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Afroamericana:

Aptheker, Herbert. THE NEGRO IN THE ABOLITIONIST MOVEMENT
NY 1941 first edition. International. 12mo., 48pp., wraps. Good. (a13995)
$22.00 Brunner, Bernard . GOLDEN CHILDREN
NY 1970 (1st?) Fell. 'A dramatic novel about America's most searing topic-Race.' Fine in VG DJ, light stain on rear. (a15845)
$26.00 Cogan, Lee . NEGROES FOR MEDICINE REPORT OF A MACY CONFERENCE
Baltimore 1968 Johns Hopkins. Conference to encourage Afro-Americans to become doctors. Hardcover. Octavo, 71pp., cloth. Fine in VG DJ. (a19744)
$20.00 Habe, Hans . NAZI PLAN FOR NEGROES (article in one complete issue of THE NATION, March 1, 1941)
NY 1941. In The Nation, March 1, 1941. Habe article at pp. 232-235. Issue also have article by I F Stone and Freda Kirchwey, among others. 4to, wraps. Fair, Paper browned, fragile, spine worn, some chipping to corners. Rare. (a20531)
$33.00 Gardner, Gerald . FROM THE BACK OF THE INCUBATOR
NY 1966 PB Special. 45pp., photos by Constance Bannister, wraps. Afro-American humor using photos of Afro-American babies. Near Fine. (a21244)
$35.00 Dada, Olubamidele . BACKTRACK AND OTHER SHORT STORIES
New York 1974 first edition Heath Cote. Hardcover. Octavo. "This book is a satire not only of the current state of race relations in the U.S. but of the mentalities of blacks everywhere". (dj) Author is Nigerian born, working as college professor in U.S at time of this book. 111pp., cloth. Near Fine in VG DJ. price written in ink on front end paper. Portrait of author on rear panel of dj. (a21334)
$38.00 Tiffany, Louis McLane MD . COMPARISON BETWEEN THE SURGICAL DISEASES OF THE WHITE AND COLORED RACES
NY 1887. Author Professor of Surgery University of Maryland. In the Transactions of the American Surgical Association Vol. 5. The Tiffany article is at pp. 261-273 with 1 plate, in its original presentation in the Transactions with many other articles. Owner bookplate. VG, front hinge tender. (a22111)
$65.00 Himes, Chester . PINKTOES
NY first edition Putnam. Hardcover. Octavo, 256pp. , cloth. Owner signed. Near Fine in Near VG DJ, a few tiny tears and very light soiling. (a22418)
$50.00Frey, Hugo. FAMOUS NEGRO SPIRITUALS
NY 1924. 25 spirituals, transcribed and arranged by Frey. 4to., 48pp., wraps. Good plus, some wear. Includes: Deep River, Didn't My Lord deliver Daniel, Ev'ry Time I feel the Spirit, etc. (a22732)
$29.00 Herskovits, Melville J. . THE AHISTORICAL APPROACH TO AFROAMERICAN STUDIES: A CRITIQUE
Menasha 1960. In the American Anthropologist, Volume 62, Number 4, August 1960, at pp. 559-568. 8vo., wraps. VG, a bit soiled, worn, a few pencil notes in margins. (a24576a)
$30.00 Lawson, Elizabeth . LINCOLN'S THIRD PARTY
NY 1948 International Publishers. Octavo, 48pp., wraps. Near Fine. (a24799)
$20.00 Chesnutt, Charles W. . CONJURE TALES
NY 1973 Dutton. Retold by Ray Anthony Shepard. Hardcover. Octavo, 99pp., illustrated by John Ross and Clare Romano, cloth. Afro-american folktales. Fine in Good DJ, some light wear and a few small chips. (a25811)
$35.00Hillpern, Else and Edmund and Spaulding. BRISTOW ROGERS AMERICAN NEGRO
NY 1949 1st Hermitage. Biography and psychological analysis of an Afro-American man under pseudonym of Bristow Rogers. 8vo., 184pp., hardcover. Blockson 8343. VG, no DJ. (a2692)
$29.00Cullen, Countee P.. THE SHROUD OF COLOR in one complete issue of The AMERICAN MERCURY NOVEMBER 1924
NY 1924. In The American Mercury, Vol. III No. 11, November 1924, at pp. 306-308. Published while Cullen was a Senior at New York University, his first appearance. Included in a complete issue of this Journal. Large octavo, wraps. Good, cover moderately worn, fraying of cover edges. Binding secure; text clean. (a27831)
$44.00 Jackson, James Thomas . WAITING IN LINE AT THE DRUGSTORE AND OTHER WRITINGS OF JAMES THOMAS JACKSON
1993 1st University of North Texas. 8vo., 277pp. Near Fine, very slight soiling on white cloth cover, in VG plus DJ, a bit of light scruffing. (a28325)
$35.00 Wylie, James . THE SIGN OF DAWN
NY 1981 1st Viking. The best black novelist to emerge since James Baldwin.--Dallas Times Herald. 8vo., 344pp., hardcover. Fine in VG DJ. (a31661)
$24.00 Tillman, Benjamin R. . WHICH WILL BE THE SURVIVOR: THE DEMOCRACY OR POPULISM
Chicago 1898. An article in the Illustrated American issue for January 1, 1898 at pp. 11-13. Includes 3/4 page photo illustration of Tillman, Senator from South Carolina, also known as Pitchfork Ben for his racist diatribes in the Senate. Whole issue has 32pp., 4to., wraps. Good, light wear. (a31776b)
$45.00 Thompson, Lawrence S. (comp.) . THE SOUTHERN BLACK SLAVE AND FREE
Troy 1970 1st Whitston. A bibliography of Anti- and Pro-Slavery Books and Pamphlets and of Social and Economic Conditions in the Southern States from the beginnings to 1950. Hardcover. Octavo, 576pp.,cloth. VG, cover lightly soiled, no DJ. (a3218)
$29.00 Johnson, Charles S. . RECENT IMPROVEMENTS IN RACE RELATIONS
NY 1928. In Recent Gains in American Civilization, edited by Kirby Page, at pp.97-126. A collection of 15 essays by diverse authors. Hardcover. Octavo, 356pp., cloth. Owner bookplate on front pastedown and name stamp on verso of title page. Small bookstore label on front free blank. Uncut. Good, spine faded, slight wear, residue of label on spine, no DJ. (a33257e)
$33.00 Hall, Amanda Benjamin . CINNAMON SAINT A NARRATIVE POEM
Boston 1937 first edition Humphries. Several poems contain large sections in Afro-American dialect, most of the poems relate to Black Americans, several poems seem to be set in South or to be about tobacco-growing. Hardcover. Octavo, 153pp., cloth. Good, no DJ. (a3352)
$35.00Moon, Henry Lee. BALANCE OF POWER: THE NEGRO VOTE
NY 1949 first edition. Doubleday. hardcover octavo., 256pp. A study of the Negro vote, from Reconstruction days to the present, and its effect on the American political scene. VG some light glue stains on end paper. Binding secure and text clean. in Near Good DJ, wear and chipping on dj. (a34020)
$35.00(black humor). SATIRE AND HUMOR IN BLACK AMERICAN LITERATURE
Oneonta 1969. Issue of the Satire Newsletter, Fall 1969. 8vo., 88pp., wraps. Whole issue devoted to this topic. VG Plus, light toning on backstrip ; no owner marks. (a35155)
$39.00 Settle, Elizabeth A. and Thomas A. Settle . ISHMAEL REED A PRIMARY AND SECONDARY BIBLIOGRAPHY
Boston 1982. 8vo., 155pp., blue buckram. Small institution stamp on top and bottom fore-edges, small date stamp and ink numbers at inner edge of title page. Good, inner hinges cracked, no dj. (a36444)
$25.00 (Methodist Episcopal Church) . AN EXHIBIT OF THE INDUSTRIAL HOMES, MISSIONS AND DEACONESS HOMES OF THE WOMAN'S HOME MISSIONARY SOCIETY SOCIETY OF THE METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH
Cincinnati 1900. Souvenir of the Twentieth Anniversary. Oblong Sm.4to., 144pp. (one page text, one full page photo illustration), blue cloth. Many photos of African-Americans. Photo illustrations and brief text for private homes and lodgings all across the U.S. from Alabama to New Jersey to California. Owner signed (Mary F. Fordyce). VG, light cover wear. (a37032)
$200.00 Roskolenko, Harry . BLACK IS A MAN, A NOVEL
NY 1954 first edition Padell. A white man becomes black in a sudden Kafkaesque way and suffers terribly as a result.Hardcover. Octavo, 160p., cloth. Fine in VG DJ. Fine. (a3773)
$65.00 Baldwin, James . PREVIOUS CONDITION A STORY
NY 1948. In Commentary, Vol. 6 No. 4 October 1948 at pp. 334-342. Baldwin's first published work of fiction. Whole issue has several articles, stories. Lg.8vo., wraps. VG. (a38465)
$100.00 Humphreys, Very Rev Nicholas . BLESSED MARTIN DE PORRES
1960 Blessed Martin Guild. Porres' mother was a freed slave. 12mo., 68pp., original orange printed wraps. Good , light cover stains. (a3913a)
$20.00 (afro-american) . SLIPPING THROUGH THE CRACKS: THE STATUS OF BLACK WOMEN
Atlanta 1985-86. Special issue of The Review of Black Political Economy, Vol. 14, Nos2-3, Fall/Winter 1985-86. Proceedings from a Symposium sponsored by The Review of Black Political Economy and the Cingressional Black Caucus Fund. 8vo., 302pp., wraps. VG. (a40535)
$35.00 Davis. John A. (editor) . AFRICAN FORUM A QUARTERLY JOURNAL OF CONTEMPORARY AFFAIRS THE NEGRO AND BRAZILIAN LITERATURE
Ny 1967. Whole issue of African Forum, Volume 2 Number 4, Spring 1967. Articles by Antonio Olino, Gregory Rabassa, Abdias do Nascimento, Zora Seljan and Gerald Moser. 8vo., 136pp., wraps. Good, a bit of wear. (a40825)
$30.00 Marrett, Cora Bagley and Cheryl Leggon (editors) . RESEARCH IN RACE AND ETHNIC RELATIONS A RESEARCH ANNUAL VOLUME 1 - 1979
Greenwich 1979 1st JAI Press. 8vo., 199pp., monochrome illustrations, index, hardcover. VG, light cover wear, no DJ. (a42510)
$65.00 Davis, Lenwood G. . BLACK CAPITALISM IN URBAN AMERICA: A SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
Monticello (Illinois) 1974. Council of Planning Libraries, Exchange Bibliography 630. 4to., 53pp., mimeo, bound in later transparent plastic. Ex-library, with bookplate, discard stamp and label on front, a few stamps on pages, large chip on rear wrap. Good. (a42936)
$34.00 Ernst, Robert T. . THE GEOGRAPHICAL LITERATURE OF BLACK AMERICA, 1949-1972: A SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY OF JOURNAL ARTICLES, SERIAL PUBLICATIONS, THESES AND DISSERTATIONS
Monticello (Illinois) 1973. Council of Planning Libraries, Exchange Bibliography 492. 4to., 29pp., mimeo, bound in later transparent plastic. Ex library, with bookplate, discard stamp and label on front, a few stamps on pages, large chip on rear wrap. Good. (a42948)
$45.00 Davis, Lenwood G. . A HISTORY OF JOURNALISM IN THE BLACK COMMUNITY: A PRELIMINARYSURVEY
Monticello (Illinois)1975. Council of Planning Libraries, Exchange Bibliography 862. 4to., 35pp., mimeo, bound in later transparent plastic. Ex library, with bookplate, discard stamp and label on front, a few stamps on page, large chip on rear wrap. Good. (a42985)
$45.00 Dunbar, Paul Lawrence . OLD ABE'S CONVERSION
Boston 1901. In The Youth's Companion, January 14, 1901 at pp. 40-41. Complete issue, 4to., wraps. Good, folded horizontally, light wear and spltting along fold, spine worn, some soiling. (a43945)
$45.00 Anderson, Edward D. . POEMS IN BLACK AND WHITE WITH SHADES OF COLOR
Henry 1996 2nd. 8vo., 49pp., wraps. **Signed presentation copy from Anderson. Good, some light wear and soiling on cover. (a44871)
$50.00Fisher, William Arms, Harvey B Gaul, J. Rosamond Johnson and Charles Fonteyn Manney (arrangers). TEN NEGRO SPIRITUALS
Boston 1925 Ditson. Sheet music with lyrics. 4to, 32pp., wraps. Stamped "Advertising Copy" on front. A few small ink numbers on front. Fine. (a49995)
$39.00Cadman, Charles Wakefield. DARK DANCERS OF THE MARDI GRAS, FANTASY FOR ORCHESTRA WITH PIANO
NY 1938 Affiliated. Study score (music only). Sm.4to., 51pp., printed wraps. Review copy. A few small ink numbers on front. VG. (a50002)
$45.00 Rodeheaver . RODEHEAVER'S NEGRO SPIRITUALS
1923 Rodeheaver. Music and lyrics. Sm.4to., 51pp., wraps. A few small ink numbers on front. VG plus. (a50011)
$50.00 Herskovits, Melville J. . ANTHROPOMETRY OF THE AMERICAN NEGRO
NY 1930 Columbia University. Contributions to Anthropology Vol XI. Interesting final chapter on results of the research. 8vo., 283pp., hardcover. VG plus, light cover wear and very light cover staining, no DJ. (a5045)
$125.00 Robeson, Paul . UNITY FOR PEACE
1951. Article in Masses & Mainstream, August 1951, at pp. 21-24 Issue also has articles by Ilya Ehrenburg and a play from Alan Max. Sm.8vo., wraps. Good. (a52063)
$38.00 Nash, Roy . THE LYNCHING OF ANTHONY CRAWFORD
NY 1916. The shocking fate of Anthony Crawford, a successful Afro-American farmer, who was lynched in Abbeville, South Carolina on October 16, 1916, as a result of a verbal dispute with a white merchant. Reported in detail in an article in the Independent, issue of December 11, 1916, at pp.456-462, photo illustrations (including a photo portrait of Crawford). The article is in VG condition, but there is some damage to the final page of the Independent (not affecting the article). (a52940)
$90.00 Kiser, Clyde V. . FERTILITY TRENDS AND DIFFERENTIALS AMONG NONWHITES IN THE UNITED STATES
1958. Reprinted from the MIlbank Memorial Fund Quarterly April 1958. 8vo., pp.149-197, printed wraps. VG. (a54005)
$35.00 Rollock, Barbara . BLACK AUTHORS AND ILLUSTRATORS OF CHILDREN'S BOOKS
NY 1988 Garland. Sm.8vo., 130pp., decorated cloth. Institution stamps on fore-edges. Residue of label at heel of spine. Good, inner hinges cracked, no DJ. (a54034)
$22.00 Lynch, Edie . WITH GLORY I SO HUMBLY STAND
NY 1982 1st Vantage. Lovely poetry and photographic paean to Jamaica. 4to., 4pp. of poetry, 20 photo plates (rectos only), hardcover. Fine in Near Fine DJ, one very tiny hole on edge of front panel. (a54335)
$55.00 Pickle, Linda Williams et al . ATLAS OF US CANCER MORTALITY AMONG NONWHITES: 1950-1980
Washington 2001. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. 4to., 186pp., maroon buckram. Depository library stamps and number. VG. (a54716)
$26.00 (radical) . NEW RADICALISM AND THE AFRO-AMERICAN
1962. Complete issue of Studies on the Left. Articles include: C. Wright Mills by Hans Gerth; Revolutionary Nationalism and the Afro-American by Harold Cruse; John Jay Chapman and Emersonian Individualism by Charles Ellis and McCarthy and the Liberals by John Steinke and James Weinstein. Octavo, 136pp.original wraps.Good, light fraying and wrinkling on lower edge (not affecting printed text) throughout. (a55357)
$23.00 Glaser, William A. . A HARLEM ALMANAC
1964 Columbia University. Statistics about Harlem population -education levels, jobs, housing, mobility, marital status, etc. 4to., 48 leaves (rectos only), wraps with black cloth spine. VG. (a56188)
$75.00 Caselli, Ron (compiler) . THE MINORITY EXPERIENCE A BASIC BIBLIOGRAPHY OF AMERICAN ETHNIC STUDIES - REVISED AND ENLARGED EDITION
Santa Rosa 1974-75. 4to, 99pp., wraps with plastic spiral binding. Ex-Universiry library with usual markings. Good, large chip from rear cover. (a56618)
$45.00Davis, Shelby Cullom. RESERVOIRS OF MEN: A HISTORY OF THE BLACK TROOPS OF FRENCH WEST AFRICA
Geneva 1934 first edition Librairie Kundig. Hardcover. Octavo, 205pp., photo illustrations, black cloth with gilt trim. Good plus, a few page corners creased, light cover wear, occasional light foxing, no DJ, No ownership marks. (a58667)
$69.00Burleigh, H.T.. NEGRO SPIRITUALS - HEAV'N HEAV'N FOR LOW VOICE
NY 1921 (copyright). 4to., 6pp., wraps. Good, some wear and light soiling. (a59619)
$23.00 (african american) . APPRENTICES, SKILLED CRAFTSMEN AND THE NEGRO AN ANALYSIS
(1960) New York State Commission Against Discrimination. Hardcover. Octavo, 137pp., library rebinding. Ex-library, with usual markings. Good. (a61146)
$25.00 (minstrels) . TWO ETHIOPIAN FARCES - MISHAPS OF CAESAR CRUM ; DESDEMONUM
New York c. 1874. Happy Hours Company. 2 titles. 12mo., 14pp., 8pp., later wraps. Original pages professionally relaid. Fair, quite worn. Rare. 2 titles. (a61259)
$120.00 Bitting, Samuel T. . RURAL LAND OWNERSHIP AMONG THE NEGROES OF VIRGINIA WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO ALBEMARLE COUNTY
NY 1911 1st. Publications of University of Virginia Phelps-Stokes Fellowship. Octavo, 110pp., original printed wraps. VG, light browning of front. Scarce, (a63193)
$185.00 Van Dyke, Henry J. . CHARACTER AND INFLUENCE OF ABOLITIONISM A SERMAN PREACHED IN THE FIRST PRESBYERIAN CHURCH, BROOKLYN...1860
NY 1860 George F. Nesbit. Abolitionism has no foundation in the Scriptures (p. 7) etc. Octavo, 31pp., original printed wraps. Signed by Van Dyke on front cover in presentation to John Clayton, Esq. Good, some soiling on cover, splitting somewhat on spine. (a63198)
$180.00 Lenwood, G. Davis . A HISTORY OF PUBLIC HEALTH PROBLEMS, FACILITIES, AND SERVICES IN THE BLACK COMMUNITY A WORKING BIBLIOGRAPHY
1975. Council of Planning Librarians Bibliography 844. 4to., 20pp., original wraps bound in transparent plastic folder. Ex-university library. Good, large chip on rear wrap (a63267)
$25.00 Davis, Lenwood G . BLACKS IN THE AMERICAN WEST: A WORKING BIBLIOGRAPHY
1974. Council of Planning Librarians Bibliography 582. 4to., 42pp., original wraps bound in transparent plastic folder. Ex-university library. Good, large chip on rear wrap. (a63284)
$35.00 Haro, Robert P . AFFIRMATIVE ACTION IN HIGHER EDUCATION: A SELECTED AND ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY
1977. Council of Planning Librarians Bibliography 1229. 4to., 26pp., original wraps bound in transparent plastic folder. Ex-university library. VG. (a63288)
$25.00 (afro-american) . FOCUS: BLACK AMERICAN BIBLIOGRAPHY SERIES SUPPLEMENT I
November 1971 Indiana University Library. 4to., 140pp., wraps. A few institution stamps and markings. Good, some soiling, small chip on final page. (a67236)
$45.00Ho, Christine. SALT-WATER TRINNIES AFRO-TRINIDADIAN IMMIGRANT NETWORKS AND NON-ASSIMILATION IN LOS ANGELES ISBN 0-404-19483-4
NY 1991 1st AMS. ISBN 0-404-19483-4. Octavo, 237pp., original gilt printed hardcover. Fine, as new. (no dj as issued) (a67638)
$149.00 Washington, Booker T. . THE STORY OF THE NEGRO THE RISE OF THE RACE FROM SLAVERY VOLUME 1
1969 Peter Smith. Reprint. Octavo, 332pp., pink cloth hardcover. Near Fine, slight uneven discoloration of cover, no DJ. Volume 1 only. (a68114)
$40.00 Ellington, Duke . STORMY WEATHER
Sheet music. Lg.4to., 5pp., very attractive 1930s style pink and black wraps. Small owner signature on front. VG plus. (a68974)
$35.00 Owen, Mary Alicia . VOODOO TALES AS TOLD AMONG THE NEGROES OF THE SOUTHWEEST COLLECTED FROM ORIGINAL SOURCES
NY 1893 Putnam. Introduction by Charles Godfrey Leland. Hardcover. Octavo, 310pp., illustrated by Juliette Owen and Louis Wain, hardcover. Institute blindstamp on titlepage (stamped cancelled) but no other library marks at all. Good,spine browned and spine ends worn down about 1/4 inch. (a70248)
$97.00 Saunders, John A. . 100 YEARS AFTER EMANCIPATION - HISTORY OF THE PHILADELPHIA NEGRO 1787 TO 1963)
c. 1963 first edition. Published by Author. Hardcover. Octavo, 225pp., photo illustrations, blue cloth. Near Fine in VG plus DJ, slightly rubbed. (a70650)
$250.00 Picott, J. Rupert and Walter N. Ridley . HISTORY OF THE RESTITUTION FUND COMMISSION OF THE EPISCOPAL DIOCESE OF PENNSYLVANIA A CHALLENGE
1976 Restitution Fine. Hardcover. Octavo, 238pp., monochrome photo illustrations, red cloth. Near Fine, no DJ. (a72607)
$20.00 Reynolds, Elizabeth Maria . CIRCLES OF TIMES SURVIVE WHERE MEMORIES DWELL - POEMS (signed)
Jamaica 1986 1st Circles of Time Enterprises. Afro-American. Poetry. Octavo, 96pp., wraps. **Inscribed and Signed by Reynolds. Fine. (a73199)
$55.00 Rivers, Lou . BLACK MAN: CRABS IN A BUCKET (A PLAY IN ONE ACT)
Brooklyn c. 1950. 4to., 54 leaves (mimeo on rectos only), in student report binder. VG plus. (a73754)
$145.00 Rivers, Lou . THE GHOSTS (A PLAY IN ONE ACT)
Brooklyn c. 1960. 4to., 32 leaves (mimeo on rectos only), in student report binder. VG. (a73757)
$95.00 Yourcenar, Marguerite . LE PROBLEME NOIR AUX ETATS-UNIS 1619-1964
1964. In French. Article at pp. 3-12 in one issue of Preuves. Included in a complete issue with several additional articles. Sm.4to., original printed wraps. VG. (a74368a)
$35.00 (racism) . ALLEGED OUTRAGES IN VIRGINIA
Washington 1884 1st GPO. Senate Report for the First Session of the 48th Congress. Investigation of the alleged massacre on colored men at Denville, Virginia. Hardcover. Octavo, 1298pp., a few caricature illustrations and drawings, tan buckram. Institution bookplate and blind stamp on title page, tiny depository library name stamp on end paper - no other library markings. VG plus. (a75378)
$375.00 Singh, Raman K. (editor) . STUDIES IN BLACK LITERATURE VOLUME 5 NUMBER 1 THROUGH VOLUME 8 NUMBER 1 (10 ISSUES)
1974 Spring 1977. 10 issues, with original cover, bound in one volume. 4to., blue institution buckram. One issue in xerox. Depository Library stamps on covers. VG. (a76205)
$59.00 (afro-american) . THE BLACK MALE - SPECIAL ISSUE OF EBONY MAGAZINE AUGUST 1972
August 1972. Profusely illustrated. Articles include: Beautiful Black Men by Nikki Giovanni; Boys Black by Gwendolyn Brooks, Crazy Niggers Then and Now by Jack Slater, Letters to editor about TV show All in the Family and Archie Bunker, nostalgic advertisements for Jello and Chef Boyardee canned spaghetti, and much more. Lg.4to., 182pp., illustrations, original illustrated wraps. Institution stamp on front. Good plus, light wear. (a76301)
$45.00 Ignatoff, Herbert . STUDENT TEACHING LOG BOOK WITH MOUNTED ORIGINAL PHOTOGRAPHS OF HARLEM MAY 1950
Student binder, metal clasp binding. 4to., 93 leaves (typed text with a few neat corrections by teacher in blue ink), wraps. Ignatoff student-taught Workshop Classes at Patrick Henry Junior High School, P.S. 171. Illustrated with 14 original 5 x 7 inch photographs of the community around 103rd Street and Lexington Avenue, New York City, as well as of the exterior of the school, the classroom and the students. Photos are stapled to pages. Original binder boards are chipped and worn but binding is secure and text is clean and easy to read. Near Good. Unusual inside look at a Harlem school but especially nice photos of the surrounding community. Unique. (a76465)
$350.00 (Alfred M. Landon) . COLORED CITIZENS: THINK OF YOUR FUTURE! WOULD YOU RETURN TO THE WOES OF THE PAST! IF NOT...VOTE REPUBLICAN!
NY 1936 Republican State Committee. Campaign brochure for Alfred Landon for President in 1936. Small octavo, 8pp., original wraps. Good, a few small edge chips. Also original signature of Alf Landon on a small piece of paper. (a76690)
$35.00Phillips, Hilton A.. FLAMES OF REBELLION (AGAINST ENTHRONED TYRANNY)
Los Angeles 1936 1st Copyright by Phillips, Printed by California Eagle Press. Black Nationalist, Phillips is self-described as: Scholar, Historian, Heralder of the Dawn of Equity, Championing the Cause of the Disinherited Underdog Prisoners of Empire, Graduate of UCLA. Hardcover. Octavo, 237pp., full page portrait of Phillips, maroon cloth. Near Fine. In removable glassine protective jacket. No owner marks. Rare. (a78024)
$275.00 Barry, Roxanne M. (comp.) . AFRICAN NEWSPAPERS IN SELECTED AMERICAN LIBRARIES
Washington 1965 3rd Library of Congress. Union List. 4to., 135pp., wraps. Near Fine. (a78393)
$45.00 (slavery) . PROCEEDINGS OF THE CONSTITUTIONAL MEETING AT FANEUIL HALL NOVEMBER 26TH 1850
Boston 1850 Beals & Greene. Pro-slavery position from northerners: No doubt there are cases of cruel oppression, but which it is not our right nor our business, Don Quixote like, to attempt to relieve. Includes some strongly racist opinions. Octavo, 46pp., removed from larger binding and rebound in later wraps. VG, faint vertical foldline throughout, text clean and binding secure. (a78540)
$35.00 (ethnomusicology) . ETHNO-MUSICOLOGY NEWSLETTER NO. 1 DECEMBER, 1953 THROUGH NO. 5 SEPTEMBER 1955 BOUND IN ONE VOLUME
Complete set of first 5 issues of this newsletter. 4to., issues range from 10-22 leaves each (mimeos), cloth. Newsletter set up by Manfred Bukofzer, Frances Densmore, M. Kolinski, Alan Merriam, Curt Sacks, Charles Seger and others. Newsletters are addressed to University Library and have library stamp on top of each each on front page. No library marks on cover. VG, lightly toned, lightly worn (a79260)
$65.00 (William Grant Still) . A BIRTHDAY OFFERING TO WILLIAM GRANT STILL UPON THE OCCASION OF HIS EIGHTIETH ANNIVERSARY
New York 1975. One complete issue of The Black Perspective in Music. Octavo, pp. 132-240. photo illustrations, original wraps. Fine. (a79353)
$30.00 Nzewi, Meki . SOME SOCIAL PERSPECTIVES OF IGBO TRADITIONAL THEATRE
New York 1978. Article at pp. 113-142 in single complete issue of the journal The Black Perspective in Music, edited by Eileen Southern. Several other articles in same issue. Octavo, original wraps. Fine. (a79361)
$27.00 Kofsky, Frank . THE STATE OF JAZZ
New York 1977. Article at pp. 44-66 in single complete issue of the journal The Black Perspective in Music, edited by Eileen Southern. Several other articles in same issue. Octavo, original wraps. Fine. (a79363a)
$29.00 Southern, Eileen . FRANK JOHNSON AND HIS PROMENADE CONCERTS
New York 1977. Article at pp. 3-30 in single complete issue of the journal The Black Perspective in Music, edited by Eileen Southern. Several other articles in same issue. Octavo, original wraps. Fine. (a79363b)
$29.00 Swan, L. Alex . SURVIVAL AND PROGRESS THE AFRO-AMERICAN EXPERIENCE
Westport 1981 1st Greenwood. ISBN 0-313-22480-3. Hardcover. Octavo, 251pp., cloth. Near Fine, some fading of cover, top corners gently bumped. No jacket issued. (a79707)
$30.00 Woody, Bette . MANAGING CRISIS CITIES THE NEW BLACK LEADERHIP AND THE POLITICS OF RESOURCE ALLOCATION
Wesport 1982 1st Greenwood. ISBN 0-313-23095-1. Hardcover. Octavo, 228pp., printed cloth. . VG plus, two tiny snags in cloth on front board, top corners gently bumped. (a80165)
$28.00 Woods, Robert A. (editor) . AMERICANS IN PROCESS: A SETTLEMENT STUDY BY RESIDENTS AND ASSOCIATES OF THE SOUTH END HOUSE. NORTH AND WEST ENDS BOSTON
Boston 1902 first edition Houghton Mifflin. Hardcover. Octavo., 389pp., many doublepage color maps showing the racial makeup or social class distribution of Boston neighborhoods, index, hardcover. Good, rear hinge cracked, front hinge glued, spine rubbed and worn. (a8069)
$35.00 Davis, Lenwood . DADDY GRACE AN ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY
NY 1992 1st Greenwood. ISBN 0 313 26504 6. Daddy Grace was a preacher. When he died in 1960, the New York Times estimated that he and/or his church was worth 25,000,000. Among his real estate holdings was the shoe store at which occured the recent Harlem Massacre in New York CIty. Hardcover. Octavo, cloth. Fine, bit of price tag residue on end paper. (a80736)
$39.00 Madden, Will Anthony . FIVE MORE SHORT STORIES
New York 1963 1st Exposition. Hardcover. Small octavo, 64pp., cloth. Full page inscription from Madden and signed by him on front blank. Fine in VG DJ. (a81080)
$75.00 Booker T. Washington . ORIGINAL POSTCARD (UNUSED) WITH PORTRAIT OF DR. BOOKER T WASHINGTON ON FRONT
NY 1902 (?) Card printed by Ullman's Art Frame Series. 3-1/2 x 5-1/2 inches. Portrait is dated in the image "copyright 1902", and is printed "one cent". Near Good, several creases, lightlt worn. (a81088)
$27.00 Shaw, Albert (editor) . THE AMERICAN MONTHLY ILLUSTRATED REVIEW OF REVIEWS SEPTEMBER 1903 ISSUE
Ny 1902. Single issue of this journal published in New York City. Of interest: "The Race Problem in the United States" by Lyman Abbott; "The Negro in New South Africa" by Arthur Hawkes; "The Conclave and the Pope" by Talcott Williams; "The New Pope (Pius X) A Character Sketch by William T. Stead." Sm.4to., 108pp., illustrated advertisements, wraps. Good, light wear and fraying on cover. (a81556)
$40.00Reynolds, Miss Naomi of Memphis, Tennessee. LETTER COLLECTION OF NAOMIE REYNOLDS OF MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE AFRICAN-AMERICAN MAID
Collection of Manuscript letters, Christmas Cards and assorted paper ephemera owned by Naomie Reynolds of Memphis Tennessee. Letters date from 1893 to 1947. Contents: 15 handwritten letters, 28 Christmas cards (22 of which are in their original stamped and cancelled envelopes); 2 original photographs presumably of Naomi Reynolds; and 13 pieces of paper ephemera. Naomie Reynolds worked as a maid for Mrs. George B. Peters of Memphis for 35 years until 1941 when Naomi seems to have moved to Chicago briefly then moved back to Memphis. All of the Christmas cards are addressed to Naomi. Five of the 15 letters are written to Naomi; 3 are written to Clementine Pipes (a student at Fisk University in 1941 and married Wayne B. King in Memphis in 1946.) King likely was related to the famous B. B. King as one piece of epherma is a dated stamped envelope with a diabetes medicine advertisement addressed to "B B King in Tishomingo, Mississippi" dated 1925 which was the hometown of the famous musician but this cannot the well-known musician BB King as he was born in 1925. Three letters are written by J. C. Fox in 1944 to his wife and boys while he was in Army training in Camp Forest Tennessee (relationship to Naomi is unknown.) Four additional letters are to/from assorted family members and dated 1893 to 1937. Letters are addressed to Ida Garrett, Bettie Pulliam, B. C. M. Carley, and M. L. Pipes. Naomi and Mrs. Laura Williams lived at same address and some of the letters are addressed to both of them. Interesting collection - how very much one wishes there were many more letters. Paperback Ephemera (a81771)
$595.00Nyden, Paul. BLACK COAL MINERS IN THE UNITED STATES
New York 1974 1st American Institute for Marxist Studies. Small octavo, 73pp., original wraps. Some ink notations in text. Good, wraps faded and lightly soiled. (a81784)
$23.00 Trimmer, Joseph F. . BLACK AMERICAN LITERATURE: NOTES ON THE PROBLEM OF DEFINITION
1971. Ball Sate Monograph No.22. Octavo, 28pp.,original printed octavo wraps. VG. (a81785)
$20.00 Turner, Patricia . AFRO-AMERICAN SINGERS: AN INDEX AND PRELIMINARY DISCOGRAPHY OF OPERA, CHORAL MUSIC AND SONG
Minneapolis 1977 1st Challenge. Hardcover. Octavo, 255pp., cloth. Near Fine, ink remainder dot on top fore-edge, in Good DJ, 2 inch chip. (a82147)
$35.00 Karon, Bertram. . NEGRO PERSONALITY, A RIGOROUS INVESTIGATION OF THE EFFECTS OF CULTURE.
NY 1958-1st Springer. 8vo., 184pp., index. Owner signed. Good, no DJ. (ac182)
$22.00 Pittman, John (guest editor) . AFRICAN-AMERICAN PERPSECTIVES AND PHILOSOPHICAL TRADITIONS
NY 1993. Special Triple Issue of the Philosophical Forum, a Quarterly, Vol. XXIV, Nos.1-3, Fall-Spring 1992-93. Lg.8vo., 298pp., wraps. VG, light cup stain on front. (k1110)
$40.00de Vere, William. DE VERE'S NEGRO SKETCHES END-MEN'S GAGS AND CONUNDRUMS
Chicago 1946 first edition. Powner. small octavo, 129pp., wraps. Good, pages browned. Not much wear, no tears, no chips. no owner marks. Yellow cover with two rows of minstrel faces with exaggerated red lips . (mu90)
$35.00