The Racial Imaginary: Writers on Race in the Life of the Mind
Fence Books, March 2015. Trade Paperback. In Very Good condition; uncreased spine, overall a clean, tight copy with light shelfwear. More
Black Studies
A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier
Sarah Crichton Books, August 2008. Trade Paperback. As New used copy. Completely clean and unmarked. More
The Contemporary African American Novel: Its Folk Roots and Modern Literary Branches
University of Massachusetts Press, January 2005. Trade Paperback. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Book is in very good condition. General shelf and handling wear. Interior is clean with a tight spine. More
Paul Robeson
Knopf, February 1989. Hardcover. A Very Good copy in a Very Good dustjacket. DJ has minor but noticeable shelfwear, bumped corners, some edgewear. Book has minor shelfwear, bumped corners. More
How to Love a Black Man
Grand Central Publishing, February 1997. Trade Paperback. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" A rough reading copy - spine and covers show creasing and wear; numerous page corners folded; some ink marking to text. More
Resistance and Reformation in Nineteenth-Century African-American Literature: Brown, Wilson, Jacobs, Delany, Douglass, and Harper
University Press of Mississippi, October 1995. First Edition. Trade Paperback. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. As New condition. 272 pp. More
Yaradee;: A plea for Africa, in familiar conversations on the subject of slavery and colonization
Negro Universities Press, January 1969. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Very Good. Solid clean ex-library hardcover in original binding (has library markings but not much evidence of use). More
Black Carib Household Structure: A Study of Migration and Modernization
University of Washington Press, 1972. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Very Good condition in Good dust jacket. Clean interior. Some scuffing and shallow chips/tears to exterior and edges of jacket. 163 pp. More
Dick Gregory's Political Primer
Harper & Row, January 1972. Mass Market Paperback. 12mo (Mass Market). A Very Good copy. Book has edgewear, minor delamination to covers, shelfwear, rubbing to covers, and minor age-related toning to pages. Interior remains tight, unmarked, and bright. More
Out of Indochina! Freedom for Angela Davis! : Our Goals for 1971 and How to Win Them
New Outlook Publishers, January 1971. First Edition. Trade Paperback. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 60, [4] pages (including wrappers). Upper wrapper title. 'The sharpening crisis of U.S. imperialism and the tasks of the Communist Party' (upper wrapper); notable for the section on both the Black and Chicano movements..... More
Survival in the Square
Brooke Richards Pr, June 1989. First Edition. Trade Paperback. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. VG SIGNED. Slight rubbing to wrappers (chiefly to foredges and lower edge of upper wrapper); slight internal browning to edges. [8], 152 pages. Story of the training of a successful African-American professional boxer, written..... More
In the cage;: Eyewitness accounts of the freed Negro in Southern society, 1877-1929
Quadrangle Books, January 1971. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Very Good in jacket (jacket has surface and edge wear). More
Harlem Renaissance
Oxford University Press, May 2007. Trade Paperback. 8vo. - over 7¾' - 9¾'. Updated Edition. A Very Good copy. book has shelfwear, a slightly cocked spine, and smudges on the edges of the text block. Interior is tight, clean, and unmarked. More
Psychiatric Aspects of School Desegregation
Group for the Advancement of Psychiatry, January 1957. First Edition. Trade Paperback. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. VG- 95 pages. Technical study of the then-evolving situation following the 1954 Supreme Court decision. Issued as Group for the Advancement of Psychiatry Report Number 37, May, 1957. See Porter #589..... More
Being and Race: Black Writing Since 1970
Indiana University Press, February 1988. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" First edition in dust jacket - signed by author. Jacket has closed tears to edges and minor wear. More
Soulcatcher: And other stories
Mariner Books, March 2001. Trade Paperback. In Very Good condition; a clean, tight copy with minimal shelfwear. More
James Weldon Johnson: Writings
Library of America, January 2004. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" In Near Fine condition in original red cloth and publisher's slipcase (very slight wear to slipcase). Publisher's printed notes laid in. More
Ebony Brass; an Autobiography of Negro Frustration Amid Aspiration
The Author, January 1970. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Very Good. Solid clean ex-college library hardcover in original binding (has library markings but not much evidence of use). More
City people
Macmillan, January 1975. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Very Good condition in Good dust jacket with protective mylar cover. A few light marginal notations in pencil. Jacket is tape-repaired, moderately-scuffed and worn. Pages lightly age-toned. 184 pp. More
How Free Is Free?: The Long Death of Jim Crow (The Nathan I. Huggins Lectures)
Harvard University Press, February 2009. Hardcover. 12mo. A Very Good copy in a Very Good dustjacket. DJ has shelfwear, rubbing, and edgewear. Book has a cocked spine, some creases on the pages, and a former owner's stamp on the title page. Interior is otherwise clean, unmarked, and tight. More
Race Relations Journal, Volume XXII, No. 2, 1955
South African Institute of, January 1955. First Edition. Trade Paperback. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. VG- in wraps (minor wear, pencil underlining) 8vo 35pp. More
Black city stage (Pendle Hill pamphlet, 162)
Pendle Hill Publications, January 1968. First Edition. Trade Paperback. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. VG stapled paperback. Slight rubbing to wrappers; slight internal browning to edges. 31 pages. Concise history of the Center-Stage project in Philadelphia, outlining 3 of its productions ('Time to Go, Joe', 'Street Scene' and..... More
Alice Princess: An Autobiography
Pacific Press Pub. Association, January 1965. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. VG/G signed hardcover presentation copy. vii, [1], 166, [2] pages. Story of the indigenous Malawian and her adoption by the American couple Lowell and Josephine Edwards. Presentation copy, signed and inscribed (both as 'Alice..... More
Hetty: The Genius and Madness of America's First Female Tycoon
Ecco, November 2004. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Near Fine condition in Near Fine dust jacket. Some margin markings in pencil. Light shelfwear. 258 pp. More
A Five Year Odyssey
Center for Urban-Black Studies, January 1975. First Edition. Trade Paperback. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 24pp., with color printed wraps. A concise survey of the various projects undertaken by the Center in its first 5 years, 1969-74 (courses, community ministries, etc). One of an unspecified number of copies..... More