Category: BLACK LITERATURE

THIS ISLAND NOW.

Price: $75.00

Publisher: LONDON: FABER. 1966 : 1966

Seller ID: 21661

Condition: Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket

First British Edition. Close to fine in a Nf.dj. (Traces of offsetting on endpapers. A few mild spots of rubbing to dj.) South African writer.
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KILLING FLOOR.

By: Ai. (Florence Ogawa)

Price: $150.00

Publisher: HOUGHTON, MIFFLIN & CO. BOSTON 1979 : 1979

Seller ID: 13929

ISBN-13: 9780395275931

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket

First edition. Near fine in near fine dust jacket (Edges lightly foxed. ) The 1978 Lamont Poetry Selection. Poet's SECOND book.
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OH PRAY MY WINGS ARE GONNA FIT ME WELL.

By: Angelou, Maya.

Price: $150.00

Publisher: RANDOM HOUSE. NY 1975 : 1975

Seller ID: 2222

ISBN-13: 9780394499512

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fine in Near Fine dust jacket

REVIEW COPY. (Slip laid-in) Fine in a close to fine dj. (Trace of toning along white borders on dj.) Author's SECOND book of poetry.
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JUST ABOVE MY HEAD.

By: Baldwin, James.

Price: $75.00

Publisher: NY, THE DIAL PRESS. : 1979

Seller ID: 310762

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Fine with no dust jacket

ADVANCE READING COPY. Fine in glossy printed wrappers.
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MY MAIN MOTHER.

By: Beckham, Barry.

Price: $125.00

Publisher: WALKER. NY 1969 : 1969

Seller ID: 2659

ISBN-13: 9780340784396

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fine

First edition. Fine in very good+ or better price-clipped dust jacket. (Some rubbing at spine of jacket. A few short edge tears & touches of shelf-wear. ) FIRST book by the author of "Runner Mack."
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RUNNER MACK.

By: Beckham, Barry.

Price: $200.00

Publisher: MORROW. NY 1972 : 1972

Seller ID: 10958

Condition: Fine in Near Fine dust jacket

First edition. INSCRIBED & dated in year of publication by Barry Beckham on half-title page. Fine in price-clipped near fine . Dust jacket (1"- inch tear with crease at head of front cover. A few short edge nicks in DJ. Tiny soil spot on front cover. ) Said to be the first black-authored baseball novel. Uncommon.
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FREE ENTERPRISE.

By: Cliff, Michelle.

Price: $35.00

Publisher: NY, DUTTON. : 1993

Seller ID: 25179

Binding: Paperback.

Condition: Fine with no dust jacket

UNCORRECTED PROOF. Fine in plain blue printed wrappers.
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I, TITUBA. BLACK WITCH OF SALEM.

By: Conde, Maryse. (Text) Davis, Angela Y. (Foreword) Philcox, Richard. (Trans. )

Price: $200.00

Publisher: CHARLOTTESVILLE: VIRGINIA. 1992 : 1992

Seller ID: 15896

ISBN-13: 9780813913988

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine in Fine dust jacket

First English language edition. Close to fine in fine dust jacket. (Neat ghost of bookplate removal on front paste-down, obscured by jacket flap Not ex-lib..) Elusive in first printing. ; 6" x 8 3/4"; 227 pages
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NELLIE BROWN, OR THE JEALOUS WIFE.

By: Detter, Thomas.

Price: $75.00

Publisher: NEBRASKA. LINCOLN 1996 : 1996

Seller ID: 2963

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine in Fine dust jacket

First trade edition. (Originally self-published in 1871) REVIEW COPY. (Slip laid-in) Near fine in fine dust jacket. (Hint of faint foxing at top & fore edges. ) Rediscovery of this black westerner who resided in nineteenth century Nevada.
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SUDER.

By: Everett, Percival L.

Price: $250.00

Publisher: NY, VIKING. : 1983

Seller ID: 24249

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Fine with no dust jacket

UNCORRECTED PROOF. Fine in plain yellow printed wrappers. Author's FIRST book. A baseball novel.
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Plum Bun. a Novel Without a Moral.

By: Fauset, Jesse Redmon.

Price: $75.00

Publisher: London, PANDORA. : 1985

Seller ID: 3113665

ISBN-13: 9780863580444

Binding: Paperback.

Condition: Fine with no dust jacket

First paperback edition. (The only edition of this Harlem Renaissance novel to be published since it's original publication in 1928) Apart from light toning to text a fine copy in pictorial printed wrappers. ; 5" x 7 3/4"; 379 pages
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ANOTHER GOOD LOVING BLUES.

By: Flowers, Arthur.

Price: $20.00

Publisher: NY, VIKING. : 1993

Seller ID: 24246

Binding: Cloth

Fine in dj. (No remainder marks)
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A LESSON BEFORE DYING.

By: Gaines, Ernest J.

Price: $100.00

Publisher: NY, KNOPF. : 1993

Seller ID: 13432

ISBN-13: 9780679414773

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine in Fine dust jacket

First edition. FIne in fine dust jacket.
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A LESSON BEFORE DYING. BROADSIDE.

By: Gaines, Ernest J.

Price: $75.00

Publisher: BERKELEY: BLACK OAK BOOKS. 1994 : 1994

Seller ID: 19400

Binding: Broadside

Condition: Fine with no dust jacket

BROADSIDE. (7" X 11 1/2") Fine on a single printed sheet. Printed at the Okeanos Press.
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The Borzoi Reader. Spring 1993: Volume 5 Number 2.

By: Gaines, Ernest J. (Contributor)

Price: $100.00

Publisher: New York, Knopf. : 1993

Seller ID: 3113675

Binding: Stapled Wrappers/paperback

Condition: Near Fine with no dust jacket

SIGNED by Ernest J,. Gaines on page 5 where an excerpt from his soon to be published novel "A Lesson Before Dying" is featured. Near fine in tall stapled wrappers. (Creasing on rear cover. ) ; 9 " X 12 3/4"
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WHERE THE HUMMINGBIRD FLIES.

By: Hercules, Frank.

Price: $75.00

Publisher: NY, HARCOURT, BRACE & COMPANY. : 1961

Seller ID: 310926

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fine in Good dust jacket

First edition. INSCRIBED & dated in year of publication by Frank Hercules on front end-paper. About fine in good only dust jacket. (Several chips at edges of jacket. Spine on jacket lightly sunned though still perfectly readable. ) Trinidad born author's FIRST novel.
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BABY SISTER.

By: Himes, Chester.

Price: $75.00

Publisher: PARIS, L' INSTANT NOIR. : 1987

Seller ID: 312709

Condition: Near Fine with no dust jacket

Near fine in pictorial boards, without dj. as issued. (Couple minor rubs & hint of shelf wear to covers) Text in French. First separate publication of "Baby Sister" from "Black On Black" and includes Naturally, the Negro" & "Blow, Gabriel, Blow" two posthumous publications.
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LE MANTEAU DE REVE. ("DREAM COAT.")

By: Himes, Chester. (Text) Devaux-Minie, Helene. (Trans.)

Price: $75.00

Publisher: PARIS, LIEU COMMUN. : 1982

Seller ID: 313168

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Near Fine with no dust jacket

First edition. Near fine in pictorial printed wrappers. (Trace of light foxing to preliminary pages. Mild curl to edges of covers. ) Text in French.
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