New York: St Martin's, 1992. Hardcover first edition - Writings on Malcolm X, and on the significance of his life, by many contributors. Included are Amiri Baraka, Angela Davis, John Edgar Wideman, Cornel West and others.

New York: Dutton, 1995. dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Award-winning African American writer's powerful first book, the story of a young girl's coming-of-age in Brooklyn during the Vietnam era - a world where sexuality is explored from every angle, where abuse is only whispered about, and where the young men are drafted and return, if they return at all, broken. On the basis of this novel, Woodson was named a regional Granta finalist, and she has gone to receive several other awards, to be nominated for the National Book Award and more. SIGNED on the title page. Although Woodson is best known as an author of books for young adults, this is an adult novel. 113 pp. ISBN: 0-525-937218.

New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1973. dj. Hardcover first edition - A classic novel about what it means to be a black American - sometimes brutally funny, other times starkly real - as he "sets forth his encounters with poverty, drug addiction, prostitution, venereal disease, murder, bureaucratic indifference, race riots, frustrated rage -and a variety of ways of loving." The third and last novel by this writer, whom Ishmael Reed notably described as "Richard Pryor before there was a Richard Pryor. Richard Pryor on paper." 215 pp. ISBN: 0-374-100365.

Cleveland, OH: The Pilgrim Press, (1999.). SIGNED first edition - A beautiful combination of color photography - including vintage photographs - and excerpts from writings and speeches. INSCRIBED on the title page by the editor and dated in the year of publication. Slightly oversized square format, printed on heavy glossy stock, 114 pp. ISBN: 0-829812563.

New York: Harper & Row, (1983.). Originally written in the 1940's and intended as part of Wright's great autobiography "Black Boy" this portion (which tells of his struggles in Chicago, his early days in the Communist party, and his break from them) was severed from the main autobiography before publication. Portions of this section appeared in periodicals, but this posthumous publication in the first printing of the entire book. Includes an afterword by Michael Fabre. 146 pp plus a 1 pp illustration of a page of the original manuscript. ISBN: 0-06-0909919.

New York: Harper & Brothers, 1940. dj. Hardcover - His classic novel, one of the most important African American literary works of the 20th century. Title page in red and black, first edition stated on copyright page, but not a first. Introduction by Dorothy Canfield Fisher. xii, 359 pp.

New York: Harper & Row, (1977.) dj. Hardcover first edition - Originally written in the 1940's and intended as part of Wright's great autobiography "Black Boy" this portion (which tells of his struggles in Chicago, his early days in the Communist party, and his break from them) was severed from the main autobiography before publication. Portions of this section appeared in periodicals, but this posthumous publication in the first printing of the entire book. Includes an afterword by Michael Fabre. 146 pp plus a 1 pp illustration of a page of the original manuscript. ISBN: 0-06-1047687.

New York: Harper & Brothers, 1945. Hardcover - An early printing, possibly a Book of the Month club edition, of this classic novel.

New York: Amistad / Harper Collins, (1993). SIGNED first edition - Includes 20 reviews of Wright's novels and other books and 22 critical essays on his works; the reviewers include Joyce Cary, Max Eastman, Clifton Fadiman, Zora Neale Hurston, Sinclair Lewis, Ralph Ellison, Horace A. Porter, Lionel Trilling, David Bradley and others. Essays by Dan McCall, Claudia C. Tate, Robert Stepto, Herbert Leibowitz, Houston A Baker and more. Preface by Gates. SIGNED by K. A. Appiah on the title page. One of the first six volumes of literary criticism launching the Amistad Literary series, which is devoted to literary fiction and criticism by and about African Americans. Chronology, bibliography and index. xvi, 476 pp. ISBN: 1-567430279.

Iowa City: University of Iowa Press, (1991). A new look at the work of Richard Wright - and especially 'Native Son' - as literary works and not just social polemics. Works cited, index. xvii, 129 pp. ISBN: 0-877453209.

New York: Warner/ Grand Central. (1988) dj. Hardcover - A portrait of this important African American novelist by a friend and fellow writer, one which discusses his political beliefs, and looks at his major works. The first biography of Wright by one of his contemporaries and the first critical biography by another Black scholar and author. Photographs, bibliographical essay, index. xix, 428 pp. ISBN: 0-446710016.

New York: Warner/ Grand Central. (1988) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - A portrait of this important African American novelist by a friend and fellow writer, one which discusses his political beliefs, and looks at his major works. The first biography of Wright by one of his contemporaries and the first critical biography by another Black scholar and author. INSCRIBED and dated by Walker on the title page. Photographs, bibliographical essay, index. xix, 428 pp. ISBN: 0-446710016.

Detroit: Visible Ink Press, (1996.). First edition - Foreword by Michael L. Blakey, preface by W. W. Law. Describes 300 cemeteries in the U.S. and Canada, ranging from the early slave cemeteries to the Sea Islands of South Carolina, Atlanta, Nicodemus, Kansas and Toronto and Los Angeles. Includes a description of the burial practices and stories of the people who founded the cemeteries, as well as a section on genealogy for beginners. An oversized trade paperback, illustrated with many photographs, bibliography, index. 339 pp. ISBN: 0-7876-06510.

New York: Delacorte, (1969) dj. Hardcover first edition - Powerful first novel by this African American writer. Set in a fishing village on Maryland's Eastern Shore in the early 1930s, this novel tells the story of Mariah Upshur, the wife of a poor oysterman, and her struggles to keep her land and family together amidst the harsh realities of rural life. ISBN: 0-935312-676.

Who's Who in California Publishing Co, (lithographed by Wm. Westerfield), 1948. Hardcover first edition - The first and apparently the only edition of this uncommon reference work. Includes biographies of approximately 500 notable California African Americans. Book is divided into seven sections: The Pioneers, The Church and Pulpit, The Professions, Business and Industry, Art and Music, Civic and Social, and In Memorium. Illustrated with many individual and group photographs. Index. Large format. 133 pp.

New York: Reader's International, 1984. First edition - Novel originally published in 1974 by this Angolian writer and revolutionary leader, who was imprisoned by the Portuguese for more than a decade. ISBN: 0-930523-431.

Berkeley: Creative Arts Book Company, 1986. SIGNED - SIGNED on title page. A reprint of a novel originally published in 1976. A new foreword by Young describing the writing of this book 'Prettyman was the first of my characters to install himself on the living room sofa..' 254 pp. ISBN: 0-88739-017x.

New York: Bantam (Delta), 1988. SIGNED first edition - The story of Mamie Franklin, hailed in the 50's for her roles as a black domestic in the movies, and now housekeeper for an eccentric white couple in Beverly Hills. INSCRIBED by Young on the title page and dated in 1988, the year of publication. ISBN: 0-385-299435.

New York: Bantam (Delta), 1988. SIGNED - The story of Mamie Franklin, hailed in the 50's for her roles as a black domestic in the movies, and now housekeeper for an eccentric white couple in Beverly Hills. INSCRIBED by Young on the title page with the words 'from Mamie's secretary' and dated in 1989. ISBN: 0-385-299435.

New York: Holt, Rinehart, 1970. dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The first novel (and second book) by this influential and important African American writer, poet laureate of California, and editor. The coming of age story of a young black man. SIGNED on the title page. 149 pp. ISBN: 0-03-0845351.

Berkeley: Creative Arts Book Company, (1986.). SIGNED - Very warmly INSCRIBED at some length on title page and dated Summer 1994. A reprint of a novel originally published in 1976. A new foreword by Young describing the writing of this book 'Prettyman was the first of my characters to install himself on the living room sofa..' 254 pp. ISBN: 0-88739-017x.

New York: Bantam (Delta), (1988). SIGNED first edition - The story of Mamie Franklin, hailed in the 50's for her roles as a black domestic in the movies, and now housekeeper for an eccentric white couple in Beverly Hills. 338 pp. ISBN: 0-385-299435.

New York: Bantam (Delta), (1988). SIGNED - The story of Mamie Franklin, hailed in the 50s for her roles as a black domestic in the movies, and now housekeeper for an eccentric white couple in Beverly Hills. 338 pp. ISBN: 0-385-299435.

Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, (1993.). SIGNED - Second novel by this important African American writer and poet, originally published in 1995. SIGNED on the title page. A New York Time Notable book. A title in the California Fiction series. 280 pp. Cover painting by Steven Henriques. ISBN: 0-520-207122.

New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, (1976.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - His third novel, set in San Francisco, the story of Sidney Prettyman aka Sitting Pretty or just plain Sit, ladies' man, ne'er do well, ex-husband, father. SIGNED on the title page. 254 pp. Dust jacket by Paul Bacon. ISBN: 0-03-0152666.

New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, (1976.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - His third novel, set in San Francisco, the story of Sidney Prettyman aka Sitting Pretty or just plain Sit, ladies' man, ne'er do well, ex-husband, father. SIGNED on the title page. 254 pp. Dust jacket by Paul Bacon. ISBN: 0-03-0152666.

New York: McGraw Hill, (1980) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The fourth novel by this African American writer and poet. SIGNED on title page. 294 pp. ISBN: 0-07-0723605.

New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, (1976.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - His third novel, set in San Francisco, the story of Sidney Prettyman aka Sitting Pretty or just plain Sit, ladies' man, ne'er do well, ex-husband, father. SIGNED on the title page and warmly INSCRIBED on the front endpaper "For - with nothing but warm regards and affection. Al, January 1978." 254 pp. Dust jacket by Paul Bacon. ISBN: 0-03-0152666.