Black Radical: The LIfe and Times of William Monroe Trotter
New York: Liveright, 2020. xxii + 408 pages, 8vo, black cloth, d.w. New York: Liveright, (2020). First edition. A fine copy in a fine dust wrapper. More
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Racial Violence in the United States.
553pp. 8vo, cloth, d.w. Chicago: Aldine, (1969). vg. More
Bitter Fruit: Black Politics and the Chicago Machine 1931-1991
Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1992. 248 pages. 8vo, maroon cloth, d.w. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, (1992). A near fine copy with slight discoloration to bottom board edges; in a near fine dust wrapper, slight scuff to front panel. More
The Negro Sings A New Heaven.
Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 1930. 101pp., small slim 4to, black cloth. d.w. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 1930. A fine copy in a chipped dust wrapper. More
American Icons: From Madison to Manhattan, the Art of Benny Andrews, 1948-1977.
Augusta: Morris Museum, 1997. Many illustration in color and in black & white. 4to, 256 pages, stiff pictorial wrappers, very slight softening of corners. Augusta: Morris Museum of Art, 1997. First Edition. Near Fine. Warm inscription by the artist on the title page. More
The Tyranny of the Majority; Fundamental Fairness in Representative Democracy.
8vo, cloth, d.w. N.Y.: Free Pr., (1994). vg Signed by the author. More
William Grant Still and the Fusion of Cultures in American Music.
Los Angeles: Black Sparrow Press, 1972. Illustrated. 8vo, cloth backed pictorial boards, 8vo. Los Angeles: Black Sparrow Press, 1972. First Edition. A fine copy in a chipped dust jacket. Warm inscription by the author on the fly-leaf. More
Two Nations; Black and White, Separate, Hostile, Unequal.
8vo, cloth, d.w. N.Y.: Scribner's, (1992). vg. More
Song and Stump Speech Book; Containing a choice selection of Irish, Dutch and Negro Songs, and Laughable Lectures.
40pp. + 2pp. of ads. 16mo, orig. colored pict. wrs.; (light foxing). N.Y.: Ornum, n.d., (ca. 1895). More
The Children.
New York: Random House, 1998. Illustrated with black-and-white photographs, 783 pages, 8vo, cloth, dust wrapper. New York: Random House, (1998). vg Author's recollections of the civil rights movement of the 1960s. More
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.
8vo, cloth, d.w. N.Y.: Oxford UP, 1973. vg. 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
Fire-Bell in the Night: The Crisis in Civil Rights.
Boston: Little Brown, 1964. 110pp. 12mo, red cloth. Boston: An Atlantic Monthly Press Book, Little, Brown and Company, (1964). Very good. 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
The Movement; Documentary of a Struggle for Equality.
New York: Simon & Schuster, 1964. Profusely illustrated throughout with b/w photographs, many by Danny Lyon. 127 pages. Slim 4to, pictorial wrappers (small abrasion upper right front and small crease upper left rear). New York: Simon and Schuster, 1964. First printing of the first edition. Near fine. 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