Search Results: Black History from Bytown Bookery

Toronto, Ont: The Copp Clark Publishing Company. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1927. Paperback. Red textured soft cover copy with yellow lettering on spine and cover, part of the School Edition seires of the 20s. Nice, clean interior with a solid binding. Some edgewear with a slight turnup of the corners, a little wear on the spine end. "Drinkwater writes in the Note: In using for purposes of drama a personality so wide and recent a fame as that of Abraham Lincoln, I feel that one or two observations are due to my readers and critics. First my purpose is that not of the historian but of the dramatist. The historical presentation of my hero has been faithfully made in many volumes...Secondly, my purpose is, again, that of the dramatist, not that of the political philosopher...My concern is with the profoundly dramatic interest of his character and with the inspiring example of a man who handled war nobly and with imagination." ; 16mo 6" - 7" tall; 130 pages .

Buchet / Chastel. Near Fine. 1972. Paperback. Mass Market Paperback in Near Fine condition. Tight, bright & unmarked with very moderate cover wear. French text. ; 16mo 6" - 7" tall; 415 pages; Box 10 .

Freedom, California: Crossing Press. Very Good+ with no dust jacket. 1993. Paperback. 0895945797 . A smaller sized Trade Paperback in very good condition. Tight, bright, unmarked with light scuffing snd corner bumping. "Terri Jewell has collected true words, including poetry, jazz lyrics, and proverbs from 350 black women the world over. " ; B&W Illustrations; 0.3 x 6.7 x 5.9 Inches; 203 pages .

Princeton University Press. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1993. Paperback. 0691021058 . Some rubbing to the covers with front corners bumping and foxing to the bottom edge. A Trade Paperback with a clean & unmarked interior. " An empirical analysis of the long-term impact of the American Civil Rights Movement on the lives of American blacks living in the South, this study has been awarded the V. O. Key Award of the Southern Political Science Association. "; 0.86 x 9.21 x 6.1 Inches; 326 pages .

Warner Books. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 2001. Hardcover. 0446530522 . Green/brown covers with gilt titles to the spine. This book is in very good condition with some spine bumping and a clean interior and a tight binding. A few pages have dog eared ends, bottom corners. The DJ is unclipped with scuffing and edgewear. "This saga of four generations of strong African-American women begins in 1834 on a Louisiana plantation and ends a hundred years later. The author was a successful executive who quit her job to research the history of her own family--which she has incorporated into this stirring tale. This saga of four generations of strong African-American women begins in 1834 on a Louisiana plantation and ends a hundred years later. The author was a successful executive who quit her job to research the history of her own family--which she has incorporated into this stirring tale." ; 1.5 x 9.06 x 5.75 Inches; 418 pages .

New York: Donald I. fine, Inc. Fine in Very Good dust jacket. 1992. Book Club (BCE/BOMC). Hard Cover. 1556113358 . Taupe hard covers with blue spine, Previous owner's blind stamp and date on front free end-paper. Clean, tight. DJ is glossy with minor edgewear and rubbing on back cover. Black & white photos. "..the first in depth probing into the rise of a man who is arguably..the first African American in a position of major national prominence that the general public..is ready to judge on merit alone..based on more than 120 interviews.." ; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; 369 pages .

Knopf Canada. Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1994. Hardcover. 0394280350 . Burgundy hardcovers with brown cloth spine covering. This is a Near Fine copy, deckled fore edges with a bright, unmarked text. First Canadian Edition. The DJ is unclipped, Very good++, light cover scuffing and edgewear. "A voice speaking out of a distant past, describes the consequences of his desperation: his daughter and two sons are condemned to the hold of an English slave ship bound for America in 1753. Here, are the stories of these children: Nash, Martha, and Travis." ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 237 pages .

Vintage Books. Very Good. 1995. Paperback. 0394280903 . Trade Paperback. Very Good, tightly bound, sparse underlining through the book, light tanning to the interior page edges. "A voice speaking out of a distant past, describes the consequences of his desperation: his daughter and two sons are condemned to the hold of an English slave ship bound for America in 1753. Here, are the stories of these children: Nash, Martha, and Travis. "; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 237 pages .

New York: G.P. Putman's Sons. Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket. 1992. Book Club (BCE/BOMC). Hard Cover. 039913719X . Book Club, Green hard boards with grey cloth like spine. Previous owner's blind stamp and date on front free end-paper. Top corner slightly bumped. DJ very good with some edgewear. This is a beautiful little story, one that even Henry Louis Gates, Jr. , the noted black writer who is married to a white woman, says that black readers can enjoy. ; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; 285 pages .

McClelland & Stewart. Very Good+ with no dust jacket. 1995. Paperback. 0771080530 . Trade Paperback. A bright, unmarked interior with deckled edges and a solid binding. The covers have French Flaps with light scuffing and edge wear to them. "The nine vividly rendered stories of place and character in Discerner of Hearts are set in Jamaica, both rural and urban, some present-day, others looking back several decades. Senior’s gift for fine characterization, for recreating the music of everyday speech, pervades these tales, which explore notions of home and exile as well as the intricate realm of the human spirit – its fallible nature, its indomitable strength against the sometimes downward pull of fate. "; 0.8 x 8.5 x 5.8 Inches; 232 pages .

Fontana / Collins. Very Good. 1970. Paperback. 0006322530 . Mass Market in Very Good condition, tightly bound and unmarked. Cover scuffing and edgewear. ; 16mo 6" - 7" tall; 107 pages .

London, England: Yale Univ Press. Very Good+ with no dust jacket. 1992. Trade paperback. 0300051352 . Trade Paperback in very good++ condition. Light scuffing and edgewear, a tightly bound copy with a bright, unmarked interior. Black & white illustrations and photos. "This exploration of South Africa's eventful history, from the earliest known human settlement of the region to the present day, focuses primarily on the experiences of the black inhabitants rather than on those of the white minority. It is aimed at anyone wishing to understand the historical patterns that set in motion the conflicts that rage in this troubled land." ; 1 x 9.2 x 5.9 Inches; 352 pages .

Penguin Books Canada, Limited. Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket. 2005. First Edition. Hardcover. 0670045349 . Tan hard boards with black spine covering and silver titles to the spine. First Edition with light spine end bumping, tightly bound, a bright, unmarked interior. The DJ is unclipped, very good ++ with light cover scuffing and edgewear. Very nice copy. "Jess Harrison is an eight-year old girl, an only child and nearly determined to be a loner. She seems nearly to be afraid of making friends, avoids going outside to play as much as possible and keeps her thoughts to herself. She also reads a great deal - "Little Women" is a great favourite and she is also very partial to Shakespeare. However, Jess often suffers from panic attacks and the occasional strange fever." ; 1.4 x 8.3 x 5.9 Inches; 512 pages .

Univ of North Carolina Press. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1981. Trade Paperback. 0807840661 . Trade paperback with rubbing to the covers, creasing on the spine hinge and front lower edge. Previous owner's name written on the half title page. A very clean & bright interior. ; 1.25 x 9.25 x 6 Inches; 378 pages .

St Martins Mass Market Paper. Near Fine with no dust jacket. 1995. Paperback. 0312956886 . Trade Paperback in Near Fine condition. "Wide and wonderful tales of African-American heritage from one of their most honored story tellers." very nice copy. ; 0.5 x 7.5 x 5 Inches .

New York: Dial Press. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1980. Hard Cover. 0803742258 . Grey boards / green cloth binding / gilt title on spine. The is an ex-library book with library pocket on back end paper and 3 library stamps. The covers have some sticker residue, the interior is clean & bright with a solid binding. The DJ is clipped and has been protected by a plastic cover. "Here is a refreshing story that explores diversity and the true meaning of family. Everyone in town says that Ethel is a bad kid. When Ethel's mother goes away, Margie Carson's mother decides to let Ethel stay with them for one night. But one night turns into many and Margie doesn't know what to do." ; Ex-Library; 20 x 20 x 20 Inches; 182 pages .

University of Illinois Press. Very Good. 1978. Paperback. 0252006801 . Trade Paperback in Very Good+ condition. Tightly bound, unmarked, with a crease to the spine hinge and light wear to the cover extremities. ; Blacks in the New World; 1.04 x 7.99 x 5.4 Inches; 481 pages .

Amistad / Harper Collins. Very Good with no dust jacket. 2004. Trade Paperback. 0060557559 . Trade paperback in very good condition. Light edgewear with slight upturn to the front corners, binding tight, interior clean. "When a plantation proprietor and former slave--now possessing slaves of his own--dies, his household falls apart in the wake of a slave rebellion and corrupt underpaid patrollers who enable free black people to be sold into slavery." ; 1.6 x 10 x 7.3 Inches; 388 pages .

Albin Michel. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1989. Hardcover. 2226038191 . An ex-library book with pocket and stamps, the text is clean & unmarked. The covers are laminated and there are a couple of places on the cover that are raised a bit. Overall in very good condition. Text is FRENCH. ; Ex-Library; 0.71 x 9.45 x 5.75 Inches; 330 pages .

New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux. Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket. 2005. First Edition. Hard Cover. 0374299447 . First Edition. Grey hard boards with gilt lettering on spine and cover front. Near fine. DJ unclipped, some edgewear. Born in 1915, John Hope Franklin lived through America's most defining 20th-century transformation, the dismantling of segregation. He has influenced with determination and dignity the nation's racial conscience, earning the Presidential Medal of Freedom and more than 130 honorary degrees. ; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; 401 pages .