Books
Color Blind: A White Woman Looks at the Negro.
New York: Simon & Schuster, 1946. 166pp. 8vo, cloth, d.w.; dust wrapper worn. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1946. A very good copuy in a good dust wrapper. More
The Bench and the Ballot; Southern Federal Judges and Black Voters.
New York: Oxford University Press, 1973. 8vo, gray cloth, torn d.w. New ork.: Oxford UP, 1973. First edition. Very good(+) in very good dust wrapper. More
The People Could Fly; American Black Folktales.
illus. 4to, cloth, d.w.; (d.w. chipped). N.Y.: Knopf, (1985). Juvenile Edition. More
Me a Mound
Picturebox Inc./James Cohan Gallery, 2005. Profusely illustrated in color and in black & white, several lengthily tipped in printed notes discussing the images, folio, glossy pink boards with cut out dust wrapper in black & white. Picturebox Inc./James Cohan Gallery, 2005. First Edition. Fine. Full page original pen and ink portrait on pink inside fly-leaf with a signed dedication and a hand written card thanking the recipient for bestowing a prize on his work. More
Me a Mound
Picturebox Inc./James Cohan Gallery, 2005. Profusely illustrated in color and in black & white, several lengthily tipped in printed notes discussing the images, folio, glossy pink boards with cut out dust wrapper in black & white. Picturebox Inc./James Cohan Gallery, 2005. First Edition. Fine, in the original shrinkwrap. More
The Newcomers; Negroes and Puerto Ricans in a changing Metropolis.
Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1959. 8vo, blue cloth, d.w. torn and chipped. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1959. More
Native Stranger; A Black American's Journey into the Heart of Africa.
8vo, pr. wrs. N.Y.: Vintage, (1993). vg Signed by the author. More
South of Haunted Dreams: A Ride Through Slavery's Old Back Yard
New York: Simon & Schuster, 1993. 254 pages, short 8vo, cloth-backed boards, d.w. New York: Simon & Schuster, (1993). A fine copy in a fine dust wrapper. More
Alarms and Hopes; A Personal Journey, a Personal View
New York: Harper, 1968. 8vo, blue cloth, d.w. lightly soiled, otherwise very good. New York: Harper & Row, (1968). Signed by the author. More
Uncle Remus; His Songs and Sayings
New York: Appleton, 1905. New and Revised Edition, with 112 Illustrations by A.B. Frost. 8vo, red pictorial cloth; front hinge starting; front flyleaf chipped at edge; back cover & back end-leaves stained at bottom edge; title page lightly soiled. New York: Appleton, 1905. First Edition with these illustrations, dedicated to A.B. Frost. Harris has signed the book twice, once with a presentation consisting of a 4 line poem in dialect, dated Christmas 1905, and once with his signature following the..... More
Truth & Beauty: Charles White and His Circle
New York: Michael Rosenfeld Gallery, 2018. Profusely illustrated in b/w and color. 130 pages. Slim 4to, navy cloth with pictorial label on cover. New York: Michael Rosenfeld Gallery, (2018). A near fine copy, very faint scuff to front cover cloth. More
Benny Andrews: There Must Be a Heaven
New York: Michael Rosenfeld Gallery, 2013. With color images throughout. 140 pages. Slim folio, pictorial boards. New York: Michael Rosenfeld Gallery, 2013. A fine copy. More
Lena: A Personal and Professional Biography of Lena Horne.
New York: Stein and Day, 1984. Illustrated. 226pp., 8vo, cloth-backed boards, rubbed d.w. New York: Stein and Day, 1984. First edition. Front corner bumped, still a very good copy in a very good dust jacket. More
Scott Joplin.
Garden City: Dobuldeay, 1978. Illustrated. 248pp., 8vo, cloth, d.w. Garden City: Doubleday, 1978. First edition. A very good (+) copy in a very good dust jacket. More
Keeping the Faith: African American Sermons of Liberation
New York: Welcome Rain Publishers, 2002. Contains Audio CD at rear. 223 pages, 8vo, blue boards, d.w. New York: Welcome Rain Publishers, 2002. A fine copy in a near fine dust wrapper. More
Mr. Bojangles: The Biograhy of Bill Robinson
New York: William Morrow, 1988. Illus. 8vo, 1/2 blue cloth, several upper right corners dog-eared. New York: William Morrow, (1988). A very good copy in a very good dust wrapper. More
Youma: The Story of a West-Indian Slave.
New York: Harper, 1890. Small 8vo, brown ribbed cloth; spine printed in gilt.. N.Y.: Harper, 1890. First Edition. Fine copy, in the second binding. More
Youma: The Story of a West-Indian Slave.
New York: Harper, 1890. Small 8vo, blue & white calico cloth, paper labels. N.Y.: Harper, 1890. First Edition. The spine is quite faded & the spine label almost gone, but the covers are bright and the book is clean & solid. More
Bill Traylor, William Edmondson, and the Modernist Impulse
Champaign: Krannert Art Museum and Kinkead Pavilion, 2004. With color images throughout. 207 pages. 4to, pictorial wrappers. Champaign: Krannert Art Museum and Kinkead Pavilion, (2004). A near fine copy. More
Speech of Mr. Hemphill, on the Missouri Question. In the House of Representatives of the U. States.
27pp. 8vo, disbound; (browning of text). (N.p., 1819). First Edition Speech by the Pennsylvanian Congressman in support of an anti-slavery amendment during the Missouri Statehood debate. The amendment would have allowed slavery in Missouri, but the offspring of slaves there would become free. The amendment was defeated. S&S 48206. More
Aaron Henry, The Fire Ever Burning
Jackson: University of Mississippi Press, 2000. Illus. 8vo, purple cloth, d.w. Jackson: University of Mississippi Press, (2000). Near Fine. Inscribed by Constance Curry. More
Truth Stranger Than Fiction; Father Henson's Story of His Own Life.
Boston: John Jewett, 1858. Introduction by Harriet Beecher Stowe. Frontispiece portrait with tissue guard. xii, 212pp. 12mo, original blind stamped brown cloth (spine ends repaired and with a small chip at foot; lacks front fly leaf, a few signatures are uneven but still firmly sewn. Boston: John Jewett, 1858. First Edition. Very good. Henson's life provided the inspiration for the character in Stowe's Uncle Tom's Cabin. This is the expanded version of Henson's memoir, first published in 1849. Henson worked..... More
Our Children Are Dying
thin 8vo, 1/2 cloth, d.w. New York, (1966). Unhealthy conditions of a Harlem school and the principal's drive to remove them. More