I Live in Music
New York: Welcome Enterprises, (c. 1994). Romare Bearden. Hardcover. color illustrations, (30)p. Original decorative boards (same image as on dj). dj. 30 cm. More
New York: Welcome Enterprises, (c. 1994). Romare Bearden. Hardcover. color illustrations, (30)p. Original decorative boards (same image as on dj). dj. 30 cm. More
New York: St. Martin's Press, (c. 1982). 1st ed. Hardcover. 225p. Original cloth backed boards. dj. 20cm. A novel. SIGNED by Shange on half-title. Former owner's name on front free endpaper. More
New York: Atria Books, ( c. 2004). Kamoinge Inc. 1st ed. Hardcover. photos, 175p. Original photo illustrated boards. dj. 21 cm. INSCRIBED at the end of the Introduction by Frank Stewart, who edited the photos and wrote the Introduction ("For Malaika, We couldn't have done it without you. [followed by..... More
New York: Togetherness Productions, (1972). 12nd ed. Paperback. photos, 40p. Wrapper. 27cm. INSCRIBED by Sharp. Poetry. More
n.p: [1992]. Paperback. photos, [24]p. Softcover in original wrapper. 28 cm. Sharpton, not yet skinny, celebrated his 38th Birthday in 1992. This tribute to Sharpton contains many ads from supporters. More
Nashville: Parthenon Press, (c. 1948). 1st ed. Hardcover. 215p. dj. 20cm. Jacket heavily chipped along edges. Former owner's name. SIGNED by Bishop Shaw (as "Alexander P. Shaw"). Bishop Shaw was born in Mississippi in 1879 and graduated from Rust College in 1902. He entered the ministry of the Methodist Episcopal..... More
n.p. 1976. Paperback. photos, 282p. Softcover in original wrapper. Small strip of cellophane tape reinforcement at head of backstrip. Darkened strip along top of front cover. According to a brief introductory note, Alberta Shipley, the co-author, died as the final chapter was being written. More
Boston: Christopher, (1966). 1st Edition. Hardcover. 115p, Hardcover. dj. 20cm. SIGNED on front pastedown by Shores in a very shaky elderly hand. Scarce short novel by an African American. More
Yellow Springs, Ohio: Printed by The Antioch Press, (c. 1942). 1st ed. Hardcover. 79p. Original blue cloth, lettered in white. dj. 20 cm. Jacket browned and edges slightly chipped. Cover lightly spotted. INSCRIBED on front free enpaper by Simmons ("For Princess Red Rock With warmest regards! Virginia Simmons"). Poetry. Foreword..... More
One page. Horizontal fold. Browning and wear along some edges. On Odd Fellows Journal letterhead (listing Slaughter as editor). As drafted: "Dear Col Roosevelt: I am writing to say that I am pretty pleased at the prospect of your being nominated at Chicago as the Candidate of both the Progressive..... More
Philadelphia: Book Concern of the A.M.E. Church, 1922. 1st Edition. Hardcover. index, 570, (1)p. Cloth. 23cm. Backstrip spotted, with top portion frayed and discolored. Short joint tear repaired with glue. Corners frayed. Rear hinge cracked. Contents have some age-toning but are otherwise sound and clean. Gift inscription from Bishop R...... More
Philadelphia: Book Concern of the A.M.E. Church, 1922. 1st Edition. Hardcover. This volume only. index, 570, (1)p. Original brown cloth. 23cm. Edges of cover dampstained and discolored. Endpapers splitting along hinges and now at least partially reglued. Several leaves have a small black mark/hole in right margin; contents otherwise generally..... More
New York: Doubleday, (c. 2004). 1st ed. Hardcover. 326p. Original boards. dj. 24 cm. SIGNED with Smith's stylized signature on title-page and dated 7/20/05. Smith, a physician, is the author of around a dozen books, including some diet books. This was his first novel. More
New York: Doubleday, (c. 2004). 1st paper ed. Paperback. 326p. Softcover in original wrapper. dj. 24 cm. Text slightly browned. INSCRIBED with Smith's stylized signature on title-page and dated 7/20/05. Smith, a physician, is the author of around a dozen books, including some diet books. This was his first novel..... More
Charlotte, N.C. Printed by the Observer Printing House, (c. 1952). 1st ed. Hardcover. xii, 141p. Blue cloth. dj. 22 cm. Jacket rather worn; foxing on flaps and on the hiden side. Modest cover warping; some staining on bottom portion of covers. . Contents sound with some brown spotting. The Smiths..... More
Ann Arbor: University of MIchigan Press, (c. 1998). 1st ed. Hardcover. photos, index, xvii, 323p. Original green boards. dj. 23 cm. More
New York: Negro Universities Press, 1969. Hardcover. frontis, xiii, 150p. 22cm. No Jacket (as issued). Reprint of the 1881 edition. More
n.p. (1962). Paperback. (24)p. Wrapper. 22cm. African American church located at 3550 Lydia Street. More
1945. Includes: (1) folded four-page program for concert at Carmichael Auditorium in Clarksburg, West Virginia on May 1, 1945 (minor chipping); and (2) broadside concert program for May 27, 1945 appearance at Salem College (3 later folds, light foxing and moderate wear). The Salem program is signed by the four..... More
Wilberforce, Ohio: Printed by Eckerle Printing Co., 1942. 1st ed. Hardcover. 272p. Original green cloth. 19 cm. Sermons and addresses presented at conferences of the AME Church. Spivey was Dean of Payne Theological Seminary when this was published. He later (1964-1972) served as Secretary-Treasurer of the A.M.E. Sunday School Union..... More
n.p. (1978). Paperback. photos, 108p. Wrapper. 28cm. Cover spotted and creased. African American church. More
1946. *Stevens, Walter James, 1877-. Chip on My Shoulder: Autobiography of Walter J. Stevens. Boston: Meador, (c. 1946). 1st ed. frontis (portrait), 315p. Dark cloth. Worn dj (waterspotting & large chips). 20cm. Pages slightly browned. Boston-born Stevens was Steward of the Signet Club at Harvard and later lived successively in..... More
Canandaigua, N.Y. Published by the author, 1867. Leadley Miller Mix. 4th Amer. ed. Hardcover. frontis (a portrait of the author engraved by J. C. Buttre from an unidentified ambrotype), 4 plates (by Leadley Miller Mix) on thin pale yellow paper, xii, [13]-360p. Original cloth. 19cm. Spine sloped. Chipping at ends..... More
Philadelphia: [Printed by] Press of J. B. Lippincott Co. [but actually published by Wm. Steward], 1913. 1st ed. Hardcover. frontis (portrait), ills, photos, index, 237p. Original green cloth. 24cm. Backstrip fraying along base and also has a bit of wear along top. Minor corner bump. Name on endpaper. Split along..... More
Philadelphia, Cincinnati, Chicago, St. Louis: People's Publishing Company, 1879. Revised Ed. Hardcover. frontis, illustrations, 780p. plus [5] unnumbered Index pages and [7] unnumbered pages of promotional material (endorsements, etc. for this book). Original thick pebbled and paneled reddish-brown cloth, rebacked with almost all of original backstrip (chipped at ends and..... More