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Original illustrated wrappers, tall 8vo (7 1/4 x 9 3/4), includes 12 full page illustrations in addition to wrapper illustrations. Notes and musical score on inside covers. Wrappers are chipped, and there are a cople of pieces missing from the top of the back cover, but don't appear to be affecting text. Spine is split but holding, thanks to tape spine; some minor soiling. The song 'Ten Little Niggers' emerged from the minstrel shows in the South shortly after the Civil War.These shows became increasingly racist as time went on. They were known as Jim Crow shows and then became coon shows. While 'Ten Little Niggers' would appear in Children's nursery rhyme books, there real purpose was to present blacks in demeaning ways. Tffany M.B. Anderson: "Ten Little Niggers": The Making of a Black Man's Consciousness.
Pierrot Wounded. Adapted by Walter Adolphe Roberts from the French of P. Alberty by Roberts, Walter Adolphe, 1886-1962 - 1917
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Pierrot Wounded. Adapted by Walter Adolphe Roberts from the French of P. Alberty
by Roberts, Walter Adolphe, 1886-1962
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Chicago, Brothers of the Book, 1917. First Edition. Soft Cover. [8] p.; 17 cm. Poem by Jamaican-born African American poet and journalist P. Alberty . "Proceeds go to the Chicago Committee of the American Fund for the French Wounded." The poem was the title of a 1921 collection of Roberts's poems. This is the rare first printing. Slightly soiled; held together with red, white & blue ribbon; very good. Stock#OB517.
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Mores, leges et ritus omnium gentium, a Joanne Boëmo ... - ex multis clarissimis rerum scriptoribus collecti
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1576 Boemus Legles et Ritus Customs of Asia Africa India Persia China AmericaJohann Boemus was an early 16th-century German ethnographer who is chiefly remembered for his work 'Leges et Ritus', originally published in 1520. This work is an account of customs and laws of Africa, Asia, and Europe. This rare book includesa detailed history of Tartary including merchant and trade activityPersian soldiers – training and clothing"the strange ways" of IndiaLands that produce only white menConnections of law and cultureEditions subsequent to the 1542 edition include some of the first written observations of Americans, according to Sabin. This book was also important in that it was considered to have a direct influence on Sebastian Muenster's 'Cosmography'. (Lach, 336)Item number: #5517Price: $950BOEMUS, Johann Mores, leges et ritus omnium gentium, a Joanne Boëmo ... - ex multis clarissimis rerum scriptoribus collectiLugduni: apud Bartholomaeum Vincentium, 1576.Details: Collation: Complete with all pages…
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Dreams from My Father: A Story of Race and Inheritance
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New York: Times Books, a Division of Random House, Inc., 1995. First Printing, with Random House number row 2-9 and First Edition stated. Fine in a Very Good Plus dust jacket, 1" closed tear with tiny chip at bottom edge front spine fold. President Barack Obama's SCARCE first book published two years before the start of his political career. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Very Good Plus. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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The Kidnapped and the Ransomed. Being the Personal Recolllections of Peter Still and His Wife "Vina" After Forty Years of Slavery.: Being the Personal Recolllections of Peter Still and His Wife "Vina" After Forty Years of Slavery.
by Kate Pickard
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Wright II 1893. Extra vignette title, frontis, and illustration. Anti-slavery novel. Hardcover Condition: Brown cloth cover with gilt spine spine title. Spine chipped at bottom. Front pastedown cracked at gutter but hinge still strong. Slight spine slant. Boards have toning. Interior pages clean. Ownership inscription on FFEP (appears to be in pencil).
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Tar Baby
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New York: Alfred A. Knopf / A Borzoi Book, 1981 First printing of the stated first trade edition, preceded by the Franklin Library edition. Signed by Toni Morrison directly on the front endpage. Very slight crease to top corner of the first three leaves, else book in fine condition; in a fine dust jacket. A superb copy.
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Annual Report of the Superintendent of Public Schools of the State of New Jersey for the Year 1863
by Ricord, F. W. (State Superintendent of Public Schools)
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Trenton, New Jersey: Printed by David Naar, "True American" Office, 1864. Near Fine condition. Clean and tight. Three tiny chips near the spine. A very attractive copy, remarkably well preserved, especially considering the age (published 1864) and fragility of its thin paper binding. SEE PHOTOS. NO foxing. NO underlining. NO highlighting. NO margin notes. Includes Ricord's report to Joel Parker, Governor of New Jersey, on the condition of the state's public schools. A substantial appendix lists reports by the various town superintendents in each of 21 counties from Atlantic to Warren. Since this report was published while the Civil War was still being fought, the section on "Schools for Colored Children" may be of some interest: "There is no section of the law nor any decision of the courts that deprives colored children of the advantages of public school instruction
it shall be the duty of the trustees of the several school districts to apply the…
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SIGNED 1st Edition 3-Volume Set (each signed) A Hard Road to Glory: A History of the African-American Athlete
by Arthur Ashe
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This is the landmark three-volume set, each individually signed, by late tennis great Arthur Ashe. From the jacket(s): "A Hard Road to Glory, a three-volume work, is the definitive history of black athletes in this country and a milestone in the presentation of United States social and cultural life.... A major contribution to both black history and American history, A Hard Road to Glory is the saga of African-American athletes, from their seventeenth-century ancestral homelands to the present." All 3 volumes are illustrated with B/W photos, and include a reference section, sources list, and index.A description of each volume follows:
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1619-1918
Book Description: Warner Books, New York, NY, 1988. First printing. Number line 10-2. Book Condition: FINE. Binding is tight and square. No extraneous marks or writing. Dust Jacket Condition: NEAR FINE. Not price clipped ($29.95). No chips or tears. Signed on half-title page: "Peace, Arthur Ashe, For Joe," (The comma at the end of both the 1st… Read More
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Ruby
by Rosa Guy
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First edition. Inscribed by the author to her sister, the dedicatee of the book. No closer association imaginable. Very good in dust jacket with some rubbing to the top edge. A bit of sunning/toning to top edges of the boards. An important Afro-American writer who was a significant contributor to the Harlem artistic community in the 50's/60's.
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Revolutionary Suicide
by Newton, Huey P.
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Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1973 First printing of the stated first edition. Book in fine condition; dust jacket with a short closed tear/crease to top edge of the front cover, diagonal crease to top corner of front and back flaps, a touch of rubbing to back cover, and light wear to spine ends, else fine. A beautiful copy of a very scarce title.
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A Dance for Freedom to Free Angela Davis
by Davis, Angela
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New York: Westside Committee to Free Angela, 1971 Two pieces of Angela Davis ephemera: 1) An original pictorial flyer/ broadside from the Westside Committee to Free Angela Davis, displayed in a two-way glass frame. A small nick to top edge and light wear, else in fine condition; 2) An original printing of the People's Petition Demanding Bail for Angela Davis (New York: National United Committee to Free Angela Davis), in fine condition and displayed in the two-way glass frame on the verso of the Dance for Freedom flyer.
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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
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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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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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Black Ladies
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A photographic portrait of African women.
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Blues Journeys Home: New and Selected Poems
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Detroit: Lotus Press, 1985. SCARCE. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR on title page - " To Eleanor, A brilliant (mojo) hand in the field. As ever, Houston". . SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR. First Edition. Pictorial Printed Wrappers. Fine in Wraps, as Issued/No Jacket, As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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The Papers of Martin Luther King, Jr.: Promotional Poster
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The University of California Press, 1992. SCARCE. Publisher's promotional poster, 17" w x 22" h, featuring a six photograph montage of Dr. King, promoting the publication of his papers in six volumes. Distributed in limited numbers at the ABA trade show in 1993. Near Fine, faint creases and a few small rubs in right margin. Well suited for framing. Will be shipped loosely rolled in a mailing tube.. First Printing. Poster. Near Fine. 17" w x 22" h.
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