New York: Civitas / Basic Books, (2004). First edition - A collection of essays, some previously unpublished, in which "the notoriously contrarian critic of race-based cultural politics examines the problem of ethnic authenticity in contemporary America. Writing in a characteristically peeved style, Crouch is perhaps most cogent in an essay entitled 'Most Vote for Literary Segregation, Others Don't,' in which he asserts that contemporary American writers, wary of being labeled politically incorrect, rarely write about life beyond the boundaries of their own race and class." (Publisher's Weekly)" 226 pp.

Normal, IL: Black Ice Books, 1995. First edition - Second novel by the prize-winning author of "Straight Outta Compton." Darius James described this as "urban folktale told to the syncopated rhythms of black-vaudeville patter. Cruz has got his hip-hop chops; but, behind him, you can hear Charlie Mingus plucking on an upright bass."

Chapel Hill, NC: Algonquin, 1995. Subtitled "a true story from the front lines of the Civil Rights struggle," this is the story of the Carter family of Sunflower County Mississippi. When offered the "freedom of choice" Mae Bertha and Matthew Carter enrolled their seven school-age children in the formerly all-white schools - this is the story of what happened to them after that. Introduction by Marian Wright Edelman. Publisher's material laid in. Also accompanying this proof is a printed prepublication excerpt in glossy illustrated wrappers of Edelman's introduction.

New York: Pocket Books, 1998. dj. Hardcover first edition - First novel, a medical thriller set in Berkeley, California, by this African American author who is herself a medical doctor practicing in Berkeley. ISBN: 0-671-015133.

New York: Ecco Press, 1997. dj. Hardcover first edition - Novel set aboard a slave ship in 1781, inspired by a true story. 230 pp. ISBN: 0-88001-623x.

New York: Ecco Press, 1997. dj. Hardcover first edition - Novel set aboard a slave ship in 1781, inspired by a true story. ISBN: 0-88001-623x.

Madison, WI: University of Wisconsin Press, 1992. dj. Hardcover first edition - Edited, with an introduction, by John Edgar Tidwell. Davis published 4 books of poetry during the Depression and the 40's, and also was the editor for several African American newspapers in the 30's. In 1948 he moved to Hawaii and virtually disappeared from American literary life. Photographs, extensive notes, index.

Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 1990. Hardcover first edition - Leavitt was, in turn, the editor of the New York Evangelist and the Emancipator, the founder of the Liberty and Free Soil parties, a spokesman for the American Anti-Slavery Society executive committee, and a noted Washington lobbyist. Extensive bibliography.

New York: Grove Weidenfeld, (1992) dj. Hardcover first edition - Journalist and poet's first novel - a coming-of-age story set in the South in the year school integration shook the little town of Turner, Virginia. 297 pp. ISBN: 0-8021-12307.

New York: Scribner's, (1996.) dj. Hardcover first edition - The second novel by this African American poet - about "love, art, jealousy, and friendship in a funky, glizty New York demimonde." Cover praise from Randall Kenan (who called it 'a mystery and a revelation...one of the best books to come down the pike in many a year') and Ishmael Reed. Review copy with publisher's material laid in. ISBN: 0-684-812258.

New York: Scribner's, (1996.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The second novel by this African American poet - about "love, art, jealousy, and friendship in a funky, glizty New York demimonde." Cover praise from Randall Kenan (who called it 'a mystery and a revelation...one of the best books to come down the pike in many a year') and Ishmael Reed. SIGNED by the author on the title page and dated in the year of publication. ISBN: 0-684-812258.

New York: Scribner's, 1996. dj. Hardcover first edition - The second novel by this African American poet - about "love, art, jealousy, and friendship in a funky, glizty New York demimonde.". ISBN: 0-684-812258.

New York: Nelson Doubleday, 1978. dj. Hardcover -

Boston: Beatrice Joseph Publishing. (2003). SIGNED hardcover first edition - The author's first novel. "When Terry Weeks receives a message from her manager requesting a 'work with,' she has had enough. Nor more demeaning work as a pharmaceutical sales representative! Without resigning, or even calling, Terry packs her bags and drives out of town. Her only destination is freedom. She travels from Boston to Charlotte, to another world that seemed to be waiting for her." SIGNED on the title page and dated in the year of publication. 375 pp. ISBN: 0-972939202.

New York: St Martin's, 1997. dj. Hardcover first edition - Authors' first book - a novel of friendship and choices that follows the lives of two African American women.

Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 1982. dj. Hardcover first edition - Author's first nove,l set in the Ivory Coast during the early years of this century - winner of the Pegasus Prize for Literature. Translated by Frances Frenaye.

New York: Avon, (1969.). Demby's highly praised first novel, originally published in 1950. New afterword for this edition by Herbert Hill.

New York: Rinehart, (1950.) dj. Hardcover first edition - African American writer's highly praised first novel - set in a small town in West Virginia, where Demby grew up, this is "the story of a white former carnival worker who has lived in self-chosen exile in BeetlecreekÕs black quarter, and of a black Pittsburgh teenager who has been sent to live with relatives in Beetlecreek by his ailing mother Ð both are lost souls looking for acceptance and meaning in their lives, but their tentative friendship leads to tragic consequences for both when the unspoken social code of Beetlecreek is broken" 223 pp. .

New York: Rinehart, (1950.) dj. Hardcover first edition - African American writer's highly praised first novel - set in a small town in West Virginia, where Demby grew up, this is "the story of a white former carnival worker who has lived in self-chosen exile in BeetlecreekÕs black quarter, and of a black Pittsburgh teenager who has been sent to live with relatives in Beetlecreek by his ailing mother Ð both are lost souls looking for acceptance and meaning in their lives, but their tentative friendship leads to tragic consequences for both when the unspoken social code of Beetlecreek is broken" 223 pp. .

New York: Norton, (1997) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - "Realizing that her light skin and 'good hair' conspired to give her a unique, unasked-for perspective on the racial divide in the United States, African American poet Toi Derricotte inscribed her anguish in two decades' worth of journal entries. The Black Notebooks records countless moments when Derricotte was showered with offhand entitlements and racist confidences by whites who assumed she, too, was white" SIGNED on the title page. Nominated for the 1998 PEN/Martha Albrand Award for the Art of the Memoir. 205 pp. . ISBN: 0-393045447.

New York: Norton, (1997) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - "Realizing that her light skin and 'good hair' conspired to give her a unique, unasked-for perspective on the racial divide in the United States, African American poet Toi Derricotte inscribed her anguish in two decades' worth of journal entries. The Black Notebooks records countless moments when Derricotte was showered with offhand entitlements and racist confidences by whites who assumed she, too, was white" SIGNED on the title page. Nominated for the 1998 PEN/Martha Albrand Award for the Art of the Memoir. 205 pp. . ISBN: 0-393045447.

New York: Norton, (1997) dj. Hardcover first edition - "Realizing that her light skin and 'good hair' conspired to give her a unique, unasked-for perspective on the racial divide in the United States, African American poet Toi Derricotte inscribed her anguish in two decades' worth of journal entries. The Black Notebooks records countless moments when Derricotte was showered with offhand entitlements and racist confidences by whites who assumed she, too, was white" Nominated for the 1998 PEN/Martha Albrand Award for the Art of the Memoir. 205 pp. . ISBN: 0-393045447.

New York: Dutton, (2003) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - "A Holiday Novel." The three McBroom sisters have always been there for one another but now they are each dealing with their own problems. SIGNED on the title page. 275 pp. ISBN: 0-525-947760.

New York: Dutton, (2001) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Sixth novel - mostly set in Oakland, California - by this best-selling author, originally from Memphis, but who now lives in Los Angeles. SIGNED and dated on the title page. 314 pp. ISBN: 0-525946039.

Boulder, CO: Fiction Collective, 1990. dj. Hardcover - African American poet's first novel, winner of the 1989 Nilon Excellence in Minority Fiction Award. ISBN: 0-932511-236.

New York: Atheneum, 1963. Hardcover first edition - Book by a US Supreme Court Justice based on the premise that "the modern idea of equality has grown from the seed beds of Lincoln's philosophy." 237 pgs, index.

New York: Pantheon, (1992.). First edition - First novel by this young African American poet - one of the youngest writers to win the Pulitzer Prize and only the second African American to win it for poetry,

New York: Pantheon, (1992.). First edition - First novel by this young African American poet - one of the youngest writers to win the Pulitzer Prize and only the second African American to win it for poetry,

Lexington: University of Kentucky, 1985. First edition - First work of fiction by this noted African American poet. Volume One in the Callalloo Fiction Series.