African-Americana
Greed: Poems
New York: W. W. Norton & Company, (1993). Hardcover. First edition. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Advance Review Copy with publisher's material laid in. More
Sin: Poems
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1986. Softcover. Uncorrected proof. Green wrappers. Foxing on the top page edge and slight fading on the spine else near fine with author photo laid in. More
Sin: Poems
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1986. Softcover. Uncorrected proof. Green wrappers. Foxing on the top page edge and slight fading on the spine else near fine. More
Killing Floor: Poems
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1979. Hardcover. First edition. Octavo. 49pp. Fine in near fine dustwrapper with two short tears and some modest spine toning. Lamont Poetry Selection for 1978 with materials laid in. More
Killing Floor: Poems
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1979. Hardcover. First edition. Octavo. 49pp. Fine in near fine dustwrapper with light offsetting on the rear panel. Lamont Poetry Selection for 1978 with materials laid in. More
The Cotton Plantation South Since the Civil War
Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, (1998). Hardcover. First edition. Quarto. 452pp. Illustrated. Fine in fine dustwrapper. More
Uncle Tom's Cabin: or, Life among the lowly. A Domestic Drama in Six Acts
New York: Samuel French, [no date - circa 1905]. Softcover. Reprint of the acting edition. 12mo. Printed yellow wrappers. Ink notation on front wrap, wear and chipping mostly near the spine, good only. Other titles advertised suggest this was published in the first decade of the 20th century. More
Revelations: The Autobiography of Alvin Ailey
(New York): Birch Lane Press / Carol Publishing Group, (1995). Hardcover. First edition. Foreword by Lena Horne. 183pp. Illustrated with black and white plates. One page lacking outer third (affecting text) thus near fine in a near fine dust jacket with toning and edgewear. More
Daedalus: Journal of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences – Black Africa: A Generation After Independence, Spring 1982 (Vol. 111, No. 2)
(Boston): American Academy of Arts and Science, (1982). Softcover. First edition. Tall octavo. xvi, 273pp. Printed wrappers. Foxing on topedge, toned spine, very good. Contains articles by: J.F. Ade Ajayi, Colin Leys, Michael Roemer, Jan Vansima, Crawford Young, Hedley Bull, A. Nolaji Akinyemi, and more. More
Gifts: The Negro American Series
Oklahoma City: Harlow Publishing Corporation, 1938. Hardcover. First edition. Small octavo. 184pp. Illustrated with photographs by That Man Stone Company. Red decorated cloth. Owner name on the front fly: "Miss Etta Greenlee's Book. McCool, Miss. Jan. 15, 1939." Corners rubbed through, several smudges, small stains, and a short tear in..... More
Halcyon Days
(West Tinsbury, Massachusetts): The Indian Hill Press, (1996). Softcover. First edition. Oblong 64mo. Small stain else fine stiff paper wrappers in very good rubbed dust wrapper with two tears and two stains. One of 200 numbered copies. This is copy 47. A collection of haiku. Despite a sizable limitation, a...... More
The Mysteries of Fasting
Lahore: Ashraf Press, (1976). Softcover. Reprint. Small octavo. 50; 8 ads; 4 ads pp. Printed stiff card wrappers. Age-toning on wrappers, considerable ink notes and underlining, else very good. More
Autograph Letter Signed ("Wm. J. Albert")
Baltimore: June 15, 1858. Unbound. Autograph Letter Signed. [4]pp. Single bifolium, measuring 6¼" by 7¾" folded. Removed from an album with a bit of residue on the final page, old folds, else just about fine. Albert was a prominent Maryland Union leader and worked to prevent the state's secession during..... More
Colonists for Sale: The Story of Indentured Servants in America
New York: Macmillan Publishing Co., (1975). Hardcover. First edition. Fine in about fine dustwrapper with a tiny tear and a small crease on the front flap. More
Homelands and Waterways: The American Journey of the Bond Family, 1846-1926
New York: Pantheon Books, (1999). Softcover. Reprint. Trade paperback. Illustrated with black and white plates. Fine. More
Praise Song for the Day: A Poem for Barack Obama's Presidential Inauguration, January 20, 2009
(Saint Paul, Minnesota: Graywolf Press, 2009). Softcover. First edition. 16mo. Stapled blue wrappers printed in silver with French flap folds. Fine. Signed by Alexander on the title page. More
The Venus Hottentot
Charlottesville: University Press of Virginia, (1990). Softcover. Second printing. Fine in glossy wrappers. From the library of poet David Ignatow with a printed bookplate inside the cover, and warmly Inscribed to him on the title page: "August 1990. Yaddo. For David Ignatow- Thank you for reading with me, and for..... More
The Venus Hottentot
Charlottesville: University Press of Virginia, (1990). Softcover. Fourth printing. Trifle worn with a tiny bit of erasure on the half-title, about fine in glossy wrappers. Inscribed by Alexander on the title page. Alexander's first book, issued as Callaloo Poetry Series, Number 9. Alexander was selected by President Barack Obama to..... More
Miss Crandall's School for Young Ladies & Little Misses of Color
Honesdale, Pennsylvania: Wordsong, (2007). Hardcover. First edition. Illustrated by Floyd Cooper. Oblong quarto. Fine in fine dust jacket. More
Miss Crandall's School for Young Ladies & Little Misses of Color
Honesdale, Pennsylvania: Wordsong, (2007). Hardcover. First edition. Illustrated by Floyd Cooper. Oblong quarto. Tiny nick on bottom of lower board else fine in trifle worn, about fine dust jacket with one tiny nick. Advance copy with the slip laid in. More