Search Results: African American Interest from Books, Interesting and Odd & Sleepyside Books

1940: Bonanza Books. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. A wonderful collection of spirituals, edited by John Work of Fisk university. Book bound in blue cloth boards, clean and square, with no markings internally. Jacket VG, with some creasing at rear, and some lines/creases where laminated front panel is separating somewhat.

New York: William Morrow & Co, 1999. First Edition . Cloth. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾"- 9¾" tall. Solid copy of this novel from the author of Tumbling. Centers around a character who had given up heroin, and the allure the drug can still hold. VG in a decent jacket-- light stain top edge at spine, you can tell where bookmarks were left for a time, light soil to bottom edge.

Vintage, 1988. Soft cover. Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. The story of the 4th man in the Cambridge spy ring. Good reading copy, with no marks or notes internally, and a touch of soil to the bottom edge.

New York: Viking Press, 1989. First Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾"- 9¾" tall. McMillan's second novel. This is a first printing, near fine in a VG jacket. Jacket has small tear upper rear corner, some browning to edges of flaps, spine somewhat sunned. Book is quite good, no marks, not remaindered.

New York: Harmony, 1987. First Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Amis's collection of stories of nuclear holocaust--a set of cautionary tales. This is a beautiful copy, fine in a fine jacket. A First printing.

Four Walls Eight Windows, 1989. Soft cover. Very Good. Preface by Nadine Gordimer, edited by Barney Simon. The autobiographical novel of an outcast in a society of outcasts, a black thief in apartheid South Africa. VG paperback, unmarked and very clean.

Norton, W.W., 1989. First Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾"- 9¾" tall. Dove's fourth volume of poetry, first after winning the Pulitzer. This is a first printing, fine in a very nearly fine jacket (a couple of minor creases only). Tight, appears unread. NOT remainder marked or price-clipped.

Warner Books, 1988. First Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Fine. Third and final volume of Ashe's examination of African American athletes. A little foxing, but overall, a near fine first printing in a fine (but price-clipped) jacket. In protective Brodart.

New York: Longmans, Green and Co, 1967. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾"- 9¾" tall. A novel about the difficulties of a young black girl who is startled by the prejudice she experience when beginning high school. This is a first edition, in very good condition with a very good jacket. Not ex library, not price clipped. Pages a bit browned, a little foxing to rear endpaper and pastedown. Jacket has rubbing to extremeties, small chips to top of spine and center of rear panel. Orange rear panel a bit sun-faded near spine (1-1.5 in). You can identify a spot where sticker was removed from front panel, but damage not significant. No writing at all in this book. Quite good for its age.

New York : Harper and Brothers, 1940. Hardcover. Good/Fair. 8vo - over 7¾"- 9¾" tall. A stated sixth printing/edition of this classic. Good, with some fading to title on spine and sort of a wave to the text block. Binding overall quite solid. In a fair jacket with significant loss to spine. In protective mylar.

New York: Harcourt Brace, 1992. First Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾"- 9¾" tall. First edition of this novel from the author of the Color Purple. First printing, NF in a like jacket. Not price clipped, previous owner's name on front endpaper.

Michigan: Walk Worthy Books, 2003. First Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾"- 9¾" tall. First printing of this novel from the author of the Essence magazine bestseller Church Folk. Focusing on the struggles of a St. Louis church to find a new pastor in 1975. Fine in a near fine jacket (slightly bowed at bottom front, slight wear to corners).

Bloomington, Indiana, U.S.A.: Indiana University Press, 1978. Trade Paperback. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾"- 9¾" tall. Collection of widely varied pieces of folklore (stories, jokes, etc) from the African American experience. Decent reading copy--some soil to edges, corners bent, a few small marks internally.

New York: Simon & Schuster, 1998. First Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾"- 9¾" tall. Signed by author. A lovely first printing of this title from the popular urban novelist. Near fine (tiny bump to bottom of boards) in a NF to Fine jacket, in protective mylar. A quite nice copy.

New York: Ballantine Books, 1997. First Edition . Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾"- 9¾" tall. Taut little thriller about a man whose car breaks down in the desert. First printing, near fine in a VG+ jacket-- minor wear to corners and tiny tear lower rear.

New York: Random House, 1969. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾"- 9¾" tall. First printing of this examination of the literature of late-colonial/postcolonial Africa. Authors examined include Soyinka, Senghor, Ousmane, David Diop, Leon Damas, Amos Tutuola, and others. Book is very good, with a little spot to foredge and a touch of overal wear. Jacket has some chipping, especially to top rear. Good to G+.