Before the Thunder Rolls
New York: Nkemka Asika Publications, (c. 1980). 1st ed. Paperback. 23p. Softcover in original wrapper. 25cm. Poetry - John was born in 1941 and raised in Trinidad before coming to London in 1967. More
New York: Nkemka Asika Publications, (c. 1980). 1st ed. Paperback. 23p. Softcover in original wrapper. 25cm. Poetry - John was born in 1941 and raised in Trinidad before coming to London in 1967. More
Washington: The President's Conference on Home Building and Home Ownership, 1932. 1st ed. Hardcover. *Johnson, Charles Spurgeon, 1893-1956. Negro Housing: Report of the Committee on Negro Housing. Washington: President's Conference on Home Building and Home Ownership, (c. 1932). 1st ed. frontis, photos, index, xiv, 282p. Original blue cloth. 23 cm..... More
New York: Printed by J. J. Little & Ives Company, 1931. 1st ed. Hardcover. x, 293p. Original red cloth. 19cm. Small lightened area on front cover. Water stain in lower right corner on plates as well as some leaves at beginning and end of book. No jacket . Scarce book..... More
New York: Knopf, 1930. 2nd printing. Hardcover. frontis, photos, index, xvii, 284, xxxiv(p). Original decorated gray cloth. dj (price-clipped). 19cm. Jacket is fragile and has a few moderate-sized chips along top edge and three good-sized chips on backstrip panel which is also at least partially split. Mark from a rusty..... More
London: John Snow, n. d. [1843]. 1st ed. Hardcover. viii, 360p. Original cloth. 22 cm. Minor spine sloping. Modest spot on front cover. Front endpaper is split at hinge, has a stain along the top and the inked name of a former owner (Charles E. Hodge or Hodges and dated..... More
Washington: Published for the National Collection of Fine Arts by the Smithsonian Institution Press, 1971. Paperback. Illustrated in black & white, index, 208p. Softcover in original wrapper. 26cm. Cover has modest soiling and wear. Internally sound and clean. 26cm. Catalog for an exhibition held Nov. 5, 1971 thru Jan. 9..... More
New York: William Frederick, 1967. 1st ed. Paperback. 311p. Wrapper. 22cm. First dozen leaves creased (as is a review slip which is laid in). Fiction -- Johnson was living in Indianapolis when this novel was published. More
Baltimore: Municipal Museum of the City of Baltimore, 1948. Paperback. 13 black and white illustrations, 16p. Softcover in original wrapper. 23 cm. Catalogue for an exhibit at The Peale Museum, January 11-February 8, 1948. Joshua Johnston, a painter of portraits in the Baltimore area, is generally regarded as the first..... More
Boston: Brimmer, 1924. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 366p. Original maroon cloth. 19 cm. No Jacket. INSCRIBED on front free endpaper by Jones ("to Miss Elisabeth Herlihy - may my book and I be considered among your life's best friends Joshua H. Jones Jr. April 7, 1924"). The only novel by this..... More
Philadelphia: 1935. Paperback. photos (portraits), 64p. Softcover in original wrapper. 29 cm. More
Bethlehem, Pennsylvania: Lehigh University Press, (c. 2006). 1st ed. frontis, illustrations, index, 330p. Original black boards. dj. 24 cm. More
New York: Random House, (c. 1977). 1st ed. Hardcover. 178p. Original cloth backed boards. dj. 21 cm. Review slip laid in. Cover browning, mostly around edges. Former owner's name on endpaper. More
1862. 20 cm x 25 cm single sheet folded to make 4 handwritten pages. Large patriotic color Illustration of a bald eagle with 2 U.S. flags occupies top third of first page of stationery. Two horizontal fold mark. Split halfway across on a fold on the last two pages. Pinkish..... More
Boston: Stratford, 1919. Hardcover. 82p. Blue cloth. 19cm. Some wear at extremities. Covers spotted and rather soiled. Name on endpaper. Some internal soiling. Last four leaves bound in wrong order (pp. 73-74, 77-78, 75-76, 81-82, and 79-80). African American writer. His first book of poetry. More
Boston: Stratford, 1919. 1st ed. Hardcover. 82p. Original blue cloth. 19cm. No jacket. Modest cover rubbing and just a little discoloration on lower corner of back cover. No jacket. INSCRIBED by Jones on the front free endpaper ("May our sun of friendship never be o'erclouded Yours always The Author J...... More
[Washington?]: 1990. The Autograph Note responds in friendly fashion to unseen correspondence from Steve Harvey, an American art enthusiast who lived in San Francisco. The note makes it clear that Jones sent the press releases and reviews in response to Harvey's request for material about her career. More
Kankakee, Illinois: Jones Publishing Co., 1976. Paperback. 76p. Softcvoer in original wrapper. 21 cm. Identified on cover as "A Senoj Book." Minor scuffing and wear. Jones, an African American whose photo is on the back cover, identifies himself as a graduate of the Atlanta College of Mortuary Science in Atlanta..... More
Stockholm: 1949. Paperback. illustrations, 175p. Original wrapper. 21cm. Cover moderately soiled & worn; split along front joint). 21cm. Swedish text. INSCRIBED by Jonsson to Owen Dodson, the African American writer and dramatist. More
New York: Thunder's Mouth Press, (c. 1989). 1st ed. Hardcover. 211p. Original gray cloth. dj. 22 cm. Minor browning. Also published as a paperback. More
New York: Basic Civitas Books, (c. 2002). 1st ed. Hardcover. index, 312p. Original boards. dj. 24 cm. More
New York: Pantheon Books, (c. 1992). Hardcover. viii, 228p. Original cloth covered boards. dj. 21 cm. Some soiling on jacket. Essays. More
New York: Random House, (c. 1977). 1st ed. Hardcover. xvii, 203p. Original cloth-backed boards. dj. 21 cm. Former owner's name "Yvette E. LeRoy") in red ink on front free endpaper. More
New York, Chicago and San Francisco: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, (c. 1972). 1st ed. Hardcover. photos, illustrations, 83p. Original blue boards. dj. 24cm. Jacket has some edge-wear and modest chipping along edges. Cover fading around edges. Spotting on top edge of pages. Reconstruction and the Civil Rights Era discussed by..... More
New York, Chicago and San Francisco: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, (c. 1972). 1st ed. Hardcover. photos, illustrations, 83p. Original blue boards. dj. 24cm. Jacket has some edge-wear and modest chipping along edges. Cover fading on and along edges. Spotting on top edge of pages. Former owner's name. Reconstruction and the..... More
New York: Thomas Y. Crowell, (c. 1971). 1st ed. Hardcover. 89p. Original yellow cloth. dj. 21 cm. Cover lightly soiled along edges. Some soiling and browning on back panel and flaps of jacket. Her first novel (written in Black English). More