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    A Hard Road to Glory: A History of the African-American Athlete, 1919-1945.

    Ashe, Arthur

    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 ...

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    American Negro Songs and Spirituals : 230 Songs, Spirituals, Blues, Work & Social Songs, Hollers and Jubilees

    Work, John W., Ed

    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...

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    Gee's Bend: The Women and Their Quilts

    Beardsley, John; Arnett, William; Arnett, Paul; Livingston, Jane

    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...

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    Single Mom

    Tyree, Omar

    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 ...

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    Second Sunday

    Bowen, Michele Andrea

    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...

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    Whispers from a Continent: The Literature of Contemporary Black Africa.

    Cartey, Wilfred

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

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    Julie's Heritage

    Marshall, Catherine

    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...

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    Black Fire: A Story of Henri Christophe

    Newcomb, Covelle

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

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    Disappearing Acts

    McMillan, Terry

    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...

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    Possessing the Secret of Joy

    Walker, Alice

    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...

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    Blues Dancing

    McKinney-Whetstone, Diane

    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...

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    Grace Notes : Poems

    Dove, Rita

    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...

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    Conspiracy of Silence- The Secret Life of Anthony Blunt

    Freeman, Simon

    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...

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    Familiarity In the Kingdom of the Lost

    Boetie, Dugmore

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

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    A Hard Road to Glory

    Ashe, Arthur

    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 ...

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    American Negro Songs and Spirituals : 230 Songs, Spirituals, Blues, Work & Social Songs, Hollers and Jubilees

    Work, John W., Ed

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    Shuckin' and Jivin': Folklore from Contemporary Black Americans

    Dance, Daryl C.

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

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    Stray Dogs

    Ridley, John

    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...

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    Einstein's Monsters

    Amis, Martin

    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...

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    The Bells of Christmas

    Hamilton, Virginia

    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...

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