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The Other Side of the River: A Story of Two Towns, a Death, and America's Dilemma
by KOTLOWITZ, Alex
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- 1998
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- Fine
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- 9780385477208
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New York: Doubleday, 1998. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First edition. 317pp. Fine in fine dustwrapper. The murder of Eric Mcginnis and the tension between two racially divided towns.
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[Cabinet card]: Portrait of an Emporia, Kansas African-American Man
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- 1875
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- Very Good
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$150.00
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Emporia, Kans: A.H. Waite, 1875. Unbound. Very Good. Albumen photograph. 4" x 5.5" on a larger card. Photographers mark in lower margin. Faint staining on the image and mount, very good. Bust portrait of an African-American man in a high buttoned jacket. The subject is unidentified.
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Liberian Odyssey: By Hammock and Surfboat. The Autobiography of F.A. Price
by PRICE, F.A.
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- Published
- 1954
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- Near Fine
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$85.00
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New York: Pageant Press, 1954. Hardcover. Near Fine. First edition. Small quarto. 260pp. Illustrated from photographs. Quarter cloth and decorated over boards. A bit of wear at the extremities, some foxing on the foredge, else near fine. Autobiography by a black West Indian missionary who immigrated to Liberia.
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The Anthropometry of the American Negro: Columbia University Contributions to Anthropology: Volume XI
by HERSKOVITS, Melville J.
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- Published
- 1969
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- Near Fine
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$75.00
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New York: AMS Press, 1969. Hardcover. Near Fine. Reprint. 283pp. Owner's name penned on front pastedown, corners lightly bumped, near fine lacking the dustwrapper if issued. Extensive scholarly study and explication of the physical characteristics of the American Negro. Herskovits was a world-renowned black anthropologist whose studies were instrumental in defining African-Americans as they perceive themselves today. He… Read more
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Poems II
by RANDOLPH, Jeremy
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- Published
- 1971
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- Near Fine
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New York: Rannick Playwrights Company, 1971. Softcover. Near Fine. First edition. Octavo. [32]pp. Stapled illustrated yellow wrappers. A little age-toning on the wrappers, near fine. Poetry by a black Texas-born author. *OCLC* locates seven copies.
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Revelations: The Autobiography of Alvin Ailey
by AILEY, Alvin
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- Published
- 1995
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- Near Fine
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- 9781559722551
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$40.00
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(New York): Birch Lane Press, 1995. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. First edition. Tall octavo. 183pp. Illustrated. Written with Peter Bailey. Foreword by Lena Horne. Top edge lightly foxed, a bit of wear on the bottom edge, near fine in a near fine dustwrapper with just a bit of toning and wear, and a lightly sunned spine.
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The Antilles: Fragments of Epic Memory
by WALCOTT, Derek
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- Published
- 1993
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- Fine
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- 9780374105303
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$40.00
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New York: Farrar Straus Giroux, 1993. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. First edition. Top edge with just a few spots of foxing, else fine in a very near fine dustwrapper with a very lightly toned spine. Appears unread. Text of the author's Nobel Prize address.
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Words in the Mourning Time
by HAYDEN, Robert
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- Published
- 1970
- Condition
- Very Good
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- 9780807901595
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New York: October House Inc, 1970. Softcover. Very Good. First edition, wrappered issue. Edges and preliminaries foxed, a very good copy.
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Our Nig; or, Sketches from the Life of a Free Black
by WILSON, Harriet E.
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- Published
- 2005
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- Good
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- 9780142437773
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(New York): Penguin Books, 2005. Softcover. Good. Reprint. Trade paperback. Some highlighting and pen underlining, spine scuffed, a good only copy.
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Charley Patton (Blues Paperbacks)
by FAHEY, John
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- Published
- 1970
- Condition
- Near Fine
- ISBN
- 9780289700297
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$600.00
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(London): Studio Vista, 1970. Softcover. Near Fine. First edition. 112pp. Illustrated from black and white photographs. "This edition is not for sale in the United States" statement on copyright page and price on rear wrapper both crossed-out, else near fine in pictorial wrappers. An important monograph of one of the most influential American musicians of the Twentieth Century… Read more
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[Cabinet card]: Portrait of a Cuthbert, Georgia African-American Man
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- 1875
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- Fine
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$150.00
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Cuthbert, Ga: H. F. Brocks' Art Gallery, 1875. Unbound. Fine. Albumen photograph. 4" x 5.75" on a larger card with scalloped gilt edges. Photographers mark on reverse. Slight age-toning on the mount, else very near fine. Neatly dressed 30-something African-American man. The subject is unidentified.
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Jacob Lawrence American Painter
by WHEAT, Ellen Harkins
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- Published
- 1999
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- Fine
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- 9780295963440
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Seattle, Washington: University of Washington Press/Seattle Art Museum, 1999. Softcover. Fine. Fourth printing. Quarto. Illustrated wrappers. Fine.
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[Cabinet card]: Portrait of an Oskaloosa, Iowa African-American Woman
by (CHAPMAN, Della)
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- 1875
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- Good
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$120.00
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Oskaloosa, Iowa: W.A. Duncan, 1875. Unbound. Good. Albumen photograph. 4" x 5.5" on a larger card with scalloped edges. Photographers mark on front. Darkened and worn, good only. . Bust portrait of a stern looking older African-American woman. The subject is identified on the verso in pencil as Della Chapman of Des Moines, Iowa, but we could find… Read more
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Paul Robeson
by DUBERMAN, Martin Bauml
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- Published
- 1988
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- Fine
- ISBN
- 9780394527802
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New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1988. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First edition. Octavo. 804pp. Narrow remainder stripe topedge, else about fine in fine dustwrapper. Photographs of Robeson with Willa Cather, Theodore Dreiser, W.E.B. Du Bois, and more. Robeson was an American concert singer, actor, and a participant in the Civil Rights Movement.
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The Forgotten Ones
by ROGOVIN, Milton
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- 2003
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- Fine
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New York: Quantuck Lane Press, 2003. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First edition thus. Quarto. 125pp. Illustrated from black and white photographs. With essays by Dave Isay, David Miller, and Harvey Wang. Very slight lean, margins very lightly toned, else fine in a very near fine dustwrapper with just a bit of rubbing, and a bit of age-toning on the flaps.… Read more
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Garvey and Garveyism
by GARVEY, A. Jacques
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- Published
- 1963
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- Near Fine
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$100.00
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Kingston, Jamaica: A. Jacques Garvey, 1963. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. First edition. Octavo. 287pp. Neat owner's name, about very good with rear board dampstained with about very good dustwrapper that is partially adhered to the rear board.
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[Cabinet card]: Portrait of a Fort Scott, Kansas African-American Man
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- Published
- 1880
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- Very Good
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Fort Scott, Kas: Dabbs, 1880. Unbound. Very Good. Albumen photograph. 4" x 5.5" on a larger card. Photographers mark in lower margin. Slight fading on the image and trimmed in the right hand margin, just touching the image. Bust portrait of an African-American man. The subject is unidentified.
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Black Mischief
by WAUGH, Evelyn
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- Published
- 1977
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- Near Fine
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Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1977. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Reprint. Page edges foxed, near fine in a very good lightly rubbed dustwrapper, faint small stain in mid-spine.
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High Cotton
by PINCKNEY, Darryl
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- Published
- 1992
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- Near Fine
- ISBN
- 9780374169985
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New York: Farrar Straus Giroux, 1992. Hardcover. Near Fine/Fine. First edition. Foxing on page edges, edges rubbed, near fine in a fine dustwrapper. Author's first novel.
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Amber Satyr
by FLANNAGAN, Roy
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- Published
- 1932
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- Fine
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$65.00
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Garden City: Doubleday, Doran and Co, 1932. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. First edition. About fine in very good dustwrapper with small nicks and tears. Novel about the lynching of a black man, according to the jacket copy: "The simple and moving story of a yellow swamp Negro.
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