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Slave Bill Of Sale
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1801. Approximately 3 x 7 1/2 inches, within a frame [10 x 13 3/4 inches]. Single handwritten sheet. text in full: M. William Griffiths. Bo[ught] of Donaldson Forbes [and] Grant Stewart. 1801 March 1st. A New Negro Boy. [Pounds] 110. Received payment of them. Henry Dunn. The reverse is annotated "Boy now called Dick." Several minor folds, an old mounting trace on rear, in all a very good example. . Autograph Slave Bill of Sale. Very Good. more information
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The People Will be Free .. The Panther 21
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191 Lenox Avenue, NY: Harlem Committee for the Panther 21 , 1969. The Panther 21 were arrested Aprilt 2, 1969 and charged with conspiracy to blow up the New York Botanical Gardens, dept. stores, etc. On May 13th 1971, afer the longest "political" trial in New York's history, all New York Panthers are acquitted of all charges in just 45 minutes of jury deliberation. . Printed Wrapper. Very Good. Privately Printed. more information
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Story of the Negro
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New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1969. Signed By Arna Bontemps . Hard Cover. Very Good/Nearly Very Good. Illus. by Raymond Lufkin. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information
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The Story of George Washington Carver
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New York: Grosset & Dunlop [Signature Books], 1954. Signed By Arna Bontemps . Hard Cover. Very Good. Illus. by Harper Johnson. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information
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The Fire Next Time
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New York: Dial Press, 1963. Signed by James Baldwin. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good +/Very Good +. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information
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Up from Slavery
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New York: Doubleday Page & Co., 1901. PO owner name, place & date [1909] in a neat hand, on half title page. Tight, bright, and square copy with just a hint of softening at the extremities.. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information
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JOHN HENRY
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New Y : Literary Guild, 1931. First Edition. Decorative Paper Covered Bds. Good/No Jacket. Illus. by J.J. Lankes. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information
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JOHN HENRY
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New York: Literary Guild, 1931. First Edition. Decorative Paper Covered Bds. Good/No Jacket. Illus. by J.J. Lankes. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information
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Archive of Signed Books and Pamphlets
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Various Publishers. An eight intem archive of books and ephemera signed and or inscribed to Phyl [Phyllis} Garland. Phyl Garland was the long-time editor at Ebony magazine and a noted Professor at Columbia University. Included is a manilla mailer addressed to Phyl Garland c/o Ebony; and the Brooks address label affixed at the top. An undated letter to Ms Garland re: a recent meeting. "Maud and Martha"/ mmpb / 1953, 1st edition/ Inscribed and dated. Near fine. "Black Love" /1982, printed wrapper, inscribed in 1982. "Mayor Harold Washington And The 'I Will' City" / 1983, printed wrapper inscribed / near fine. "Riot". 1969, printed wrapper. 1st edition, near fine. "Very Young Poets" [two copies]. 1983, 1st. edition, signed / Fine.. Siogned Gwendolyn Brooks. Very Good. more information
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Of Minnie the Moocher and Me
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New York: Thomas Y Crowell, 1976. Inscribed By Cab Calloway. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good+. Illus. by with Photos. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information
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African Primitive Life...as I Saw it in Sierra Leone British West Indies
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No Place: No Pub., 1944. Signed by Carrie Hargrave . First Edition. Blue Cloth. Good+/No Jacket. Illus. by with photos. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information
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Soul on Ice
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New York: Ramparts, 1968. Signed By Eldridge Cleaver on a laid in Card. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information
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Price: $375.00
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Callus on My Soul - a Memoir
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Atlanta: Longstreet Press, 2000. Signed by Dick Gregory. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information
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Porgy
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New York: Georg H. Doran, 1925. top 1/3 of jacket spine missing, else good.. Cloth. Very Good/Good. Illus. by Theodore Nadejen. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information
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Medicine and Liberation
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NP: Health Liberation Movement . An offprint of one chapter from Fannon's "A Dying Colonialism". The HLM was a urban grassroots organization formed during the mid-sixties. It's premise, politics of medicine and medical policy as a means of controlling the minority underclass.. Very Good. more information
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Black Dynamite -Volume lll " The Three Colored Aces"
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New York: Nat Fleischer, 1938. Signed Nat Fleischer. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket - As Issued. Illus. by with Illustrations. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information
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Black Dynamite -Volume V "Sockers In Sepia"
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New York: Nat Fleischer, 1947. Laid in - a typed note to the recepient " Will appreciate a few lines and clippings. My 43rd book now on sale. Thanks Nat ". First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket - As Issued. Illus. by with Illustrations. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information
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THE FIELD GOD AND ABRAHAM'S BOSOM
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New York: Robert M. McBride & Co., 1927. 8VO. PICTORIAL PAPER BOARDS. GOOD stage/ DIALECT. First Edition. Decorative Paper Covered Bds. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information
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Strange Negro Stories of the Old Deep South
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Los Angeles: Wetzel Publishing Co., 1937. One illustration plate, between pages 78-79 has been excised. All ten others are present and in very good condition. An extremely scarce title, especially signed.. Signed by H.D. "Pop" Howell . Hard Cover. Good+/good+. Illus. by Thomas James Howell . 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information
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| 20) |
Color Blind A White Woman Looks At The Negro
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New York: Simon & Shuster, 1946. First Edition. Cloth. Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information
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To be Free ; Studies in American Negro History
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New York: International Publishers, 1968. Signed by Herbert Aptheker. Second Edition. Cloth. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information
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Black on Black
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New York: Doubleday & Company, 1973. Signed Chester Himes. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information
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George Washington Carver
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New York: Doubleday Doran, 1943. Cloth. Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information
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Fine Clothes to the Jew
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New York: Alfred A Knopf Inc, 1929. Dampstaining throughout. Dust jacket with price is chipped, however quite presentable. Inscribed to H.F. Coleman , Bethune - Cookman College Jan. 1, 1932. Mr Coleman's card laid in.. Inscribed By Langston Hughes. Third Printing. Hard Cover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information
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My Brother
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New York, NY, U.S.A.: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, LLC, 1997. 1st leaf of first gathering creased, else as new in as new DW. SIGNED on title page.. Signed by Jamaica Kincaid. First Edition. Paper Covered Bds. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information
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Harriet and the Promised Land
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New York: Simon & Schuster, 1993. Signed Jacob Lawrence. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. Illus. by Jacob Lawrence. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. more information
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Dictionary Opf Afro-American Slang
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New York: International Publishers, 1970. First Edition. Trade Paperback. Near Fine/No Jacket [As Issued]. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information
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Negroes Of Africa
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Washington D.C.: The Associated Publishers, Inc., 1931. A cornerstone study of West Africa by Ethnologist & Historian, Delafosse.. First Edition. Decorative Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket [as issued]. Illus. by Illustated with Maps. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information
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My Odyssey
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Baton Rouge: LSU Press, 1959. ' Experiences of a young refugee from two revolutions. By a creole from St. Domingue biography / haiti. First Edition. Cloth. Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information
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Shrovetide In Old New Orleans
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New York: Doubleday, 1978. Signed by Author. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/Very Good. Illus. by Anthology/ biography/ Black Interest. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information
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SEX AND RACE Negro - Caucasian Mixing in All Ages And All Lands --Three Volumes
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NY: J. A. Rogers , 1940. Three volumes profusely illustrated. Volume 1, " The Old World" ; Volume 2 , "The New World - A History of White ,Negro, Indian Miscegenation in The Two Americas" Volume 3, " Why White And Black Mix In Spite Of Opposition". Second Edition . Hard Cover. Very Good/Good Only . Illus. by with Photos. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Privately Printed. more information
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Die Swartzw Odyssee [The Black Odyssey]
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Hamburg : Europaische Verlagsanstalt Gmbh., 1949. Inscribed By Roi Ottley . First German Edition . Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information
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Clarence Thomas and the Tough Love Crowd: Counterfeit Heroes and Unhappy Truths
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New York, New York, U.S.A.: New York Univ Pr, 1995. Signed by Judge Thomas on a [fine] Supreme Court chamber card, laid in.. Signed by Clarence Thomas. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information
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Beyond Racism
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NY: McGraw -Hill, 1969. Signed by Whitney Young. Second Printing. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information
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Sylvia's Soul Food: Recipes from Harlem's World-Famous Restaurant
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New York, New York, U.S.A.: Hearst Books, 1992. Incribed By Sylvia Woods . First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Illus. by With Photos. more information
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Black Boy
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New York: Harper & Bros., 1945. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information
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