Search Results: African American History from Garnet Books

New York: Fleet Publishing, [1965]. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 8vo. [12], 308 pp. Bound in full black cloth, title in gilt on spine, in white dust jacket printed in red and yellow, black and white cover photograph. Black and white illustrations. Very Good, age-toning to pages, some staining to fore and bottom edges, minor rubbing to extremities of binding, in Good dust jacket with chipping and wear to extremities, overall rubbing and age-toning.

Potomac Books Inc., 2006. First edition. Hardcover. Fine/near fine. 8vo. xiv, 278 pp. Bound in black boards in illustrated dust jacket. Bibliography and index. Black and white in-text illustrations. Fine, bright, clean copy in Near Fine dust jacket with light rubbing to corners.

Guilford, CT: TwoDot, 2007. First edition. Paperback. Fine. 8vo. xvi, 148, [2] pp. Bound in illustrated wrappers. Black and white illustrations. Profiles ten African American women pioneers who made a life on the western frontier. Fine, bright, clean copy.

New York: Todtri, 1996. Hardcover. Fine/near fine. Folio. 128 pp. Bound in glossy illustrated boards, in matching dust jacket. Profusely illustrated, chiefly full-color. Includes index. Fine, bright, clean copy in Near Fine dust jacket with light scuffing.

Secaucus, NJ: Birch Lane, 1997. Hardcover. Near Fine/near fine. 8vo. x, 310 pp. Bound in green boards in illustrated dust jacket. Illustrated with black and white photographs. Near Fine, bright clean copy, binding tight, in Near Fine dust jacket with very light wear to extremities.

Guilford, CT: Twodot, 2007. First edition. Paperback. Fine. 8vo. xvi, 148, [2] pp. Bound in illustrated wrappers. Black and white photographs. Includes bibliography and index. Fine, bright copy.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1974. Third printing. Hardcover. Very Good/very good-. 8vo. xxvi, 562, xiv, [2] pp. Bound in full brown cloth, deckle edge, top edge stained maroon, in illustrated dust jacket. Very Good, previous owner's name and note written large and in ink across front free endpaper, minor soiling to bottom edge of text block, otherwise clean, hinges tight, in Good dust jacket with chipping tears to extremities, wear and age-toning overall.

[XLibris], [2013]. Self-published. Paperback. Fine. 8vo. 224 pp. Bound in illustrated wrappers. Black and white illustrations. Includes bibliography. From rear cover "[The author] is a historian, author and former history museum curator who has worked in regional history for the past forty years." Fine, bright copy.

Amherst: University of Massachusetts Press, [1996]. Paperback. Very Good +. 8vo. lxii, 208 pp. Bound in illustrated wrappers. Very Good+, internally clean, wear and scuffing to wrappers.

Book Club of California, 1969. Limited ed. Hardcover. Near Fine. 8vo. ii, 8 pp. Bound in full black cloth, decorated paper label on cover, paper title label on spine. Lacking dust jacket and slipcase. One of 500 copies. Designed and printed by Mallette Dean and James E. Beard, includes several color drawings by Dean. Near Fine, number in blue ink to front free endpaper, light rubbing to corners, paper spine label darkened and with wear to edges, otherwise tight, crisp copy.

Boston: Beacon Press, 1970. Second printing. Paperback. Very Good. 8vo. xx, 300 pp. Bound in red wrappers printed in black and white. Very Good, pages clean, foxing to edges of text block, heavy rubbing and soiling to wrappers. Sound copy.

[Houston]: Museum of Fine Arts, in association with Harry N. Abrams, [1995]. Hardcover. Very Good +/very good +. 4to. 184 pp. Bound in full dark brown cloth, in illustrated dust jacket. Illustrations throughout, many in full color, including two fold-outs. Includes chronology, selected exhibition history, bibliography , and index. Catalog of a traveling exhibition first held at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, April 2-August 28, 1995. Very Good+, previous owner's inscription in ink and age-toning to front free endpaper, otherwise tight and clean, in Very Good+ dust jacket with minor scuffing and scratches.

New York: New York University Press, [2019]. Hardcover. Fine/fine. 8vo. x, 254 pp. Bound in quarter red over cream boards, in cream dust jacket printed in black and red. Black and white illustrations. Fine in Fine dust jacket.

Winston-Salem: John F. Blair, 1994. Fifth Printing. Paperback. Very Good +. 12mo. xvi, 136, [2] pp. Bound in green and rose wrappers printed in black. Black and white photographs. Very Good+ internally clean, 1/4" tear to upper edge of front cover.

New York: Pantheon Books, 1976. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good/very good. 8vo. xxviii, 664 pp. Bound in full brown cloth, in illustrated dust jacket. Black and white frontispiece and illustrations and genealogy charts. Very Good, foxing to all edges, internally clean, in Very Good, price-clipped dust jacket with creasing and wear to extremities.

Columbia: University of Missouri Press, 1980. Hardcover. Very Good +/very good-. 8vo. [10], 166 pp. Bound in full blue cloth in tan and blue dust jacket printed in black. Includes bibliography and index. Very Good+, foxing to top edge otherwise tight, square, clean copy, in Very Good- dust jacket with minor age-toning, small hole to middle of spine, short tears to head and tail of spine, closed split along front fore edge, but still attached.

Madison: University of Wisconsin Press, 1986. Hardcover. Fine/near fine. 8vo. iv, [2], 456 pp. Bound in full charcoal cloth, in light gray dust jacket printed in black and red. Includes table of cases, name index and topical index. Fine, bright, clean copy, in Near Fine dust jacket with short tear to upper edge of rear cover.

New York: Viking Press, 2002. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo. xviii, 238 pp. Bound in half black over speckled tan boards, in illustrated dust jacket. Black and white frontispiece portrait and eight pages of black and white photographs. African-American William Sheppard's experiences during more than twenty years as a missionary in nineteenth century Congo. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket.

Urbana: University Of Illinois Press, 1985. Hardcover. Very Good +/very good. 8vo. xviii, 302, [2] pp. Bound in full maroon cloth in red dust jacket printed in black and white. Very Good+, tight square copy in Very Good- dust jacket, edges rubbed and worn, 1/2" tear to head of spine.

[Chicago]: The University of Chicago Press, [1962]. Hardcover. Very Good +/very good. 8vo. xiv, [2], 368 pp. Bound in quarter black cloth over brown cloth, in black yellow and orange dust jacket. Presumed first edition, no other printings stated. Black and white photographs. Includes bibliography and index. Very Good+, previous owner's signature in ink to front free endpaper, some soiling to top edge of text block, otherwise bright and clean, in Very Good dust jacket with overall rubbing and some sunning.