Category: Black History

View Categories / Black History

Sort

Showing 1-20 of 41

Boysi Himself

By: Allan, Glenn

Price: $50.00

Publisher: New York, Samuel Curl, Inc.: 1946

Seller ID: 015204

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: 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-elected manager of the Oates family; Glenn Allan's widely loved...
View More...

Color Conscious: The Political Morality of Race

By: Appiah, K. Anthony; Gutmann, Amy

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Princeton, NJ, Princeton University Press: 1996

Seller ID: 028633

ISBN: 0691026610

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: 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...

Catching Dreams: My Life in the Negro Baseball Leagues

By: Bauer, Paul; Robinson, Frazier

Price: $40.00

Publisher: Syracuse, Syracuse University Press: 1999

Seller ID: 014871

ISBN: 0-8156-0563-3

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Near Fine

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...

The Afro-American Novel and Its Tradition

By: Bell, Bernard W.

Price: $40.00

Publisher: Amherst, The University of Massachusetts Press: 1987

Seller ID: 015842

ISBN: 0-87023-568-0

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: 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...

Episode in the Transvaal

By: Bloom, Harry

Price: $25.00

Publisher: Garden City, Doubleday & Co.: 1955

Seller ID: 019393

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: 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 removable mylar cover. Author's first novel, set in South Afri...
View More...

The Water Brought Us: The Story of the Gullah-Speaking People

By: Branch, Muriel Miller

Price: $15.00

Publisher: New York, New York, U.S.A., Cobblehill / Dutton: 1995

Seller ID: 016653

ISBN: 0-525-65185-3

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: 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 people who forged out of the oppressive circumstances of slavery a unique African-American culture. 7...
View More...

On Her Own Ground: The Life and Times of Madam C.J. Walker

By: Bundles, A'Lelia

Price: $35.00

Publisher: New York, Scribner: 2001

Seller ID: 028917

ISBN: 0684825821

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine

First Edition, first printing (with full number line), SIGNED by author in clean unclipped dust jacket. Clean lavender boards with deeper lavender cloth spine, gold lettering on spine. Tiny bump to one corner tip. Binding is tight, pages and edges are clean and bright. No remainder marks. Color post card about the book laid in. Inscribed and signed by the author on the title page: "To Cathy & Bob - Praise the ancestors! - A'Lelia 1-31-01." Illustrated with beautiful glossy black and white photographs. 415 pages with index. Clean jacket is unchipped, no wear, no tears, not price clipp...
View More...

Chronicles of Negro Protest - A Background Book Documenting the History of Black Power

By: Chambers, Bradford (Editor)

Price: $25.00

Publisher: New York, Parents' Magazine Press: 1968

Seller ID: 028737

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: 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). Jacket is not price clipped, unchipped, no tears; enclosed i...
View More...

Unconfessed

By: Christianse, Yvette

Price: $15.00

Publisher: New York, Other Press: 2006

Seller ID: 016526

ISBN: 1-59051-240-5

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good+

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...

J. Poindexter, Colored

By: Cobb, Irvin S.

Price: $25.00

Publisher: New York, Grosset & Dunlap: 1922

Seller ID: 019288

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

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...

The Bondwoman's Narrative

By: Crafts, Hannah (Edited by Henry Louis Gates, Jr.)

Price: $10.00

Publisher: New York, Warner Books: 2002

Seller ID: 028842

ISBN: 0446530085

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good+

First Edition, first printing, in clean unchipped dust jacket. Clean beige paper-covered boards with burgundy spine, gold lettering on spine. Binding is tight and square, pages and edges are clean and bright. Faint stain at base of front free endpapers; no names, writing or marks. 338 pages. Clean bright dust jacket is not price clipped, no chips, no wear, no tears. Enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover. An unprecendented historical and literary event, this tale written in the 1850s is the only known novl by a female African American slave, and quite possibly the first n...
View More...

Mississippi Trial, 1955

By: Crowe, Chris

Price: $15.00

Publisher: New York, Phyllis Fogelman Books: 2002

Seller ID: 028546

ISBN: 0803727453

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: 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...

Deep are the Roots

By: d'Usseau, Arnaud and James Gow

Price: $30.00

Publisher: New York, Charles Scribner: 1946

Seller ID: 020374

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: 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 top and bottom spine edges, wear at front spine fold, hint of rubbin...
View More...

Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass an American Slave And Other Writings

By: Douglass, Frederick

Price: $15.00

Publisher: New York, Fall River Press: 2012

Seller ID: 028632

ISBN: 1435117921

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fine

Clean hardcover book with no names, writing or marks. No bumping or fading. Binding is tight and square, pages and edges are clean and bright. 202 pages.
View More...

Hidden Heroism: Black Soldiers In America's Wars

By: Edgerton, Robert B

Price: $20.00

Publisher: Westview Press: 2001

Seller ID: 028684

ISBN: 0813338581

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: 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...

Profiles in Black and White: Stories of Men and Women Who Fought Against Slavery

By: Elizabeth F. Chittenden

Price: $40.00

Publisher: New York, Charles Scribner: 1973

Seller ID: 026188

ISBN: 0684133873

Binding: Unknown

Condition: 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 spine. Enclosed in new archival...
View More...

Melindy's Happy Summer

By: Faulkner, Georgene

Price: $175.00

Publisher: New York, Julian Messner: 1949

Seller ID: 019164

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine

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 bright dustjacket is price clipped, has slight wear at top and bottom spine edges. Enc...
View More...

Mr. Kennedy and the Negroes

By: Golden, Harry

Price: $30.00

Publisher: Cleveland and New York, World Publishing: 1964

Seller ID: 018700

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: 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's photo on rear panel. Enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar co...
View More...

George Washington Carver: An American Biography

By: Holt, Rackham

Price: $20.00

Publisher: Garden City, New York, Doubleday Doran: 1943

Seller ID: 028062

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good+

Clean early printing in original unclipped dust jacket. Gray cloth boards with blind-stamped circular decoration on cover, gold lettering on spine. No fraying or fading. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound - no cracking. Previous owner name and date very neatly penned on front pastedown. Lovely frontispiece portrait of George Washington Carver examing a garden lily, many additional full page illustrations throughout. 342 pages with index. Illustrated dust jacket is not price clipped (3.50 on front inside flap), has edgewear and small edge chips, short closed edge tears. Enclo...
View More...

Black Odyssey: The Afro-American Ordeal In Slavery

By: Huggins, Nathan Irvin

Price: $12.00

Publisher: New York, Pantheon Books: 1977

Seller ID: 028918

ISBN: 0394416414

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fine

Fine Stated First Edition in clean unchipped dust jacket. Bright orange cloth boards with gold lettering on cover and spine. No fading, bumping or wear. Library-type sleeve glued to rear fixed endpaper - no other marks to pages or edges. Binding is tight, pages and edges are clean and bright. Clean endpapers - no names, writing or marks. 250 pages. Clean jacket is unchipped, no wear, no tears, not price clipped. Enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover.
View More...

$0.00 (0 Items)

Category: Black History