New York: NAACP, 1922. Paperback. pages [51]-94. Softcover in original wrapper. 25cm. Foxing along fore-edge. Internally sound and clean. Cover illustration by Henry Ossawa Turner. Includes: "When Christmas Comes," by Jessie Fauset (pages 61-63), "Steps toward the Negro Theatre," by Alain Locke (pages 66-68) and "Mother to Son," an early..... More
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
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
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
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
New York: American Sunday-School Union, (c. 1842). Hardcover. frontis, 35p. Original quarterbinding (marbled boards backed in black leather. 15cm. Joints rubbed and front joint splitting at top. Stain in upper right corner on last two-thirds of leaves. Someone has written in pencil on title-page "by Julia Ann H. Sill" but..... More
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
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
Glasgow: Cameron & Ferguson [at] 88 and 94 West Nile St. n.d. [probably circa 1870 or somewhat later]. Paperback. 71p. plus [8]p. publisher's advertisements. Original printed pictorial wrapper. 17 cm. Later quarterbound slipcase and matching green cloth chemise (by James MacDonald Co. of New York City). Modest chipping on cover..... More
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
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
Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, Kementerian Pelajaran, Malaysia, 1985. Paperback. 169p. Softcover in original wrapper. 22cm. Malay text. Novel in Malay. More
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
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..... More
Boston: Roberts Brothers, 1886. 1st ed. Hardcover. frontis, 365p. plus (19)p. adverts. 17cm. Original brown cloth. 17cm. Moderate spine sloped. Ends of backstrip rubbed; cover otherwise bright. Bottom portion of title-page split where glued along left side and partially detached (needs careful handling). Gift inscription on blank leaf preceding frontis..... More
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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
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
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
London: Secker & Warburg, 1960. 1st English ed. Hardcover. 224p. Boards. dj. 19cm. An unusual love story set in the Philippines. More
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
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
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
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
