Angelou, Maya. Even the Stars Look Lonesome.
New York: Random House 1997. First edition, first printing. Book and dust jacket are clean and bright in fine unread condition. fn/fn.
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Angelou, Maya. Just Give Me a Cool Drink of Water 'fore I Diiie (signed).
New York: Random House 1971. First edition, first printing, inscribed by author on title page. Very minor fading to top edge of book ; otherwise, both book and dust jacket are clean and bright in fine, unread condition. A beautiful copy of Maya Angelou's first collected work of poetry. fn/fn.
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Ashe, Jr., Arthur R. Hard Road to Glory: A History of the African-American Athlete Since 1946 (vol. 3).
New York: Amistad 1993. First edition thus, first printing, vol. 3 only of this series. "New Edition." Minor wear and rubbing to rear of dust jacket, else clean and bright. Book shows minor fading to bottom front edge of cloth spine, else clean and bright in fine unread condition. vg+/vg+.
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Baldwin, James. Go Tell It On the Mountain (signed).
New York: Alfred A. Knopf 1953. First edition, first printing, inscribed by author on ffep in year of publication in Paris. Book is bound in publishers rust cloth with spine gilt still clean and bright. Slight rippling to front cloth from water damage. Same water damage has caused some of the color to bleed in the...
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Bryant, Sara Cone. Epaminondas and His Auntie.
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Co. 1938. 1938 edition by this publsiher. Minor shelf wear to edges of binding, else fine condition. Early edition of this famous book. fn/--.
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Carson (ed.), Clayborne. Call to Conscience: The Landmark Speeches of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
New York: Warner Books 2001. First edition, first printing. Signed by editor Clayborne Carson on title page and contributors Andrew Young (signed twice) and Representative John Lewis. Book and dust jacket are both in fine unread condition. fn/fn.
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Culp (ed.), D. W. Twentieth Century Negro Literature or A Cyclopedia of Thought on the Vital Topics Relating to the American Negro.
Toronto, Naperville, Atlanta: J. L. Nichols and Co. 1902. First edition, first printing. Bound in publisher's original cloth. Gilt and black embossing on front cover is rubbed slightly; embossing on spine is more extensive. Front and rear outer cloth hinges have been reglued. POI on front and rear endpapers. Illustrated throughout with numerous black and white photographs and African-American...
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Frady, Marshall. Martin luther King, Jr. .
New York: Viking 2002. hardback, biography of Martin Luther King, Jr. as a part of the Penguin Lives Series, bumping to the head and tail of the spine, dust jacket had mild bumpnig to the head and tail of the spine, top right corner of inside front panel is cut. nrfn/nrfn.
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Greene, Robert Ewell. Black Courage 1775-1783.
Washington: National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution 1984. (Black Courage 1775-1783: Documentation of Black Participation in the American Revolution) Apparent first edition, first printing, bound in wraps. Very minor sunning to spine, with slight bumping at top. Else clean and bright. A solid, tight copy. vg+/--.
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Harris, Joel Chandler. Uncle Remus His Songs and His Sayings: The Folk-Lore of the Old Plantation.
New York: D. Appleton and Company 1881. First edition, first printng, first issue without ads for this title in rear of book and "presumtpive" on p. 9. Illustrated by Frederick S. Church and James H. Moser. Minor edge wear to brown cloth binding and fraying to spine ends. Gilt on front board and spine is still clean...
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Hogan, Inez. Nicodemus and his New Shoes.
New York: E. P. Dutton 1942. First edition, tenth printing. Dust jacket shows wear and several small closed tears along edges. Illustrated front and rear panels of DJ are still clean and bright. Book has minor wear along bottom edge, else clean and bright throughout. Exceptionally scarce, especially in dust jacket. vg+/vg-.
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Hogan, Inez. Nicodemus Runs Away (signed).
New York: E. P. Dutton 1942. First edition, early printing, signed by author on half title page. Dust jacket has small closed tears at top corners, else clean, bright and free of scuffing. Book is in fine unread condition. SIGNED BY AUTHOR on title page. Hogan's Nicodemus books are fairly scarce while signed copies are almost...
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