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New York: Published By the Author. Good+. 1904. First Edition. Hardcover. Clean original green cloth has bright gilt title on spine & front cover. Text's interior is tight, clean & intact. Mended front internal hinge with cover firmly attached. Pages 153-192 have a small bottom margin damp stain which does not interfere with text. African-American Literature ; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 335 pages .
JUDGES LIBRARY, ALL ABOUT OUR COLORED BRETHREN COONS by Various Contirbutors - 1892
by Various Contirbutors
JUDGES LIBRARY, ALL ABOUT OUR COLORED BRETHREN COONS
by Various Contirbutors
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New York: Judge Publishing Co.. Very Good. 1892. First Edition. Soft Covers. Covers slightly age toned. A few small closed edge tears on covers & pages. A monthly magazine of fun. Late nineteenth century insulting and stereotypical depiction of African-Americans. ; Cartoon Drawings; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 32 pages .
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- Date Published 1892
- Keywords Afro-american Magazine
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MAMMY ROSIE
by Bagby, Albert Morris
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NICODEMUS HELPS UNCLE SAM
by Hogan, Inez
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New York: E. P. Dutton & Co.. Very Good. 1943. Second Printing. Hardcover. Second printing, December 1943. Clean pictorial paper covered boards with lightly scuffed edges. Endpaper has printed War Stamps. A rear pocket where War Stamps can be stored. Black cloth spine. Prior owner's ink Stamp: Alabama Coushatta Indian Library. Red and blue drawing illustrations. African - Americana; Ex-Library; Two tone Color Drawings Illustrations; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; Unpaginated pages .
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A TRIBUTE TO THE NEGRO PREACHER AND OTHER SERMONS AND ADDRESSES (INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR)
by Spivey, Charles S.
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Wilberforce, Ohio: Payne Theological Seminary. Very Good. 1942. First Edition. Hardcover. Clean green cloth with slightly faded gilt title. Rubbed edges; Interior of text is tight, clean & intact. Inscribed by the author. Afro-American, Religion; 8vo; 272 pages; Signed by Author .
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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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Transition Magazine 36 (July 1968) - includes Ideological Commitment and the Judiciary by Picho Ali
by Neogy, Rajat (ed.), Picho Ali, Ralph Steadman (caricature of Enoch Powell), Chinua Achebe, Peter Enahoro, et al
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Kampala, Uganda: Transition Ltd, 1968. 1st edition. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket (as issued). VG. 4to, 64pp, stapled wrappers. Rare 1968 issue of this seminal African magazine, then published in Uganda. The article in this issue by Picho Ali triggered letters in the next issue and a court case that resulted in the jailing of editor Rajat Neogy and the departure of the magazine from Uganda. Issue also includes a full-page caricature of Enoch Powell by Ralph Steadman, a cartoon referencing the assassinations of JFK, MLK and RFK, writing by Chinua Achebe and Peter Enahoro, other interesting content. Unmarked copy, some bumping and wear.
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Slavery Petitions and Papers : Indiana Historical Society Publications Volume II, Number 12
by Dunn, Jacob Piatt
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Indianapolis, IN: The Bowen-Merrill Company, 1894. Very Good Plus, wrappers have shallow chips at edges. Pages are uncut and are clean and tight and unmarked. "The following papers are petitions to Congress from Northwest and Indiana Territories for the suspension of the sixth article of compact of the Ordinance of 1787, and the admission of slavery to the Territory, together with the counter-petitions, the reports on them, and the accompanying documents." Rare.. First Printing. Printed Wrappers. Very Good Plus/No Jacket, As Issued.
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MAMMY ROSIE
by Bagby, Albert Morris
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Fairfield, New Jersey, United States
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New York: Published By the Author. Good+. 1904. First Edition. Hardcover. Clean original green cloth has bright gilt title on spine & front cover. Text's interior is tight, clean & intact. Mended front internal hinge with cover firmly attached. Pages 153-192 have a small bottom margin damp stain which does not interfere with text. African-American Literature ; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 335 pages .
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NICODEMUS HELPS UNCLE SAM
by Hogan, Inez
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New York: E. P. Dutton & Co.. Very Good. 1943. Second Printing. Hardcover. Second printing, December 1943. Clean pictorial paper covered boards with lightly scuffed edges. Endpaper has printed War Stamps. A rear pocket where War Stamps can be stored. Black cloth spine. Prior owner's ink Stamp: Alabama Coushatta Indian Library. Red and blue drawing illustrations. African - Americana; Ex-Library; Two tone Color Drawings Illustrations; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; Unpaginated pages .
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A Tract for the Times, on the Question, is it Right to Withhold Fellowship from Churches or from Individuals That Tolerate or Practice Slavery ?
by Cheever, Reverend Henry T.
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Bloomington, Indiana, United States
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New York: John A. Gray, 1859. Very Good, wrappers with small chips, corner crease at spine top edge. Stitched wrappers. 23 pgs. "Read by appointment before The Congregational Ministers' Meeting of New London County, Ct." . Rev. Henry Cheever was the brother of famed abolitionist George Barrell Cheever., and while certainly an avowed abolitionist himself, is perhaps best remembered for his documenting of his travels in the Hawaiian Islands. In this SCARCE tract he argues that the teachings of the Bible provide ample reason to withhold fellowship from churches and individuals who tolerate slavery. . First Edition. Printed Wrappers. Very Good/No Jacket, As Issued. 8vo.
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A TRIBUTE TO THE NEGRO PREACHER AND OTHER SERMONS AND ADDRESSES (INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR)
by Spivey, Charles S.
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Wilberforce, Ohio: Payne Theological Seminary. Very Good. 1942. First Edition. Hardcover. Clean green cloth with slightly faded gilt title. Rubbed edges; Interior of text is tight, clean & intact. Inscribed by the author. Afro-American, Religion; 8vo; 272 pages; Signed by Author .
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The Sky and the Forest
by Forester, C.S
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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)
by Robert W. Slenes
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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
by Margaret Mitchell
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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
by Alice Walker
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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
by Schoener, Allon (editor)
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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
by Uwe Ommer
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Book cover like new - pages clean, bright and unmarked – spine like new.Jacket like new, slight shelf wear.
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A photographic portrait of African women.
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Robeson, Labor's Forgotten Champion
by Charles H. Wright
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United States: Balamp Pub Co, 1975. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good+/Very Good+. Book has one page with a small wrinkle, else clean and tight, jacket has some paper-loss on the backcover, else clean. Jacket is not price-clipped.
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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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