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Lasting Valor
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New York: Bantam, 1999 First printing paperback, Bantam, 1999. VG+. Smooth spine, one crease to back cover. The story of the only living black WWII veterman to earn America's highest distinction for valor, the Medal of Honor. . First Printing. Mass Market Paperback. Very Good. more information
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Slaves in the Family
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New York: Ballantine Books, 1999 First printing trade paperback, Ballantine, 1999. VG. Smooth spine and covers, two lines of notes on upper title page. Black and white photos. . First Printing. Trade Paperback. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information
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Major Butler's Legacy : Five Generations of a Slaveholding Family
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Athen, Georgia : University of Georgia Press , 1996 Third printing (1996 ) trade paperback, Univ of Georgia Press. As New. Smooth spine and covers. Black and white photos, illustrations. 673 pp. Trade Paperback. As New. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information
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Ivy
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Holloway House, 1986 First Edition paperback, Holloway House, 1986. SIGHED BY AUTHOR on first free end page and on title page. Excellent. Smooth spine and covers. Ivy is the story of two struggles...that of a dirt poor black girl orphaned in Georgis and the story of the Civil Rights movement. 375 pp Collectible. . Signed by Author. First Edition. Mass Market Paperback. Fine. more information
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Un-Afraid of the Dark : A Memoir
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New York: Random, 1998 Second printing trade paperback, Random, 1998. VG. Light spine creasing. . Trade Paperback. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information
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River, Cross My Heart (Oprah's Book Club)
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Boston: Back Bay Books, 1999 First printing trade paperback, Back Bay Books, 1999. Excellent condition. Smooth spine. Unmarked. . First Printing. Trade Paperback. Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information
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Passing by Samaria
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Sisters, OR: Multnomah, 2000 First printing trade paperback, Multnomah, 2000. VG+. Smooth spin, corner of title page has been clipped to remove previous owner's name. Novel about a woman of color in 1914 who leaves her country home for the city of Chicago.. First Printing. Trade Papeback. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information
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Divas, Inc. : A Novel
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New York: St. Martin's Griffin, 2004 First printing trade paperback, St. Martin's, 2004. As New. Smooth spine and covers, unmarked. . First Printing. Trade Paperback. As New. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information
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Rockin' Around That Christmas Tree: A Holiday Novel
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New York: St. Martin's, 2003 First Edition, first printing, St. Martin's, 2003. As New in an Excellent unclipped jacket. After 27 years of marrriage, an upper-middle class African Amercan couple are at odds. Denise wants her own sewing shop, Edward is against it, so she decides to ask for a divorce, hoping her husband won't call her bluff. . First Edition. Hard Cover. As Jew/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information
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Never Too Late for Love
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Washinton, DC: BET, 2000 First pritning paperback, BET, 2000. VG+. Smooth spine and covers, tiny ink star on first free end page, else as new. . First Printing. Mass Market Paperback. Very Good. more information
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Russian Journal / Sarah Phillips
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Quality Paperback Book Club, 2000 Trade paperback with fold-in French covers, Quality Paperback Book Club, 2000 edition. VG. Smooth spine and covers. Lower corner tips of some pages fainly bent. Part a non-fiction account of the expatriate's life in the Soviet Union in 1981 and also a short novel, Sarah Phillips, . Book Club (BCE/BOMC). Trade Papeback. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information
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Sapphires and Other Precious Jewels : Discover and Celebrate the Beauty of Women of African Descent
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WaterBrook Press, 2004 First printing trade paperback, Waterbrook Press, 2004. Excellent. Smooth spine and covers, gently read. . First Printing. Trade Paperback. Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information
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Leaving Cecil Street : A Novel
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New York: Perennial, 2005 First printing trade paperback, Perennial, 2005. Excellent. Smooth spine and covers. P. S. Includes insights, interview, and more.. First Printing. Trade Papeback. Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information
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Volunteer Slavery : My Authentic Negro Experience
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Chicago: The Noble Press , 1993 As New in an As New jacket hard cover, The Noble Press, 1993. Unmarked and in great condition. . Hard Cover. As New/As New. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information
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Don't Make a Black Woman Take Off Her Earrings: Madea's Uninhibited Commentaries on Love and Life
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Riverhead Books, 2006 First US Edition, second printing, Riverhead Books, 2006. As Newt in an As New jacket. Unmarked.. Hard Cover. As New/As New. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information
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The Women Who Raised Me
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New York: Morrow, 2007 New in a New jacket. First Edition, first printing, Morrow. Beautiful copy. Unmarked. Photos. . First Edition. Hard Cover. New/New. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information
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The Ticket Out : Darryl Strawberry and the Boys Orenshaw
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New York: Simon & Schuster, 2004 First printing, Simon & Schuster, 2004. Excellent in an Excellent jacket. . First Printing. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information
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Parallel Time : Growing Up in Black and White
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New York: Pantheon Books, 1994 First Edition, second printing, Pantheon, 1994. Excellent in a VG+ jacket. A memoir about growing up in Black and White America, from a black man's perspective. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information
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We Also Came : Black People of Collier County
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Naples, Florida: Butterfly Press , 1992 Original trade paperback, Butterfly Press, 1992. Excellent. Smooth spine and covers. Black and white photos. History of the local black people who came to Collier Country, Florida, including stories by early white settlers in Naples, Florida. 239 pp. Trade Paperback. Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information
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Blacker Than a Thousand Midnights
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New York: Hyperion, 1994 First thus hard cover, Hyperion, 1994. As New in an Excellent jacket. . First Thus. Hard Cover. As New/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information
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The Road to Memphis
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New York: Penguin, 1992 Twenty-eighth printing small trade paperback, Penguin. Excellent. Smooth spine and covers. As America hovers on the brink of WWII, Cassie Logan fights a battle closer to home, the battle of black against white. Ages 12 and up.. Trade Paperback. Fine. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. more information
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Miles and Me (George Gund Foundation Imprint in African American Studies)
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Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, 2000 First printing hard cover by the Univ of California Press, 2000. Excellent in an Excellent jacket. Photos. The George Gund Imprint in African American Studies. 189 pp. First Printing. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information
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By the Light of My Father's Smile : A Novel
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New York: Random House, 1998 New in New jacket. First Edition, second printing, Random House. NOTremaindered.. Hard Cover. New/New. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information
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Last Summer with Maizon
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New York: Scholastic, 2004 Fifth printing trade paperback, Scholastic, 2004. Excellent. Smooth spine and covers. . Trade Paperback. Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information
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