COLLOQUIUM, Function and Significance of African Negro Art in the Life of the People and for the People. (March 30 - April 8, 1966).
(Editions Presence Africaine 1968) 8 x 5.5", wraps, 598pp, ink inscription, covers soiled & wrinkled. More
BLACK HISTORY
NATIONAL BLACK HEALTH LEADERSHIP DIRECTORY 1993 Edition.
Nathaniel Wesley, Jr. FACHE Publications: Washington, DC 1993. 11 x 8.5", laminated wraps, EX-LIBRARY, well marked else ok. More
THE PASSING CLOUDS.
Franklin Printing and Publ. Co: Atlanta 1903. 8 x 5.5", cloth, 102pp, some yellowing & smudging to text, loose, ink initials, loose, a few pp edge dented, corners bumped, covers well rubbed. Unknown racist piece, not in any standard bibliographies or NUC, etc. More
"Religion and Race in the South", Special Issue of SOCIAL DIGEST.
Loyola University: New Orleans July-September 1965. Photos, 10.25 x 7.75", stapled wraps, pp182-279, wear, soil, toning else good. National Catholic Conference for Interracial Justice. More
"Religion and Race in the South", Special Issue of SOCIAL DIGEST.
Loyola University: New Orleans July-September 1965. Photos, 10.25 x 7.75", stapled wraps, pp182-279, ink name on cover, wear, soil, toning else good. National Catholic Conference for Interracial Justice. More
"Religion and Race in the South", Special Issue of SOCIAL DIGEST.
Loyola University: New Orleans July-September 1965. Photos, 10.25 x 7.75", stapled wraps, pp182-279, ink name on cover, wear, soil, toning else good. National Catholic Conference for Interracial Justice. More
"VOICE OF THE KU KLUX KLAN (newspaper) Volume 1 Number 1.
Minneapolis February 8, 1923. Whole issue present, one sheet 22 x 18", includes KKK oath on front page, and facsimile on back page of a masonic paper's headlines about Catholics misbehaving in Louisiana. More
THE LITTLE BLACK SAMBO STORY BOOK.
Platt & Munk: NY (1936). Color illus, 10 x 8", pict boards, 63 double-col pp, edges spotted, corners bumped, covers worn & soiled. More
DICTIONARY OF BLACK CULTURE.
Philosophical Library: NY (1973). 8.5 x 5.5", cloth, 493pp, EX-LIBRARY, well marked, spine worn. More
THE FIRST FREEDOM RIDE: The Walter Bergman Story.
ACLU Fund Press 1989. Photos, 8.5 x 5.75", cloth, 202pp, corner bumped, minor dw wear. More
"A Life Reporter Visits Prophet Jones in Church and at Home", article in LIFE Magazine November 27, 1944
Time Inc.: Chicago, IL, 1944. Photos, illus.; ads, covers a bit worn, front cover with a couple of tears at bottom, some soiling and an ink-stamped address to back cover, pp yellowed but complete issue, with articles on WWII, Jet Propulsion, Cartoon Books, and Russell W. Davenport's long poem "My..... More
THE UPS AND DOWNS OF MY WALK THROUGH LIFE.
Groundsels Publ Co: Oak Park, MI (2001). 9 x 6", wraps, 245pp, minor wear. Second Revised Edition. PRESENTATION COPY, INSCRIBED & SIGNED BY AUTHOR. More
THE BARBER OF NATCHEZ Wherein a Slave is Freed and Rises to a Very Hight Standing…
Kennikat Press: Port Washington, NY (1972). Portrait, 8.5 x 5.5", cloth, 272pp, EX-LIBRARY, usual markings else ok. More
JEWELS OF MY YOUNGER YEARS. Volume 1, Part 1.
Lansing, MI 1964. Photos, 8.5 x 5.5", wraps, 192pp, vg. More
The Second Baptist Church of Detroit presents The World Premiere of The "King" Requiem (A Requiem Mass in Honor of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.).
Detroit 1969. 12 x 9", stapled wraps, (20)pp, covers very yellowed, top edge badly stained. More
SEX IN THE FAMILY, A Sexual Epic Book One.
Yassum Publishers: Detroit (1989). Illus by author, 8.5 x 5.5", cloth, 177pp, corners bumped else ok in edge-torn dw with ink note. INSCRIBED TWICE AND SIGNED TWICE BY AUTHOR. More
100 YEARS OF EMANCIPATION.
Public Affairs Conference Center, Univ. of Chicago 1963. 11.5 x 9", in binder, good. First issue of essays written especially for the sixth conference of the Public Affairs Conference Center. Essays by Roy Wilkins, Herbert J. Storing, Louis H. Pollak and Harry V. Jaffa. Book was later published by Rand..... More
VINTAGE INSCRIBED AND SIGNED PHOTOGRAPH
Shaw Artists Corp.: NY, nd. Paperback. 8 x 10", glossy black and white, a few scattered dings and tiny edge tears, light toning to perimeter, writing a bit light but legible. INSCRIBED IN BALLPOINT: "TO LILIAN, BEST WISHES, JOHNNY GRIFFIN". American jazz saxophonist best known as an exponent of the..... More
"GET YOUR ASS IN THE WATER AND SWIM LIKE ME" Narrative Poetry from Black Oran Tradition.
Harvard University Press 1974. 9.25 x 7.25", wraps, 244pp, a bit worn. More
BLACK AMERICANA.
Chartwell Books (1985). Photos, 11.5 x 8.75", boards, 192pp, corners slightly bumped else ok in worn, yellowed, torn dw. PRESENTATION COPY, INSCRIBED & SIGNED BY AUTHOR. More
WHAT THE NEGRO THINKS.
Garden City Publ Co: Garden City 1942. 8 x 5.5", cloth, 267pp, stamped name else vg in used dw. Originally published in 1929. More
THE NEGRO AND HIS SONGS, A Study of Typical Negro Songs in the South.
University of Nort Carolina Press: Chapel Hill 1925. 9.25 x 6", cloth, 306pp, EX-LIBRARY, minimal markings, corners bumped, moderately worn, hinges loose. FIRST EDITION. More
FORE LIL MOSE His Letters to his Mammy.
The New York Herald 1902. Published by Grand Union Tea Company. 36 color illus+cover, 14.5 x 10.5", boards, unpaginated, covers well worn, soiled, torn, chipped, worming on edges, missing corners esp top right, detached, cello tape repair, stained, pages loose, torn, soiled, stained, torn, chipped, missing sm pieces in margins..... More
ROBESON: Labor's Forgotten Champion.
Balamp Publishing: (Detroit 1975). 9 x 6", boards, 170 w/index, corners gently bumped else ok in dw. FIRST EDITION, PRESENTATION COPY, INSCRIBED & SIGNED TO G. MENNEN WILLIAMS (former Governor of Michigan) BY AUTHOR (who founded Detroit's Afro-American Museum). More
IDENTITY, A Creative Arts Magazine.
Detroit Vol. 1, No. 8, February 1973. Photos, 8.5 x 5.5", stapled wraps, 34pp, covers soiled & sligthly yellowed. Scarce. More