Thomas Jefferson and Sally Hemings: An American Controversy
Charlottesville and London: University of Press of Virginia, (c. 1997). 1st ed. Hardcover. xx, index, 288p. Original blue boards. dj. 24 cm. SIGNED on title-page by Gordon-Reed. More
Charlottesville and London: University of Press of Virginia, (c. 1997). 1st ed. Hardcover. xx, index, 288p. Original blue boards. dj. 24 cm. SIGNED on title-page by Gordon-Reed. More
Washington: CIO Dept. of Education and Research, n.d. [1945?]. Paperback. (4)p. Folded softcover leaflet. 23 cm. Institutional stamp on front. Reprinted from Common Ground, Winter 1945. 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
[London]: 1822. Paperback. 11p. Softcover report. No separate wrapper present. 33cm. At head of title: IV. Inked numbers added on each page, presumably to page this continuously with other documents. The Sylphe was captured near Cape Verde with a cargo of 368 slaves bound for Guadaloupe. More
Chapel Hill: UNC Press, 1928. 1st ed. Paperback. 98p. Original wrapper. 23cm. Short tear on title-leaf. University of North Carolina Extension Bulletin, Vol. VII, No. 14. "An Outline for Individual and Group Study" [below title]. Includes extensive bibliographies (pp. 63-92). Ms. Green was the spouse of Paul Green whose writings..... More
18p. Double-spaced. Photocopy. Printed on one side. Stapled in upper left corner. 28 cm. Minor browning and wear. Probably produced by using a photocopier by the NAACP Legal Defense Fund, Inc. Accompanying this is a 2-page mimeo Guest List for a Dec. 12, 1972 NAACP Legal Defense Fund Private Dinner..... 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
New York and Boston: Springboard, (c. 2010). 1st ed. Hardcover. photos, illustrations, viii, 280p. Original paper backed boards. 23 cm. Modest browning of text. SIGNED. 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
(1838). 4 p. handwritten letter folded to be envelope. Single sheet folded once to make a four-page letter. 20 x 25 cm. (as folded). Written in a reasonably clear hand. Small piece torn ourt of edge of pages 3 and 4 with the loss of a few letters of text..... More
Philadelphia: United Publishers, 1953. 1st ed. Paperback. 60p. Wrapper. 22cm. Uncommon item by an African American author. More
Augusta, GA: (c. 1996). Paperback. color illustrations, 55p. Softcover in original wrapper (with a dj). 28 cm. Exhibition catalog. Self-taught African American artist in Vinings, Georgia. More
Chicago: Mayor's Committee on Race Relations, (1944). Paperback. numerous black & white photos, [28]p. plus wrapper. Softcover in original wrapper. 27 cm. Modest cover soiling and wear. Contents sound and clean. Printed slip laid in announcing that copies were available free for classroom or study group use. Appealing photography. More
Ann Arbor: Survey Research Center, Institute for Social Research, University of Michigan, 1966. Paperback. xvi, 346p. Wrapper. 27cm. Cover browned and has some foxing. Scattered pencil underlinings and marginal markings. More
One dated 1909, two dated 1910; and three undated. Printed black and white programs (2) and broadside flyers (4). Height of items varies from 21-21 cm. Three have staining in lower right corner and another has staining elsewhere. The staining does not affect readability. Guy Brothers Minstrels was a blackface..... 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