New York: Common Council for American Unity, 1943 - 1945. Kurt Werth, Bernardine Custer, David Fredenthal illustrations. First Editions. Stiff printed wrappers. 8vo. Pp. 120 (vol. III nos. 3, 4); 112 (vol. III no. 5, vol. V nos. 1, 2.) Each issue illustrated with a pp. 8 section of b&w.....
New Haven: College & University Press, (1962). Stiff Illustrated Wrappers. 8vo. Pp. Chronology. Bibliography. Index. Bound in stiff wraps featuring a photo of Cable on the front cover. Inscribed by the author on the title page. Slight wear to cover. A handsome copy. Inscription, to Howard University historian John Lovell.....
New York: RAW Books & Graphics, 1986. Sue Coe. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. Pp. [30]. Color illustrated paper covered boards, illustrated endpapers. Edges lightly rubbed, binding tight. The English political artist's illustrated companion to Malcom X's autobiography, interspersed with Judith Moore's Concurrent Events.
New York: Frederick Ungar Publishing Co, (1979). Second printing. Hardcover with Dust Jacket. 4to. Pp. xxxii, 464. Frontis. black & white photograph. Edited and abridged with an introduction by Hugh Ford. Foreword by Nancy Cunard. Illustrated with black & white photo reproductions, music scores and drawings. Index. Bound in brown.....
Washington, D.C. Howard University Press, 1974. First Edition. Hardcover in Dust Jacket. 8vo. Pp. xiv, 306. With black-and-white photo portraits. Selective bibliography. Index. Bound in blue cloth with white lettering stamped on front cover and spine. In the dust jacket. With advance notice clippings from the publisher's catalog laid-in. Davis.....
Chapell Hill: University of North Carolina Press, (1972). First Edition. Hardcover with dust jacket. 8vo. Pp. xx, 359. Illustrated with several maps. Index. Illustrated endpapers. Bound in teal-colored cloth, spine lettered in gilt. Clean and fresh. In the dust jacket, with only a small tear to lower front flap. Laid.....
New York: The Dial Press, 1971. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover with dust jacket. 8vo. Pp. x, 245. Brown leatherette in illustrated dust jacket with $6.95 price present. Tiny scuff to front board, lightest wear to corners and extremities of dust jacket. A collectible copy. Novel written in the guise.....
Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company, 1976. First Edition. Stiff wrappers. 8vo. Pp. 569. Bound in stiff paper wraps; label stapled and tipped to front cover. Rubbed edges; notes to advance readers faded. Uncorrected proof copy of the landmark work concerning African American history and autobiography. One of the most.....
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Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company, 1976. Limited Edition. Leather with slipcase. 8vo. Pp. viii, [2], 587. Bound in brown leather; spine lettered in gilt. A clean, presentable copy, in the equally fine slipcase. Number 326 of an edition limited to 500 hand-numbered copies signed by Haley. A handsome book.....
Memphis, TN: The Wimmer Companies, (1993). First Edition. Hardcover, comb-bound. 8vo. Pp. viii, 222, index. Illustrated red boards, comb-bound. Spine lettered in yellow. Cover and endpaper color illustrations by Faith Ringgold. Fine. Dorothy Height was a leading civil rights and women's rights activist. She focused on the issues of African-American.....
Memphis, TN: The Wimmer Companies, (1993). First Edition. Hardcover, comb-bound. 8vo. Pp. viii, [2] 212, [3]. Spot illustrations throughout. Illustrated red boards, comb-bound. Spine lettered in yellow. Cover color illustration by Varnette P. Honeywood. Slight evidence of wear. Height was the leading civil rights and women's rights activist who focused.....
Durham, North Carolina: Duke University Press, 1973. First Edition. Hardcover with Dust Jacket. 8vo. Pp. xiii, [1], 222. Bibliography. Index. Bound in full black cloth with gilt lettering stamped on spine. In the dust jacket. Both book and dust jacket are in notably bright condition, with the dust jacket spine.....
New York: Atheneum, 1990. Mark Hess (dust jacket illustration). First Edition. Hardcover with Dust Jacket. Pp. 209. Bound in black half-cloth over burgundy paper-covered boards, silver lettering stamped on spine, In the dust jacket with $17.95 price intact on the front flap. Signed by Charles Johnson on the title page.....
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New York: Random House, (1992). First Edition. Hardcover with dust jacket. 8vo. Pp. xv, 329. Illustrated. Half black cloth over black boards. Photo-illustrated dust jacket, price present. Inscribed "To -- [signed] Magic Johnson #32" Autobiography of this basketball legend. Magic reflects on his boyhood in Michigan, college career, NBA success.....
Sausalito, California: Trans-European Publications, (1975). First Edition. Softcover. 8vo. Pp. 184, plus several pages of advertisements. Bound in wraps with black & white illustration on cover. Some creasing to spine, slight tanning to pages. A Liverpool Original "For Entertainment of Adults Only - Sale to Minors Prohibited" that's pure below-the-belt.....
New York: Tony Shafrazi Gallery, 1998. First edition. Hardcover with dust jacket. 4to. Pp. 87. Illustrated, mostly color. Blue boards lettered in red. Slightest wear to corners else Fine in Fine dust jacket. Fine examples of the artist's courageous work drawing on African American caricatures of yore, and stereotypes that.....
Seattle & London: University of Washington Press, (2001). First Edition. Stiff printed wrappers. 4to. Pp. 336. Bibliography. Index. Frontis. color reproduction of a painting by Jacob Lawrence. Foreword by the editor, Peter T. Nesbett. Illustrated throughout with color reproductions of Lawrence's paintings. Bound in stiff printed wraps with color paintings.....
Seattle / London: University of Washington Press, (2000). First Edition. Hardcover with dust jackets in slipcase. 4to. Pp. 285; 343. Frontis. color illustration each volume. Illustrated with full color reproductions and b&w photos. Blue cloth (vol. I) and red cloth (vol. II) with titles stamped in glossy black, photo illustrated.....
np, (1948). First Edition. Stapled wrappers. Foreword by Bill Veeck. Preface by N. R. Howard. 12mo. Pp. 96. Illustrated. Color illustrated wraps, stapled. Minor toning to edges else a clean, bright, well perserved copy. Paige played in the Negro Leagues for over 20 years before joining the Cleveland Indians. He.....
![Item #12253 Here I Stand [INSCRIBED by Robeson]. Paul ROBESON](https://longbrosbooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/12253.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1772915280)
New York: Othello Associates, (1958). First Edition. Stiff printed wrappers. 8vo. Pp. 128. Bound in stiff photo-illustrated wraps, just a touch of edge-wear. Inscribed by Robeson on half-title, without identifying the inscribee. An international star in the 1930s, Robeson was the most famous black man in America by 1940. During.....
New York: Rachel Robinson, (1987). Second Edition. Hardcover with dust jacket. 8vo. Pp. 287, [3]. Illustrated Blue cloth, spine lettered in gilt. in dust jacket with light wear to extremities, light soiling. Inscribed by Jackie Robinson's wife, who also published this edition, with COA laid in. Dust jacket is now.....
[Columbia, South Carolina]: Georgia Rogers and Shash Woods, (2017). First Edition. Stiff printed wraps. 8vo. Pp. 168. Illustrated throughout with black & white photography. Bibliography. Bound in stiff photo-illustrated wraps. Signed by the authors on the title page. A history of the People's Learning Center, a workshop designed to increase.....
Washington, D.C. U.S. House of Representatives, 1870. First Edition. Sewn Signatures, Excised. 8vo. Pp. 1-255. Removed extract, binding intact. Leaves crisp and bright, edges a touch dust-soiled and minimally age-toned. Report of Brevet Brigadier General B. P. Runkle, chairman of a board of army officers investigating claims of fraud in.....
New York: Greenberg, (1948). First Edition. Hardcover with dust jacket. 8vo. Pp. 170. Foreword by Branch Rickey. Illustrated throughout with black & white photography. Bound in red cloth with black lettering printed on spine and illustration of Jackie Robinson printed on cover. A hint of age-toning to leaf edges. In.....
Boston: John P. Jewett & Company, 1852. Hammatt Billings. Early Reprint. Hardcover in Clamshell Case. Two volumes. 8vo. Pp. x, 14-312; iv, 6-322. Illustrated title pages. With six additional full-page Billings illustrations. Publisher's brown cloth, titles stamped in gilt on the spines, title page vignette in gilt on the upper.....