The Black Side: A Partial History of the Business, Religious and Educational Side of the Negro in Atlanta, GA. by Carter, Rev. E.R - 1894

[Washington, DC: Women's International League for Peace and Freedom, 1924].. 7,[1]pp. Octavo. Printed self wrapper. A couple of small rust marks to rear wrapper, otherwise fine. First separate printing of this address by the poet activist, given by Johnson at the VI International Summer School of the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom, Chicago May 1924. In large part, Johnson's comments are made in reference to the causes and consequences of the US occupation of Haiti following the assassination of the Haitian President in July of 1915. OCLC: 26035710.

, 1954; Two handwritten signed letters from singer/ actor Todd Duncan (1903-1998) addressed to early television director Jerome Shaw. Duncan, the original Porgy in "Porgy and Bess," was Gershwin’s personal choice, singing the role more than 1,800 times. His first operatic performance was in 1945 at the New York City Opera Company as Tonio in Leoncavallo’s "Pagliacci." He taught at Howard University for over fifty years, during which time he continued a rigorous concert performance schedule, logging over 2,000 performances the world over. He was a recipient of the George Peabody Medal, the Donaldson Award, the New York Drama Critic’s Award for "Lost In The Stars," and numerous domestic and foreign honorary awards and degrees. The first letter, dated Feb. 1, 1954, is written on stationery from the Hotel Monticello, Longview, Washington, and is in the original addressed and stamped envelope. In it Duncan at one point makes a pun by advising Shaw not to be consumed by… Read More

Boston: National Anti-Slavery Bazaar. Good with no dust jacket; Boards worn and soiled, spine sunned, hinges . cracked and tender, shaken.. 1847. Hardcover. Green ruled cloth with liberty bell design stamped in gilt on front boards and titles stamped in gilt on spine, (the "cloth, gilt extra" binding). All edges gilt. viii, 304pp. One of the annual gift books containing poems, prose, and short stories by various authors on the subject of slavery which were compiled by Boston abolitionist Maria Weston Chapman. The books were one of the items sold at annual bazaars that were major fundraisers for the Boston Female Anti-Slavery Society, This volume contains writings by William Lloyd Garrison, John Quincy Adams, Edmund Quincy, James Russell Lowell, Maria Lowell, Edmund Jackson, Wendell Phillips, David Lee Child, Joseph Mazzini, and many others. Scarce. LCP/HSP 5877.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .

Lewiston, NY: The Edwin Mellen Press, 2009. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. Danny Madrid - Cover Art. Hardcover/ no DJ, VG+ to Near Fine condition. Assume First Edition, c. 2008- no note of further printings. Light brown, color pictorial cloth binding tight, clean & square w/ only light rubbing. NO bumps, chips, fray, sun discolor or scuffs. Cover illus. on front, color photo portrait of author on back & all lettering bright & totally intact.Text is tight, clean & UNmarked. NO names, notes, torn pages, etc.; NOT ex library. Very handsome, well preserved copy. ***Reliable, fast. (74)

New York, Quill, 1967, trade paperback, 222 pp, First Edition, First Printing by numberline, Near Fine condition, no dustjacket as issued, Signed and inscribed by the Author as Amiri Baraka on the half-title page "To Youxie Unity + Struggle Amiri Baraka 1982". Straight, tight and clean, slight wear to spine ends and edges, touch of soiling to textblock edges, a few tiny dots to top edge. A collection of essays and critical reviews by the contemporary poet publisher, playwright, editor, and educator focusing upon the lives, styles, and performances of black jazz musicians including John Coltrane, Ornette Coleman, Cecil Taylor, Sonny Rollins, Thelonius Monk, Albert Ayler, Don Cherry and Archie Shepp. Illustrated with 4 pages of black-&-white photographs. Appended: A Brief Discography of New Music, Index. ISBN 9780688243449

Engraved title page with facing engraving signed M.Jackson titled UNCLE SAM'S EMANCIPATION: "O; massa may die; then nobody knows who get me, and nobody to take my part. No, master, I rather be free man"-Page 17. Also regular half-title and title page, 160pp. (plus 16 pages ads. for 1853 New Illustrated Works published by T. Nelson and Sons, London and Edinburgh.) Bound in contemporary marbled boards.
Londres : T. Nelson and Sons, 1853. Page de titre gravée avec gravure en regard signée M.Jackson intitulée UNCLE SAM'S EMANCIPATION "O ; massa peut mourir ; alors personne ne sait qui m'aura, et personne pour prendre ma part. Non, maître, je plutôt être un homme libre" -Page 17. Aussi faux-titre et page de titre réguliers, 160pp. (plus 16 pages d'annonces pour 1853 New Illustrated Works. Relié dans des planches marbrées contemporaines.

Albany, NY: State University of New York Press (SUNY Press), 1997. 1st edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket (as issued). VG+. 8vo, xxx+610pp, pictorial boards (no jacket, as issued). Massive and groundbreaking study of this important African-American spiritual practitioner. Includes index, notes and bibliography. An unmarked copy of the legitimate original 1997 hardcover first printing (not the later print-on-demand version) from the collection of poet and esotericist David Meltzer. Minor outer wear and erased resale markings to front free endpaper.

Kampala, Uganda: Transition Ltd, 1968. 1st edition. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket (as issued). VG. 4to, 64pp, stapled wrappers. Rare 1968 issue of this seminal African magazine, then published in Uganda. The article in this issue by Picho Ali triggered letters in the next issue and a court case that resulted in the jailing of editor Rajat Neogy and the departure of the magazine from Uganda. Issue also includes a full-page caricature of Enoch Powell by Ralph Steadman, a cartoon referencing the assassinations of JFK, MLK and RFK, writing by Chinua Achebe and Peter Enahoro, other interesting content. Unmarked copy, some bumping and wear.

[African Americans] Negroes in the United States. Washington: Government printing Office. 1916. Second edition. Green printed wraps. 31 cm. Illustrated. Maps. Charts. 207 pp. Other title: United States Bureau of the Census. Bulletin 129. Covers chipped and stained. Interior very good.
OCLC shows only two holdings in Texas (Univ. North Texas & Texas Tech Univ.) Scarce today. Originally published in 1915 and reprinted the following year. Prepared in the Division of revisions and results under the general supervision of Dr. Joseph A. Hill, expert special agent. The statistical tables were planned and arranged by ... Charles E. Hall, William Jennifer, and Robert A. Pelham. Much useful information.

Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 1971. First Edition. Hardcover. Near fine/very good +. Oblong small quarto, 208pp., illustrated. A crisp, clean copy, near fine, with some foxing to the edges. In the scarce dust jacket, very good or better, with a dampstain at the base. A wonderful visual and textual document of rural Black musicians in the American south. Mitchell, an accomplished photographer, conducted interviews with all of the musicians, and adapted these into prose narratives. Mitchell has spent most of his career in Atlanta, and he published a volume of photographs of various figures and establishments on Ponce de Leon Avenue in his 1983 book "Ponce de Leon." His first book, the one offered here, is rare in dust jacket.