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DELILAH LEONTIUM BEASLEY: OAKLAND'S CRUSADING JOURNALIST.
Edition: First printing, a trade paperback original.
El Cerrito, CA: Downey Place Publishing House, 1990. Uncommon study of this Black journalist and writer. Beasley was the first to produce a history of Black Californians and she was, for almost two decades, a featured columnist with Oakland Tribune. Illustrated with photographs. Footnotes, index. vii, 66 pp. ISBN: 0-910823030.
Condition: Near fine in glossy illustrated wrappers (prev owner's name inside front cover).
Book ID: 85877More details Price: $35.00 -
GOSPEL CHOIRS: Psalms of Survival in an Alien Land Called Home
Edition: First printing.
New York: Basic Books (HarperCollins), 1996. dj. Hardcover first edition - Review copy with publisher's material laid in.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 9160More details Price: $25.00 -
BLACK FAMILIES IN WHITE AMERICA.
Edition: 2nd printing.
Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall, (1968) dj. Hardcover - From the foreword: "The Negro family can be best understood when viewed as a varied and complex institution within the Negro community, which is in turn highly interdependent with their institutions in the wider white society." Index, v, 218 pp.
Condition: Ex-library with the usual markings, and missing the front endpaper, but otherwise tight and clean in a very good dust jacket (price-clipped, remnants of spine label.)
Book ID: 52929More details Price: $12.50 -
A TASTE OF POWER: A Black Woman's Story
Edition: 4th printing.
New York: Pantheon, 1992. dj. SIGNED hardcover - Autobiography of the woman who took over leadership of the Black Panther Party in 1974 when Huey Newton fled the country. A vivid story of the period, of one woman's struggles to survive and to define herself, and of the conflict between black men and women. SIGNED on the title page. Photographs. 452 pp. ISBN: 0-679-419446.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 63613More details Price: $70.00 -
ELDRIDGE CLEAVER: Post Prison Writings and Speeches.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Random House, 1969. dj. Hardcover first edition - Edited and with an introduction by Robert Scheer. Includes the Playboy Interview, an open letter to Ronald Reagan, a letter describing Cleaver's first encounter with the Black Panthers, essays on Stokeley Carmichael, the death of Martin Luther King and more. 211 pp
Condition: Ex-library with the usual markings, but overall tight and clean in a near fine dj.
Book ID: 26638More details Price: $15.00 -
WILL YOU DIE WITH ME? My Life and the Black Panther Party.
Edition: 2nd printing.
New York: Atria Books, (2006.) dj. SIGNED hardcover - An inside account of the Black Panther party by one of the organization's central committee members, and a personal account of a young man, angered by the racism he saw everywhere in his native San Diego, who became a revolutionary and an activist. SIGNED on the title page by Elaine Brown, who wrote the foreword. Brown became Chairman of the Black Panthers in 1974. the first woman to hold such a position, and she remains an activist. Photographs. Chronology, index.xi, 302 pp. ISBN: 0-7434-82662.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket (a new copy.)
Book ID: 48896More details Price: $35.00 -
BITTER GRAIN: Huey Newton and the Black Panther Party.
Edition: Paperback original - first printing.
Los Angeles: Holloway House, (1991.). First edition - "The True and Uncensored Story of the Life and Death of the Black Panther Party." Many black and white photographs. Epilogue by Ray Locke. Index. 240 pp. ISBN: 0-87067-7519.
Condition: Good overall - some wear to the covers, light crease on spine.
Book ID: 72217More details Price: $20.00 -
CIVIL RIGHTS AND THE AMERICAN NEGRO: A Documentary History.
Edition: First edition.
New York: Trident Press, 1968.. dj. Hardcover first edition - Includes over 100 documents covering more than 3 centuries, from slavery through the modern fight for civil rights. Among the documents are the Massachusetts Body of Liberites, early protests of the Germantown Mennonites, the constitution of Alabama, the Fugitive Slave Act, Nat Turner's 'confession' , writings by W. E. B. DuBois, Stokely Carmicheal and Martin Luther King, the Gavagan Antilynching bill and much more. 671 pages, including index.
Condition: Ex-library with the usual markings, but overall tight and clean in a near fine dj.
Book ID: 21475More details Price: $22.00 -
THEY SEEK A CITY.
Edition: First printing.
Garden City, New York: Doubleday, Doran & Co., Inc., 1945. dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The story of African American migration within the United States, from the Underground Railroad in pre-civil war days, to the years following the Emancipation when newly freed slaves headed north and west, and during World War I when there was a labor shortage in the factories of the North and continuing up until the time this book was written. SIGNED on the front endpaper by both authors and inscribed by Conroy ' For my friend Gloria Freidman with the best of wishes" and dated 10/12/45 and underneath this appears 'and also those of' and the signature of Bontemps. References, index. 266 pp.
Condition: Very good+ in a fair only copy of the uncommon dustjacket (loss of approx 1 inch at upper corner of dj at fold, some loss of paper ranging from 1/4 inch to 1 inch at top of spine, and affecting the 'y' in 'they', rubbing, general edgewear) . An inexpensively produced book due to wartime restrictions, and uncommon in dj and especially so signed by both authors.
Book ID: 20096More details Price: $375.00 -
CAVALCADE OF THE AMERICAN NEGRO.
Edition: First printing in wrappers.
Chicago: Diamond Jubilee Exposition Authority, 1940. First edition - A product of the Depression WPA, this short work (90 pp.) is the partial compilation of information collected for the American Negro Exposition. Contributors include Fenton Johnson, Henry Bacon and others. Frontispiece by Adrian Troy. Printed on gray antique offset paper made specially for this book. Neither Bontemps nor the writers whose work is included are credited.
Condition: Very near fine in illustrated printed wrappers.
Book ID: 5517More details Price: $75.00 -
PARTING THE WATERS, AMERICA IN THE KING YEARS 1954-63.
Edition: Book of the Month Club edition.
New York: Simon & Schuster, 1988. dj. Hardcover - The comprehensive guide to the early years of the civil rights movement., meticulously researched. Winner of the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Critics Circle Award. Notes, index. 1064 pp plus photographic plates. ISBN: 0-671-460978.
Condition: Near fine in a very good dustjacket (minor edgewear to dj). A massive book with many pages of photographs.
Book ID: 44036More details Price: $14.00 -
PILLAR OF FIRE: AMERICA IN THE KING YEARS 1963-65.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Simon & Schuster, (1998.) dj. Hardcover first edition - A continuation of Branch's Pulitzer Prize-winning history, 'Parting the Waters.' The second volume in his monumental and definitive trilogy on the history of America during the Martin Luther King era and the Civil Rights revolution. Covers the end of segregation, the jailing of King, and rifts in the non-violent movement; among the leaders during this era were Malcolm X, Diane Nash, Abraham Heschel, Robert Moses, Fannie Lou Hamer and others. Photographs, extensive notes, index. 746 pp. ISBN: 0-684-808196.
Condition: Near fine in very good dust jacket.
Book ID: 73405More details Price: $25.00 -
PARTING THE WATERS, AMERICA IN THE KING YEARS 1954-63.
Edition: 3rd printing.
New York: Simon & Schuster, (1988.) dj. SIGNED hardcover - A comprehensive guide to the early years of the civil rights movement, meticulously researched. SIGNED on the title page, and uncommon thus. Winner of the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Critics Circle Award. Notes, index. 1064 pp plus photographic plates. ISBN: 0-671-460978.
Condition: Very good in a near fine dust jacket. A massive book (over 1000 pgs) with many pages of photographs.
Book ID: 37151More details Price: $60.00 -
PILLAR OF FIRE: AMERICA IN THE KING YEARS 1963-65.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Simon & Schuster, (1998.) dj. Hardcover first edition - A continuation of Branch's Pulitzer Prize-winning history, 'Parting the Waters.' The second volume in his monumental and definitive trilogy on the history of America during the Martin Luther King era and the Civil Rights revolution. Covers the end of segregation, the jailing of King, and rifts in the non-violent movement; among the leaders during this era were Malcolm X, Diane Nash, Abraham Heschel, Robert Moses, Fannie Lou Hamer and others. Photographs, extensive notes, index. 746 pp. ISBN: 0-684-808196.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 62275More details Price: $30.00 -
PILLAR OF FIRE: AMERICA IN THE KING YEARS 1963-65.
Edition: Full size book club edition.
New York: Simon & Schuster, (1998.) dj. Hardcover - A continuation of Branch's Pulitzer Prize-winning history, 'Parting the Waters.' The second volume in his monumental and definitive trilogy on the history of America during the Martin Luther King era and the Civil Rights revolution. Covers the end of segregation, the jailing of King, and rifts in the non-violent movement; among the leaders during this era were Malcolm X, Diane Nash, Abraham Heschel, Robert Moses, Fannie Lou Hamer and others. Photographs, extensive notes, index. 746 pp. ISBN: 0-684-808196.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 60349More details Price: $20.00 -
A SOCIAL HISTORY OF THE AMERICAN NEGRO.
Edition: First thus- a trade paperback.
New York: Collier Books, 1970. A classic account of the African American heritage from pre-colonial exploration through World War I, originally published in 1921. Includes a new introduction by C. Eric Lincoln. Select bibliography, index. 420 pages.
Condition: Very good+ (crease to corner of front cover.)
Book ID: 21831More details Price: $10.00 -
UNAFRAID OF THE DARK: A Memoir.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Random House, (1998) dj. Hardcover first edition - In this book, Bray uses her personal history to "defend America's much-maligned welfare system. A smart black girl from the Chicago slums didn't have much chance of going to Yale or becoming an editor at the New York Times Book Review before Aid to Families with Dependent Children helped Rosemary's selfless mother make ends meet and keep Rosemary in school. Bray's account of her progress is both inspiring and despairing, as she criticizes the welfare 'reforms' that closed to others doors that were opened for her." Praise from Alice Walker, James McBride and others. xvii, 282 pp. ISBN: 0-679425551.
Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket.
Book ID: 83365More details Price: $17.50 -
THE NEGRO REVOLUTION IN AMERICA.
Edition: Later printing.
New York: Simon & Schuster, 1963. dj. Hardcover - A study based on a nationwide survey by Newsweek Magazine, which attempts to answer the questions what Negroes want, why and how they are fighting, whom they support, and what whites think of them and their demands. Index. 249 pages.
Condition: Ex-library with the usual markings, but overall tight and clean in a very good dj (some damage to the flaps of the dj where they were pasted onto the endpapers.)
Book ID: 19603More details Price: $12.50 -
THE NEGRO REVOLUTION IN AMERICA.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Simon & Schuster, 1963. dj. Hardcover - A study based on a nationwide survey by Newsweek Magazine, which attempts to answer the questions what Negroes want, why and how they are fighting, whom they support, and what whites think of them and their demands. Index. 249 pages.
Condition: Near fine in very good dust jacket (price-clipped.) Reprinted many times, this is rather uncommon in the first printing in collectable condition.
Book ID: 24513More details Price: $30.00 -
BLACK AND WHITE: A Study of US Racial Attitudes Today.
Edition: 1st trade paperback printing.
New York: Simon & Schuster, (1970). A study based on a nationwide survey by Newsweek Magazine, one which the results posted in the author's 1963 book 'The Negro Revolution in America.' This looks at the internal dissension within the Civil Rights movement, the rising white backlash and how much progress has been made and how much still needs to be made - questions we are still debating 50 years later. Includes the questionnaires used in the polling as well as detailed results. Index. 285 pages.
Condition: Very good overall - small area blacked over on first page and bottom edge of textblock
Book ID: 80403More details Price: $12.50 -
A LIFE OF GWENDOLYN BROOKS.
Edition: First printing, a trade paperback, issued simultaneously with hardcover.
Lexington, KY: University Press of Kentucky, 1990. BrooksÕ development as a poet from childhood to 1978. Written by Kent, a literature professor who spent over 10 years interviewing Brooks and her family. Published after KentÕs death with an afterword by D.H. Melham outlining BrooksÕ career to 1988. 264pp plus notes, index. ISBN: 0-8131-08276.
Condition: Fine in glossy illustrated wrappers.
Book ID: 23838More details Price: $14.00 -
AFRICAN-AMERICAN HOLIDAY TRADITIONS: Celebrating With Passion, Style, and Grace.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Kensington, (2000). SIGNED hardcover first edition - Covers Christmas, Kwanzaa, Ramadan, New Year's, Mardi Gras as well as birthdays and family get-togethers, with contributions of memories or recipes from more than 50 African-American women, including Myrna Williams, Patricia Russell McCloud, Mrs. Denzel Washington, Myrlie Evers-Williams, Synthia Saint James and many others. SIGNED on the title page. Illustrated with both full color and black and white photographs. List of resources, bibliography and index. Square format. 244 pp. ISBN: 1-55972532X.
Condition: Fine in a fine dust jacket (as new.)
Book ID: 71884More details Price: $30.00 -
MANCHILD IN THE PROMISED LAND.
Edition: 4th printing.
New York: Macmillan, (1965.) dj. Hardcover - Although this autobiography of growing up poor and Black in Harlem is now a classic at the time it was written, when Brown was still a young writer, just barely out of Harlem, it was a revolutionary and enlightening book. His goal was to "talk about the first Northern urban generation of Negroes... to talk about the experience of a misplaced generation, of a misplaced people in an extremely complex, confused society." . 415 pp.
Condition: Ex-library with markings and reading wear, but in a dustjacket with tape repairs to the end of the spine of the dj, price-clipped, etc. Despite the flaws, a sturdy and good reading copy.
Book ID: 37354More details Price: $14.50 -
THE CHILDREN OF HAM.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Stein & Day, (1976.) dj. Hardcover first edition - The story of a group of teenagers who have been squatting for two years in an abandoned tenement in Harlem. A moving picture of some of the forgotten members of our society, including their battles with the drug addicts who infest the neighborhood, by the author of the acclaimed 'Manchild in the Promised Land.' His second book. 224 pp. In a first issue dust jacket. ISBN: 0-8012-18377.
Condition: Near fine in a good dust jacket (corners slightly bumped, dj has some short tears, minor edgewear, price of 10.00 still present)
Book ID: 51232More details Price: $18.00 -
MANCHILD IN THE PROMISED LAND.
Edition: Paperback.
New York: Signet, (c. 1965.). Classic autobiography of growing up poor and Black in Harlem. 429 pp. ISBN: 0-451-126459.
Condition: Very good (stamp to edge of textblock.)
Book ID: 48231More details Price: $10.00 -
THE NEGRO IN VIRGINIA POLITICS, 1902-1965
Edition: First printing.
Charlottesville: University Press of Virginia 1967. dj. Hardcover first edition - Includes appendices, index, bibliography.
Condition: Ex-library, but overall near fine with almost no markings/no dj as issued.
Book ID: 5136More details Price: $25.00 -
AN AMERICAN ODYSSEY: The Life and Work of Romare Bearden
Edition: 2nd printing.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 89038More details Price: $24.50 -
SILENT VOICES: The Southern Negro Woman Today.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Delacorte, (1969) dj. Hardcover first edition - Based on interviews with many wormen in the South - workers on Delta plantations, college students, domestic servants, housewifes, nurses and more. 273 pp
Condition: Near fine in a near fine dustjacket (prev owner's name, price-clipped.)
Book ID: 14914More details Price: $20.00 -
SILENT VOICES: The Southern Negro Woman Today.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Delacorte, (1969) dj. Hardcover first edition - Based on interviews with many wormen in the South - workers on Delta plantations, college students, domestic servants, housewifes, nurses and more. 273 pp
Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket (small bookstore stamp)
Book ID: 64678More details Price: $25.00 -
SCOTTSBORO: A Tragedy of the American South.
Edition: Trade paperback. Revised and updated edition,
Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, (1979.). An account of this 1930s case and the issues it raised - radicalism, racism, and operation of the Southern court system- as well as what it meant to nine black young men whose lives were changed forever by one morning's ride on an Alabama freight train. Photographs, index. xii, 479 pp. ISBN: 0-8071-04981.
Condition: Good overall - a sturdy copy, but underlining on several pages.
Book ID: 57930More details Price: $10.00