vo has matte black cloth-covered boards blind stamped to front & lettered in copper to spine. Condition is VG+: completely clean inside, with mild foxing & faint pink spotting to outside page edges. Binding strong & straight, hinges secure, pages creamy white & completely unmarked. Mild rubbing to extremities & corner bumping. The unclipped DJ is VG, with mild chipping & edgewear, else bright… Leer más

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1958. First Edition Later Printing . Hardcover. Good+/Near Fine. McCann, Gerald. Part of this publisher's Famous Biographies for Young People series, this YA book presents the stories of 16 Black Americans, including explorers, pioneers, warriors, abolitionists, adventurers, aviators, & one brave woman (Harriet Tubman). Written by the prolific "Poet of the Negro People" & leader of the Harlem Renaissance, with pen-and-ink sketches of each hero drawn by Gerald McCann. In 202 pp, with Index. A First Edition, 22th printing, from 1958, this hardcover 8vo has red cloth-covered boards pictorially stamped & lettered in black to front & spine. Condition is Good+ an Ex-Lib copy with the usual stamps & markings & light soil to fore edge from previous readers. Else, quite clean, binding strong & straight, pages creamy white & unmarked, except for the Table of Contents, which has some erased pencil check marks,… Leer más

Los Angeles, California: 20th Century Fox Film Corporation, 2001. First Edition First Printing . Soft cover. Near Fine. Original shooting script for the film, originally named "Fish,'' that became the 2002 movie "Antwone Fisher" marking Denzel Washington in his directorial debut & featuring newcomer actor Derek Luke in the title role. Originally a novel titled, "Finding Fish,'' it came to life after Fisher took a screen writing class & eventually sold it to Fox Studios. Nominated for Best Original Screenplay, as well as "Best Director" & "Best Picture." It did not win an Academy Awards, but fared very well at the Black Reel, National Film Institute, & Producer's Guild awards. This is the unbound screenplay (containing the script + numerous revised sections, with decorative paper wrappers featuring images from the film, held together with 3 brads through 3-ring punched holes on left. As it came from Los Angeles, it is likely… Leer más