Journal of the printing-office at Strawberry Hill by Horace Walpole - 1923

New York: Published By the Author. Good+. 1904. First Edition. Hardcover. Clean original green cloth has bright gilt title on spine & front cover. Text's interior is tight, clean & intact. Mended front internal hinge with cover firmly attached. Pages 153-192 have a small bottom margin damp stain which does not interfere with text. African-American Literature ; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 335 pages .

There is a Barnes and Nobles Autographed Copy sticker on the front end page. On the half title page is the inscription, "To My friend Pauline, I was so delighted that you and Louise honored me by coming to the signing of this book that has been in the making much (2/3) of the time we've known each other. I so appreciate you and your family's friendship and interest in my work. Best Wishes Glenette, May 28, 1994."

The book is in Near Fine condition. Then dust jacket is fair with tears and small pieces missing on the backside and top and bottom edges of the spine. This book is about the underground railroad and is written for ages 5 - 7.

London UK, Oxford University Press, 1963, hardcover, xii-151 pp, First Edition, First Printing, Very Good in Very Good dustjacket. Clean and firmly bound, slight spine-end and corner wear, lean to spine. Dustjacket unclipped bearing original price, slight edge nicks, wear to folds and head and heel of spine, in new Brodart sleeve. An historical and social study of the Creole society of Freetown, Sierra Leone. Illustrated with 4 black-&-white plates and 6 maps including a fold-out map of Sierra Leone showing Ethnic Boundaries. Appended; Handbill recruiting the black poor, Bibliography, Index.

Here are Huey P. Newton, Bobby Seale, Eldridge Cleaver, and Fred Hampton; Kathleen Cleaver and other Panther women; the party's court battles and acquittals; its positions on black separatism, the power structure, the police, violence, and education; as well as songs, poems, and political cartoons. This is the story behind the Black Panthers.

Harare, Zimbabwe, The College Press, 1991, trade paperback, 170 pp, First thus, published under license from The Women's Press, London, Very Good condition, no dustjacket as issued. Association copy, Signed and inscribed by the Author "Marie, this from Gloria & me with love. Ama Ata Aidoo-Nsukka '92" to Dr. Marie Gadsden an esteemed educator who devoted her life to improving international ties between the U.S. and Africa and to strengthening international programs at U.S. Historically Black Colleges and Universities. Straight, tight and clean with no other markings, slight wear to edges and corners, light rubbing. Tipped in is a typed signed letter from Gloria J. Braxton, Director of the Center for International Programs, Southern University to Dr. Gadsden thanking her for her suggestions on the current HBCU brochure, recalling a past meeting at the NAFEO conference in Washington DC, and touching on their shared interest in Aidoo's work, Aidoo's plans to teach at Hamilton College in Clinton NY the… Read More

Dust jacket is very worn, now protected with a mylar book cover. Clipped dj. flaps inside, both ends. No Awards listed past 1969, see photos. Book iteself in near fine condition. States this is William Armstrong's first children's book, 1069 on dj.

Oakland, CA: Change!, ca. 1967. 1st edition. Soft cover. Fine/No Jacket (as issued). Near Fine. 8vo, 16pp (stapled self-cover). An exceptionally well-preserved copy of a Civil Rights themed publication from late 1967 (or early 1968), published in association with the Unitarian Universalist Project East Bay in Oakland and Emeryville. Includes a short piece urging readers to "Support the Huey P. Newton Defense Fund" as well as writing by adults and children intended to inform a suburban audience about conditions in the inner city.

Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall, Inc., 1970. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Cloth in DJ; 184pp; DJ slightly edgeworn, boards square, clean & bright, pages slightly age-toned, text unmarked, binding is tight, VG/VG condition. Revealing and disturbing study of the racist ideas and fantasies of southern whites after the Civil War.

Santa Cruz, CA: Hambone, 2009. 1st edition. Soft cover. Fine/No Jacket (as issued). Near Fine. 8vo, [viii]+280pp, printed wrappers. Scarce nineteenth issue of this cultural magazine edited by Nathaniel Mackey. Includes "Black Man in the Cosmos," an annotated 17-page transcription of a spring 1971 lecture by Sun Ra. Unmarked copy (from the collection of contributor Leslie Scalapino), just about as new.

Braamfontein, South Africa: Ravan Press, 1982. 1st edition. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket (as issued). VG. 4to, 48pp, stapled wrappers. Scarce 1982 issue of this important multiracial South African literary magazine. Includes work by a vast number of writers. Unmarked copy, clean with minor creasing.