The Black Panthers
by [AFRICAN AMERICANA] [BLACK PANTHER PARTY] Shames, Stephen (photographs); SEALE, Bobby (foreword); Jones, Charles E. (essay)
New York: Aperture Foundation, 2006. First Edition. First Printing. Quarto (26.75cm); photo-illustrated boards; [7],8-151,[1]pp; illus. Trivial dustiness to rear cover, base of spine and upper rear board corner a bit nudged; Near Fine. An extensive collection of previously-unpublished photographs by Stephen Shames, whose involvement with the Black Panther Party began while he was a student at UC Berkeley and... Read More
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![Stokely Speaks: Black Power Back to Pan-Africanism [Inscribed]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/010/171/1653171010.0.m.jpg)
Stokely Speaks: Black Power Back to Pan-Africanism [Inscribed]
by [AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY & LITERATURE] CARMICHAEL, Stokely (AKA Kwame Ture)
New York: Random House, 1971. First Edition. First Printing. Octavo (21.5cm); black cloth, titled in copper on spine, with pictorial elements embossed onto front cover; dustjacket; xxii,229,[5]pp. Inscribed by the author on the front pastedown: "To Brother Dan Johnson / Only solution for us / a unified socialist Afrika / Kwame Ture / [Stokely Carmichael]. Touch of offsetting to... Read More
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![Black Power: The Politics of Liberation in America [Inscribed by Both Authors]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/747/825/1683825747.0.m.jpg)
Black Power: The Politics of Liberation in America [Inscribed by Both Authors]
by [AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY & LITERATURE] CARMICHAEL, Stokely (AKA Kwame Ture) and Charles V. Hamilton
New York: Random House, 1967. First Edition. First Printing. Octavo (21.5cm); bluish-grey paper-covered boards and turquoise cloth backstrip, with titles stamped in gilt on spine, and authors initials embossed onto front cover; light blue topstain; dustjacket; [4],xvi,198,[6]pp. Inscribed by Carmichael on the front pastedown: "To my Brother James / Afrika will be free / unified + socialist / Kwame... Read More
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Black Power: The Politics of Liberation in America
by [AFRICAN AMERICANA] [CIVIL RIGHTS] CARMICHAEL, Stokely (AKA Kwame Ture) and Charles V. Hamilton
New York: Random House, 1967. First Edition. First Printing. Octavo (21.5cm); bluish-grey paper-covered boards and turquoise cloth backstrip, with titles stamped in gilt on spine, and authors initials embossed onto front cover; light blue topstain; dustjacket; [4],xvi,198,[6]pp. Topstain faded, with a faint, tiny splash mark to heel; contents fresh; Near Fine. Dustjacket is unclipped (priced $4.95), showing light wear... Read More
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![Outside the Magic Circle: The Autobiography of Virginia Foster Durr [Signed by All Three Contributors]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/766/333/1631333766.0.m.jpg)
Outside the Magic Circle: The Autobiography of Virginia Foster Durr [Signed by All Three Contributors]
by [AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY & LITERATURE] DURR, Virginia Foster (memoir); TERKEL, Studs (foreword); BARNARD, Hollinger F. (editor)
[Tuscalooosa]: University of Alabama Press, 1985. First Edition. First Printing. Octavo (24cm); dark grey cloth, with titles stamped in gilt on spine; dustjacket; xx,[3],4-360,[4]pp; illus. Inscribed by the author on the front endpaper ("To Sam Pointer / Virginia Foster Durr"), and signed directly beneath by editor Hollinger F. Barnard, and author Studs Terkel, who wrote the foreword. Fine in... Read More
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Freedom Is A Constant Struggle: an Anthology of the Mississippi Civil Rights Movement
by [AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY & LITERATURE] ERENRICH, Susie
Montgomery: Black Belt Press, 1999. First Edition. First printing. Quarto; pictorial glossy card wrappers (softcover, as issued); 543pp; illus. Mild corner-creasing and wear to covers; internally clean, complete, and unmarked; Very Good+. Anthology of writings from participants in the Civil Rights struggles of the Sixties; contributors include Julian Bond, Guy and Candie Carawan, Bob Dylan, Myrlie Evers,... Read More
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![Sketches of African Scenery, from Zanzibar to the Victoria Nyanza [Association Copy]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/729/276/1609276729.0.m.jpg)
Sketches of African Scenery, from Zanzibar to the Victoria Nyanza [Association Copy]
by [AFRICA - UGANDA] [JAMES AUGUSTUS GRANT] O'NEILL, Thomas
London: Church Missionary House, 1878. First Edition. First printing. Quarto (28.5cm). Tan paper wrappers printed in red and green; 15,[1]pp; one page of publisher's ads at rear; 19 color lithographic plates on 10 leaves, relief map, one additional in-text wood engraving. Presentation inscription to front: "Presented to Brodie of Brodie by J. A. Grant 15 Oct 78." Slightly rubbed... Read More
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![Cohesion [Inscribed]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/046/090/1631090046.0.m.jpg)
Cohesion [Inscribed]
by [AFRICAN AMERICANA] [VIETNAM WAR] WILLIAMS, Thomas D.
New York: Vantage Press, 1982. First Edition. First Printing. Octavo (21cm); red cloth, with titles stamped in black on spine; dustjacket; [iv],203,[1]pp. Lengthily inscribed by the author on the front endpaper: "17 October 1986 / To Joe – Remember me, gal? I'm one of those fortunate birds who barely got through Josiah Cox's class. Now is that taking you... Read More
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Le Lumme: A Dramatic Sketch on Political Predicaments
by [AFRICA] MOSHAPELA, Tjotjela
Mazenod, Baphatlalats: The Social Centre, [nd, 1965]. Quarto (25cm); thin cloth backstrip over illustrated tan wrappers, titled in black; 28pp.; minor corner bend; small spot of discoloration; Very Good+ or better. South African play, written in Sesotho language [southern Bantu].
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Daydreamers
by [AFRICAN AMERICANA] FEELINGS, Tom (illustrations); GREENFIELD, Eloise (poem)
New York: The Dial Press, 1981. First Edition. First Printing. Quarto (27.5cm); tan paper and brown cloth-covered boards, with titles stamped in gilt on spine; dustjacket; unpaged; illus. Fine in a Near Fine dustjacket (priced $9.95 at upper front flap, with lower corner of same clipped), with light shelfwear and a short tear with attendant crease to upper edge... Read More
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Sula
by [AFRICAN AMERICANA] MORRISON, Toni
London: Allen Lane, 1974. First U.K. Edition. First Impression. Octavo (20.5cm); orange paper-covered boards, with titles stamped in black on spine; dustjacket; [viii],[3],4-174,[2]pp. Base of spine a bit pushed, faint foxing to text edges and endpapers; Very Good+ or better. Dustjacket is unclipped (priced £2.00 net), with light wear to extremities, faint foxing on verso, and a faint sticker... Read More
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![The Harlem Book of the Dead [Inscribed by Billops, Dodson, and Van Der Zee]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/670/000/1612000670.0.m.jpg)
The Harlem Book of the Dead [Inscribed by Billops, Dodson, and Van Der Zee]
by [AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY & LITERATURE] VAN DER ZEE, James, Owen Dodson, and Camille Billops (contributors); MORRISON, Toni (foreword)
Dobbs Ferry, NY: Morgan & Morgan, 1978. First Edition. First Printing, wrappered issue. Quarto (26.5cm); original pictorial card wrappers; [x],85,[1]pp; illus. Signed and inscribed by the three principal contributors to this volume: by Owen Dodson, in a contemporary hand, on the verso of the front wrapper ("To the Bartoks / Best always, Owen Dodson / Nov.12, 1978"), and by... Read More
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Black Orpheus. A Journal of African and Afro-American Literature; A Collection of 15 Issues of the influential Nigerian Arts & Literature Journal
by [AFRICAN LITERATURE] BEIER, Ulli and Janheinz Jahn, eds
Ibadan, Nigeria: General Publications Section, Ministry of Education, 1958-1968. Fifteen issues (complete list below) in original screen-printed wrappers. Quarto. [ca. 24.5cm - 26cm]; 64pp per issue. Visible but mild wear to extremities and corners, a few issues with light soiling or thumbing; overall Very Good. A handsome run including fifteen of the twenty-two issues published in the First Series. ... Read More
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It Has Happened Here
by [AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY & LITERATURE] BLOSSOM, Virgil T.
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1959. First Edition. First Printing, with "First Edition" and the publisher's "D-I" code on copyright page. Octavo (21.75cm); red and black cloth-covered boards, with titling and publisher's logo stamped in gilt on spine and front cover; dustjacket; xiv,209,[1]pp. Crown gently nudged, light wear to lower board edges and upper corners, with some faint foxing... Read More
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Black Vibrations: Community Newsletter for the Center for Black Studies - Vol.III, No.3 (November, 1972)
by [AFRICAN AMERICANA] SANDERS, Wanda J. (editor)
Santa Barbara: Center for Black Studies, UC Santa Barbara, 1972. First Edition. Quarto (28cm); black and white offset printed sheets, stapled at upper left corner; 6pp. Faint horizontal fold at center, postal markings on terminal leaf, with some mild handling, and discrete staple holes at left edge; Very Good+. Newsletter produced by UC Santa Barbara's Center for Black Studies,... Read More
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W.E.B. Du Bois: A Reader
by [AFRICAN AMERICANA] DU BOIS, W.E.B. (text); WEINBERG, Meyer (editor)
New York: Harper & Row, Publishers, 1970. First Edition. First Printing. Octavo (22cm); brown cloth, with titles stamped in black on spine, and author's name embossed onto front cover; dustjacket; xviii,471,[3]pp. Spine ends gently nudged, else a clean, very Near Fine copy. Dustjacket is unclipped (priced $8.95), with light wear to extremities and a faint crease along the lower... Read More
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I Take My Stand for Peace
by [AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY & LITERATURE] DU BOIS, W.E.B.
New York: Masses & Mainstream, Inc, 1951. First Edition. 16mo (12.5cm); original pictorial wrappers, stapled; 15pp. Early owner's neat ownership rubber-stamp to upper front cover, tiny tear and attendant crease to upper rear wrapper; Very Good+. "A pamphlet written by DuBois, with four others, was under indictment for activities in the Peace Information Center, a front group, during the... Read More
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![The Souls of Black Folk: Essays and Sketches [Limited Edition, Signed]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/009/802/1326802009.0.m.jpg)
The Souls of Black Folk: Essays and Sketches [Limited Edition, Signed]
by [AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY & LITERATURE] DU BOIS, W.E.B.
New York: The Blue Heron Press, 1953. Fiftieth Anniversary Edition. One of an unstated number of copies signed by the author on a decorative plate tipped onto the front pastedown, this being copy no.497. Octavo (21cm); publisher's mauve and white patterned paper-covered boards and black cloth backstrip, with titles stamped in gilt on spine; mauve topstain; publisher's original glassine... Read More
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The Underground Rail Road. A Record of Facts, Authentic Narratives, Letters, &c., Narrating the Hardships, Hair-breadth Escapes, and Death Struggles of the Slaves in their Efforts for Freedom, as Related by Themselves and Others, or Witnessed by the Author
by [AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY & LITERATURE] STILL, William
Philadelphia: Porter & Coates, Publishers, 1872. First Edition. Thick octavo (24.5cm); variant in the publisher's terracotta fine English cloth binding, with titles stamped in gilt on spine and front cover; dark brown clay-coated endpapers; 4pp.ads, [iv],780,[2]pp, with an engraved frontispiece portrait of Still and 43 plates of illustrations. Gently spine-sunned, spine ends pushed and a bit worn, minute board... Read More
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A Documentary History of Slavery in North America
by [AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY & LITERATURE] ROSE, Willie Lee (editor & commentary)
New York: Oxford University Press, Inc, 1976. First Edition. First Printing. Octavo (23.5cm); brown cloth-covered board, with titling stamped in gilt on spine; dustjacket; [xvi],[2],3-537,[7]pp. Small 1.5" scratch to upper front pastedown, else Fine. Dustjacket unclipped (priced $19.95) with some rubbing at flap folds, and creasing and closed tears along extremities; Very Good+. With over one hundred... Read More
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Ben Davis: Crusader for Negro Freedom & Socialism
by [AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY & LITERATURE] PATTERSON, William L.
New York: New Outlook Publishers, 1967. First Edition. Slim octavo (21.5cm); original pictorial card wrappers, stapled; [4],5-48pp; illus. Touch of oxidation to staples, with some faint, scattered staining to rear cover; contents clean; Very Good+ or better. Biography of Benjamin J. Davis, Jr. (1903-1964) by Patterson, head of the International Labor Defense. Contains a chronological table and a bibliography... Read More
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The Underground Rail Road. A Record of Facts, Authentic Narratives, Letters, &c., Narrating the Hardships, Hair-breadth Escapes, and Death Struggles of the Slaves in their Efforts for Freedom, as Related by Themselves and Others, or Witnessed by the Author
by [AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY & LITERATURE] STILL, William
Philadelphia: Porter & Coates, Publishers, 1872. First Edition. Thick octavo (24.5cm); variant bound in the publisher's paneled-style brown pebbled cloth, with titling and decorations stamped in gilt on spine and covers; dark brown clay-coated endpapers; all edges gilt; 4pp.ads, [iv],780,[2]pp, with an engraved frontispiece portrait of Still and 43 plates of illustrations. Modest rubbing to the binding, wear and... Read More
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The Buffalo Soldiers; A Narrative of The Negro Cavalry in The West
by [AFRICAN AMERICAN] [WESTERN AMERICANA] LECKIE, William H.
Norman, OK: University of Oklahoma Press, 1967. First Edition. Octavo. 23cm. Publisher's yellow cloth boards, titled in black, grey, and silver gilt to spine. Dustjacket. 290pp. An exceptionally clean and bright copy with some very light scuffing and wear to the extremities of the dustjacket. A very good copy indeed. Internally clean. A handsome copy of the first book... Read More
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![A Different Drummer [Review Copy]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/537/022/1629022537.0.m.jpg)
A Different Drummer [Review Copy]
by [AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY & LITERATURE] KELLEY, William Melvin
Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company, Inc, 1962. First Edition. First Printing, a Review Copy, with the publisher's typed slip laid in. Octavo (21.5cm); black pebbled boards and pale grey cloth backstrip, with titles stamped in black on spine; dustjacket; [xii],223,[5]pp. Dustjacket is price-clipped, lightly edgeworn, with just a hint of sunning to spine; Near Fine. An attractive... Read More
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Pleasure Dome: New and Collected Poems
by [AFRICAN AMERICANS] [POETRY] KOMUNYAKAA, Yusef
Middletown, CT: Wesleyan University Press, 2001. First Edition. First Printing. Octavo; illustrated wrappers; xviii,446pp. Mild wear, a few tiny bumps to rear joint, with a price-sticker to rear wrapper; Near Fine. Substantial volume of poems by the Louisiana-born Pulitzer Prize winner, touching on the Black experience, Southern life during the Civil Rights era, and his experiences in the Vietnam... Read More
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