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JUST ABOVE MY HEAD. by Baldwin, James - (1979.)

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JUST ABOVE MY HEAD. by Baldwin, James - (1979.)

JUST ABOVE MY HEAD.

by Baldwin, James

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London:: Michael Joseph,, (1979.). Very good+ in very good+ dust jacket (blank bookplate on front pastedown, few spots of foxing on edges of textblock and endpapers, slight wrinkling to upper edge of dj, but overall a tight and straight copy, in an attractive dust jacket.). First UK printing. This complex novel, the last published by Baldwin during his lifetime, returns to the revivalist world of his first novel, as it follows the stories of three extraordinary individuals (including Sister Julia, a "fire-baptized" child evangelist called to the ministry when she was nine), through three decades, from Harlem to Paris to Birmingham. The UK edition is far less easily found than the US edition. INSCRIBED by Baldwin on the dedication page. "To Coleen, keep the faith." 597 pp.
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Programme of entertainment to be given at Camden Fort, (Cork Harbour) on Friday, 9th February,...
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Kinsale, [Ireland]: printed at the 50th Regimental Press, 1877. Bifolium program (8.5 x 13 cm), pp. [4], the last blank; minor foxing, previous fold, formerly from an album, the remains of a card and an engraved illustration on the final blank. Also, a manuscript caption: "Programme, Garrison Nigger Troupe, Camden Fort, Feb. 9 1877." With manuscript notes and corrections in a contemporary hand. The Negro Troupe was led by Lieutenant Yaldwyn. Provenance: Major-General Sir Francis Walter de Winton (1835-1901.
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Shadow and Act

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xiv+317 pages with two page title. Octavo (8 1/2" x 5 3/4") bound in original publisher's green cloth with gilt lettering to spine with blind-stamped decoration to cover in original publisher's pictorial jacket. Singed by the author on former owner's book plate by the author, dates 2/14/65 on front end paper. First edition.Shadow and Act is a collection of essays by Ralph Ellison, published in 1964. The writings encompass the two decades that began with Ellison's involvement with African-American political activism and print media in Harlem, Ellison's emergence as a highly acclaimed writer with the publication of Invisible Man, and culminating with his 1964 challenge of Irving Howe's characterization of African-American life, "Black Boys and Native Sons", with his now famous essay, "The World and the Jug". Ellison described it as exemplary of his "attempt to transform some of the themes, the problems, the enigmas, the contradictions of character and culture native to my predicament, into what Andre… Read More
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Esquisse d'un Tableau Historique des Progres de L'Esprit Humain, Suive de Reflexions Sur...
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Esquisse d'un Tableau Historique des Progres de L'Esprit Humain, Suive de Reflexions Sur L'Esclavage des Negres: Sketch for a Historical Picture of the Progress of the Human Mind, Followed by Reflections on the Slavery of Negroes

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Early copy of "Esquisse d'un Tableau Historique des Progres de L'Esprit Humain" (Sketch for a Historical Picture of the Progress of the Human Mind) Suive de (followed by) "Reflexions Sur L'Esclavage des Negres" (Reflections on the Slavery of Negroes) by Marquis de Condorcet. 1822; Chez Masson et Fils, Libraires; Paris. The book is written entirely in French. Leather covers with decorative gilt borders and gilt decorations on the spine; marbled end papers and marbling on all page edges. With a Table of Contents at the back of the book.Condorcet, who denounced slavery, was a French philosopher and mathematician. His ideas, including support for a liberal economy, free and equal public instruction, constitutional government, and equal rights for women and people of all races, have been said to embody the ideals of the Age of Enlightenment and Enlightenment rationalism. In "Sketch for a Historical Picture of the Progress of the Human Mind" (originally published in 1795), he dealt with theoretical thought… Read More
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Porgy
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Porgy

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THE ROSE B EDITION. Du Bose, Heyward. Porgy (1925 George H. Doran Mauve "B" Hardcover 1st Edition/ 2nd printing thus, known as the Mauve or Rose "B" Edition. Decorated By Theodore Nadejen. USED. Good Condition/ No Dust Jacket. Mauve/Purple boards with gold gilt titling and owl cartouche. ORIGINAL SOURCE MATERIAL FOR "PORGY AND BESS", THE DRAMATIC BROADWAY MUSICAL AND MOTION PICTURE, SCORED BY AMERICAN COMPOSER GEORGE GERSHWIN.
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The People Of The Mist
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The People Of The Mist

by H. Rider Haggard

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H. Rider Haggard, Longmans Green & Co., London. The People of the Mist: First Edition September, 1894. Reprinted January, 1895. USED. Good+/ No DJ Included. Green boards with gold gilt titling , jagged mountains and red diamond graphic design. Spine has darkened somewhat. 5 x 7 1/2. 357 PAGES plus adverts. ADVENTURE FICTION ROMANCE. VICTORIAN NOVEL. Summary: "The People of the Mist is the tale of a British adventurer seeking wealth in the wilds of Africa, finding romance, and discovering a lost race and its monstrous god." By the author of "She" and "King Solomon's Mines".
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Oh Pray My Wings Are Gonna Fit Me Well
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Oh Pray My Wings Are Gonna Fit Me Well

by Angelou, Maya

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New York: Random House, 1975 First printing of the stated first edition. Signed and inscribed by Maya Angelou directly on the title page: "Lois Langland, / Joy! Maya Angelou / Nov 19, 1980 / (I hope we can be / together, again.)" Lois Langland taught (professor emeritus in psychology) at Scripps Women's College. Toning/offsetting to endpapers, else book in fine condition; dust jacket with faint toning to spine and cover margins, else fine.
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The Intruder
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The Intruder

by van der Veen, Adriaan; from the library of Ralph Ellison

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London & New York: Abelard-Schuman, 1958. From the library of Ralph Ellison -- author of INVISIBLE MAN, perhaps the 20th century's most critically acclaimed African-American novel. Books from Ellison's library are rare in the market -- almost unobtainable. Fine condition in a Very Good dust jacket. White part of the dust jacket's rear panel is mildly tanned at the edge. See photos. NOT price clipped ($3.50). A square, tight copy. Sharp corners. NO owner's name or bookplate, but with a letter to Ellison from the publisher laid-in (see photos). The letter is dated April 18th, 1958 and is addressed to him at 730 Riverside Drive, New York City (his home, directly across from what is now the Ralph Ellison Memorial in Harlem). The letter reads in part: "Dear Mr. Ellison: At the personal request of Adriaan van der Veen, I am pleased to be sending you an advance copy of THE INTRUDER, to be published September 10th. We are proud to be issuing the English translation of this… Read More
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The Kidnapped and the Ransomed. Being the Personal Recolllections of Peter Still and His Wife...
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The Kidnapped and the Ransomed. Being the Personal Recolllections of Peter Still and His Wife "Vina" After Forty Years of Slavery.: Being the Personal Recolllections of Peter Still and His Wife "Vina" After Forty Years of Slavery.

by Kate Pickard

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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Wright II 1893. Extra vignette title, frontis, and illustration. Anti-slavery novel. Hardcover Condition: Brown cloth cover with gilt spine spine title. Spine chipped at bottom. Front pastedown cracked at gutter but hinge still strong. Slight spine slant. Boards have toning. Interior pages clean. Ownership inscription on FFEP (appears to be in pencil).
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The Case for Black Reparations

The Case for Black Reparations

by Bittker, Boris I. [Toni Morrison]

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New York: Random House, 1973. Uncorrected First Proof copy. Octavo. 190pp. Publisher's red paper wraps titled in black to front cover. Some light scuffing, and a couple of spots of grubbiness to the covers, but essentially a clean, tight copy. Internally clean, a pencil annotation "April..?" to the title page. A scarce proof copy of the first book on Black reparations and which Morrison guided into print as an editor at Random House. Written by a white professor at Yale, Morrison felt the book was "an important contribution to the fledgling reparations debate." A significant proof on its own, of a book that was an origin point for the intellectual debate about reparations for many decades, but also because it documents Morrison's incredible tenure and astute publishing history during her tenure at Random House. Necessarily scarce.
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Strength to Love
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Strength to Love

by King, Martin Luther Jr.

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New York: Harper & Row, Publishers, 1963 First printing of the stated first edition. Tanning to upper edge and two line margins on page 6 and 7, else book in fine condition; dust jacket with a short closed tear/crease near bottom front spine fold, shallow wear/creasing to bottom spine end, light rubbing along folds, and light wear to upper back cover, else fine.
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Just Above My Head

Just Above My Head

by Baldwin, James

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Just Above My Head
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Just Above My Head

by Baldwin, James

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Dial Press, 1979-01-01. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1.7000 in x 8.6000 in x 5.8000 in. Clean text. Cover has separated from spine. Ex-Library. Well worn hardcover. Some wear to dust jacket.
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The Sky and the Forest
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The Sky and the Forest

by Forester, C.S

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C.S. Forester: The Sky and the Forest. Little, Brown and Company, Boston. Stated First Edition First Printing Thus August, 1948. Cover price $2.75. Used. VG BOOK/VG UNCLIPPED DUST JACKET. A story of a central Africa. By C.S. Forester, author of the Admiral Hornblower series.
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Ol' Man Adam an' His Chillun
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Ol' Man Adam an' His Chillun

by Roark Bradford

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New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1928. "Ol' Man Adam an' His Chillun ( Being the Tales They Tell about the Time When the Lord Walked the Earth Like a Natural Man)". 264 pages.. Solid. Clean. Flyleaf detached from title page, but all pages still bound. A great collector's item and a rare find. . First Edition. Decorative Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. Illus. by A.B. Walker. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Fiction.
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Harlem On My Mind: Cultural Capital of Black America 1900-1968
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Harlem On My Mind: Cultural Capital of Black America 1900-1968

by Schoener, Allon (editor)

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As new except for tiny spot on side exterior page edges and light surface scratching on the back cover. 255 pages. 8.5" X 11" X .5" (22cm X 28cm X 1.3cm) History of Harlem as cultural center. Illustrated with hundreds of black and white photos of people and cultural ephemera like playbills, tickets to the Cotton Club, and advertising banners about the importance of Black Santa. Part of a project with the Metropolitan Museum of Arts. Nonfiction. History. Photography. African American History. Regional History- New York.
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Black Ladies
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Black Ladies

by Uwe Ommer

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A photographic portrait of African women.
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Robeson, Labor's Forgotten Champion
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Robeson, Labor's Forgotten Champion

by Charles H. Wright

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Dick Gregory's Bible Tales, with Commentary

Dick Gregory's Bible Tales, with Commentary

by Richard "Dick" Claxton Gregory (1932-2017)

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187 pages. Octavo (8 1/2" x 5 1/2") bound in original publisher's quarter purple cloth with gilt lettering to spine over yellow boards and faux signature to cover in original pictorial jacket. Edited by James R McGraw. First edition. Richard "Dick" Gregory was an American civil rights activist, social critic, writer, entrepreneur, comedian, motivational speaker, author and actor. He became the first black comedian to successfully cross over to white audiences. Condition: Lightly soiled. Jacket corners and spine ends chipped else better than very good in like jacket.
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Yazoo Valley Verse

Yazoo Valley Verse

by Younger, Edward F

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Chicago: Contributor's Guild, 1926. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. First Printing of the First Edition. Fine but for light wear to extremities, in jacket showing moderate edge rubbing, and tiny chips at extremities.. Photos and drawings. Jacket between very good and near fine. Scarce..
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Think on These Things

Think on These Things

by Burroughs, Nannie H

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West Coast Of South America, Fullarton, ca.1860

West Coast Of South America, Fullarton, ca.1860

by A. Fullarton

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A. Fullarton & Co. London, Map of West Coast Of South America, ca.1860 from the Royal Illustrated Atlas of Modern Geography showing Chile and parts of Bolivia and Peru. An original hand coloured steel engraving with 9 vignettes including Chilean Miner, Araucano Indiana, view of Valparaiso, travelling in Santiago, hunting the lama, chase of the Condor and the puma. Page size approx 470 x 310mm. Good Condition.
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Social Work With African American Males: Health, Mental Health, and Social Policy
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Social Work With African American Males: Health, Mental Health, and Social Policy

by Waldo E. [Editor] Johnson

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* Inscribed and SIGNED by Waldo E. Johnson on half title page. * Book cover like new, slight wear at end caps - pages clean, bright and unmarked spine like new. * Jacket like new, slight shelf wear. * Proceeds benefit Friends of the Pleasant Hill Library. * "Honest and reliable service - every book hand-packaged with care." African American males have never fared as poorly as they do currently on a number of social indicators. They are less likely to complete high school than their white male and female or African American female peers, they are more likely to exhibit depressive symptoms, and they have fewer sanctioned coping strategies. Arguably, no other group in American society has been more maligned, regularly faced with tremendous odds that uniquely threaten their existence. When they do receive education, mental health, and physical health services, it is often in correctional settings. They are marginalized in public policies on secondary and higher education attainment, marriage and parental… Read More
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