New York: Printed for The New York Historical Society, 1938. Hardcover. First edition, limited issue. Tall octavo. 450pp. Red cloth gilt. A bit of light rubbing on the boards, page edges a little soiled, a nice, very good or better copy. One of 400 copies of the stated "Special separate..... More
Philadelphia: Kingwolt & Brown, Prs. 1866. Softcover. First edition. Tall octavo. 17pp. Stitched printed brown front wrapper (rear wrap lacking?). Several chips on front wrap, vertical crease, overal soiling, a good only copy of a fragile and uncommon pamphlet. More
[No place: no publisher, circa 1870]. Unbound. Edition unknown. Three separate images measuring approximately 5" x 3.25". A little toning and a couple of pinholes, very good or better. The three images depict 1. A number of very well dressed Black people promenading with parasols in front of their more..... More
Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, (1991). Hardcover. First edition. Octavo. x, 239pp. Fine in fine dust jacket with a tiny bit of wear. More
New York: Columbia University Press, (1944). Hardcover. Second printing. Octavo. 216pp. Corners a bit bumped, light rubbing, very good or better lacking the dust jacket. Inscribed by the author: "December 1945. For Nell, Gene and Freddy with love, Herbert." Re-inscribed by the author 48 years later, to noted historian Graham..... More
New York: International Publishers, (1945). Hardcover. First edition. Octavo. 216pp. Fine in near fine dust jacket with some toning on the rear panel. "The struggles of the Negro people for emancipation during the main epochs of their country's history." An attractive copy. More
New York: International Publishers, (1948). Hardcover. First edition. Octavo. 256pp. Green cloth gilt. A bit bumped at the extremities, very good or better lacking the dust jacket. Inscribed by the author: "For Margaret & Gary. Herbert Aptheker." More
New York: Oxford University Press, 1992. Hardcover. First edition. Tall octavo. xii, 572pp. Illustrated. Light wear and topedge a trifle spotted, near fine in lightly worn, near fine dust jacket. More
Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, (1975). Hardcover. First edition. 233pp. Illustrated with charts and graphs. Some spotting on the page edges else near fine in a very good dust jacket with rubbing, foxing, and tears. More
South Atlanta, Ga. Gammon Theological Seminary, 1901. Softcover. First edition. Small octavo. 8pp. Stapled printed self-wrappers. Staples rusted leaving small stain along the spine, modest wear, a good or better copy. Speech given by a White clergyman at Gammon, an HBCU Seminary. Gammon was founded in 1883 by the Methodist..... More
New York: The Macmillan Company, (1965). Hardcover. First edition. 185pp. Offsetting on the endpapers else about fine in a very good dust jacket with tiny tears, toning, and creasing. More
Orangeburg, South Carolina: Sandlapper Publishing, (1987). Hardcover. Second edition. Quarto. 103, [13]pp. Illustrated from photographs. A little foxing on the page edges, else about fine in about fine dust jacket. More
New York: Random House, (1958). Hardcover. First American edition. Octavo. Fine in very good or better dust jacket with a modest internally repaired tear. Novel of race relations. More
Durham, North Carolina: Duke University Press, 1957. Hardcover. First edition. Tall octavo. 249pp. Spine titling a bit rubbed, black cloth with one tiny nick and a bit of surface loss at the rear joint, still very good or better in a toned and moderately soiled, about very good dust jacket..... More
New York: Bloomsbury Press, (2013). Softcover. Advance Reading Copy. 420pp. Fine in pictorial wrappers. Inscribed by the author on the half-title: "To my man Graham, friend, historian and inspiration. Your pal, Doug Oct 22, 2013". Recipient is Graham Hodges the prolific and important author or editor of many important books..... More
New York: Bloomsbury Press, (2014). Hardcover. First edition. Tall octavo. 438pp. Gentle bump at the crown else fine in like jacket. Nicely Inscribed on the front fly to noted scholar of African-American history Graham Hodges: "To my man Graham, A terrific historian, and a great great pal of a quarter..... More
Phildadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, (1979). Hardcover. First edition. Tall octavo. xx, 236pp. Illustrated. Tiny light stains along the bottom edge affecting the interior only the most trifling bit, thus near fine in a modestly worn, very good dust jacket with a couple of nicks and very short tears (one..... More
Gloucester, Massachusetts: Peter Smith, 1949. Hardcover. Reissue. Small quarto. 815 "pages" but printed eight ¼-sized pages to a leaf (i.e. small font). Fine lacking a dust jacket, if issued. First published in 1905 and issued here as part of the publisher's "Micro-Offset Books" series, each of which was published in..... More
New York: Oxford University Press / Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, 1993. Hardcover. First edition. xlv, 290pp. Illustrated in black and white. Fine in about fine dust jacket with a tiny bit of wear. Signed by Foner on the title page, and with a Signed color inkjet portrait..... More
(New York): W.W. Norton & Company, (2025). Hardcover. First edition. Tall octavo. xxvii, 466pp. Gently bumped at the corners and spine ends, about fine in fine dust jacket. Signed by Foner on the title page. A collection of nearly 60 book reviews and opinion pieces published over the past 25..... More
New York: Harper & Row, (1988). Hardcover. First edition. 690pp. Illustrated with black and white plates. Top corner of rear board bumped, near fine in a near fine dust jacket with light edgewear. Signed by Foner on the title page. More
New York: History Book Club, (2005). Hardcover. Francis Parkman Prize edition. With a new introduction by the author. Small quarto. 690pp. Illustrated with black and white plates, maps. Slight bumping at the spine ends, near fine in a near fine dust jacket with light edgewear, and a small interior dampstain..... More
(New York): W.W. Norton, (2019). Hardcover. First edition. 224pp. About fine in a fine dust jacket. Inscribed by the author on the half-title: "To Graham, with very best wishes, Eric". Recipient is Graham Hodges the prolific and important author or editor of many important books on various subjects, particularly the..... More
(New York): W.W. Norton, (2019). Softcover. Advance Reading Copy. 207pp. Fine in pictorial wrappers. Winner of the Pulitzer Prize. More
Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, (1976). Hardcover. First edition. Tall octavo. 299pp. Illustrated. Foxing on the foredges, else near fine in fine dust jacket. Inscribed by the author: "For Isaac Copeland, with the esteem and affection of John Hope Franklin." Copeland was a professor of history at the University..... More