On My Journey Now: Looking at African-American History through the Spirituals
Cambridge: Candlewick Press, (c. 2007). 1st ed. Hardcover. index, xi, 116p. Original boards. 24 cm. SIGNED. Foreword by Dr. Arthur C. Jones. More
Cambridge: Candlewick Press, (c. 2007). 1st ed. Hardcover. index, xi, 116p. Original boards. 24 cm. SIGNED. Foreword by Dr. Arthur C. Jones. More
New York: Harper Collins, (c. 2002). 1st ed. Hardcover. 110p. Original cloth backed boards. dj. 24 cm. SIGNED on title-page by Giovanni. Poetry. More
New York: William, (c. 2002). 1st ed. Hardcover. xii, 110p. Original cloth-backed boards. dj. 24 cm. SIGNED by Giovanni. More
New York: Henry Holt and Company, (c, 1996). 3rd printing. Hardcover. index, xii, 186p. Original boards, dj. 21 cm. SIGNED on title-page by Giovanni. More
New York: William Morrow and Company, 1975. 1st ed. Hardcover. (58)p. Original cloth-backed boards. dj. 21 cm. Jacket has some uneven browning. SIGNED. Poetry. More
New York: Doubleday, (c. 1993). 1st ed. Hardcover. illustrations, xv, 232p. Originial cloth-backed boards. dj. 24 cm. Spotting on page edges. SIGNED on title-page by Bebe Moore Cambell, one of the the fifteen African American essayists ("Black Men, White Women: A Sister Relinquishes Her Anger" at pages 117-126). More
Petersburg, VA: C. B.. Gordon, 1918. 3rd ed. Hardcover. Volumes I. frontis portrait, xi, 420p. Original red cloth.19 cm. Some spotting on covers and backstrip. Corners and ends of backstrip rubbed. High acid text paper browned and quite brittle, with edges heavily chipped on a few leaves with no loss..... More
New York: Wendell Malliet, 1941. Patrons' Edition. Hardcover. 262p. 23cm. Former owner's name written and stamped on endpapers and on bottom edge of pages. Endpapers browned around edges. No Jacket. Copy No. 83 of Patrons' Edition (which is SIGNED by Graham at the end of the three-page list of patrons)..... More
Grambling, La. 1966. Paperback. illustrations, vii, 88p. Wrapper. 23cm. Light cover soil & uneven fading. Student literary magazine published occasionally by the Department of English and Modern Foreign Languages. More
Grambling, La. 1968. Paperback. illustrations viii, 76p. Wrapper. 23cm. Student literary magazine published occasionally by the Department of English and Modern Foreign Languages. More
New York, London, Boston: G. Schirmer, c. 1915. Apparent 1st ed. with Johnson translation [no later printing information]. Paperback. 165p. Softcover in original wrapper. Illustration mounted on front. 31 cm. Ends of backstrip chipped as are lower corners of front cover. Minor creasing and corner wear. Hard to decipher circular..... More
New York: John Greenidge, (c. 1973). Revised edition. Paperback. 38p. Original wrapper. 21 cm. Minor soiling. SIGNED Poetry. More
Nashville: A.M.E. Sunday School Union, n.d. [1970?]. Presumed 1st (and only?) ed. Paperback. illustrations, 112p. Softcover in original wrapper. 21 cm. Corners slightly bent. Some light spotting. Dr. Gregg, a minister and former President of Daniel Payne College in Birmingham, Alabama, is identified on the title-page as Historiographer of the..... More
Nashville: Orion, 1905 [but actually published in 1906. Robert E[ugene] Bell. 3rd ed. revised. Hardcover. 15 illustrations (by Robert E[ugene] Bell, 333p. plus 4p. publisher's adverts. Maroon cloth. Centered black & white illustration, also by Bell, mounted on lower portion of front cover. 19 cm. Covers rather worn -- decorative..... More
Nashville: Orion, 1905 [but actually published in 1906. 3rd ed. revised. Hardcover. 15 illustrations (by Robert E[ugene] Bell, 333p. plus 4p. publisher's adverts. Original maroon cloth. Centered black & white illustration, also by Bell, mounted on lower portion of front cover. 19 cm. Covers rather shabby & worn -- decorative..... More
Nashville: Orion, 1911. [Fourth version or edition although not so identified in the book]. Hardcover. viii, [3], 12-193p. 19cm. Attractive recent quarterbinding with marbled boards. Condition of the contents is about Good with some wear. a few brown spots and several partial erasures of some pencil markings. No Jacket. Rev..... More
Nashville: Orion, 1911. [Ffifth and final version or edition but not so identfied in the book]]. Hardcover. 259p. 19cm. Original blue cloth. Cover rather faded, soiled and worn.faded and worn. Former owner's name on both endpapers. Contents have modest age-toning but are otherwise sound and clean. No Jacket. Rev. Griggs..... More
Philadelphia: United Publishers, 1953. 1st ed. Paperback. 60p. Wrapper. 22cm. Uncommon item by an African American author. More
New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, (c. 1973). 1st ed. Hardcover. 203p. Original cloth. dj. 21 cm. Spotting and some soil on dj. Light rust stain from paper clip on top edge of first few pages. Printed "With the Compliments of the Author" slip laid in. More
New York: Delacorte Press, (c. 1981). 1st ed. Hardcover. 183p. Original cloth-backed boards. dj. 21 cm. A novel. More
Detroit: Broadside Press, (c. 1971). Paperback. 16p. Softcover in original wrapper. 28cm. Some cover foxing. Minor wrinkling. Publication of this periodical/annual ceased in 1976.This issue includes Don L. Lee's "The New Pimps or, It's Hip to Be Black: The Failure of Black Studies." More
Fort Valley, Georgia: Fort Valley State College, (1983). Paperback. 42p. Stapled softcover. 28 cm. Some chipping and wear around edges on back cover. INSCRIBED by Haith on first page of alphabetical list ("To an excellent Librarian on this day 17 June 1983 Best wishes Dorothy M. Haith"). More
New York: Blue Sky Press, (c. 2010). 1st ed. Hardcover. 368p. dj. Orignal black cloth backed boards. Edited by Arnold Adoff (Hamilton's husband) and Kacy Cook, both of whom SIGNED the title-page in the year of publication -- signatures dated "5-8-10." More
New York: Macmillan, (c. 1967). Symeon Shimin. 1st ed. Hardcover. Illustrations (by Symeon Shimin), 122p. dj. Original cloth. 23 cm. Some light brown spots on front cover. Brown stain in and around entire hinge area on rear endpaper (and just a little in bottom of hinge area on front endpaper..... More
Philadelphia: A.M.E. Book Concern, n.d. [1902?]. 1st ed. Hardcover. frontis (portrait of the author), illustrations (mostly portraits), xiv, 421p. Recent quarterbinding. 21cm. Former owner's address labels in blank margin of one plate and one text leaf. Edge tears on a few leaves. Corner clipped on one leaf. Age-toning and light..... More