African-American Literature from Grimalkin Books

New York: Ballantine Books, 1995. This Stated First Edition from March 1995 (and unless it's stated, it's not) has a "number line" ending in a "1" to indicate First Printing. The book is in close to Fine condition, with a close to Fine unclipped dust jacket. (Click on photo.) This monumental anthology traces the history and culture of African American… Read more about this item

New York: Simon & Schuster, 1995. This novel is a rare work of fiction from Langston Hughes, remembered mainly for his poetry. This book first appeared in 1930 and was Langston's first novel. It illumined through his various characters how the ability to laugh can provide the strength to overcome ignorance and racism. The book is republished here as a… Read more about this item

Chicago: The Encyclopedia Britannica, 1976. This handsome, complete 20-volume set is in Fine condition. Most volumes appear to be unread. It also includes an oversized Near-Fine paperback, Introduction. This Introduction volume also contains the Contents of all 20 volumes and an Index of Authors and Sources. The Encyclopedia Britannica published this edition in 1976, just in time for America's Bicentennial… Read more about this item

New York: The Free Press, 1969. This Third Printing oversized soft cover from June, 1969, is in Near Fine condition and does not appear to have been read. This is very minimal edge wear and corner curl (as shown in photo). The book features writing from Frederick Douglass, Charles Waddell Chesnutt, Paul Laurence Dunbar, W.E.B.Dubois, James Weldon Johnson, Claude McKay,… Read more about this item

New York: David McKay, 1969. This First Edition is in Near Fine condition, with a Near Fine, unclipped dust jacket. (Click on photo.) From the dust jacket: "A major novel of the American slave trade that annihilates the myths of black African docility and white humanity on an unfrogettable nightmare voyage that takes the reader into the hearts and… Read more about this item

South Deerfield, MA: Channing L. Bete Co., Inc, 1990. Decribed as a Scriptographic Booklet, this 1990 Edition mainly contains timelines with drawings on various topics related to the African American experience, including Colonization and Slavery, The American Revolution, The Cotton Revolution, Civil War and Reconstruction, The Turn of the Century, WWI and the Twenties, Depression and WWII, The Civil Rights… Read more about this item

Garden City, New York: Doubleday & Company, 1968. Possibly a First Edition, with no later printing history noted, this fascinating study of Black history, as seen through the eyes of both contemporary and period authors, illustrates the roles that African Americans have played in U.S. history from their African roots through slavery, the Civil War, and the Civil Rights Movement.… Read more about this item

New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1998. Book is a first edition, first printing hardcover, signed by Ms. Campbell (signature only, no inscription) on the title page. Book is in As New, unread condition with white cloth spine and boards, and original unclipped dust jacket. The Washington Post Book World has written, "If this is a fair world, Bebe… Read more about this item