Search Results: African-American from Adagio Books

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Basic Books, 1996. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 6 1/2 x 9 1/2. In very good, clean condition. Reveals how the Army created a smoothly functioning integrated system, how it works, and how this military model can be adapted to fit the needs of civilian society.

Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A.: New York Graphic Society, 1973. Soft cover. Very Good. 8 1/2 x 11. Softcover edition. In very good, clean condition with light wear to cover. In association with the Smithsonian Institute for an exhibition held in 1973. Illustrated and with reproductions of archival documents, relates the historical presence of blacks during the American Revolution.

London, United Kingdom: Pocket Books, 2000. Soft cover. Very Good. 5 1/2 x 7. In very good clean condition with remainder and minor shelfwear to cover. Children of Conflict Series. Explores how far we have come in racial justice through the lives of thirty-eight African-Americans who share their experiences as Children of the Dream.

Petaluna, California, U.S.A.: Pomegranate Publishers, 1993. Hardcover. As New/As New. 11 1/2 x 9. Examines the career of Dizzy Gillespie from the 1940s to the present, combining a rich assemblage of photographs by a variety of renowned jazz photographers. Includes ancedotal material and commentary.

San Francisco, California, U.S.A.: Chronicle Books Llc, 1997. Soft cover. New. 9 1/2 x 9 1/2. A collection of thrity-nine men, between the ages of 18 and 32, presented through luminous portraits and intimate interviews; young African American men leading exemplary lives, defying the statistics, destroying the stereotypes.

U.S.A.: Whit Press, 2006. Soft cover. Very Good. In very good, clean, unmarked condition with minor shelfwear. This first collection of poetry from Nigerian born poet Uchechi Kalu contains the fire and immediacy of a true witness for justice. Size: 5 1/2 x 8 1/2

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Atheneum, 2001. Hardcover. As New/No Jacket. 9 x 12. Jerry Pinkney. First Edition. First printing. A new pictorial hardcover book. No dust jacket. In segregated 1950s Nashville, a young African American girl braves a series of indignities and obstacles to get to the public library.

Heinemann. First edition. A clean, unmarked copy with heavy wear including a vertical crease along the length of the front cover. Text block tanning. 3/4" tear on outer edge of back cover. Size: 5 x 7 1/2 . Acceptable. Paperback. 1976.

New York: Negro Universities Press, 1969. Hardcover. As New/No Jacket. 6 x 9 1/2. Presents a comprehensive historical study of the Twenty-Fifth Regiment, United States Infantry, beginning with the colored soldier in the service of the U.S. prior to 1866, all the campaigns it served in, correspondences, military orders, photographs, and historical events.

The Troy Chemical Company, Inc., 1965. First Edition Fourth Printing. . Staplebound. Very Good. In very good, unmarked condition with a couple of tiny stains on the front cover. Otherwise minor shelfwear. Stiff wraps. 72 pages. Covers hoof structure, trimming, shoeing, bedding, faults and disabilities. Size: 5 x 7 1/2

Texas: Great Impressions, 2001. Paperback. As New. Inscribed by Annie Mae Hunt's 16th grandchild on the front endpage. New with minor shelfwear. An extraordinary woman who has influenced history, politics, women and her community. Illustrated. Size: 7 x 9

McGraw-Hill College, 1983. Paperback. Good. 5 1/2 x 8 1/2. In very good condition with some scattered underlining. Discusses the major forces that shaped southern political history from the colonial era to the Civil War.

The Lakeside Press, 2004. Hardcover. As New/No Jacket. 4 1/2 x 7. An unused hardcover book. Green cloth with gold trim. No dust jacket. The Interestsing Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano, or Gustavus Vassa, The African written by Himself.

Texas: Reading Realm, 1995. Soft cover. New. 7 x 9. Incscribed by author on title page. A biography of the Afro-American woman who gained fame as a storyteller and became "America's Mother Froit" or official storyteller of African stories.

California: Pomegranate, 2004. As New. 7 x 5. This is abook of thirty oversized postcards depicting the joyous, bold, and vibrant work of the African American artist and illustrator of children's book covers, and also the first Kwanzaa stamp commissioned by the U. S. Postal service. Suitable for framing.

Creativa Press, 2001. Soft cover. Very Good. 6 x 8 1/2. Flatsigned by author on title page. In very good, clean condition. Light shelfwear to cover. Spine uncreased. Heartwarming stories about a family of sharecroppers living by the white man's rules in rural Georgia during the 1920s and 1930s.