Charles Agvent: African-American Literature
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Typed Manuscript of Daggers and Javelins: Essays, 1974 - 1979
New York & London, Garland Publishing Inc. 1981. First Edition. Softcover. Plain blue wraps with black binder tape spine lettered in white with the text printed on rectos only, 8-1/2" x 11". A collection of essays not officially published until 1984 by William Morrow. We are not sure why Garland never published the book or if there are any textual differences between this typed manuscript and the published book. There are some ink corrections and additions throughout. A preliminary page is headed "Critical Studies on Black Life and Culture" with Charles T. Davis and Henry-Louis Gates listed as advisory editors. Near Fine .
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Catalogue: African-American Literature
Keywords: African-American Literature, Manuscript, Modern Firsts, Modern First Editions, Beats, Beat Literature, Leroi Jones, Amiri Baraka Modern First Editions Literature: American Beat Literature African-American Literature
South Street
New York, Grossman Publishers, 1975. First Edition. Hardcover. Author's first book. Mild sunning to edges of boards; foxing to bulked edges of text. Near Fine in a Near Fine dustwrapper with typical sunning to spine .
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Catalogue: African-American Literature
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South Street
New York, Grossman Publishers, 1975. First Edition. Hardcover. Author's first book. Mild sunning to edges of boards; foxing to top bulked edge of text. Near Fine in a Near Fine dustwrapper with minor wear to the bottom front edge .
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Catalogue: African-American Literature
Keywords: African-American Literature, Modern Firsts, Modern First Editions, First Book Modern First Editions African-American Literature Literature: American First Book
Bypaths in Dixie: Folk Tales of the South
New York, E. P. Dutton, (1911). First Edition. Collection of tales in dialect revolving around the Black Mammy. Illustrated with 7 plates by Duncan Smith. Ill.: Duncan Smith. Owner name dated 1912 on front blank. Hinges cracked but tight. Very Good and uncommon .
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Catalogue: African-American Literature
Keywords: Americana Duncan Smith Black Dialect Americana Mammies Southern Americana
Lyrics of the Hearthside
New York, Dodd, Mead and Company, 1899. First Edition. Hardcover. Decorated green cloth with frontispiece portrait of the author. An early collection of poetry by this child of Kentucky slaves. Some soiling and rubbing to the cloth. About Very Good .
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Catalogue: African-American Literature
Keywords: 19th Century American Literature, Poetry, Modern First Editions, Modern Firsts, African-American Literature, 19th Century Literature Modern First Editions African-American Literature Literature: American 19th Century American Literature
Middle Passage
New York, Atheneum, 1990. First Edition. Hardcover. This novel about a free slave stowaway won the National Book Award. Fine in a Fine dustwrapper .
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Catalogue: African-American Literature
Keywords: Modern First Editions, Slavery, National Book Award, Nautical Fiction, Black Literature, 20th Century American Literature, African-American Literature, Modern Firsts Modern First Editions African-American Literature Literature: American Slavery
Middle Passage
New York, Atheneum, 1990. First Edition. Hardcover. This novel about a free slave stowaway won the National Book Award. Slight foxing to bulked text edges, otherwise Fine in a Fine dustwrapper .
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Catalogue: African-American Literature
Keywords: Modern First Editions, Slavery, National Book Award, Nautical Fiction, Black Literature, 20th Century American Literature, African-American Literature, Modern Firsts Modern First Editions African-American Literature Literature: American Slavery
Hiding Place
London, Allison & Busby, (1984). First British Edition. Hardcover. Published in 1981 in America in a paperback edition, this is the first hardcover edition. Fine in a Fine dustwrapper .
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USD 43.80 [Appr.: EURO 40.75 | £UK 35 | JP¥ 6822]
Catalogue: African-American Literature
Keywords: African-American Literature, Modern Firsts, Modern First Editions, Black Literature African-American Literature Literature: American Modern First Editions Black Literature
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