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New York: [Communist Party USA], 1947. First Edition, First Printing. Single-page typed letter and two-page mimeographed petition, printed on rectos only. Each page 8 1/2 x 11 inches (215 x 280 mm). A rare typed letter, SIGNED in ink, by Paul Robeson, W.E.B. Du Bois, and Roscoe Dungee, asking recipients..... More
Candia, New Hampshire: John LeBow, 2008. No Edition Stated. Octavo (8 1/2 x 5 1/2 inches; 217 x 136 mm), 37 pages, in printed stapled wrappers. SIGNED by Amiri Baraka on the title page. The trade edition of this defense of Malcolm X; there was also a limited edition of..... More
New York: Akashic Books, 2007. First Edition, First Printing. INSCRIBED by Amiri Baraka on the half title: "For / Chris /Amiri Baraka / 2/19/07." A collection of short stories, most of which had never been published. 8vo (8 1/4 inches / 21 cm), 221, [2] pages in wrappers. (There was..... More
New York: The Macmillan Company, 1965. First Edition, First Printing. 8vo (8 5/8 x 5 3/4 inches; 218 x 145 mm), 416 pages, in publisher's original red cloth with title in black and gold to the spine. Red top stain. Bookplate to front free end paper, light rubbing to boards..... More
London: Secker & Warburg, 1971. First U.K. Edition. Octavo. Near Fine in a Very Good dust jacket. Top of spine bumped. Dust jacket lightly soiled and sunned. Theodore Draper, the eminent historian of American Communism, turns his gaze here to black nationalism. He argues that black nationalism has been around..... More
New York: Random House, 1964. First Edition, First Printing. A collection of essays written between 1945 and 1964, focusing on literature and folklore, especially the African-American experience. 8vo, xxiii, 317, [2] pages. Small tear in cloth near bottom of front board where it meets the spine, a bit of rubbing..... More
New York: Harlem Moon, 2002. First Edition, First Printing. Small 4to (9 1/4 x 6 1/8 inches; 235 x 155 mm), xx, 840 pages in wrappers. A Fine copy of this massive anthology. SIGNED by Edwidge Danticat, Terry McMillan, and Edward P. Jones at their respective contributions. A collection of works..... More
Pittsburgh: The Pittsburgh Courier, 1950. First Edition Thus. Small 4to (9 1/8 inches x 6 5/8 inches; 235 x 170 mm), 7, [1] pages, in stapled pictorial wrappers. Pamphlet reprinting an article from The Pittsburgh Courier on the progress African-Americans had made in government service in the first 50 years..... More
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1942. First Edition, First Printing. 8vo (8 1/2 x 6 inches; 215 x 150 mm), 124 pages, in orange and black boards, titles to spine in black and to upper board in pink, top edge stained red. A collection of more than 60 poems, accompanied..... More
New York: Totem Press / Corinth Books, 1970. Sixth Printing. INSCRIBED on the title page by the author as Amiri Baraka with "LJ" in parenthesis. The African-American poet's first book, originally published in 1961, featuring poems written between 1957 and 1961. Striking cover illustration by Basil King. 8vo (8 1/16 x...... More
Urbana, Chicago, London: University of Illinois Press, 1973. Second Printing. A look at Richard Wright's life and literary career up to the publication of Native Son in 1940 and his eventual disenchantment with communism. Octavo, 200 pages. Very Good with some underlining on a number of pages and some foxing..... More
New York: HarperCollins, 1992. First Edition, 2nd Printing. An important reference on African-American literature. Octavo, 594 pages. Very Good, with small scrapes to both paste downs and the first few pages (not affecting any text) in a Near Fine dust jacket with slight edge wear and soiling. More
Beverly Hills, California: Glencoe Press, 1971. First Edition, First Printing. Small 4to (9 1/4 x 6 1/8 inches; 235 x 155 mm), xxiii, 774 pages, in printed wrappers. INSCRIBED by Clarence Major, one of the contributors, in the year of publication: "To Bert -- my friend -- / with the..... More
New York: Corinth Books, 1962. First Edition. 8vo (8 x 5 1/2 inches; 225 x 137 mm), 159, [1] pages in printed wrappers. INSCRIBED by Glenford Mitchell: "To Mrs. Veal / with my compliments and / appreciation. / Glenford / 2/4/62." Seven essays on the black struggle for civil rights in..... More
A small collection of items concerning the great actor, singer and activist Paul Robeson (1898-1976). The items include: --A small autographed sheet measuring 2 x 3 1/4 inches (52 x 80 mm); --A pamphlet, "The Negro People and the Soviet Union," by Paul Robeson. New Century Publishers, 1950, First Edition, 16 pages. --Four..... More
Chicago: Urban Research Institute, Inc., 1983. First Edition. SIGNED by Dempsey J. Travis on the title page. A fabulous oral history featuring some of America's jazz greats. Illustrated with over 200 photos, many of them previously unpublished. With a warm introduction by Studs Terkel. Octavo, pp. xiv, 543. Near Fine..... More