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(ROBESON, PAUL; LITTLE, JOANNE)  FREEDOMWAYS, a Quarterly Review of the Freedom Movement: Vol 15, Number 1
New York: 1975. Includes a long article on Robeson at Peekskill in 1949, the trial of Joan Little, poetry by Audre Lorde, and more. Near fine in glossy illustrated wrappers.
USD 10.00 [Appr.: EURO 6.75 | £UK 6.25 | JP¥ 883] Book number: 9659
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ABRAMSON, DORIS E.  NEGRO PLAYWRIGHTS IN THE AMERICAN THEATRE 1925-1959.
New York: Columbia University Press, 1969. Trade paperback. Analysis of 18 plays by 15 authors, arranged chronologically by the decades. Among the play included are those by Wallace Thurman, Rudolf Fisher, Langston Hughes, Richard Wright, Alice Childress, Lorraine Hansberry and others, with a detailed examination of Garland Anderson's 'Appearances', which was in 1925 the first play by a African American to be presented on Broadway. Notes, bibliography, index. 335 pp Very good in stiff wrappers - a little fading and wear to the covers, contents clean and tight.
USD 12.00 [Appr.: EURO 8.25 | £UK 7.25 | JP¥ 1059] Book number: 30944
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ADAMS, EDWARD C. L.  TALES OF THE CONGAREE.
Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 1987. First printing. Edited and with an introduction by Robert G. OMeally, this edition includes the text of Adams' 2 books published in the 1920's, a play, and other sketches, presented in the black vernacular. Zora Neale Hurston praised Adams as one who looked further than the too-obvious outside. Near fine in near fine dust jacket.
USD 34.50 [Appr.: EURO 23.25 | £UK 20.75 | JP¥ 3045] Book number: 2558
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[CORNISH, SAM, SIGNED] ADOFF, ARNOLD, EDITOR; INTRODUCTION BY GWENDOLYN BROOKS.  THE POETRY OF BLACK AMERICA: Anthology of the 20th Century.
New York: Harper & Row, (1973.) First edition. One of the most comprehensive and important anthologies of African American poetry available - contains selections from virtually all black poets writing in the 20th century, up to the time this was published - arranged chronologically by the year of the birth of the poets from W. E. B. DuBois (1868) to Julian Perry (1952) . Contains selections by Paul Dunbar, Anne Spencer, Jean Toomer, Langston Hughes, Sun Ra, Audre Lorde, Amiri Baraka, Ishmael Reed, Al Young, Michael S Harper, Nikki Giovanni, Alice Walker, Etheridge Knight, Bob Kaufman, Lucille Clifton, Sonia Sanchez, Henri Dumas, Pearl Cleage, Don L. Lee, and many, many others. SIGNED by Sam Cornish (the 2008 poet laureate of Boston) at his poem the River. Introduction by Gwendolyn Brooks. Brief author biographies. Index. xxxi, 552 pp. Wraparound dust jacket art by Benny Andrews. Ex-library with markings, missing front endpaper and reading wear, but in a good dj. (spine label.) Still it is uncommon to find this book signed by any of the contributors. ISBN: 0-06-0200898
USD 25.00 [Appr.: EURO 16.75 | £UK 15.25 | JP¥ 2206] Book number: 39844
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D'AGUIAR, FRED  FEEDING THE GHOSTS.
New York: Ecco Press, 1997. 2nd printing. Novel set aboard a slave ship in 1781, inspired by a true story. Fine in fine dust jacket. ISBN: 0-88001-623x
USD 12.00 [Appr.: EURO 8.25 | £UK 7.25 | JP¥ 1059] Book number: 25136
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D'AGUIAR, FRED  FEEDING THE GHOSTS.
New York: Ecco Press, 1997. First printing. Novel set aboard a slave ship in 1781, inspired by a true story. Fine in fine dust jacket (a new copy.) ISBN: 0-88001-623x
USD 22.00 [Appr.: EURO 14.75 | £UK 13.25 | JP¥ 1942] Book number: 31449
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D'AGUIAR, FRED  FEEDING THE GHOSTS.
New York: Ecco Press, 1997. First printing. Novel set aboard a slave ship in 1781, inspired by a true story. 230 pp. Near fine in a fine dust jacket (remainder line). ISBN: 0-88001-623x
USD 16.00 [Appr.: EURO 10.75 | £UK 9.75 | JP¥ 1412] Book number: 43950
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AIDOO, AMA ATA  OUR SISTER KILLJOY or REFLECTIONS FROM A BLACK-EYED SQUINT
New York: NOK Publishers, 1979. First printing in wrappers, issued simultaneously with hardcover. A narrative fiction in four episodes, this is the story of Sissie, an African student on a traveling scholarship to Europe. The first novel by this Ghanaian playwright and poet. Very good in stiff illustrated wrapppers (some fading to the spine, and back cover.)
USD 28.00 [Appr.: EURO 18.75 | £UK 17 | JP¥ 2471] Book number: 7530
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(LESTER, JULIUS) ALEXANDER, RAE PACE  WHAT IT MEANS TO BE YOUNG AND BLACK IN AMERICA
New York: Random House, 1970. First printing. Selections from the writings of Frederick Douglass, Richard Wright, Harry Edwards, Anne Moody and more, compiled by Pace. Each selection is preceded by an introductiory note by Lester. Review copy withpublisher's slip laid in. F/F.
USD 35.00 [Appr.: EURO 23.5 | £UK 21.25 | JP¥ 3089] Book number: 6214
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ALI, RAHSAAN.  CARMELLO.
West Babylon, NY: Urban Books, (2008.) First printing, a trade paperback. Ali's second novel of life on the gritty streets. When his parents - the biggest crack dealers in the hood - are gunned down, the question becomes 'what will Carmello do about it.?' 282 pp. Near fine in glossy illustrated wrappers. ISBN: 1601620578
USD 10.00 [Appr.: EURO 6.75 | £UK 6.25 | JP¥ 883] Book number: 45237
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ALI, MUHAMMED (WITH RICHARD DURHAM.)  THE GREATEST: My Own Story.
New York: Random House, 1975. First printing. A meaningful and significant autobiography - far more than just a sport story - edited by Toni Morrison. 415 pp. Ex-library with markings and reading wear, in a good dj (price-clipped, spine of dj sunned.) ISBN: 0-394-462688
USD 16.00 [Appr.: EURO 10.75 | £UK 9.75 | JP¥ 1412] Book number: 40434
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ALI, MUHAMMED (WITH RICHARD DURHAM.)  THE GREATEST: My Own Story.
New York: Random House, 1975. First printing. A meaningful and significant autobiography - far more than just a sport story - edited by Toni Morrison. Fine in near fine dust jacket (price-clipped, some sunning to spine of dj). ISBN: 0-394-462688
USD 30.00 [Appr.: EURO 20.25 | £UK 18.25 | JP¥ 2648] Book number: 43757
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ALLEN, JEFFERY RENARD.  RAILS UNDER MY BACK.
New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 2000. First printing. First novel by this young African American writer (preceded by a book of poetry), a long, beautfully written and complex work. Fine in fine dust jacket. ISBN: 0-374-246262
USD 25.00 [Appr.: EURO 16.75 | £UK 15.25 | JP¥ 2206] Book number: 21758
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ANDREWS, RAYMOND  BABY SWEETS
New York: Dial Press, 1983. First printing. His third novel, set in fictional Muskhogean County in Northern Georgia. Illustrated with drawings by Benny Andrews. VG/VG (slight spine slant) ISBN: 0-385-274262
USD 25.00 [Appr.: EURO 16.75 | £UK 15.25 | JP¥ 2206] Book number: 8936
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ANDREWS, RAYMOND  BABY SWEETS
New York: Dial Press, 1983. First printing. His third novel, set in fictional Muskhogean County in Northern Georgia. Illustrated with drawings by Benny Andrews. Ex-library with the usual markings, slight spine slant, in a very good dustjacket. ISBN: 0-385-274262
USD 12.00 [Appr.: EURO 8.25 | £UK 7.25 | JP¥ 1059] Book number: 18928
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ANDREWS, RAYMOND  BABY SWEETS
New York: Dial Press, 1983. First printing. His third novel, set in fictional Muskhogean County in Northern Georgia. Illustrated with drawings by Benny Andrews. Fine in very good dust jacket (closed tear lower edge of rear cover of dj.) ISBN: 0-385-274262
USD 30.00 [Appr.: EURO 20.25 | £UK 18.25 | JP¥ 2648] Book number: 25211
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ANDREWS, RAYMOND  JESSIE AND JESUS AND COUSIN CLAIRE
Atlanta: Peachtree Publishers, 1991. First printing. A darkly comic novel, illustrated by the author's brother Benny Andrews. Near fine in a fine dustjacket. ISBN: 1-56145-0324
USD 25.00 [Appr.: EURO 16.75 | £UK 15.25 | JP¥ 2206] Book number: 6555
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ANDREWS, RAYMOND  JESSIE AND JESUS AND COUSIN CLAIRE
Atlanta: Peachtree Publishers, 1991. First printing, a trade paperback, issued simultaneously with hardcover. A darkly comic novel, illustrated by the author's brother Benny Andrews. Near fine. ISBN: 1-56145-0901
USD 10.00 [Appr.: EURO 6.75 | £UK 6.25 | JP¥ 883] Book number: 18438
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ANGELOU, MAYA.  ALL GOD'S CHILDREN NEED TRAVELING SHOES.
New York: Random House, 1986. First printing. The fifth and final (so far) volume in Angelou's autobiography. NF/VG (pc, 2 short closed tears , spot where color has bled from cover to inside of dj)
USD 35.00 [Appr.: EURO 23.5 | £UK 21.25 | JP¥ 3089] Book number: 7356
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ANGELOU, MAYA.  GATHER TOGETHER IN MY NAME.
New York: Random House, 1974. First printing. Second volume in Angelou's autobiography. 214 pp. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket (stain on back cover of dj) ISBN: 0-394-486927
USD 50.00 [Appr.: EURO 33.5 | £UK 30.25 | JP¥ 4413] Book number: 5150
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ANGELOU, MAYA.  GATHER TOGETHER IN MY NAME.
New York: Random House, 1974. Third printing. Second volume in Angelou's autobiography. 214 pp. Near fine in a good dust jacket (tear to upper edge of dj, sunning to spinej) ISBN: 0-394-486927
USD 14.00 [Appr.: EURO 9.5 | £UK 8.5 | JP¥ 1236] Book number: 40522
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ANGELOU, MAYA.  THE HEART OF A WOMAN.
New York: Random House, 1981. First edition. The fourth volume in her autobiography. VG/VG- (prev owner's name, light edgewear to dj with tape reinforcements at ends of spine.) ISBN: 0-394-512731
USD 20.00 [Appr.: EURO 13.5 | £UK 12.25 | JP¥ 1765] Book number: 8937
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ANGELOU, MAYA.  THE HEART OF A WOMAN.
New York: Random House, 1981. First edition. The fourth volume in her autobiography. Very good+ in a very good+ dustjacket (slight foxing to edge of textblock, 1 closed tear upper edge of dj.) ISBN: 0-394-512731
USD 28.00 [Appr.: EURO 18.75 | £UK 17 | JP¥ 2471] Book number: 8938
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ANGELOU, MAYA.  THE HEART OF A WOMAN.
New York: Random House, 1981. First edition. The fourth volume in her autobiography. Very good in a very good dustjacket. (rem mark, creases to pg 71-72, closed tear at upper edge of spine, other light edgewear to dj.) ISBN: 0-394-512731
USD 24.00 [Appr.: EURO 16.25 | £UK 14.5 | JP¥ 2118] Book number: 9027
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ANGELOU, MAYA.  THE HEART OF A WOMAN.
New York: Random House, 1981. Later printing. The fourth volume in her autobiography. Near fine in near fine dust jacket (light remainder mark.) ISBN: 0-394-512731
USD 12.00 [Appr.: EURO 8.25 | £UK 7.25 | JP¥ 1059] Book number: 24024
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