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A Hard Road to Glory: A History of the African-American Athlete, 1919-1945.
Ashe, ArthurThird 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., EdA 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, JaneA 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, OmarSigned 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 AndreaFirst 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, WilfredFirst 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, CatherineA 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, CovelleIllustrated 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, TerryMcMillan'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, AliceFirst 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, DianeSolid 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, RitaDove'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, SimonThe 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, DugmorePreface 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, ArthurThird 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., EdA 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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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, JohnTaut 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, MartinAmis'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, VirginiaIllustrated 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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