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Invisible Man - Prologue (SIGNED) by Ralph Ellison - 1982
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1982. First Edition. As New. Typed one page titled: 'From "Prologue" to Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison'. Boldly signed by Ralph Ellison at the top of the page. A minute crease to top left corner. Otherwise, in pristine condition. Laid in is a 1982 colour photograph of Ellison with an unnamed woman. From the estate of Kansas historian, scholar and writer Gene DeGruson. A unique item for the Ralph Ellison collector. Offered for sale by Come By Chance Books- a small, family-run bookshop in beautiful Niagara on the Lake.
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Old Massas People
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The 1619 Project: A New Origin Story (Signed in Person, with Event Photos)
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One World, 2021-11-16. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. 9x6x1. Signed. SIGNED IN PERSON BY NIKOLE HANNAH-JONES and comes with 2 photos from the event. Signed directly to the half-title print in bold black marker; NOT personalized. A lovely 6th printing in unread near fine condition. Expedited shipping is welcome; signed by author.
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Bricks Without Straw, A Novel, 1880, First Edition: "Tourgee's Historical American Novels"
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Bricks Without Straw, A Novel. By Albion W Tourgee, Author of "A Fool's Errand" etc. New York: Fords, Howard & Hulbert. 1880. Believed to be first edition. 'A classic of American political fiction first published in 1880, a mere three years after Reconstruction officially ended, Bricks Without Straw offers an inside view of the struggle to create a just society in the post-slavery South. It is unique among the white-authored literary works of its time in presenting Reconstruction through the eyes of emancipated slaves. As a leading Radical Republican, the author, Albion W. Tourgée, played a key role in drafting a democratized Constitution for North Carolina after the Civil War, and he served as a state superior court judge during Reconstruction. Tourgée worked closely with African Americans and poor whites in the struggle to transform North Carolina's racial and class politics. He saw the ravages of the Ku Klux Klan firsthand, worked to bring the perpetrators of Klan atrocities to justice, and…
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Climbing Jacob's Ladder: The Arrival of Negroes in Southern Politics
by Watters, Pat, and Reese Cleghorn
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New York: Harcourt, Brace & World, Inc, 1967. Hardcover with Dust Jacket. Very Good/Very Good. Publisher's dark grey cloth with silver spine titles. The dust jacket with a b/w photo from Selma has the price of $8.95. The bindings are tight and square. Text clean, light even toning. Moderate shelf handling wear. The jacket has rubs on the spine tips and corners. 8vo; 9.5 inches tall; 389 pages with appendixes and an index. Introduction by Leslie W. Dunbar. An early printing with the code: 67-20324. Signed with inscriptions by Pat Watters and Reese Cleghorn to Jack Price. Jack Price was involved in the Progressive Social Justice movement. He dedicated his life to the outcasts and the downtrodden. [From his obit]. Uncommon signed and inscribed with a nice association. An important contemporary account of the Civil Rights struggle by Atlanta Journal reporter Watters and editor Cleghorn. Published in the heart of the struggle in 1967 to gain dignity and the ballot.
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Crisis in Black and White
by Charles E. Silberman
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Sounder: Author's First Childrens Book
by William H. Armstrong
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Old Massas People
by Orland Kay Armstrong
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Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill, 1931. 1st edition Stated. Near Fine/very good +. Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill, 1931 1st edition Stated in near fine condition with a very good + dust jacket. Orange cloth with red lettering. The spine is bumped but contents are clean and tight with perhaps some light foxing The dust jacket is not price clipped, has a couple of small closed tears, and quite a bit of fading to the spine. It is in a protective dust jacket.
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The Conquest of Kansas by Missouri and her Allies...from the Passage of the Organic Act until the Close of July, 1856, FIRST EDITION 1856
by Phillips, William
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The Conquest of Kansas by Missouri and her Allies, A History of the Troubles in Kansas from the Passage of the Organic Act until the Close of July, 1856. William Phillips, Phillips Sampson and Company, 1856. First Edition. Boston: 414 pp plus ads 6pp in back and ads on front and back paste downs and fly pages.Narrative includes some of the following notable sections:Kansas before the Passage of the Organic Act, The First Invasion, Governor Reeder, the First Election, Smart Electioneering TrickThe March Election, Protests, Bogus Legislature, Shannon Appointed, Topeka Constitution, Pat Laughlin, Pardee the Martyr, Law and Order Convention, Rescue of Branson, Wakarusa War, Mobbing the Ballot Boxes, Skirmish at Eason, State Legisltuare, Dragoons, Sheriff Jones Shot, Marshal Donaldson Declares War, Sacking of Lawrence, Guerilla War, Law and Order in Leavenworth, Captain Walker, Battle of Black Jack, Battle of Franklin, Nimrod Whitfield, Death of Cantral, Sacking of Osawattomie, A Chapter of…
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Central Avenue-Its Rise and Fall (1890-c.1955). Including the Musical Renaissance of Black Los Angeles
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Invisible Man
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Invisible Man
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Invisible Man
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The Sky and the Forest
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C.S. Forester: The Sky and the Forest. Little, Brown and Company, Boston. Stated First Edition First Printing Thus August, 1948. Cover price $2.75. Used. VG BOOK/VG UNCLIPPED DUST JACKET. A story of a central Africa. By C.S. Forester, author of the Admiral Hornblower series.
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"Malungu, Ngoma vem!" África encoberta e descoberta no Brasil (Cadernos do Museu da Escravatura No.1)
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Rare! Luanda: Angola. Ministério da Cultura, 1995. Staple-Bound Pamphlet. Fine. Pages and cover securely held by one clean staple. Interior pristine. Covers clean and crisp, with slight reading wear to foreedge. Many B&W photos/illustrations. 24 pages. Not from a library. Published by the Angolan National Museum of Slavery and National Institute of Cultural Patrimony on the 20th anniversary of Angola's independence.
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Ol' Man Adam an' His Chillun
by Roark Bradford
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New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1928. "Ol' Man Adam an' His Chillun ( Being the Tales They Tell about the Time When the Lord Walked the Earth Like a Natural Man)". 264 pages.. Solid. Clean. Flyleaf detached from title page, but all pages still bound. A great collector's item and a rare find. . First Edition. Decorative Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. Illus. by A.B. Walker. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Fiction.
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Gone With The Wind
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MARGARET MITCHELL: Gone With The Wind, published December, 1939 by The Macmillan Company. MOTION PICTURE EDITION. First Printing Thus. Paperback. Used. Good Condition/ No DJ issued. Bound in yellow pictorial stiff card wraps. Clark Cable and Vivien Leigh front cover. 391 pages 7 X 9 1/2. Scarce. Includes 12 pages of color prints from the film. Plot summary: "Epic Civil War drama focuses on the life of petulant Southern belle Scarlett O'Hara. Starting with her idyllic life on a sprawling plantation, the film traces her survival through the tragic history of the South during the Civil War and Reconstruction, and her tangled love affairs with Ashley Wilkes and Rhett Butler."
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The Temple Of My Familiar
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Alice Walker. THE TEMPLE OF MY FAMILIAR. Copyright 1989 by Alice Walker. Thorndyke, Maine. Hardcover, ISBN 9780896219298. Publisher: Thorndike Pr, 1990. USED. VG CONDITION/ NO DJ INCLUDED. Large print. 595 pages. 5 5/8 X 8 ¾.
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Harlem On My Mind: Cultural Capital of Black America 1900-1968
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As new except for tiny spot on side exterior page edges and light surface scratching on the back cover. 255 pages. 8.5" X 11" X .5" (22cm X 28cm X 1.3cm) History of Harlem as cultural center. Illustrated with hundreds of black and white photos of people and cultural ephemera like playbills, tickets to the Cotton Club, and advertising banners about the importance of Black Santa. Part of a project with the Metropolitan Museum of Arts. Nonfiction. History. Photography. African American History. Regional History- New York.
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Black Ladies
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Robeson, Labor's Forgotten Champion
by Charles H. Wright
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Dick Gregory's Bible Tales, with Commentary
by Richard "Dick" Claxton Gregory (1932-2017)
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187 pages. Octavo (8 1/2" x 5 1/2") bound in original publisher's quarter purple cloth with gilt lettering to spine over yellow boards and faux signature to cover in original pictorial jacket. Edited by James R McGraw. First edition. Richard "Dick" Gregory was an American civil rights activist, social critic, writer, entrepreneur, comedian, motivational speaker, author and actor. He became the first black comedian to successfully cross over to white audiences. Condition: Lightly soiled. Jacket corners and spine ends chipped else better than very good in like jacket.
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The Political Legacy Of Malcolm X
by T'Shaka, Oba
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T'Shaka, Oba. The Political Legacy Of Malcolm X. Third World Press, Chicago. Stated First Edition, First Printing Thus, 1983. Softcover. ISBN0883781107. BIOGRAPHY, BLACK STUDIES, AMERICAN HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY, POLITICAL SCIENCE. A nice copy. Used. VG Condition. 293 pages, indexed. 5 3/8 X 8 1/2.
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