Search Results: African-American History and Culture from Arroyo Seco Books

First Edition Library. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 536 Pp. Black And Light Blue Cloth Stamped In Orange. A Facsimile Of The First Edition. Fine In Fine Dust Jacket ( No Fading) And Slipcase. With The Publisher's Explanatory Card Laid In Loosely.

Dijon France: Society Of African Culture / Presence Africaine, 1958. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Fair. 418 Pp. + Ads At Rear. Lacking Front Cover. Some Wear, Pencil Emphasis Marks, Small Chip In Upper Margin Of One Leaf. Biographies Of The Contributors At Front.

Reading, Ma: Addison-Wesley, 1993. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Xix,284 Pp. Black Cloth, Black Boards, Violet Endpapers. Stated As First Printing. Fine In Fine Dust Jacket. Inscribed By Author To Linda West.

Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1941. First Penguin Edition, First Printing . Printed Wrappers. Near Fine Book/No Dust Jacket. First Penguin edition, first printing, 1941, #314. From the collection of Ian Ballantine, who was the American representative of Penguin Books prior to his founding of Ballantine Books in 1952. Each book from the Ballantine collection comes with a loose card indicating it is from the library of Ian and Betty Ballantine. Book is near fine, touch of wear, no fading.

New York: Harper & Row, 1977. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 147 Pp. Blue Cloth Stamped In Silver. Fine In Fine Price-Clipped Dust Jacket, No Wear Or Marks.

New York City Ny: Thomas Y. Crowell, 1944. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Good. Xv, 747 Pp. Blue Cloth, Gilt. First Printing, 1944. Scarce Comprehensive Dictionary; The Author Was Assistant Editor Of Webster's New International Dictionary, Second Edition. Wear, Small Frays, Hinges Solid, No Marks. Most Copies Went To Libraries, Only Two Printings To Our Knowledge, Unmarked Copies Such As This One Are Quite Scarce.

New York City, Ny: Alfred A. Knopf, 1928. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Good. Xiv, 92 Pp. Black Cloth Spine, Orange And White Boards. First Printing, With 1928 Date On Title Page, No Additional Printing Noted. Spine Lettering Almost Completely Worn Away, Very Faintly Identifiable. Ends Of Spine Beginning To Fray. Hinges Tight, No Mark Or Stains.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1930. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine. Xxiv, 128, Xxv-Xlviii. Wear, Fraying At Free Edges, Light Creasing To Covers, Small Store Label On Front Cover. Carter's Article Shows How Far American Intellectual Thought Has Been Divorced From Reality: "The Fundamental Question Is Not Speculation, But Whether Banks Should Obtain Their Profits Through Service To The Community Or Through Power Over The Community." Voters All Over The World Look At Such Elitist Concern For The Fine Points Of Ethical Dilemmas, And A Complete Inability To Deal With The Realities Of Human Conduct, Institutions, Governments, And Natural Forces, And Increasingly Choose Absolutism Over Democracy, As Democracy Has Proven Itself Incompetent, So How Bad Could The Alternative Be, Especially That The Alternatives Cater To Their Pet Concerns?

New York: Newmarket Press, 1997. First Edition . White Cloth. Fine/Fine. 9 1/4 " High x 12 1/4. 64 Pages, First Edition, Fine In Fine Dust Jacket. Dj Without Visible Defects And In A Protective Mylar Cover. One Of 500 Copies. International Postage At Cost [$48 Most Countries, $28 Canada].

Boston: Little, Brown, And Company, 1942. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Xi289 Pp. Beige Cloth Stamped In Brown. First Edition Stated. Slight Usage, No Marks, Light Soiling To Covers, Contents Very Clean.

New York: Lancer, 1962. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Soft cover. Near Fine. 160 Pp. First Printing, A Paperback Original. Fine, No Wear Or Creases Or Stains, But Covers And Paper With Some Even Browning, And A Single Triangular 1/2" X 1/8" Area At Lower Left Corner Of Front Cover Where The Surface Paper Has Peeled Or Chipped Away.

New York: Faber & Faber, 2004. First Edition . Cloth/Boards. Fine Book/Fine Dustjacket. Photographs. 430 pp. Near new. [We also have listed on abe the Playbills for Lee's appearances in "Native Son" in NY and Chicago, and "On Whitman Avenue" at the Schubert-Lafayette in Detroit.]

San Bernardino: Dorothy Inghram, 1983. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Soft cover. Near Fine. 142 Pp. Blue Wrappers Printed In Black. Stated First Edition. Family History Of An African-American Family In San Bernardino, California. Signed By The Author On The Title Page.

Cleveland And New York: The World Publishing Company, 1966. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Photographs; With Ticket Stub From The Karamu Theatre. Vii, 216 Pp. Beige Cloth Stamped In Black And Gilt. First Printing Stated, 1966. Book Near Fine, Gilt Brilliant, Immaculate But Some Very Faint Water Marks In Center Of Fore Edge Of Text Block. Dust Jacket Price Clipped, Light Wear, Damp Spotting To Spine Panel. No Marks, But From The Library Of Russell Jelliffe And Rowena Woodham-Jelliffe (1892- 1992). With A Ticket Stub From The Karamu Theatre Circa 1930/ , Priced $1.20. Rowena Woodham-Jelliffe Became A Pioneer In The Field Of Interracial Theater As An Outgrowth Of Her Career As A Social Worker And Co-Founder Of Karamu House. Born And Raised In New Albion, Ill., She Came To Ohio In 1910 To Enter Oberlin College, Where She Served As President Of The Oberlin Women's Suffrage League And Met Her Future Husband, Russell W. Jelliffe. After A Year Spent Jointly As Graduate… Read More

New York Ny: Alfre A. Knopf, 1940. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 335 Pp. Green Cloth Stamped In Red. First Edition Stated. Wear And Browning, Spine Darkened And Frayed, Tiny Frays At Two Upper Tips, Browning To Edges And Endpapers. No Marks, Hinges Solid.

New York: Hippocrene Books [1993], 1992. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Near Fine. 282 Pp. Printed Proofed Pages Dated 7/30/1992, Blue Printed Wrappers, With Hippocrene Trade Bulletin Advertising Publication In October [1992], Hand Corrected To February 92 [Actually Published February 1993 As Shown By Handwritten Publication Date On Cover]. This Advance Printing Without The Photos, Maps And Drawings In The Trade Publication Of 1993.

Denton: University of North Texas Press, 1991. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Fine. 242 Pp. Black Cloth Lettered In Silver. First Edition Stated, 1991. As New In As New Dust Jacket, In A Dust Jacket Protector Since 1991. A Few Tiny Foxing Spots On Top Edge Of Page Block.

W W Norton & Co Inc, 1996. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Photographs. 335 Pp. Black Cloth Spine, Blue Boards, Stamped In Silver. First Printing Indicated. Fine In Fine Dust Jacket Priced $29.95

New York: Harcourt, Brace & World, Inc., 1970. First Edition [stated] . Cloth. Fine Book/Near Fine DJ. Photographs. 181 pp. DJ with slight wear at corners.

New York : Dodd Mead, 1975. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good + Jacket. Xix. 298 Pp. Red Cloth, Spine Lettered In Silver. First Printing. Fine In Lightly Used Price-Clipped Dust Jacket.