The Autobiography of Leroi Jones
NY: Freundlich Books, 1984. Paperback. 329pp. Foredge of textblock foxed, spine sunned, else very good in publisher's wraps. More
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In the Tradition (for Black Arthur Blythe)
np: The Author, 1980. Paperback. [12]pp. Tanned overall with some light rubbing, else very good in publisher's wraps. More
After Forty Years: Discourse at the Fortieth Anniversary of Fisk University, Nashville, Tennessee
Nashville: Fisk University, 1906. Paperback. 14pp. Slightly darkened and rubbed overall with a glue [?] stain to the rear, else very good in publisher's stapled wraps. More
Roots and Herbs: Black Folk Medicine in America
Nashville: Fisk University, nd. [8]pp. Tanned overrall, else very good in publisher's stapled wraps. Number 37 in a series of Publications on Themes in the Black Experience: a Learning Library Program. More
In Search of York: The Slave Who Went to the Pacific With Lewis and Clark
Boulder: Colorado Associated University Press, 1985. Hardcover. x, 178pp+ index. Very good hardback in a lightly edgeworn jacket that has a couple of small closed tears at the head of the spine. More
Black Artist Group Presents Weekly Performance Series of "Black Expression" Music-Drama-Poetry-Dance Featuring: B.A.G. and Special Guests
[St. Louis]: [Black Artists Group], [1970]. 8.5 by 5.5 inches. Handbill on thin green stock printed in black with union bug at bottom. Paper tanned as expected with some minor chipping to the foredge, else a very good example of a rare survival. The short lived, but highly influential St..... More
Negro Education in Alabama: A Study in Cotton and Steel
Tuscaloosa: University of Alabama Press, 1994. Paperback. 371pp+ index. Very good in publisher's wraps; internally fine. More
A Certain Blindness: A Black Family's Quest for the Promise of America
Atlanta: ALP Publishing, 1990. Hardcover. xi, 339pp. very good hardback in a lightly worn jacket that has a couple of closed tears to the bottom of the front panel. Inscribed and signed by Brady on the front free endpaper. More
Lyrics of Life and Love
Boston: Herbert B. Turner, 1904. Hardcover. First Edition. 80pp. Publisher's gray boards backed in yellow cloth. Contemporary ink gift inscription on front pastedown, short tear to top of front free endpaper, spine darkened, lettering on front just a bit dulled with some light wear to the extremities, else very good..... More
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Manchild in the Promised Land [Advance Copy]
NY: Macmillan, 1965. Paperback. Advance Reading Copy. Slight spine lean, wraps rubbed and darkened with some rounding to the corners and a small tear to the edge of the front, else a good example of an uncommon format of Brown's modern classic, an autobiographical coming of age story set in..... More
The Hungered One: Early Writings
NY: William Morrow and Company, 1971. Hardcover. First Edition. Very good hardback in a slightly darkened jacket. More
A Profile of Love and Other Selected Poems
Brooklyn: Ferdinand's Publishing, 1978. Hardcover. Second Edition. Small dampstain to edge of front board, name on front free endpaper, else a very good hardback in a slightly rubbed and darkened jacket that has an ink name at the top of the front panel. More
Africans in America: America's Journey Through Slavery
NY: Harcourt Brace, 1998. Hardcover. First edition. xv, 478pp+ index. Very good hardback in a very good dustjacket. Signed by Smith on the front free endpaper. More
Bring Home the Ghost
NY: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1980. Hardcover. First Edition. Foxing to edges of textblock, else a very good hardback in a slightly tanned jacket that has a tiny closed tear at the bottom of the front joint. More
The Brass Bed and Other Stories
Chicago: Third World Press, 1991. Paperback. First Printing. Very good in publisher's wraps. Inscribed and signed by Cleage to author Terry Kay on the half title page. More
The Eagle Stirring Her Nest
[Savannah]: The Author, 1946. Hardcover. vii, 84pp. Pages tanned with heavy foxing to the author's portrait. Boards darkened with a dampstain to the front, else a good copy in publisher's red cloth. Horace Mann Bond's copy with his ink name on front pastedown. A collection of sermons preached by Cleveland..... More
Black Humor, Racial Humor, and the Blackface Stage
Nashville: Fisk University, nd. Single 8.5 by 14 inch sheet folded to make [3]pp. Number 40 in a series of Publications on Themes in the Black Experience: a Learning Library Program. More
Music and Black Musicians: Bibliography and Discography
Nashville: Fisk University, nd. Single 4.75 by 8.5 sheet printed on both sides. Number 15 in a series of Publications on Themes in the Black Experience: a Learning Library Program. More
Autobiography: Memories and Experiences
NY: Negro Universities Press, 1969. Hardcover. xiv, 451pp; x, 454pp+ index. Two volumes, light foxing to page edges, else a very good set in publisher's brown cloth. More
Out of the Night
NY: Vantage Press, 1978. Hardcover. First Edition. 101pp. very good hardback in a lightly worn jacket. Autobiography that uses the author's suffering from sickle cell disease as a touchstone for triumph in life. More
Garrison the Non-Resistant
Chicago: The Public Publishing Company, 1905. Hardcover. 141pp; [2] ads. Small tear to the top of the front hinge, corners bumped, extremities lightly worn, else very good in publisher's blue cloth. Short biography of the abolitionist William Lloyd Garrison. More
Black Urban Lore: Stagolee, Shine, and Other Toasts and Folk Items
Nashville: Fisk University, nd. Single 8.5 by 18.5 inch sheet folded make [5]pp. Number 44 in a series of Publications on Themes in the Black Experience: a Learning Library Program. More
A Date With A Dish: A Cook Book of American Negro Recipes
NY: Hermitage Press, 1948. Hardcover. First Edition. xi, 414pp+ index. Ink gift inscription on front pastedown under flap, light foxing to prelims, scattered 'X' marks to margins, else a very good hardback in a rubbed jacket that has a a few small closed tears and some chipping to the front..... More
Black Georgia in the Progressive Era, 1900-1920
Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1980. Paperback. 224pp+ index. Internally fine with clean text that has no underlining, highlighting or notes. More
Fisk News Volume XXVIII Number Two January, 1955
Nashville: Fisk University, 1956. Paperback. 23pp. Light rubbing and edgewear, else very good in publisher's stapled wraps. More