African-American
FIVE BLACK LIVES:
Middletown, CT: Wesleyan University Press, (1971). First edition. x, 240p. Silver-titled brown cloth. More
LET THE BAND PLAY "DIXIE"!:
London: Harrap, (1940). First edition. 320p. Illustrated with W.P.A. photos. White-titled mauve cloth. More
A COMPREHENSIVE ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY OF AMERICAN BLACK ENGLISH
Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, (1976). xiv, 289p. Red cloth with black spine titles. Blockson 199. More
BLACK AMERICANS IN AUTOBIOGRAPHY:
Durham, NC: Duke University Press, 1974. First edition. x, 118p. Gilt-titled brown cloth. More
BLACK AMERICANS IN AUTOBIOGRAPHY:
Durham, NC: Duke University Press, 1974. First edition. x, 118p. Gilt-titled brown cloth. More
REMINISCENCES OF GOV. R. J. WALKER; WITH THE TRUE STORY OF THE RESCUE OF KANSAS FROM SLAVERY [with] FALSE CLAIMS OF KANSAS HISTORIANS TRUTHFULLY CORRECTED.
Rockford, Il: Published by the author, 1902. Two titles bound as one. 204p; 160p, 2p ads. Frontispiece portraits. Publisher's gilt-titled embossed red cloth. Blockson 9899. More
THE POLITICAL STATUS OF THE NEGRO IN THE AGE OF FDR.
Chicago: University of Chicago Press, (1973). First edition. xxxiii, 682p. Illustrated. Silver-titled gray cloth. More
SHOWBOAT MINSTREL 1955.
n.p. 1955. Three page program stapled inside a folder with silk screen images of black and red of two Negroes dancing. Cover designs and silk screened by Harry McIntosh. More
THE BLACK MILITARY EXPERIENCE IN THE AMERICAN WEST.
New York: Liveright, (1971). First edition. Small quarto. xxv, 591p. Illustrated. Gilt-titled brown cloth. More
THE TAWAWAN [College Yearbooks].
Tawawan. OH: State College, Wilberforce, OH, 1948 and 1950. Two yearbooks of State College, Wilberforce, OH for 1948 and 1950. Quarto. Illustrated from photos. Bound in embossed fabricoid. Accompanied by commencement programs for 1952 (Central State College) and 1970 (Wilberforce University) and a few personal snapshot photos. Wilberforce University was..... More
LITTLE LOU.
New York: Stewart, Tabori & Chang, (1990). First edition. Quarto. Unpaged. Illustrated in color by the author. Gilt-titled bronze cloth. A beautiful children's book. More
WEMBI, THE SINGER OF STORIES.
St. Louis: Bethany Press, (1959). First edition. 128p. Illustrated by Doris Hallas. Pictorial boards in green, yellow, and red. SIGNED BY AUTHOR. More
BLACK PORTRAIT OF AN AFRICAN JOURNEY.
Grand Rapids, MI: William B. Eerdmans, (1971). First edition. Quarto. 126p. Features the art of Paul Collins in color, with text by Tom Lee. Tan over brown simulated leather with titles in black, illustrated endpapers. Blockson 1126. More
A SLAVER'S LOG BOOK OR 20 YEARS' RESIDENCE IN AFRICA.
Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall, (1976). Second printing. xiv, 370p. "This book is a complete transcription of Conneau's handwritten manuscript, including his own title and unabashed preface." (blurb). More
THE GREEN PASTURES:
New York: Farrar & Rinehart, 1930. Large Paper Edition Limited to 550 copies Signed by Connelly and Jones. Quarto. xviii, 150p. Illustrated by Robert Edmond Jones in black and white and with a color frontispiece. Green-dyed paper-covered boards with titles and ark device in gilt, t.e.g. More
BURN, KILLER, BURN!
Chicago: Johnson Publishing, (1962). [vi], 392p. Red cloth with titles in black. More
BURN, KILLER, BURN!
Chicago: Johnson Publishing, (1962). First edition. [viii], 391p. More
COPPER SUN.
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1927. First edition. xi, 89p. Illustrated by Charles Cullen. Black cloth spine with marbled boards, paper spine and cover labels. More
AGOSSOU BOY OF AFRICA.
Chicago: Follett, 1962. First American edition. Quarto. 47p. Illustrated from photos by the author. Pictorial cloth. "Children of the World Books" More
BLACK MUSIC IN OUR CULTURE:
n.p. Kent State University Press, (1972). First edition, second printing. [viii], 263p. Tan cloth with red spine titles. More
WHITE CONQUEST.
London: Chatto and Windus, 1876. First edition. Two volumes. viii, 356p, 32p ads; vi, 373p. Gilt-titled green cloth. More
UNCLE JOE'S JOURNAL.
Indianapolis: Minsip Publishing, (1937). First edition. 160p. Photo portrait frontispiece. Gilt-titled black cloth. Essays and poetry. Quite scarce. More
CANDLE-LIGHTIN' TIME.
New York: Dodd, Mead, 1902. Second printing. 127p. Illustrated with photos by the Hampton Institute Camera Club on the versos and poetry on the rectos. Binding and page decorations by Margaret Armstrong. Green cloth with titles and pictorial designs in gilt, white, brown, and darker green. BAL 4937. More
THE LOVE OF LANDRY.
New York: Dodd, Mead, 1900. First edition. [vi], 200p. Green cloth with titles and decorative designs in lighter green and white. Quite scarce. More