African American Interest

A quite scarce overview of the history and work of an extraodrinary group of African American quilt artists from Gee's Bend Alabama, a somewhat ins...

Signed by author. A lovely first printing of this title from the popular urban novelist. Near fine (tiny bump to bottom of boards) in a NF to Fine ...

First printing of this novel from the author of the Essence magazine bestseller Church Folk. Focusing on the struggles of a St. Louis church to fin...

First printing of this examination of the literature of late-colonial/postcolonial Africa. Authors examined include Soyinka, Senghor, Ousmane, Davi...

A novel about the difficulties of a young black girl who is startled by the prejudice she experience when beginning high school. This is a first ed...

Illustrated by Johnson, Avary. Later reprint, ex school-library with usual distractions. Light rubbing/fraying to board ends, boards clean, binding...

McMillan's second novel. This is a first printing, near fine in a VG jacket. Jacket has small tear upper rear corner, some browning to edges of fla...

First edition of this novel from the author of the Color Purple. First printing, NF in a like jacket. Not price clipped, previous owner's name on f...

Solid copy of this novel from the author of Tumbling. Centers around a character who had given up heroin, and the allure the drug can still hold. V...

Dove's fourth volume of poetry, first after winning the Pulitzer. This is a first printing, fine in a very nearly fine jacket (a couple of minor cr...

The story of the 4th man in the Cambridge spy ring. Good reading copy, with no marks or notes internally, and a touch of soil to the bottom edge. S...

Preface by Nadine Gordimer. Edited by Barney Simon. The autobiographical novel of an outcast in a society of outcasts, a black thief in apartheid ...

Third and final volume of Ashe's examination of African American athletes. A little foxing, but overall, a near fine first printing in a fine (but ...

A wonderful collection of spirituals, edited by John Work of Fisk university. Book bound in blue cloth boards, clean and square, with no markings i...

Collection of widely varied pieces of folklore (stories, jokes, etc) from the African American experience. Decent reading copy--some soil to edges,...

Taut little thriller about a man whose car breaks down in the desert. First printing, near fine in a VG+ jacket-- minor wear to corners and tiny te...

Amis's collection of stories of nuclear holocaust--a set of cautionary tales. This is a beautiful copy, fine in a fine jacket. A First printing. Ha...

Illustrated by Davis, Lambert. A nice copy of this tale of Christmas as experienced by an Ohio African American family in 1890. First printing. Boo...