New York: Signet, (c. 1965.). Classic autobiography of growing up poor and Black in Harlem. 429 pp. ISBN: 0-451-126459.

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.

New York: Ballantine, (1995) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Author's second novel (third book) one which follows the lives of four generations of African-American women from the end of the Civil War to the early 21st century as it explores the hidden effects of slavery. INSCRIBED on the front endpaper, and uncommon thus. Review copy with publisher's material laid in. 290 pp. ISBN: 0-345378571.

Charlottesville, VA: University Press of Virginia, (1994.). Originally published in 1985, this remains the most important study of the life and legacy of Sterling A. Brown, an African-American poet and scholar whose literary work presaged future generations of black authors and scholars. Leopold Senghor called him "an original militant of Negritude, a precursor of our movement" and in their foreword, John W. Blassingame and Henry Gates, Jr, describe his book of poetry "Southern Road" as the book which ended the Harlem Renaissance and moved black writing into the modernist lyrical mode. Notes, bibliography, index. xii, 245 pp. ISBN: 0-8139-15317.

New York: Grove Press, (1968). First edition - A book of aphorisms which take on the stereotypes of what being Black in the US is like. Published at the height of the civil rights movement, perhaps the saddest thing about this book is how much is still true now, fifty years later. " Black is being accused of causing trouble but always winding up as the casualties . .. Black is when folks say you've got to earn the rights the Constitution guaranteed you already had" and more. Each is printed in white lettering on black paper with an illustration by Ann Weisman on the facing page. Unpaginated.

New York: Cane Hill Press, (1994.). First edition - The author's second novel (he has also written screenplays, edited anthologies) - from the back cover: 'The story of Jim Crow, a remarkable black dancer, born in slavery, who performs in minstrel shows, South & North, during the furious times of pre- & post-Civil War America. His experiences, onstage and off, are a mix of applause with mob violence, of love & loss, played against the grim laughter of a black nation within a nation finding its way to an ever-elusive promised freedom. Touching, harrowing, inspiring, this is a unique novel of pride and courage. Cover praise from Russell Banks, among others - he called this 'a scary book, and mordantly funny, too'. 224 pp. ISBN: 0-943433-118.

London: Louisiana State University Press, (1992.). Study of post-reconstruction and turn-of-the century black writing, with an emphasis on how race, racism and their consciousness of race, affected their writing - including not only the prominent and well-known writers like Laurence Dunbar, James Weldon Johnson, Frances Ellen Watkins Harper, and Charles Chesnutt, but also such less known and minor writers like Daniel Webster Davis, Sutton Griggs, Ruth Todd and others. Photographs. 272 pp. with index. ISBN: 0-8071-18060.

New York: Hill & Wang, (1973.) dj. Hardcover first edition - "Collected poems of South African jail and exile" by this exiled political activist and sportsman, jwho was jailed for his activities there, and whose books were banned in South Africa for over 20 years. 176 pp. Dust jacket design by Judith Turner. ISBN: 0-435-90115X.

Santa Fe, New Mexico: Pennywhistle Press, 1993. SIGNED first edition - A Pennywhistle chapbooks. A colllection of poems, many political and very moving, by this writer and activist who has been called the 'singing voice of the South African Liberation Movement.' With an Introduction by Lamont B. Steptoe. INSCRIBED on the title page, and dated in the year of publication. 32 pp. ISBN: 0-938631-098.

New York: St. Martin's Press 2004. First edition - First time author Kalisha Buckhanon turns "street life into poetry as she chronicles the lives of two young lovers torn apart by tragedy A coming to age story with a message of undeniable hope. Written in letter format. 247 pp.

New York: St Martin's, (2016) dj. Hardcover first edition - The third novel by this award winning African American writer, a coming of age story which focuses on Solemn Redvine, as well as life in the small Mississippi town of Bledsoe. "Solemn's life changes when a baby who could be her half-sibling is born to her neighbor Pearletta Hassle, and she sees Pearletta's husband throw the baby into a well. The plot becomes more complicated when Pearletta disappears and Earl Redvine, Solemn's father, commits a robbery, landing Solemn in a group home. . . This standout novel is anchored by its vulnerable and brave heroine." (Publisher's Weekly) 296 pp. ISBN: 978-1250091598.

New York & Boston: Little Brown, (2013). SIGNED first edition - First novel by this young author who was born in Zimbabwe, a story of the resillience of children and of displacement and arrival in a new country - winner of the Los Angeles Times award for First Fiction and short-listed for the Man-Booker. SIGNED on the title page. 280 pp plus a 2 pp conversation with author Justin Torres.

New York: Harper & Row, (1973.) dj. Hardcover first edition - The first novel by this noted African American playwright - the story of a young man, a strong tough black from his early days in Philadelphia, to his aunt's farm in Maryland, a hitch in the Navy, and college in California - described as a "fierce, strong chronicling of a man's beginnings and of his growth, of his education in the ways of the world and the ways of the opposite sex" Very striking dust jacket cover art by Ademola Olugebefola. 166 p. ISBN: 0-060105798.

Charlottesville: University Press of Virginia 1967. dj. Hardcover first edition - Includes appendices, index, bibliography.

New York: Dutton, 1995. dj. Hardcover - Against the backdrop of World War II Bunkley creates another romantic saga that brings to life a fascinating chapter in African-American history.

Boston: Little Brown, (1996.) dj. Hardcover first edition - First novel by this actress and writer who was born in Ghana. Set in New York City, the Caribbean and Africa, this is the story of a man who writes best-selling children's books under the title 'Beento Blackbird.'. ISBN: 0-316-114952.

Boston: Little Brown, (1996.). First edition - First novel by this actress and writer who was born in Ghana. Set in New York City, the Caribbean and Africa, this is the story of a man who writes best-selling children's books under the title 'Beento Blackbird.' 365 pp.

New York: Kensington, 1998. First edition - A title in the Arabesque Series - African American romance novel. ISBN: 0-786005130.

Chicago: University of Illinois Press, 1988. dj. Hardcover first edition - A study which traces the impact of African and African American oral storytelling techniques on black fiction, through an analysis of the works of Jean Toomer, Zora Neale Hurston, Ralph Ellison, Ernest Gaines and others. Index. 280 pages. ISBN: 0-252-014596.

Chicago: University of Illinois Press, 1988. dj. Hardcover first edition - A study which traces the impact of African and African American oral storytelling techniques on black fiction, through an analysis of the works of Jean Toomer, Zora Neale Hurston, Ralph Ellison, Ernest Gaines and others. Index. 280 pages. ISBN: 0-252-014596.

New York: Putnam, 1994. African-American writer's best selling novel, set in Los Angeles after the Rodney King riots, addressing racial loyalties and sexual harrassment. SIGNED on the title page.

New York: Putnam, (1989.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - African American writer's highly praised second book, a memoir - precedes her novels. INSCRIBED on half title page "To - - Best wishes for success and joy! Sincerely" and dated in the year of publication. 212 pp. ISBN: 0-399-134158.

New York: Ballantine, 1993. SIGNED - Her powerful and highly praised first novel, set in a small town in the South right after the start of the civil rights movement. SIGNED on title page. ISBN: 0-345-383958.

New York: Putnam, 1989. dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - African American writer's highly praised second book, a memoir - precedes her novels. SIGNED on the title page. Cover comments from Maya Angelou, Bill Cosby, Paule Marshall (who called it a 'a deeply moving autobiography of a woman-child coming of age...a loving and unforgettable reminiscence.') 272 pp. ISBN: 0-399-134158.

New York: Putnam, 1994. SIGNED first edition - Set in Los Angeles after the Rodney King riots, addressing racial loyalties and sexual harrassment. SIGNED on the title page by the author. Much less common than the hardcover first edition, which had a proposed first printing of 100,000 copies according to the cover of this book.

New York: Putnam, 1998. dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - SIGNED by the author twice by the author - both on a blank preliminary page and on the title page. ISBN: 0-399-142983.

New York: Putnam, 1994. dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - SIGNED on title page by the author. Set in Los Angeles after the Rodney King riots, addressing racial loyalties and sexual harrassment. ISBN: 0-399-13929x.

New York: Putnam, 1994. dj. Hardcover first edition - Set in Los Angeles after the Rodney King riots, addressing racial loyalties and sexual harrassment. ISBN: 0-399-13929x.

New York: Ballantine, 1990. SIGNED - African American writer's highly praised second book, a memoir - precedes her novels. SIGNED on the title page by the author. ISBN: 0-345-366948.

New York: Putnam, 1989. dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - African American writer's highly praised second book, a memoir - precedes her novels. 212 pp. ISBN: 0-399-134158.