LETTERS 1925-1967
NY: Dodd, Mead, (1980). First printing. 8vo, pp. 529. Chrolology, index. Selected and edited by Charles H. Nichols. Frontis photo. Black cloth. Edges very slightly soiled, o/w a nice copy in little scuffed and nicked dj. More
NY: Dodd, Mead, (1980). First printing. 8vo, pp. 529. Chrolology, index. Selected and edited by Charles H. Nichols. Frontis photo. Black cloth. Edges very slightly soiled, o/w a nice copy in little scuffed and nicked dj. More
NY: Dodd, Mead, (1972). First Edition. 8vo, pp. viii, 310. Notes and bibliographies. Illustrated with portraits of authors. Signed on flyleaves by Roy L. Hill, Black poet and professor. Black cloth. Fairly extensive underlining and marking, edges little stained, o/w a VG tight copy in worn dj. More
NY: Rizzoli, (1998). First American edn. 4to, pp. 143. Bibliography, discography, filmography, index. Many black and white photographs, with a brief biography, and quotes about Armstrong from various artists, writers, etc. Originally published in France; the author is a French jazz and cinema critic. A nice copy in slightly scuffed..... More
NY: Boyce, (1970). 8vo, pp. 79. Paper wraps. Cover soiled, o/w a VG tight copy. More
Naperville IL: Sourcebooks, (2004). First printing. 4to, pp. 265. Bibliography, resources, index. Includes two CDs narrated by Ossie Davis and Ruby Dee. Copiously illustrated, mostly with contemporary photographs. Illustrated paper over boards. A nice copy in slightly scuffed dj. Heavy. The history of the Civil Rights Movement, from Reconstruction to..... More
NY: Three Rivers, (2003). First printing. 8vo, pp. xviii, 316. Paper wraps. A nice copy. More
Baltimore MD: Crisis, 2003. Periodical. 4to, pp. 28 to 37. Illustrated. A nice copy. Biographer Boyd on writing the life of Zora Heale Hurston. More
London: Readers Union, 1963. First Edition, thus. Small 8vo, pp. 219. Paper over boards. Edges very slightly soiled, o/w a nice copy in little chipped dj. Memoir of the author's time working in the London Department of Child Welfare, where one of his main concerns was finding homes for non-white..... More
NY: McGraw-Hill, (1972). First Edition. 8vo, pp. 184. Black cloth. A nice copy in soiled and slightly chipped dj. More
Philadelphia: Temple University, (1989). First Edition. 8vo, pp. xi, 242. Notes, references, index. Illustrated. Blue cloth. Edges slightly spotted, o/w a nice copy in somewaht scuffed dj. Braxton explains a new way of looking at Black women. More
8vo, printed wraps, little rubbed (spine crudely repaired) but a very good copy. Five early poems: The Preacher: ruminates behind the sermon; Southeast Corner; Soldier Sonnets: "The white troops had their orders but | the Negroes looked like men"; "My dream, my works, must wait till after hell"; "Love note..... More
Chicago IL: Third World, (1991). First printing. 8vo, pp. 31. Paper wraps. Cover slightly scuffed, o/w a nice copy. More
NY: Harper & Row, (1963). 15th printing. 8vo, pp. x, 127. Paper over boards. Cover slightly faded, o/w a nice copy in somewhat faded, and price-clipped dj. More
NY: Norton, (1986). First Edition. 8vo, pp. 222. Frontis portrait. Foreword by Robert Coles. Paper over boards with cloth spine. Edges slightly spotted, but a nice copy in dj. Memoir of the daughter of a Black Alabama freeholder: Her childhood on the land, her marriage, and migration, eventually to Cleveland..... More
NY: Stein and Day, (1976). First Edition. 8vo, pp. 224. Fine in a slightly soiled dj. The stories of a group of young people, ranging in age for om 14 to 22, who live together in a condemned tenement in upper Harlem. Blurb by Bud Schulberg. Author’s second book. More
NY: Macmillan, (1965). Fourth printing. 8vo, pp. 415. Front hinge tender,o/w VG in little stained and wrinkled dj. Brown's autobiography, a portrait of life in Harlem in the 40s and 50s. More
Savannah GA: Beehive Press, (1972). 8vo, pp. xxi, 216. Bibliography. Frontis portrait. Edited by F. N. Boney, with a preface by I. A. Chamerovzow. Tan cloth. A nice copy in scuffed and little chipped dj. More
NY: Basic Books, (2006). First printing. 8vo, pp. viii, 545. Notes, bibliography, index. Illustrated wtih photographs. As new in slightly scuffed dj. A tough-minded examination of Kennedy's presidential record on civil rights. More
NY: Knopf, 1986. Second printing before publication. 8vo, pp. xii, 262. Illustrated with photographs. Paper over boards with cloth spine. A nice copy in little chipped and soiled dj. The story of Lena Horne's family. More
NY: Viking, (2008). First printing. 8vo, pp. 322. Notes, references, index. Illustrated. As new in dj. The story of five men who tried to stop white terrorist violence in the South after the Civil War, including James Longstreet (ex-Confederate general), Lewis Merrill, and Prince Rivers, a Black who had fought..... More
NY: Oxford, (1974). Second printing. 8vo, pp. xi, 244. Notes, appendix, index. Illustrated with photographs. Orange cloth. Cover very slightly scuffed at edges, leaves little yellowed at margins, o/w a nice copy in some soiled, scuffed and chipped dj. More
Montgomery AL: Southern Poverty Law Center. 4to, pp. 104. wraps. Copiously illustrated wtih photographs. Cover creased, o/w a VG tight copy. Short bios of 40 civll rights martyrs. More
NY: Morrow, 1971. First Edition. 8vo, pp. 149. Black cloth. A nice copy in somewhat scuffed dj. More
NY: Harper & Row, (1973). First Edition. 8vo, pp. 166. A VG tight copy in scuffed and little chipped dj. A novel. More
NY: Harper & Row, (1973). First Edition. 8vo, pp. 166. Paper over boards with cloth spine. Cover little scratched, o/w a VG tight copy in little chipped and soiled dj. A novel. More