13 x 8 inches, one sheet, good with some dampstaining tidemarks, light ink stains to the blank verso as well. Terms of an agreement from 1822 by which Benijah Green sells to R. Kelly for $377.37 a slave named Abraham. Green (1765-1840) was born in Virginia, lived for a time.....
Pittsburgh: 1964. Wraps. 11 x 8.5 inches, wraps, good with some discoloration and evidence of moisture, soil, light waviness, musty odor. Approximately 40 pp, illustrated, attendance and pastors were largely African-American.
New York: Melpat Associates, 1971. Wraps. 11.25 x 9 inches, wraps, very good, light wear and soil. About 100 pp, unnumbered, a guide to various conventions and meetings of interest to African-Americans, including NAACP, NAMD and various professional, trade and fraternal organizations, societies, clubs, etc., and "a semi-in depth presentation.....
Wesport, CT: Negro Universities Press, 1970. Hardcover. 8vo, black cloth, very good, not issued in dust jacket. Several hundred pages. Laid in is a facsimile of "Narrative of James Williams" in 8 pp, stapled. Rare in commerce, well represented in libraries.
Chicago: G.I.A. Associates; Archdiocese of Chicago, 1987. First Printing. Hardcover. Glossy boards, near fine copy, no jacket (may not have been issued in one). 575 pp.
Pawtucket, RI: Paramount, Ca. 1963. 10 x 8 inches, very good with some rubbing along borders, light soil and wear to verso. With eye-hole for hanging or die-cut stand for propping-up. Very rare, we could find no other similar items online.
Belmont, MA: American Opinion, Ca. 1963. First printing. Paperback. 9 x 4 inches, wraps, very good. 54 pp. Criticism of the Kennedy administration for sending troops to force acceptance and enrollment of James Meredith, a Black man. "American Opinion" was the publishing arm of the John Birch Society, based in.....
Detroit: Ancient Egyptian Arabic Order Nobles Mystic Shrine, 1987. Wraps. 10.75 x 8 inches, wraps, very good, some wear, toning, light creasing. 47 pp, illustrated. The Ancient Egyptian Arabic Order Nobles Mystic Shrine are "Shriners" now, almost exclusively African-American.
Westport, CT: Negro Universities Press, 1970. Reprint. Facsimile reprint. 8vo. in black cloth. Varying internal paginations. Very good. Boards and top edge foxed. Light penciling to contents, else internally unmarked in a sound binding.
New York: G. K. Hall, 1997. First printing. Hardcover. Boards in dust jacket, fine copy. Edited and with an introduction by Carla Kaplan.
New Orleans: Southern Patriot, 1948. 11 x 8.5, very good, some horizontal folds for mailing purposes, 8 pp, illustrated with graphs, etc., detailing the effects of segregation on housing, health services, education, etc. Uncommon.
Sheet music on African-American themes, all in good but not Very good condition with light wear, some small stains, tears.
Richmond, VA: The Dietz Press, 1948. First printing. Hardcover. Large 8vo, decorated deep blue-green cloth, very good, light wear and rubbing to corners and spine tips. Inscribed: "With fondest love to my dear youngest brother, William, his dear wife, Duchess, and their four children, Tony, Ladd, and Tot Haden, your.....
Boston: John F. Perry, C. 1879. First or early printing (it was also printed in NY the same year), 14 inches tall, 6 pp. including covers, with two woodcut illustrations, on the front wrap, and the verso of the front wrap, illustrating an ad for 'Carry Me Back to Old.....
Washington DC: Howard University, 1919-1932. 11 volumes, with some gaps, but including Vol. 1 no. 1 of the Howard University Bulletin, June 1921. 8vo, wraps in various shades of blue, generally very good with light wear. The 1919-1920 Catalogue has some light restoration to the fore-edge of the front cover.....
Sausalito, CA: Black World Foundation, 1979. Paperback. Paperback, 1979, octavo, 96pp., sparsely illustrated in b&w. Book VG with mild rubbing and shelfwear to wrap, stapled binding tight, text clean and unmarked but toned throughout. No DJ.
New York: Praeger. Hardcover. octavo, blue cloth boards, no DJ, book is in good condition with mild wear to boards, previous owner's signature in pencil on the front flyleaf and pencil underlining to the introduction and conclusion, 160pp.
Pittsburgh: Urban League of Pittsburgh, 1999. First edition. Paperback. 1999. First edition. Paperback. 562pp. Fine. Internally clean and unmarked.
Westport: Negro Universities Press, 1970. Reprint. Hardcover. Reprint, 1970. Blue cloth hardcover, 500 pp., clean unmarked text, Near Fine copy, a bit of soiling to the page-edges, no dust jacket.
New York: Alkebu-Lan Books (The Author), 1970. First Printing. Wraps. 9.75 x 6.75 inches, textured gray wraps, very good, minor wear, stamp from an Atlanta store on first page (Timbuktu, Market of New Africa). Very uncommon in the trade in the original edition; at the time of this listing there.....
Columbus, OH: H. Miller, 1860. Hardcover. Early printing. Large 8vo, 10 x 7 inches, publisher's midnight brown embossed full leather, gilt spine, very good, minimal wear to binding, some foxing to contents throughout, occasionally heavily so but for the most part mildly. 861 pp, illustrated. A much nicer copy than.....
New Haven, Conn. Yale University Press, 1958. First edition. Hardcover. First Edition. c.1958. Hardcover. Black cloth. 8vo. 268pp. Fine in Good dustjacket. Some edgewear to dustjacket, occasional light chipping, loss to upper righthand corner of front panel, rubbing, some soiling.
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Nashville, TN: The Upper Room, 1986. Paperback. Inscribed by Hart! Printed paper wraps, octavo, 111pp., not illustrated. Book has rubbing and wear to wraps, binding tight, text clean and unmarked but carrying faint mildew odor.
Amherst: University of Massachusetts Press, 2014. First printing. Paperback, inscribed by all three editors, 666pp.
Trenton: Africa World Press, 2015. First Printing. Wraps. 8vo, wraps, near fine, inscribed with initials, From HB to SD, best regards; inscription is from Brackman to historian of the slave trade Seymour Drescher, whose article, "Jews in the Atlantic Slave Trade" is cited in the bibliography. 288 pp.