Revolution Is: A Book of Poems
SF: The Author, 1971. Paperback. [ii] 69pp. Very good in green wraps. First collection of poetry by the Florida born Morehouse graduate. More
African American
The Black Spiritual Movement: A Religious Response to Racism
Knoxville: University of Tennessee Press, 1986. Paperback. 217pp+ index. Very good in publisher's wraps. More
If Words Could Set Us Free
Jericho: Exposition Press, 1974. Hardcover. First Edition. Very good hardback in a lightly rubbed and darkened jacket. More
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
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
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
The People One Knows
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1964. Hardcover. First Printing. Very good hardback in a tanned jacket. 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
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
The African American Heritage of Florida
Gainesville: University of Florida Press, 1995. Paperback. 368pp+ index. Light edgewear, else very good in publisher's wraps. More
Our World, A Picture Magazine For the Whole Family December, 1951
NY: Our World Publishing, 1951. Paperback. Pages tanned, wraps foxed and rubbed with some spots of loss to the edges, else a good example. More
Our World, A Picture Magazine For the Whole Family June, 1947 Sara Lou Harris cover
NY: Our World Publishing, 1947. Paperback. Pages tanned, wraps foxed and rubbed with some spots of loss to the edges, else a good example. Ex civil rights icon C.T. Vivian with his blindstamp on front. More
Our World, A Picture Magazine For the Whole Family June, 1951 The Private Life of Josephine Baker
NY: Our World Publishing, 1951. Paperback. Pages tanned, wraps foxed and rubbed with some spots of loss to the edges, separated from signature, else a fair example. Ex civil rights icon C.T. Vivian with his blindstamp on front. More
Hampton University: A National Treasure
Silver Spring: Beckham House, 1994. Hardcover. xii, 181pp+ index. Very good hardback in a very good dustjacket. Inscribed and signed by Dawson on the front free endpaper. 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