New York: NAACP, 1914. Paperback. [108]-154. Softcover in original wrapper. 30cm. Light soiling. Cover almost entirely split along fold. Internally sound and clean. Cover illustration by *John Henry Adams, Jr. Includes "My House and a Glimpse of My Life Therein. A Story," by *Jessie Fauset (pp. 143-145). More about The Crisis: A Record of the Darker Races, Vol. 8, No. 3 (July, 1914
Singapore: University of Singapore Literary Society, (1974). Paperback. 33 (including material inside back cover), 32p. Softcovers in original wrapper. 23-22cm. Fiction and poetry. More about Focus, Two Issues: New Series Nos. 7 and 8 (July 1974 and July 1976
Pawtucket: Bliss, Potter & Co., 1850. Presumed 1st ed. Hardcover. added second title-page dated 1851, 167p. Original dark cloth. Gilt decorations on backstrip and a gilt image of a dove flying above a vine-covered cross in the center of the front cover. 12cm. (a small book). Spine sloped. Joints and... More about The Greatest Blessing of Life; or, the Adventures of Catherine Sinclair, a Domestic, in Search of...
Stanford & NY: 1966-1971. Paperback. Eight issues. Original wrappers. 22-23cm. Only one more number was published (No. 13/14). The first five issues were published in Stanford, California, and thereafter in New York City. Issue No. 1 titled: Journal of the New African Literature. More about Journal of the New African Literature and the Arts, Nos. 1-11/12 (1966-1971
Paris: Libraire Champes et Cie. New York, 1910. 44 leaves printed on one side. Tied internally in limp leather binding. 12cm. We found no bibliographic information about this oddity which appears to have been typed and then reproduced on photostatic paper. More about Le Livre de Mon Amour. Selections. Translated by A. L
Chicago: Negro Story Magazine, 1944-1946. Paperback. Softcover in original wrappers. 24cm. Covers show moderate wear (chips, short tears and some streaking). Contents sound. The Editor of this scarce periodical was Alice C. Browning (Faye Gayden was co-editor on the first three of these issues). The four members of the Advisory... More about Negro Story. Three Issues: Vol. I, No. 3 (Oct.-Nov. 1944); Vol. II, Nos. 1 and 2 (Aug.-Sept....
n.p. n.d. [1950s?]. Paperback. 10p. Sheets stapled in upper corner. 30cm. Horizontal crease throughout. Mimeographed text printed on one side only. A short story/essay about a child given up by his Japanese mother and whose father was an African American sergeant serving a life sentence at Leavenworth. Author not identified..... More about Only One Father. [cover title
New York: Century, 1907. 1st ed. Hardcover. frontis, illustrations, vi, 190p. Decorated cloth -- cotton picking scene on front cover. 19cm. Moderate cover soil. "Stories" and Nicholas" partially erased from title on title-page. No Jacket. More about Southern Stories Retold from St. Nicholas
London: Lawrence & Bullen, 1893. 3rd ed. Hardcover. 271p. plus 15p, publisher's Autumn Announcements dated 1892. Green cloth. 20cm. Extremities rubbed and frayed. Other cover wear. Spine sloped. Minor foxing. Former owner's name. Fiction set in Colonial India. More about Told in the Verandah: Passages in the Life of Colonel Bowlong, Set Down by his Adjutant
London: Heinemann, (c. 1983). 1st ed. Hardcover. 113p. Original green cloth. dj. 19cm. Review slip laid in. Short stories about peasants in Upper Egypt or Cairo elected and translated from the Arabic by Denys Johnson-Davies. More about The Mountain of Green Tea
New York: The Dial Press, 1946. Hardcover. 272p. Grey cloth. dj. 20cm. A World War II novel by Bella Abzug's spouse. More about Spearhead
New York: The Cosmopolitan Press, 1917. 1st ed. Hardcover. 129p. Original purple cloth. 19cm. Modest cover wear. Quite a bit of light streaking/spotting on back cover. No jacket. A very scarce novel by an African American about romance, white bigotry, violence and lynching in the American South. OCLC locates 10 copies. More about Ethiopia, the Land of Promise: A Book with a Purpose
(New York): Limited Editions Club, 1945. Gordon Ross. Hardcover. color frontis and illustrations (by Gordon Ross), xxxviii, 198p. Padded cloth. Slipcase. 24cm. Minor scuffing and a small spot on slipcase. Partially unopened. Copy #621 of an edition limited to 1500 numbered copies signed by Ross. More about The Sir Roger de Coverley Papers; from The Spectatoe, London: 1711-1712
Kuala Lumpur, [etc.]: Oxford University Press, 1972. Paperback. 168p. Softcover in original cover (plain white thin card with dj which is pasted down along backstrip). 22cm. Translated and introduced by Adibah Amin. More about No Harvest but a Thorn (Ranjau Sepanjang Jalan
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London: Bickers & Son, 1886. 1st ed. in English. Paperback. vii, [1], 101, viii, 138p. Original wrapper, rebacked with most of original backstrip mounted. 18cm. Lacks top 1.2cm. of original backstrip; the rest of the backstrip shows some splits and other wear. Some cover foxing and soil. Iracema was translated... More about Iracema The Honey-Lips: A Legend of Brazil, by J. de Alencar [and with a separate title-page]...
New York: Limited Editions Club, 1943. Fritz Eichenberg. Hardcover. illustrations by Fritz Eichenberg, xv, 178p. 26cm. Black leather (spine and fore-edges) and decorated paper boards. Two-part black slipcase. 26cm. Minor scuffing on top edge of slipcase. Copy #621 of an edition limited to 1500 numbered copies signed by Eichenberg. More about Eugene Onegin: A Novel in Verse
New York: Gottsberger, 1888. 1st Amer. ed. Hardcover. 241p. Original blue cloth. 18cm. Moderate cover scuffing and wear. Fiction. The English edition of this translation was published by E. J. W. Gibb in 1884. More about The Story of Jewad: a Romance
London: Secker & Warburg, 1960. 1st English ed. Hardcover. 224p. Boards. dj. 19cm. An unusual love story set in the Philippines. More about The Devil Flower
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1943. First American edition. Hardcover. Translated from the Spanish by Richard O'Connell and James Graham Lujan. diagram, x, 252p. dj. 21cm. Jacket has some edge-tears and minor chipping). Novelist from Uruguay. More about The Horse and His Shadow
Los Angeles: Western Publishers, 1961. 1st ed. Hardcover. 208p. 22cm. Covers unevenly browned. Backstrip stained at top. No Jacket. INSCRIBED. A novel about interracial love that ends in tragedy. More about No Use Cryin'
Rouses Point, N.Y. Lovell Printing & Publishing Co, 1876. [1st ed.?]. Hardcover. 298p. Blue cloth. 19cm. A novel set in England which seems focused on problems caused by social drinking. More about Overcome
New York: Dial Press, (c. 1978). Benny Andrews. 1st ed. Hardcover. frontis and other illustrations (by Benny Andrews), 283p. Hardcover. dj. 23cm. Modest foxing and wear on rear jacket flap. Small flaw at head of front cover joint. INSCRIBED by Raymond and Benny Andrews on front free endpaper. More about Appalachee Red
New York: Dial Press, (c. 1978). Benny Andrews. 1st ed. Hardcover. frontis and other illustrations (by Benny Andrews), 283p. Original leather backed boards. dj. 23cm. INSCRIBED by Raymond and Benny Andrews on front free endpaper (Raymond) and half-title (Benny). More about Appalachee Red
Atlanta: Peachtree, (c. 1991). Benny Andrews. Hardcover. illustrations (by Benny Andrews), 203p. Original cloth backed boards. dj. 23cm. SIGNED by Benny Andrews on front free endpaper. More about Jessie and Jesus and Cousin Claire
New York: Vantage Press, (c. 1952). 1st ed. Hardcover. 76p. 22cm. Lacks front free endpaper. Some smudges on rear endpaper. Backstrip faded. No Jacket. An uncommon short romantic novel by an African American writer. More about She Knew No Evil
