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PLAIN CITY
Edition: First printing.
New York: Scholastic / Blue Sky Books, (1993) dj. Hardcover first edition - Young adult novel by this award-winning African American writer. Going-on-thirteen year old Bulaire tries to unearth her past and find out what happened to her long missing father, and in doing so, her world starts to fall apart. 194 pp. ISBN: 0-590473646.
Condition: Near fine in a fine dust jacket (some shelfwear to bottom edge of front board).
Book ID: 78689More details Price: $18.50 -
M.C. HIGGINS, THE GREAT
Edition: Later printing.
Condition: Near fine in cream boards with beige cloth spine in near fine dust jacket. (gift inscription, price-clipped)
Book ID: 43195More details Price: $13.50 -
THE HOUSE OF DIES DREAR.
Edition: 3rd printing.
New York: Macmillan, 1969. Hardcover - Classic story for older children by this Newbery award winning writer about the mystery surrounding an old house in Ohio that was a stop on the Underground Railroad. An ALA Notable Book.
Condition: Ex-library with markings and significant reading wear, lacking the dj, but still a good reading copy.
Book ID: 20024More details Price: $12.50 -
SECOND COUSINS.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Blue Sky / Scholastic, (1998) dj. Hardcover first edition - A coming of age story, as two cousins -Cammy Coleman and Eloise Odie - still struggling with grief and guilt over the drowning of their cousin Patricia Ann a year ago- have to confront, and learn to accept, their family's secrets when their second cousins arrive from New York City. 168 pp. ISBN: 0-590473689.
Condition: Ex-library but with only a few markings, some bleeding from the cloth spine, but overall tight and clean in a fine unmarked dust jacket.
Book ID: 85385More details Price: $14.50 -
SWEET WHISPERS, BROTHER RUSH
Edition: Hardcover
New York: Philomel, 1982. dj. Hardcover - Young adult novel -a "Newbery Honor Book" and Coretta Scott King award winning book. Dust jacket design by Leo and Diane Dillon. ISBN: 0-399-208941.
Condition: Ex-library with the usual markings, in illustrated boards and in a near fine dj.
Book ID: 17758More details Price: $12.50 -
M.C. HIGGINS, THE GREAT
Edition: 2nd printing.
Condition: Near fine in brown cloth boards with silver lettering in very good dust jacket. (gold award medallion affixed to front cover, rubbing to back cover of dj.)
Book ID: 37647More details Price: $15.00 -
BLUISH: A Novel
Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )
New York: Scholastic - The Blue Sky Press, (1999.). First edition - Story for older children by this prize-winning author. ' Courage comes in all colors. They are different from one another, all three girls. But the one who is most unusual - unlike anyone the kids at school have ever seen - is the new girl, the one who arrives in a wheelchair and always wears a knitted hat. Bluish, some of the kids call her. She is frail and tired, strange and frightening to the children around her. But one girl, Dreenie, is fascinated by Bluish. Dreenie's powerful curiosity, almost an obsession, leads her and another girl, Tuli, to reach beyond their fear.'
Condition: Fine (a new copy) in glossy illustrated wrappers.
Book ID: 29420More details Price: $15.00 -
A WHITE ROMANCE
Edition: First printing.
New York: Philomel, 1987. dj. Hardcover first edition - A young adult novel by this prize winning African-American author (among other awards she was a recent recipient of the MacArthur "genius" award.) Dust jacket by the Dillons. ISBN: 0-399-212132.
Condition: Ex-library with the usual markings, in illustrated boards and in a near fine dj.
Book ID: 17759More details Price: $12.50 -
JUNIUS OVER FAR
Edition: First printing.
New York: Harper & Row, 1985. dj. Hardcover first edition - Young adult novel by this award-winning African American writer (including the MacArthur "genius" award.) Junius and his father travel "over far" - back to the Caribbean to rescue his grandfather and to reclaim their lost heritage.
Condition: Ex-library with the usual marks, but still a quite attractive copy in a near fine dustjacket (price in upper corner, lower corner clipped.)
Book ID: 13386More details Price: $12.50 -
THE HOUSE OF DIES DREAR.
Edition: First paperback printing.
New York: Dell - Laurel Leaf, 1978. Classic story for older children by this Newbery award winning writer about the mystery surrounding an old house in Ohio that was a stop on the Underground Railroad. An ALA Notable Book. ISBN: 0-440-936799.
Condition: Good condition overall - a little rubbing and wear to the covers.
Book ID: 32993More details Price: $10.00 -
SWEET WHISPERS, BROTHER RUSH.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Philomel, (1982) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Young adult novel - a "Newbery Honor Book" and Coretta Scott King award winning book. A book which combines a real understanding of the challenges teen-agers often face with a bit of fantasy to reveal hidden secrets in the past. Hamilton won numerous awards for her books, including the Hans Christian Andersen Award for Writing (the highest international recognition bestowed on an author or illustrator of children's literature the National Book Award and several Newbery awards, in addition to being named a MacArthur fellow. INSCRIBED on the title page. 215 pp. Dust jacket design by Leo and Diane Dillon. ISBN: 0-399-208941.
Condition: Fine in cream boards with burgundy cloth spine and silver lettering in a first issue fine dust jacket without the award stickers.
Book ID: 84184More details Price: $100.00 -
THE ALL JAHDU STORYBOOK.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, (1991.) dj. Hardcover first edition - Includes all of the original stories about the trickster hero Jahdu, rewritten by Hamilton without the Mama Luke framework, as well as 4 new stories - all beautifully illustrated in full color by Barry Moser. Afterword. Large format. 108 pp. ISBN: 0-15-2394982.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 47419More details Price: $18.00 -
THE PEOPLE COULD FLY: American Black Folktales.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1985. Hardcover first edition - A collection of African American folktales, from animal tales Bruh (or Brer) Rabbit, to stories of the fantastic and supernatural. Includes a section of tales about running away from slavery, collected and retold and with an introduction by Virginia Hamilton. Although many of the tales are full of humor, they were born in sorrow. Beautifully illustrated throughout by Leo and Diane Dillon. Winner of the Coretta Scott King Award. Bibliography, oversized format. xii, 178 pp. ISBN: 0-394-869257.
Condition: Very good in sage green boards with a turquoise cloth spine, silver lettering, no dust jacket.
Book ID: 86140More details Price: $16.50 -
MANY THOUSAND GONE: African Americans from Slavery to Freedom.
Edition: 2nd printing.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, (1993). dj. Hardcover - A history of slavery in America, written for children, and focusing on those who escaped slavery and on the Underground Railroad. Includes stories of Harriet Tubman, Frederick Douglass, Josiah Henson, and others. Beautifully Illustrated with soft full-page black and white drawings by the Dillons. ISBN: 0-394-828739.
Condition: Near fine in near fine dust jacket (previous owner's name.)
Book ID: 26519More details Price: $20.00 -
ZEELY.
Edition: First thus- a trade paperback.
New York: Scholastic, 1971. Prize-winning African American author's first book, originally published in 1967.
Condition: Good in illustrated wrappers - the usual toning to the pages, some creasing and rubbing to the covers.
Book ID: 15458More details Price: $10.00 -
ZEELY.
Edition: 3rd printing.
New York: Macmillan, 1969. dj. Hardcover - Prize-winning African American author's first book, originally published in 1967. Illustrated with full page black and white drawings by Symeon Shimin. An ALA Notable book. 122 pp.
Condition: Very good+ in very good dust jacket (stamp on front pastedown, hidden by dj flap, some discoloration to endpapers from binder's glue, edgewear to dj.)
Book ID: 18932More details Price: $25.00 -
DRYLONGSO.
Edition: Third printing.
New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1992. dj. SIGNED hardcover - Set in 1975, in a town west of the Mississippi, this is the story of a boy who brings hope with him to a town ravaged by drought. Illustrated in soft full-color paintings, including 5 double page spreads, done using pencil, pastel and watercolors, by the award-winning African American artist, Jerry Pinkney. SIGNED and dated on the title page by the illustrator, Jerry Pinkney. 54 pp plus an author's note about the name and historical background. Large format. ISBN: 0-15-2242414.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 37686More details Price: $40.00 -
TALES TOLD NEAR A CROCODILE: Stories from Nyanza.
Edition: First American edition.
New York: The Viking Press, (1967). Hardcover first edition - Stories told by the peoples who live near the Northern shore of Lake Nyanza - or Lake Victoria. Illustrated with black and white drawings by George Ford. 185 pp.
Condition: Ex-library with the usual markings, but overall tight and clean in sturdy illustrated boards.
Book ID: 64019More details Price: $12.50 -
GOING NORTH.
Edition: 2nd printing.
New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, (2004) dj. Hardcover - The author's first children's book, one based on her own experiences and that of her family, set in 1964 in Alabama, where Jessie's African American family prepares to leave the South for better jobs and schools. Illustrated by Jerome Lagarrigue whose paintings "beautifully capture the family scenes in the car and the endless, shifting landscape from the window in soft-edged, thickly brushed strokes that heighten the emotions in Jesse's words - the nostalgia, the worry, and the bittersweet hope about a promising new place." Oblong format. Unpaginated. Map endpapers. ISBN: 0-374326819.
Condition: Library stamps on rear endpaper, but otherwise near fine in a fine unmarked dust jacket.
Book ID: 87051More details Price: $16.50 -
ONE MORE RIVER TO CROSS. The Stories of Twelve Black Americans.
Edition: First edition.
New York: Scholastic, 1992. dj. Hardcover first edition - Twelve short histories of people such as Madam C.J. Walker, Dr. Charles Drew, Fannie Lou Hamer, Romaire Bearden and Shirley Chisholm, written for young adults. ISBN: 0-590-428969.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 5354More details Price: $18.00 -
NJINGA "THE WARRIOR QUEEN" (The Thinking Girls Treasury of Dastardly Dames)
Edition: First printing.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket (a new copy.)
Book ID: 58189More details Price: $25.00 -
NAPPY HAIR.
Edition: Large format trade paperback issue.
Condition: Fine in glossy illustrated wrappers (new.)
Book ID: 11837More details Price: $20.00 -
BRAVO, GRACE!
Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )
London: Frances Lincoln, Ltd. (2005.). First edition - The third book of stories about Grace and the friendships, and good humor of this "high-spirited girl who weaves fantasy into whatever life brings her." Illustrated with drawings by June Allen. 112 pp. ISBN: 1845070577.
Condition: Fine in printed purple wrappers.
Book ID: 47556More details Price: $10.00 -
UNDER THE QUILT OF NIGHT.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Atheneum, (2002.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - A story of running away from slavery and the journey North along the Underground Railroad as seen from the perspective of a young unnamed girl. The title refers to legends that quilts had hidden meanings and were hung to indicate safe houses. Beautifully illustrated in full color by James E. Ransome, including colorful log cabin quilt endpapers. SIGNED and dated opposite the title page by the illustrator, James Ransome, with a small drawing and the words "Keep reading!" Large format, unpaginated. ISBN: 0-689-822278.
Condition: Near fine in glossy illustrated boards in a very good dust jacket (inconspicuous prev owner's name, closed tear to upper edge of front cover of dj.)
Book ID: 56048More details Price: $30.00 -
PAPA TELLS CHITA A STORY.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Simon & Schuster, (1995) dj. Hardcover first edition - A young African-American girl listens to her father as he tells her about his experiences as a soldier in Cuba during the 1898 Spanish-American war. The author comments that - in the tradition of tall tales the story is exaggerated in this book - but it is based on the real experiences of the author's uncle who enlisted in one of the Black regiments as a way to earn money for his medical education. Illustrated in full color by Floyd Cooper. Large format. Unpaginated. ISBN: 0-027446239.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 87072More details Price: $18.50 -
AUNT FLOSSIE'S HATS (AND CRAB CAKES LATER.)
Edition: First printing.
New York: Clarion Books, (1991.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Great Aunt Flossie's collection of hats trigger memories and stories of life in Baltimore in the past, Illustrated with full color paintings by James Ransome, who SIGNED and dated the half title page and added a drawing of a hat and the words "Best wishes - Keep reading!" . Large format. 31 pp. ISBN: 0-395-546826.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 51620More details Price: $35.00 -
THE BLACK MAN IN AMERICA 1932-1954.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Franklin Watts, 1975. dj. Hardcover - Illustrated with photographs and contemporary drawings. Includes the jazz, sports, the labor movement, writers and artists and more, written for older children. Index. 89 pages. ISBN: 0-531-027996.
Condition: Ex-library, in sturdy illustrated library binding, no dj.
Book ID: 27557More details Price: $12.50 -
THE WAGON.
Edition: 2nd printing.
New York: Tambourine Books (Morrow), (1996.) dj. SIGNED hardcover - A story of a young boy born into slavery but dreaming of freedom as he grows older, imaging the wagon he and his father built for his master as a chariot that could take him away. Although the joy of emancipation was tempered by difficulties and the end of the war was shadowed by the death of Lincoln, after 12 years he was free. Striking full-color dramatic paintings by Ransome complement this story of slavery and emancipation. SIGNED and dated by the illustrator James Ransome on the title page with the words "Keep reading!" Unpaginated. Oblong format. ISBN: 0-688135374.
Condition: Very good in very good dust jacket.
Book ID: 40276More details Price: $28.50 -
JUMP UP TIME: A Trinidad Carnival Story.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Clarion Books, (1998) dj. Hardcover first edition - Lively children's book by this award-winning author set in her native Trinidad. "Lily wishes that she could wear a costume like her big sister Christine and 'jump up,' or parade across the stage, during the Children's Carnival. As the whole family works together on Christine's hummingbird outfit, Lily is jealous" but on the big day, when Christine is frightened, Lily reassures her. Illustrated by Linda Saport with warm pastel drawings. Large format, 32 pp. ISBN: 0-395650127.
Condition: Very near fine in glossy illustrated boards in a fine dustjacket (zigzag black marker on front endpaper).
Book ID: 80221More details Price: $19.50 -
A MAN AIN'T NOTHIN' BUT A MAN: The Adventures of John Henry
Edition: First printing.
Boston: Little Brown, 1975. dj. Hardcover first edition - The adventures of the legendary hero brought to life in this book for older children.
Condition: Ex-library with pocket and stamps, but overall tight and clean in illustrated library binding with a near fine dustjacket.
Book ID: 8671More details Price: $20.00