Negro Songs From Alabama.
New York: Oak Publications, 1963. Music transcribed by John Benson Brooks. Illus. thin 4to, pr. wrs., some rubbing to edges of wrs. New York: Oak Publications, (1963). Second Edition. More
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Negro Drawings
New York: Knopf, 1927. Preface by Ralph Barton and an introduction by Frank Croninshield. Colored frontispiece, 56 black & white plates. Slim small 4to, black cloth, corners worn. New York: Alfred Knopf, 1927. First trade edition. Very good. Jose Miguel Covarrubias Duclaud (1904-1957) was a Mexican painter and caricaturist, ethnologist and art historian. He is best known for his research on Mesoamerican art, particularly of the Olmec culture. On the side, his drawings and caricatures garnered him a fair amount..... More
Road to Freedom: Photographs of the Civil Rights Movement 1956-1968
Atlanta: High Museum of Art, 2008. Profusely illustrated. 152 pages. Square 4to, black cloth, d.w. Atlanta: High Museum of Art, (2008). A fine copy, as new in shrinkwrap. More
The Bondwoman's Narrative
New York: Warner, 2002. Edited by Henry Louis Gates. 338 pages, 8vo, two tone boards, dust wrapper (both boards and wrapper show light wear). New York: Warner Books, 2002. A very good copy in a very good dust wrapper. Written in the 1850s, this is the only known novel by a female African American slave, and is possibly the first novel written by a black woman anywhere. An important work. More
The Romance of the American Theater.
Boston: Little Brown, 1925. Black & white illustrations. Thick 8vo, blue cloth-backed boards, paper spine label. d.w. Boston: Little Brown, 1925. Very good. New material covers the careers of famous theatrical managers, records the history of Negro minstrelsy, and celebrates the development of the "Yankeetype" More
Always in Pursuit; Fresh American Perspectives, 1995- 1997.
8vo, cloth, d.w. N.Y.: Pantheon, (1998). vg Presentation copy. More
Jewels: 50 Phenomenal Black Women Over 50
New York: Little Brown, 2007. With b/w photographic portraits throughout. 213 pages. Oblong 8vo, pictorial boards, d.w. New York: Little Brown, (2007). First edition. A near fine copy in a very good(+) wrapper, lightly scuffed. More
The Jefferson Scandals; A Rebuttal.
illus. 8vo, cloth, d.w. N.Y.: Dodd Mead, (1981). vg Author refutes the allegations of Jefferson's affair with Sally Hemmings. More
Our Mammy and Other Stories.
11 photo. illus. 143pp. 8vo, cloth; (wear to extremities). Lexington, KY, 1906. First Edition. Scarce. Hampton 4543. Not in Work or Blockson. More
In Contempt
New York: ReganBooks, 1996. Illus. 8vo, 1/2 black cloth, d.w. (New York): Regan Books, (1996). Very good Author was a prosecutor in the O.J. Simpson trial. More
Slavery and Human Progress.
8vo, cloth, d.w. N.Y.: Oxford UP, 1984. vg. More
Thurgood Marshall: Warrior at the Bar, Rebel on the Bench.
New York: Birch Line, 1992. Illustrated. x + 400 pages, 8vo, cloth-backed boards, d.w.; minor shelf wear to bottom edge. New York: Birch Lane, (1992). A near fine copy in a very good(+) dust wrapper. More
The American Negro's Dilemma; The Negro's Self- Imposed Predicament.
New York: Philosophical Library, 1954. 8vo, gray cloth, cloth lightly soiled. New York: Philosophical Library, (1954). Very good. More
Dawoud Bey: Portraits 1975-1995
Minneapolis: Walker Art Center, 1995. Slim 4to. Stiff pictorial wrappers, pages a bit yellowed at edges. Minneapolis: Walker Art Center, Minnesota, 1995. First Edition. Price label crudely removed from back cover, else near fine. More
Hawk; An Inspiring Story of Success at the Game of Life and Baseball.
illus. 8vo, cloth, d.w. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, (1994). First Edition. Fine. Signed by Andre Dawson. More
The Sweet Flypaper of Life.
Washington: Howard University, 1984. Square 4to, light brown cloth, d.w. Washington: Howard University Press, 1984. Reprint edition, the first in this large format. More
The Sweet Flypaper of Life.
Washington: Howard University, 1984. Square 4to, light brown cloth, d.w. Washington: Howard University Press, 1984. Reprint edition. Signed by DeCarava. More
Ourika
Austin: Thomas Taylor, 1977. Translated into English with an Introduction and Epilogue by John Fowles. Thin 4to, 1/4 blue morocco, over paste-paper boards. Austin: Thomas Taylor, 1977. Limited Edition. One of 500 copies,printed at the Bird & Bull Press, and signed by Fowles at the end of the Epilogue. More
A Season For Justice; The Life and Times of Civil Rights Lawyer, Morris Dees.
illus. 8vo, cloth-backed boards, d.w. New York, (1991). Presentation copy by Morris Dees. More
The History and Remarkable Life of the Truly Honourable Col. Jacque, Commonly Called Colonel Jack.
128 double-columned pages. Slim 8vo, later plain paper wrappers. N.Y., 1844. Takes place near Washington, DC and is said to be a good picture of white slavery in Virginia, a system encountered by one of DeFoe's sons in America. More
Having Our Say: The Delany Sisters' First 100 Years.
Illustarted. 210pp. 8vo, cloth-backed boards, d.w. New York, (1993). More
General Education In The Negro College.
8vo, cloth. Stanford, Stanford UP, (1947). More
Our People and Our History: Fifty Creole Portraits
Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University, 2001. Translated and edited by Sister Dorothea Olga McCants. One illustration. xxviii + 153 pages, slim 8vo, glossy pictorial wrappers. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, (2001). More
We Who Would Die and Other Poems.
New York: Wendell Malliett, 1943. Illustrated by E. Simms Campbell. Slim 8vo, black cloth backed boards; (ex-lib). New York.: Wendell Malliett, 1943. First Edition. Good. More
The Negro Freedman; Life Conditions of the American Negro in the Early Years After Emancipation.
New York: Henry Schuman, 1952. 8vo, gray cloth, torn d.w. New York: Henry Schuman, 1952. More