Hatboro, Pennsylvania: Folklore Associates, 1964. Hardcover. First edition. Octavo. 287pp. Yellow lettering on the spine a bit dulled, else fine in about very good rubbed dust jacket with interior tape to the upper folds, shallow chipping at the spine ends, and scattered perimeter nicks, creases and small tears. A controversial..... More

Boston: James Munroe and Company, 1847. Hardcover. First American edition. Translated by Mary Howitt. 12mo. 298pp., 12pp. (ads). Publisher's brown cloth stamped in blind and titled in gilt. Old bookplate, brief owner name in ink dated in 1847, stamp of a psychological clinic, light stains at the edges of the..... More

Berkeley: North Atlantic Books, (2006). Softcover. First edition, a paperback original. Fine in glossy wrappers. Inscribed to author and noted scholar of African-American history and New York City history Graham Hodges on the title page: "For Graham - The first man in New York may have been Stagolee! best, Cecil..... More

Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company / The Riverside Press, (1948). Hardcover. Later printing. Illustrated by Berkeley Williams, Jr. 239pp. Illustrated endpapers. Page edges lightly foxed, corners and spine ends slightly bumped, part of rear board and spine with a faint dampstain, very good in a modestly edgeworn good only dust jacket..... More

New York: Crown Publishers, Inc., (1976). Hardcover. First American edition. Illustrations by Enrico Arno. Octavo. xx, 618pp. Illustrated. Library stamp on front fly else about fine in a very good or better dust jacket with light wear and a very slightly sunned spine. More

New York: The Macmillan Company, (1964). Hardcover. Later printing. Tall octavo. xvii, 358pp. Fine in very good dust jacket with modest general wear and the two tiny bits of red spine titling sunned. More

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1899. Hardcover. First edition. Illustrated by A.B. Frost. Pictorial tan cloth with white, red, and brown stamping. Ex-library with the usual markings, short tears on bottom page edges, rear hinge starting, spine darkened and cocked, a good only copy being Frank J. Mather, Jr.'s presentation..... More

(Oberlin, Ohio: Judaic and Near Eastern Studies, Oberlin College), 1993. Softcover. Vol. 15, No. 2. Small quarto. 167pp. Occasionally illustrated from photographs. Postally used with three labels on the rear cover and wrappers somewhat soiled, very good. The interior is fine. More

New York: Columbia University Press, 1936. Hardcover. First edition. Tall thick octavo. 766, [2]pp. Illustrated with plates. With transcriptions of Suriname Songs and Musicological Analysis by Dr. M. Kolinski. Owner name of Margaret D. Bensusan on front fly with a gift inscription, and name along the bottom page edges, foxing..... More

Detroit: Singing Tree Press, 1969. Hardcover. Facsimile of the 1888 Houghton, Mifflin edition. Octavo. 171pp. Fine in black cloth with spine gilt, presumably issued without jacket. More

New York: Fordham University Press, 1988. Hardcover. First edition. Some spotting on the page edges else near fine in a near fine dust jacket with a tiny tear on the rear panel and a few spots. From the library of poet David Ignatow; inscribed, and signed, by Norbert Krapf, to..... More

New Orleans: Harmanson, (1956). Softcover. Pictorial wrappers. Offsetting on title page and adjacent page from something once laid in, lightly toned spine, very good or better. A collection of anecdotes, tales, and legends dealing with the mythology and actuality of Marie Laveau, often described as the "Voodoo Queen of New..... More

Pleasantville, New York: The Reader's Digest Association, Inc., (1978). Hardcover. First edition. Introduction by Horace Beck. Quarto. 448pp. One signature of pages in the beginning including the title page loose and laid in, spine lightly age-toned, about very good. More