New York: Samuel Curl, Inc., 1946. First Edition. Very Good+/Very Good+. Clean gray cloth boards with blue-black lettering on cover and spine. Slight surface wear to top and bottom spine edge. Binding is tight & square, no cracking. Pages and edges are clean; clean endpapers -- no names, writing or marks. 267 pgs. Color illustrated dustjacket is not price clipped, has slight edge wear and short closed edge tears, slightest hint of light soiling. Author's photo on rear panel. Enclosed in new archival quality mylar cover. First book appearance of "Boysi" the African American cook and self-electe... View More...
Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1996. First Edition, First Printing. Near Fine/Near Fine . Very clean hardcover book in clean dust jacket. Charcoal gray cloth boards with silver lettering on spine. No bumping, fading or wear. Binding is tight and square, pages and edges are clean and bright. Clean endpapers; small marginal notes on two pages. 191 pages with index. Clean dust jacket is unchipped, enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover. View More...
Syracuse: Syracuse University Press, 1999. First Edition (Signed). Near Fine/Near Fine. Illustrated with Photographs. Very clean bright red cloth boards with metallic deep blue lettering on spine. Very slight bow to front board. Binding is tight and square, no cracking. Pages, edges and endpapers are very clean, crisp and bright; no previous owner names or bookplates. Title page SIGNED BY AUTHOR (Paul Bauer). 230 pgs. with index. Clean, bright dustjacket has some very light edge wear, no chips, tears or creases. Enclosed in new archival quality mylar cover. 8 Vo. Sports. View More...
Amherst: The University of Massachusetts Press, 1987. First Edition. Near Fine/Near Fine. Very clean black cloth boards with burgundy title box, gold lettering on spine. No bumping or wear. Binding is tight & square, pages and edges are clean and bright. Clean endpapers; no names, writing or marks. 421 pgs. with index. Clean unfaded dustjacket is unchipped, no tears, unclipped. Enclosed in new archival quality mylar cover. A comprehensive interpretive history of the African-American novel (more than 150 novels are discussed). 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Black History. View More...
Garden City: Doubleday & Co., 1955. Stated First Edition. Very Good/Very Good+. "First Edition" stated on copyright page, in clean original unclipped jacket. Clean red cloth boards with black lettering on spine. Very slight surface wear at top and bottom spine edges, no fraying, no bumping. Binding is tight & square, no cracking. Pages and edges are clean, but tanned. Clean endpapers; no names, writing or marks. 295 pp. Clean dustjacket is not price clipped (3.95 on front inside flap), unchipped, with a few short closed edge tears. Author's photo on rear panel. Enclosed in new archival quality... View More...
New York, New York, U.S.A.: Cobblehill / Dutton, 1995. First Edition, First Printing. Very Good+/Very Good+. First Edition, First Printing, with full number line on copyright page. Clean dark blue boards with bright silver lettering on spine. No bumping or wear. Binding is tight & crisp, pages and edges are clean and bright. Neatly stamped previous owner name at top edge of front free endpaper; no other marks. 106 pgs. with index. Illustrated with photographs. Clean dustjacket is unchipped, no tears, not price clipped. Enclosed in new archival quality mylar cover. A portrait of the Gullah peop... View More...
New York: Parents' Magazine Press, 1968. First Edition . Near Fine/Near Fine. First Edition in clean unclipped original dust jacket. Clean gray-brown cloth boards with gold lettering on cover and spine. No bumping or fraying. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound - no cracking. Clean red-orange endpapers. Compiled and Edited with commentary by Bradford Chambers. Introduction by C. Eric Lincoln, Ph.D. Illustrated. 320 pages. Clean jacket with detail from the "Wall of Respect", a mural of Afro-American heroes painted on the wall of a building on Chicago's South Side (photo by Art Kane). ... View More...
New York: Other Press, 2006. First Edition, Second Printing. Very Good+/Fine. Clean brown boards with gold lettering on spine. Tiny bump to one corner, slight fading at top spine edge. Binding is tight & square, no cracking. Pages and edges are clean and bright. Clean endpapers; no names, writing or marks. 341 pgs. + glossary. Clean bright dustjacket is unchipped, no wear, no tears, not price clipped. Enclosed in new archival quality mylar cover. A novel of slavery as it existed in Africa inspired by actual 195h century court records. 8vo. Fiction. View More...
First edition, first printing in clean unclipped dust jacket. Large format book - size approx. 9" x 11-1/2". Clean brown cloth boards with black cloth spine, gold decoration on cover, gold lettering on spine. Binding is tight and square, pages and edges are clean and bright. Clean decorated endpapers. No names, writing or marks. Wonderful color illustrations by Stephen Alcorn. 128 pages. Clean jacket is unchipped, one 1/4" closed tear at top rear corner, not price clipped. View More...
New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1922. Reprint. Very Good/No Dust jacket. Green cloth boards with black lettering, unchipped circular color paste-on illustration of African American with martini shaker in his gloved hands. Hint of very light soiling, a few light spots of wear to top and bottom spine edge. Binding is tight & square, pages and edges are clean. 270 pp. A story told through the eyes of a black servant in New York. View More...
Fine First Edition, First Printing in unclipped dust jacket. Gift quality. Clean illustrated paper-covered boards. No bumping, soiling or wear. Binding is tight and square, pages and edges are clean with clean golden endpapers. No names, writing or marks. Art direction and book design by Marijka Kostiw. Unpaginated. Clean dust jacket is unchipped, one very tiny closed edge tear. In this wordless picture book, a young Southern farm girl discovers a runaway slave hiding behind the corn crib in the barn and decides to help him. View More...
Second printing of the first edition in unclipped original dust jacket. Very clean orange-brown cloth boards with crisp black lettering on cover and spine. No fading, bumping or wear. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound. No previous owner names, writing or bookplates. 305 pages. Clean jacket is unchipped, not price clipped, a few short closed edge tears; enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover. Being the Story of Ralph Rudd his early Adventures, Perils and Misfortunes on Land and Sea, including sundry close Encounters with High-jacking, Mutiny and Violence off the Afri... View More...
New York: Phyllis Fogelman Books, 2002. First Edition, First Printing. Very Good/Very Good. First Edition, First Printing in unclipped dust jacket. Brown paper-covered boards with gold lettering on spine. Light bumping to spine ends. Binding is tight and square, pages and edges are clean. Blank endpapers - no names or bookplates, faint water stain to rear endpapers. 231 pages. Jacket is unchipped, no wear, no tears, not price clipped. Enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover. View More...
New York: Charles Scribner, 1946. First Edition, First Printing. Very Good+/Very Good. First Edition, with "A" on copyright page in original unclipped jacket. Clean unfaded black cloth boards with white and black unchipped stamped lettering on cover and spine. Binding is tight & square, no cracking. Pages and edges are clean. Previous owner name neatly penned on front free endpaper, with small circular red sticker from "The Dramatic Publishing Co. - Chicago" in upper right corner of front free endpaper. Dustjacket featuring photo from the play is clean, not price clipped, has small chips at to... View More...
Westview Press, 2001. First Edition, First Printing. Near Fine/Near Fine. First Edition, First Printing, in clean unclipped dust jacket. Clean gray boards with black spine, bright gold lettering on spine. No bumping or wear. Binding is tight and square, pages are clean and bright. Remainder mark on bottom text block page edges. Clean endpapers - no names, writing or marks. Illustrated with black and white photographs. 271 pages. Clean jacket is unchipped, no tears, not price clipped. Enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover. View More...
New York: Charles Scribner, 1973. Fine/Near Fine . Clean hardcover edition in unclipped dust jacket, SIGNED by the author. Clean red cloth boards with black lettering on cover and spine. No fading, bumping or wear. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound - no cracking. Pages and edges are clean and bright, with clean endpapers. Inscribed and signed by author on front free endpaper: "Greetings to Virginia, Poet and Friend - Elizabeth Chittenden." Illustrated with photographs and engravings. 182 pages with index. Clean dust jacket is not price clipped, unchipped, no tears. Light sunning to... View More...
New York: Julian Messner, 1949. First Edition, First Printing. Near Fine/Very Good+. Elton C. Fax, Illustrator. First Edition, SIGNED association copy, in original jacket. Very clean gray cloth boards with small illustration on cover. No fraying or wear. Binding is tight & square, no cracking. Pages and edges are clean. Illustrated endpapers. SIGNED by author on half-title page: "Georgene Faulkner - The Story Lady". And a notation on front free endpaper: " I student-taught under her (Georgene Faulkner) in Kdg., 1939-1940, Faulkner School for Girls." 182 pp. Illustrated by Elton C. Fax. Clean b... View More...
New York: Dial Books, 2017. First Printing. Fine/Fine. Tom Feelings, Illustrator. Fine first printing of this edition in as-new dust jacket. Original edition was published in 1995. Clean unfaded black cloth boards with blind-stamped lettering on cover, silver lettering on spine. No bumping or wear. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound, pages and edges are clean and bright. Clean black endpapers; no names, writing or marks. Introductions by Kadir Nelson and Kamili Feelings. Historical Note by Dr. Sylviane A. Diouf. Beautiful black and white illustrations. Unpaginated. Clean dust jacket... View More...
Fine First Edition in clean unclipped dust jacket. VOLUME 1 only of a two-volume set. Clean dark brown cloth boards with unchipped gold lettering on spine. No bumping or wear. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound. Pages and edges are clean with clean endpapers - no names, writing or bookplates. Illustrated with charts and graphs. 286 pages. Clean jacket is unchipped, not price clipped, no tears, very slight surface rubbing to edges; enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover. A sweeping examination of the economic foundations of American Negro slavery. View More...
Cleveland and New York: World Publishing, 1964. Stated First Edition. Very Good+/Very Good+. "First Edition" stated on copyright page, in original jacket. Clean red cloth boards with silver lettering on cover and spine. No bumping or wear. Binding is tight & square, no cracking. Pages and edges are clean. Clean endpapers; no names, writing or bookplates. 319 pgs. with index. Frontis photo of John F. Kennedy at the White House with Martin Luther King and other civil rights leaders on August 28, 1963. Clean dustjacket is unchipped, no tears, price clip at top corner of front inside flap. Author'... View More...
