The Black Christ & Other Poems by Cullen, Countee - 1929

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)

Signed. First Edition. The late Comer Cottrell was an extremely successful Dallas businessman. He was also influential in politics, education, sports and cultural affairs. He was a minority owner of the Texas Rangers, he brought Paul Quinn College to Dallas and he helped elect Mayor Ron Kirk, Dallas' first black mayor. The book is inscribed to the late Joe Atkins, another trailblazing Dallasite, who, in 1955, sued North Texas College for admission on the basis of racial discrimination. In addition, there is a bookmark for the celebration of the 50th anniversary of Ellis and Betty Davis. Ellis Davis was basketball coach of Roosevelt H S in Dallas. They named a stadium after him. The book is in fine, unread condition. The dust jacket has a quarter inch tear at the fold on the back flap and there is minor shelf wear. The book is inscribed, dated and signed on the front free end page. An important book with significant associations.

Harare, Zimbabwe, The College Press, 1991, trade paperback, 170 pp, First thus, published under license from The Women's Press, London, Very Good condition, no dustjacket as issued. Association copy, Signed and inscribed by the Author "Marie, this from Gloria & me with love. Ama Ata Aidoo-Nsukka '92" to Dr. Marie Gadsden an esteemed educator who devoted her life to improving international ties between the U.S. and Africa and to strengthening international programs at U.S. Historically Black Colleges and Universities. Straight, tight and clean with no other markings, slight wear to edges and corners, light rubbing. Tipped in is a typed signed letter from Gloria J. Braxton, Director of the Center for International Programs, Southern University to Dr. Gadsden thanking her for her suggestions on the current HBCU brochure, recalling a past meeting at the NAFEO conference in Washington DC, and touching on their shared interest in Aidoo's work, Aidoo's plans to teach at Hamilton College in Clinton NY the… Read More

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

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)

Signed. First Edition. The late Comer Cottrell was an extremely successful Dallas businessman. He was also influential in politics, education, sports and cultural affairs. He was a minority owner of the Texas Rangers, he brought Paul Quinn College to Dallas and he helped elect Mayor Ron Kirk, Dallas' first black mayor. The book is inscribed to the late Joe Atkins, another trailblazing Dallasite, who, in 1955, sued North Texas College for admission on the basis of racial discrimination. In addition, there is a bookmark for the celebration of the 50th anniversary of Ellis and Betty Davis. Ellis Davis was basketball coach of Roosevelt H S in Dallas. They named a stadium after him. The book is in fine, unread condition. The dust jacket has a quarter inch tear at the fold on the back flap and there is minor shelf wear. The book is inscribed, dated and signed on the front free end page. An important book with significant associations.

Harare, Zimbabwe, The College Press, 1991, trade paperback, 170 pp, First thus, published under license from The Women's Press, London, Very Good condition, no dustjacket as issued. Association copy, Signed and inscribed by the Author "Marie, this from Gloria & me with love. Ama Ata Aidoo-Nsukka '92" to Dr. Marie Gadsden an esteemed educator who devoted her life to improving international ties between the U.S. and Africa and to strengthening international programs at U.S. Historically Black Colleges and Universities. Straight, tight and clean with no other markings, slight wear to edges and corners, light rubbing. Tipped in is a typed signed letter from Gloria J. Braxton, Director of the Center for International Programs, Southern University to Dr. Gadsden thanking her for her suggestions on the current HBCU brochure, recalling a past meeting at the NAFEO conference in Washington DC, and touching on their shared interest in Aidoo's work, Aidoo's plans to teach at Hamilton College in Clinton NY the… Read More

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