Search Results: African-American from First Folio

Boston: Cupples, Upham, & Co, 1884. Crown lightly frayed, owner's bookplate and signature, tight and very good. vii, [9]-503p. Embossed brown cloth with gilt spine titles. Quite scarce in original editions. Blockson 9099 lists 1883 edition; Work p. 304.

Detroit: Gale Research, 1996. First edition. As new. First edition. Two volumes. Quarto. xxvi, 618p; x, 619-1325p. Illustrated. Color-printed glazed boards.

Momence, IL: Baker & Taylor, 1988. First edition. Fine. First edition. Quarto. Stapled wrappers. vi, 84p.

Washington DC: (C. Alexander, Printer), 1856. A few wrapper soiled and detached, all complete and sound. 53 Issues. Vol. 32, nos. 1, 3-5, 8-12; Vol. 33, nos. 1-5, 7-8, 10-12; Vol. 34, nos. 1-5, 10; Vol. 35, nos 1, 3-11; Vol. 36, no. 1, 3-5, 7-8, 10-11; Vol. 37, nos. 5-6, 8; Vol. 38, nos. 3-4, 6-7, 9-10; Vol. 40, no. 2. All issues sewn in printed wraps. "The oldest colonization periodical, contained some antislavery propaganda and a wealth of information on African-American culture and history." Lomanzow. American Periodicals 198. Blockson 9116.

New York: Citadel Press, 1971. First edition. Fine in VG+ d.j.. First edition. 324p. Silver-titled green cloth.

Chicago: Follett, 1962. First American edition. About fine in d.j.. First American edition. Quarto. 47p. Illustrated from photos by the author. Pictorial cloth. "Children of the World Books

New York: Harper & Row, 1980. First edition. Fine in d.j.. First edition. [vi], 65p. Illustrated in black and white by Leonard Everett fisher. Tan cloth over red boards, red spine titles.

Chicago: Chas. P. Williams, 1900. Very good. Stapled gathering of music with 3-page biography, and with covers illustrated from photos of the singers.

Port Washington, NY: Kennikat Press, 1970. First edition. Fiine in moderately soiled but bright d.j.. First edition. 122p. Illustrated. Gray cloth with black spine titles. Empire State Historical Publications Series No. 82. Edited by Stanley Austin Ransom, Jr., biographical sketch by Oscar Wegelin, critical analysis by Vernon Loggins.

London: Religious Tract Society, 1842. Rear nhinge paper cracked, spine cocked, some interior spotting, quite sound. xii, 240p., 8p ads. Frontispiece and engraved title page. Publisher's embossed cloth with gilt spine title. Blockson 8613 for American edition.

Philadelphia: Presbyterian Board of Publication, n.d. [18--]. A New Edition, Enlarged, and Illustrated with Engravings. Some edgewear, but a tight and fairly bright copy. A New Edition, Enlarged, and Illustrated with Engravings. viii, [9]-215p. Illustrated, including frontispiece portrait by John Sartain. Publisher's embossed cloth with gilt spine title and large gilt device on upper cover. Blockson 8613 for an edition by the American Tract Society.

New York, 1860. Chipping around edges, spine reinforced with archival tape. 144p. in printed wraps.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1996. Stated first edition. Fine in d.j.. Stated first edition. x, 577p .Gilt-titled blue boards. (Originally purchased through the History Book Club).

[San Antionio}: The author [Carleton Printing Co.], 1948. Rear hinge paper cracked, else VG+. 152p. Illustration by Merle Venrick. Gilt-titled red cloth.

New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1996. First edition. As new in d.j.. First edition. [vi], 228p. Tan cloth with titles in black.

Chicago: Meyer & Brother, 1893. First edition. Extremeties rubbed, but sound. First edition. xvi, 17-506p. Illustrated. Gilt-titled maroon ribbed cloth with gilt vignette of Smith on upper cover. Blockson 2238; Brignano 2237.

New York: Doubleday & McClure, 1900. Second printing. Covers with soil, about VG. Second printing. Unpaged. Illustrated with Weeden's portraits. Gray ribbed cloth with gilt titles on spine and upper cover, and with silhouette on upper cover on a white ground surrounded by a gilt frame. Introduction by Joel Chandler Harris.

London: International African Institute, 1965. First edition. Good+ in poor d.j.. First edition. Quarto. x, 120p. Printed in double columns. Gilt-titled tan cloth.

Minneapolis: Ross and Haines, 1963. First edition. Fine in VG d.j. with faded spine. First edition. vii, 101p. Gilt-titled gray cloth.

Durham, NC: Duke University Press, 1974. First edition. As new in d.j.. First edition. x, 118p. Gilt-titled brown cloth.