THE HIRELING AND THE SLAVE, CHICORA, AND OTHER POEMS.
Charleston, SC: McCarter & Co., 1856. Third edition. xv, [16]-169p. Original embossed brown cloth with gilt spine titles. Blockson 9500; Sabin 28424; Work p. 309. More
African-American
BLACK DEFENDERS OF AMERICA 1775-1973.
Chicago: Johnson Publishing Company, 1974. First printing. Quarto. [xvi], 416p. Illustrated. Pictorial glazed boards. More
A STRANGER IN THE VILLAGE:
Boston: Beacon Press, (1998). First edition. xvii, 366p. Green metallic titles on blue cloth spine with blue boards. More
IMAGES OF THE NEGRO IN AMERICAN LITERATURE.
Chicago: University of Chicago Press, (1972). Forth impression. x, 321p. Gilt-titled blue cloth. More
THE BLACK FAMILY IN SLAVERY AND FREEDOM, 1750-1925.
New York: Pantheon Books, (1976). xxviii, 664p. Gilt-titled brown cloth. More
A DIFFERENT KIND OF CHRISTMAS.
New York: Doubleday, (1988). First edition. Small octavo. [x], 101p. White cloth with title in bronze. More
HARLEM, A HISTORY OF BROKEN DREAMS.
New York: Zenith Books, Doubleday, 1974. Second printing. [viii], 120p. Illustrated. Blue cloth with black titles. More
HIS HANDS.
New York: Hamblen Music Co., (1954). One folded sheet. The cover features a picture of Mahalia Jackson. More
JAMBA.
Chicago: Pellegrini & Cudahy, (1947). First edition. [vi], 246p. Green cloth with gold-colored titles. "This is the story of renowned caravan traders in slaves and ivory... In telling of Jamba and his love for Miapia the author recreates a picture of the People of the Fog as seen through the..... More
AMERICA'S FIRST NEGRO POET, THE COMPLETE WORKS OF JUPITER HAMMON OF LONG ISLAND.
Port Washington, NY: Kennikat Press, (1970). First edition. 122p. Illustrated. Gray cloth with black spine titles. Empire State Historical Publications Series No. 82. Edited by Stanley Austin Ransom, Jr., biographical sketch by Oscar Wegelin, critical analysis by Vernon Loggins. More
IN BLACK AND WHITE, AN INTERPRETATION OF SOUTHERN LIFE.
Nashville: Smith & Lamar, Agents (Fleming H. Revell Company), (1914). 244p. Illustrated from photos. Rebound in brown cloth with gilt spine titles. With an Introduction by James H. Dillard. Work 607. More
THE GOSPEL AMONG THE SLAVES:
Nashville: M.E. Chruch, South, 1893. First edition. 394p. Gilt-titled blue cloth. Work 294. More
THE UPWARD PATH:
New York: Eaton & Mains, (1909). Revised edition of her FROM DARKNESS TO LIGHT. xix, 336p. Illustrated. Gilt-titled tan cloth. Interesting discussion of the "evolution" of Blacks in America, from Africa through the nineteenth century. More
THE UPWARD PATH:
New York: Eaton & Mains, (1909). Revised edition of her FROM DARKNESS TO LIGHT. xix, 336p. Illustrated. In blue printed wrappers. Interesting discussion of the "evolution" of Blacks in America, from Africa through the nineteenth century. More
JASBO BROWN AND SELECTED POEMS.
New York: Farrar & Rinehart, (1931). First edition. 96p. Gilt-titled brown cloth. More
MAUM NANCY.
Atlanta: Mabel Loeb and Virginia Pairo, 1937. First edition Limited to 500 copies. 82p. Illustrated by Wilbur G. Kurtz. Gray over red cloth with titles in black on spine and upper cover. Signed by Susan Merrick Heywood. Another signature looks to be Wilbur G. Kurtz, Jr. signed April 14, 1979..... More
GEORGE WASHINGTON CARVER, AN AMERICAN BIOGRAPHY.
Garden City, NY: Doubleday, Doran, 1943. x, 342p. Illustrated. Gray cloth with gilt spine titles. More
THE BLACK MAN'S BURDEN.
New York: Neale, 1915. First edition. 232p. Illustrated from photos. Introduction by Booker T. Washington. Gilt-titled blue cloth. Autobiography, with a history of the Utica Normal and Industrial Institute for the Training of Colored Young Men and Young Women, Utica Institute, Mississippi. Blockson 2371; Work 475. More
IN HOPE OF LIBERTY:
New York: Oxford University Press, 1997. First edition. xii, 340p. Light gray cloth spine over darker gray boards, blue spine titles. More
GUESTS IN THE PROMISED LAND:
New York: Scribner's, (1973). First edition. [x], 133p. Gray cloth with white titles on spine and upper cover. Sticker on d.j. "Chicago Tribune Children's Spring Festival Prize Book 1973" More
THE NEGRO IN THE AMERICAN THEATRE.
New York: Theatre Arts, Inc, 1947. First edition. Quarto. 143p. Illustrated from photos. Gray cloth with blue titles. Blockson 7471. More
THE NEGRO IN THE AMERICAN THEATRE.
New York: Theatre Arts, Inc, 1947. First edition. Quarto. 143p. Illustrated from photos. Gray cloth with blue titles. Blockson 7471. More
MY SPIRITUALS.
New York: Robbins-Engel, (1927). First edition. Quarto. [viii], 81p. Music notation. Illustrated by "Millar of the Roland Company", edited by Gordon Whyte & Hugo Frey. Color printed patter fabric binding with paper label on spine and upper cover. Scarce. Blockson 8096. More