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African Folktales
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Pantheon, 1983. Unread, as new with a remainder mark to top edge. 352 pp.. Third Printing. Soft Cover. more information
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Afro-American Literature: Fiction
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Houghon Mifflin, 1970. Illustrated boards, no DJ. Includes short fiction by Ann Petry, William Melvin Kelley, James Baldwin, Cyrus Colter, Gwendolyn Books, Langston Hughes, WEB DuBois, Ralph Ellison, John Oliver Killens, others. Very good with sunning/discoloration to boards at spine and back, minor edge soil. 161 pp.. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. more information
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Silence is Not Golden: A Critical Anthology of Ethiopian Literature
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Silver Spring, Maryland, U.S.A.: Red Sea Press, 1995. First pb printing. Unread, as new with smudge to top edge. 214 pp.. First Edition. Soft Cover. more information
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Black Arts: An Anthology of Black Creations
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Black Arts, 1969. Anthology of fiction, poetry & art including all the major BAM artists: Ed Bullins, Don L Lee, Carolyn Rodgers, Dudley Randall, Nikki Giovanni, Etheridge Knight, Larry Neal, Tom Feelings and many others. Interior clean & bright; cover & top edge have slight soil. 158 pp.. Second Printing. Soft Cover. more information
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Classic African American Women's Narratives
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New York: Oxford University Press Inc., 2003. First pb printing. "... a collection of the most memorable and significant prose written by African American women before 1865." Unread and as new with minor shelfwear to cover. 391 pp.. First Edition. Soft Cover. more information
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Classic Fiction of the Harlem Renaissance
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Cary, North Carolina, U.S.A.: Oxford Univ. Press, 1994. First pb printing. Minor shelfwear to cover; else near new. 403 pp.. First Edition. Soft Cover. more information
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A Brave and Startling Truth
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Westminster, Maryland, U.S.A.: Random House Inc, 1995. Read by Angelou at the 50th anniversary of founding of UN. Blue cloth binding, gilt titles to spine, facsimile signature blindstamped to front board. Unread, as new in like DJ. Unpaginated. Scarce now.. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. more information
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Confessions of a Negro Preacher
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Canterbury Press, 1928. First printing. Orange cloth binding. Book is fundamentally sound but water damage has affixed DJ to book at front panel & spine. Text block is mostly unaffected but for some edge soil. DJ whole and, except for water damage, has slight edgewear, some small tears, surface abrasion in one place at front panel. Rare title. 297 pp.. First Edition. Hardcover. Good/Good. more information
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Price: $150.00
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| 9) |
The Hand I Fan With
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New York, New York, U.S.A.: Doubleday, 1996. Advance reading Copy. Unread, near new. 432 pp.. First Edition. Soft Cover. more information
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Fragments: A Novel
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Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin, 1970. Olive cloth, orange titles. Very good plus copy with slight fading to cloth at edges. DJ also very good with one 1-1/2' tear at bottom of back panel. 287 pp.. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. more information
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Price: $75.00
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Sounder
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HarperCollins, 1969. New copy with remainder mark on bottom edge, Newbury medal on front, DJ creased on inside flap. 116 pp.. Later Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. more information
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Blood on The Forge
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New York, New York, U.S.A.: Doubleday, 1993. Near-new, unread copy with some aging to paper. 281 pp.. First Thus. Soft Cover. more information
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Long Black Song: Essays in Black American Literature and Culture
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Charlottesville, Virginia, U.S.A.: Univ. Press of Virginia, 1973. DJ rubbed, two small stains, one small taped tear. Book near fine but for some tape marks to endpapers. 156 pp.. Second Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. more information
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| 14) |
Tell Me How Long the Train's Been Gone
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Dell, 1969. Cover creased at spine, paper aged, owner bookplate on inside front. 370 pp.. Third Printing. Mass Market Paperback. more information
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The Fire Next Time
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Dell, 1964. Near fine & unread with some aging to paper. 141 pp.. First Printing. Mass Market Paperback. more information
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Another Country
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New York, New York, U.S.A.: Vintage, 1993. First printing of this edition. Unread, as new copy slightly warped from improper storage. 436 pp.. First Thus. Soft Cover. more information
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| 17) |
No Name in the Street
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Dial Press, 1972. First printing. Small stain to foreedge, tape marks on endpapers. DJ rubbed, minor edgewear. 197 pp.. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. more information
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Jimmy's Blues: Selected Poems
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Gordonsville, Virginia, U.S.A.: St. Martin's/Bloomsbury, 1985. First printing. Near fine with a small dent to DJ on front. 73 pp.. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. more information
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Notes of a Native Son
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Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A.: Beacon Press, 1984. As new with some minor rubbing of cover and remainder mark on edge. 175 pp.. Reprint. Soft Cover. more information
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Going To Meet the Man
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New York, New York, U.S.A.: Dell/Laurel, 1978. Cover has creases, edgewear, price rubbed out. Inside clean, with aging to paper. 218 p.. Second Thus. Mass Market Paperback. more information
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Price: $8.00
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The Amen Corner
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Penguin, 1991. New unread copy with some aging to paper. 132 pp.. Second Printing. Soft Cover. more information
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| 22) |
A Dialogue
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J.B. Lippincott Co., 1973. First pb printing. Preface by Ida Lewis, Afterword by Orde Coombs. Very good unread copy with cover aging, minor soil. 112 pp.. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. more information
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| 23) |
Come Out the Wilderness
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Popular Library, 1965. Contains fiction by Baldwin, Richard Wright, William Melvin Kelley, Owen Dodson, Langston Hughes, Ernest J. Gaines, Ann Petry. Very good minus with waterstain at top foreedge corner and inkmark over price on front cover. 125 pp.. First Edition. Mass Market Paperback. more information
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Deep Sightings and Rescue Missions: Fiction, Essays and Conversations
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New York, New York, U.S.A.: Pantheon, 1996. First printing. Remainder dot on top edge; else near new in like DJ. 255 pp.. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. more information
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Gorilla, My Love: Stories
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Random House, 1972. Stated first edition. Brown cloth binding, gilt titles to spine and front. A near-fine copy with some fading to cloth at base of spine. Small inscription on ffep from poet Sam Cornish to a friend. DJ, dated 10/72 and priced $5.95, very good plus with modest sunning to spine, minor edgewear. Becoming scarce. 177 pp.. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. more information
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The Sea Birds are Still Alive: Stories
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Westminster, Maryland, U.S.A.: Random Vintage, 1982. First Vintage edition. Unread, near new copy. 208 pp.. First Edition. Mass Market Paperback. more information
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The Motion of History & Other Plays
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William Morrow, 1978. First edition, first printing. Very good copy with binding separation to title page (only). DJ near fine with some rubbing. 225 p.. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Near Fine. more information
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Tales by LeRoi Jones
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Grove Press, 1967. FIrst printing. Very good with slight edge spotting. DJ also very good with minor rubbing & one small closed tear. In Mylar. 132 pp.. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. more information
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Eulogies
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New York, New York, U.S.A.: Marsilio, 1996. Collection of new essays. Glossy illustrated boards with transparent DJ. Unread, as new. 225 pp.. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. more information
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Obsidian II: Black Literature in Review
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N.C.State Univ., 1995. Vol 10, Nos. 1 & 2. Poetry by Wanda Coleman, Terrance Hayes, Lenard D. Moore, others. Interview with Charles Willard. 270 pp.. Soft Cover. more information
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Runner Mack
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Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.A.: Howard Univ Press, 1983. Some rubbing to cover; else unread, as new. 213 pp.. Reprint. Soft Cover. more information
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Lord of Dark Places
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New York, New York, U.S.A.: Turtle Point Press, 1997. As new. 285 pp.. First Thus. Soft Cover. more information
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Lord of Dark Places
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Norton, 1970. Near fine with a touch of fading to cloth at edges. DJ very good with price hole-punched out, minor edgewear at spine. In Mylar. 286 pp.. Second Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. more information
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Imamu Amiri Baraka (Leroi Jones): A Collection of Critical Essays
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Prentice-Hall, 1978. First printing. Twentieth Century Views series. Essays on Baraka by Langston Hughes, Lloyd Brown, Ralph Ellison, Cecil M. Brown, Nate Mackey, others. Unread and near fine with some shelfwear to DJ. 195 pp.. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. more information
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Remember Me To Harlem: The Letters of Langston Hughes and Carl Van Vechten, 1925-1964
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Westminister, Maryland, U.S.A.: Knopf, 2001. First printing. As new in like DJ. 356 pp.. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. more information
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The Haunting of Hip Hop
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Doubleday, 2001. As new in like DJ. 210 pp.. Book Club Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. more information
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The Black American Writer, Vol. II, Poetry and Drama
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New York, New York, U.S.A.: Penguin, 1971. Very good with a few pages age-discolored and a small surface tear to lower corner of cover. 252 pp.. First Thus. Soft Cover. more information
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Alice Walker
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Langhorne, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.: Chelsea House, 1989. Modern Critical Views series. Near new in like DJ. 245 pp.. Seventh Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. more information
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The Negro Novel in America
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Yale Univ Press, 1968. Fifth printing. Some aging to cover, slight crease at top edge, text block clean. 289 pp.. Revised edition. Soft Cover. more information
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The Negro Novel in America
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Yale Univ Press, 1965. Somewhat damp-warped, stains to top edge & foreedge but text block clean. 289 pp.. Second Edition. Soft Cover. more information
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Down Home: A History of Afro-American Short Fiction from Its Beginnings to the End of the Harlem Renaissance
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G. P. Putnams' Sons, 1975. First printing. Turquoise cloth binding, gilt titles, blindstamping to front board. Book near fine with a couple of spots to foreedge. DJ in Mylar also very good with some edgewear and one wrinkle-tear at heel of spine. 328 pp.. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. more information
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Chariot in the Sky: A Novel of the Jubilee Singers
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Cary, North Carolina, U.S.A.: Oxford Univ. Press, 2002. As new in like DJ. 240 pp.. First Thus. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. more information
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The Harlem Reader
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New York, New York, U.S.A.: Random House, 2003. Uncorrected proof. As new with small curl to top corner of one page. 334 pp.. First Edition. Soft Cover. more information
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Worser Days & Better Times
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Quadrangle Books, 1965. First printing. A collection of African American folklore. Black cloth spine, olive boards, endpapers & topstain. Book near fine with slight wear to cloth at ends. DJ very good with sunning to spine, edgewear. Quite rare. 192 pp.. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. more information
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A Long Way from Home
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Scranton, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.: HarperCollins, 1999. First printing. Unread, as new in like DJ with a remainder mark to bottom edge. 348 pp.. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. more information
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Riot
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Broadside Press, 1969. First issue with "these" for "there" on page 22. Rubbing, aging to wrap. Text block fine. 24 pp.. First Edition. Soft Cover. more information
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Aloneness
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Broadside Press, 1973. Second printing. An illustrated story for children. Two-color text. Very good with slight aging & rubbing to wrap. Text block near fine. Unpaginated.. First Edition. Soft Cover. Illus. by Leroy Foster. more information
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Primer for Blacks
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Brooks Press, 1981. Signed on ffep. Near fine with some fading to wrap at edges and a spot on back. 16 pp.. Signed by Author. Second Printing. Soft Cover. Near Fine. more information
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Report From Part One
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Broadside Press, 1972. No DJ as issued, gilt lettering on boards abraded in two places. Price inked in on ffep. Back board has some unidentifiable markings. Text block fine, appears unread. 215 pp.. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. more information
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Young Poet's Primer
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Brooks Press, 1981. Signed on ffep. Near fine with the slightest bit of wear to stapled binding. Rare. 16 pp.. Signed by Author. Second Printing. Soft Cover. Near Fine. more information
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