Westerchester, IL: Benefic Press, (1970). Hardcover first edition - The fourth book in the Cowboys of Many Races series, although the text only glancingly refers to race - Adam is called the "dark man" and one of the cowboys is named Pedro - letting the illustrations tell the story. Illustrated with duo-tone drawings by Max Ranft. Includes some suggestions for learning, including how to make a teepee, and a vocabulary list. 96 pp.

New York: Random House, (2012) dj. SIGNED hardcover - A book which was a James Beard Award Nominee and named one of the ten best books of The Year By Vogue. "It begins with a simple ritual: Every Saturday afternoon, a boy who loves to cook walks to his grandmothers house and helps her prepare a roast chicken for dinner. The grandmother is Swedish, a retired domestic. The boy is Ethiopian and adopted, and he will grow up to become the world-renowned chef Marcus Samuelsson. This book is his love letter to food and family in all its manifestations." Boldly INSCRIBED on the front endpaper. 319 pp. ISBN: 978-0385342605.

Boston: Beacon Press, (1991). An anthology of more than 300 poems and a few prose pieces by women writers both contemporary and from earlier times. Contributors range from Julien of Norwich and Hildegard of Bingen to Margaret Fuller, Simone de Beauvoir, Susan B. Anthony, Audre Lorde, Marge Piercy, May Sarton, Joy Harjo, Erica Jong, Joyce Carol Oates ("Growing Together"), Rita Mae Brown, Alice Walker, Anne Sexton, Eudora Welty, Tess Gallagher, Maya Angelou, Edna St. Vincent Millay, Anne Morrow Lindbergh, Margaret Atwood, Annie Dillard, Lucille Clifton, Tess Gallagher, Linda Hogan, Robin Morgan, Alice Ostricher, Julia Alvarez and many more. Introduction by Marilyn Sewell. Index, xx, 311 pp. Slightly oversized. ISBN: 0-8070-68136.

New York: Julian Messner, (1956, c 1945). Hardcover - A tale featuring the Black folk hero John Henry who was a "natural man and the greatest steel driver that ever lived." Illustrated with drawings by James Daugherty. A slim book, unpaginated. Rather uncommon despite multiple printings,

Chicago: Poetry Foundation, 2016. SIGNED first edition - Features a long poem "From New York to San Fran" by Allen Ginsberg from his forthcoming Uncollected Poems, and contributions by C. D. Wright, Bernadette Mayer, Sharon Olds, David Hernandez, Phillis Levin, Robert Pinsky and others. SIGNED by TWO poets - the Pulitzer Prize winning poet Jess Tyehimba at 'Sissieretta Jones' (later included in his award winning 'Oleo.') and by Franny Choi with the words "with love" at her poem "Choi Jeong Min."

Deerfield Beach, FL: Health Communications, Inc. (1998.). SIGNED first edition - Inspirational stories about their lives and their work by Catherine Oxenberg, Paul Williams, Keely Shaye Smith, Guru Singh, Be atrice Wood, Robert Townsend, Lord Robin Russell, Efrem Zimbalist, Jr., Leeza Gibbons, Sandy Gallin, Wyland, Chris Chandler, Tatjana Patitz, Arnold Palmer, Robert A. Johnson, Janet Yang, and Woody Harrelson. SIGNED by Sivertsen on the title page. Illustrated throughout with black and white photographs. 398 pp. ISBN: 1558745939.

New York: The Citadel Press, 1970. dj. Hardcover first edition - Includes a new 16 pp. introduction by Herbert Aptheker. Attended by 1000 people from 50 countries, the purpose of this Congress was "to discuss, in the light of science and the modern conscience, the general relations subsisting between the peoples of the West and those of the East, between the so-called white and so-called coloured peoples." Also discussed was the position of women in society, the nature of imperialism, and the prospects for world peace. Reprint of the 1911 edition, including papers by Felix Adler, Israel Zangwill, Alfred Caldecott, W. E. B. DuBois ('The Negro Race in the United States of America'), Edwin D. Mead, and many others. Appendix, bibliography, index. [16 pp], xlvi, 485 pp. ISBN: 0-806502177.

San Rafael, CA: Insight Editions, (2007.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Reggae scholar and Beat magazine founder Roger Steffens traces reggae's history and roots, in a chronological format, illustrated with striking photographs in both black and white and full color by reggae enthusiast Peter Simon (Carly's brother). Includes a foreword by Toots Hibbert and an introduction by Stephen Davis. It also includes a DVD specially made for this book compiling rare and previously unseen interviews with the greats of reggae music - including Peter Tosh, Jimmy Cliff, and Toots Hibbert - and removable printed reproductions of items from Steffen's personal collection. Oversized format, illustrated throughout. A fascinating book. SIGNED on the half title page by Roger Steffens with "one" and a drawing of a heart. ISBN: 1933784237.

New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, (1977.) dj. Hardcover first edition - A look at a small number of white Americans who warned, over a 100 years ago, that if blacks were not treated equally with whites the entire nation would suffer. Focuses on three men: Southern novelist George Washington Cable, slaveowner and later Supreme Court Justice John Harlan, and novelist and Republican 'carpetbagger' Albion Tourgee. Illustrated with many vintage photographs. Written for young adults. Notes for further reading, index. 120 pp. ISBN: 0-152958770.

New York: Da Capo Press, (1980.). Illustrated with photographs. Discography. 235 pp. 1988. ISBN: 0-306-800438.

New York: Warner, (2000) dj. Hardcover first edition - The first anthology to focus on the presence and influence of black writers in speculative fiction - it includes 25 stories (many of them original) three novel excerpts, and five essays. The stories range from Charles W. Chesnutt's "The Goophered Grapevine" (1887) to an excerpt George S. Schuyler's "Black No More" (1931) as well as Octavia E. Butler's "The Evening and the Morning and the Night"and and Derrick Bell's "The Space Traders" (1992) Other contributors include Stephen Barnes, Tananarive Due, Nalo Hopkinson, Ishmael Reed, Walter Mosley, Robert Fleming, Jewelle Gomez, Akua Lezli Hope, Honore Fanonne Jeffers, Kalamu ya Salaam, Kiini Ibura Salaam, Evie Shockley, and more. Notes on contributors. xiv, 427 pp. ISBN: 0-446525839.

New York & London: Oxford University Press, 1993. dj. Hardcover first edition - A study on how African American voices, folklore and rhetorical traditions of his time influenced Twain's writing, and especially the character of Huck Finn. Extensive notes, works cited, index. 275 pp. ISBN: 0-195082141.

New York & London: Oxford University Press, 1993. dj. Hardcover - A study on how African American voices, folklore and rhetorical traditions of his time influenced Twain's writing, and especially the character of Huck Finn. Extensive notes, works cited, index. 275 pp. ISBN: 0-195082141.

San Francisco: Pomegranate Artbooks, (1993.) dj. Hardcover first edition - A portrait of the vanishing blues scene in the San Francisco Bay area, featuring striking black and white photographs taken over a period of three years, in the early 1980's, in blues clubs in Oakland, Berkeley and San Francisco. Slightly oversized oblong format, printed on heavy glossy stock. 96 pp. ISBN: 1566405955.

New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, (1997.) dj. Hardcover first edition - The first collection of poetry by this Caribbean author to be published after he was awarded the Nobel Prize - many of the poems evoke his native island of Santa Lucia. 78 pp. ISBN: 0-374-115567.

New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, (1997.) dj. Hardcover first edition - The first collection of poetry by this Caribbean author to be published after he was awarded the Nobel Prize - many of the poems evoke his native island of Santa Lucia. 78 pp. ISBN: 0-374-115567.

New York: HarperCollins, (1996.) dj. Hardcover first edition - The inside story of the OJ Simpson trial, but also the story of Darden himself, growing up poor in Richmond , California, but determined to succeed in his dream of being a lawyer. Photographs. 287 pp. ISBN: 0-06-0391839.

New York: HarperCollins, (1996.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The inside story of the OJ Simpson trial, but also the story of Darden himself, growing up poor in Richmond , California, but determined to succeed in his dream of being a lawyer. SIGNED on the title page by co-author Jess Walter (who gets the small type, but said he just wanted it large enough for his mother to see.) Photographs. 287 pp. ISBN: 0-06-0391839.

Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press, 1965. dj. Hardcover first edition - This study of the changing social structure of the northwest Ecuadorian port town San Lorenzo is the first full scale study of Negro social organization, on the west coast of South Amearica. Illustrated with maps, graphs and charts and photographs.Glossary, references, index. vii, 328 pp.

New York: Oxford University Press, 1985. dj. Hardcover first edition - An important book by one of jazz's most distinguished critics - includes reviews, essays about musicians at work recording, rehearsing and performing as well as a selection of album liner notes. by one of jazz's most distinguished critics, divided into sections, includes a collection of reviews of Ella Fitzgerald, Ornette Coleman, Bud Powell, Ellington, Fats Waller and many others; depictions of musicians at work recording, rehearsing and performing as well as a selection of album liner notes for Jelly Roll Morton, Coleman Hawkins, Charlie Parker, Thelonious Monk, Miles Davis and others. Index. xiv, 253 pp. ISBN: 0-195036115.

Chicago: University of Chicago Press, (c 1980). Winner of the Sydney M. Spivak award. This edition includes a new essay by Wilson on the controversy surrounding this book when it was first published in 1978, and on the intersection of race, class and social policy. Extensive notes, index. xii, 249 pp. ISBN: 0-226901297.

Berkeley, CA: Poltroon Press for Watershed Environmental Poetry Festival, 2006. SIGNED first edition - Broadside consisting of a single poem from "Heaven: Collected Poems 1956-1990," measuring 9.5 12.75 inches, printed in black and silver on heavy sky blue stock. Small Illustration by Grace T. Gomez. Issued in an edition limited to 150 copies. Although not called for, this has been SIGNED by Young.

Berkeley, CA: By the editors, (1981.). SIGNED first edition - Special issue devoted to the stories of students at U.C. Berkeley - a literary magazine that aims "to publish the newest and most interesting writing from North America's many writing cultures." This issue is uncommon in that it is all short fiction; contributors include Fae Myenne Ng, Michael Moore, Eric Miller, Lisa Gulick and more. SIGNED by editor and African American poet Al Young on the title page 254 pp. We specialize in literary journals, and have many others - including many not yet catalogued and listed on line.

New York: Atria (Simon & Schuster), (2008) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - In her introduction, Zane comments that it was important to do an anthology that crossed the color lines of love and romance and to do "a collection full of vibrant Asian characters and a kaleidoscope of other races." Among the contributors are Anna Black, Ian Frey, S. J. Frost, M. Lavonne Jackson, Renee Manley and many others. SIGNED by Zane on the title page. xiv, 268 pp. ISBN: 978-1416548850.