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  • STRIVERS ROW. by Baker, Kevin.
    Baker, Kevin.
    STRIVERS ROW.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: HarperCollins, (2006) dj. Hardcover first edition - The final novel in his 'City of Fire' trilogy begun with 'Dreamland.' This is set in 1943 Harlem and features a young Malcolm Little, the street hustler who would become the Civil Rights leader, Malcolm X. Glossary of names, words and expressions and notes on sources. 547 pp. ISBN: 9780060195830.

    Condition: Near fine in near fine dust jacket (remainder line)

    Book ID: 58121
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  • THE SEVENTH CHILD: A Lucky Life. by Baxter, Freddie Mae; edited by Gloria Bley Miller.
    Baxter, Freddie Mae; edited by Gloria Bley Miller.
    THE SEVENTH CHILD: A Lucky Life.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1999. dj. Hardcover first edition - The autobiography of a remarkable woman, as well as the story of three generations of an African-American family. "The seventh of eight children, Freddie Mae Baxter was born in 1923 in rural South Carolina. When her father left the family, her mother had to raise the children alone, and Freddie Mae went to work - first picking cotton, then cooking for the white families in town. At seventeen, she decided to go up North in search of new horizons and a better life." In Harlem she played saxophone in an all-girls' band - and through good times and bad, she remained optimistic. Frontispiece. 223 pp. ISBN: 0-375406204.

    Condition: Near fine in near fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 69625
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  • SUE BARTON, SUPERINTENDENT OF NURSES #5. by Boylston, Helen Dore .
    Boylston, Helen Dore .
    SUE BARTON, SUPERINTENDENT OF NURSES #5.

    Edition: 2nd printing (just one year after the first).

    Boston: Little Brown, 1941 dj. Hardcover - Fifth book in the Sue Barton Series - Sue and Dr Bill Barry are married and they are trying to run the little hospital in the hills of New Hampshire. Illustrated with a glossy frontispiece and three inserted plates by Forrest W. Orr. 244 pp.

    Condition: Near fine in a good only dust jacket (previous owner's name, some chipping and short closed tears to the dj) Uncommon in this early a printing, with the same dj art as the original.

    Book ID: 63756
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  • Brown, Claude.
    MANCHILD IN THE PROMISED LAND.

    Edition: 4th printing.

    New York: Macmillan, (1965.) dj. Hardcover - Although this autobiography of growing up poor and Black in Harlem is now a classic at the time it was written, when Brown was still a young writer, just barely out of Harlem, it was a revolutionary and enlightening book. His goal was to "talk about the first Northern urban generation of Negroes... to talk about the experience of a misplaced generation, of a misplaced people in an extremely complex, confused society." . 415 pp.

    Condition: Ex-library with markings and reading wear, but in a dustjacket with tape repairs to the end of the spine of the dj, price-clipped, etc. Despite the flaws, a sturdy and good reading copy.

    Book ID: 37354
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  • Brown, Claude.
    MANCHILD IN THE PROMISED LAND.

    Edition: Paperback.

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

    Condition: Very good (stamp to edge of textblock.)

    Book ID: 48231
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  • THE CHILDREN OF HAM. by Brown, Claude.
    Brown, Claude.
    THE CHILDREN OF HAM.

    Edition: First printing.

    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.

    Condition: Near fine in a good dust jacket (corners slightly bumped, dj has some short tears, minor edgewear, price of 10.00 still present)

    Book ID: 51232
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  • Conde, Maryse
    TREE OF LIFE, a Novel of the Caribbean

    Edition: 1st trade paperback printing.

    New York: Ballantine, (1993.). Novel of several generations of a family from Guadeloupe - ranging from Panama to Harlem, from upper class Paris to the slums of Haiti. Translated by Victoria Reiter. Glossary. 371 pp. ISBN: 0-345-384695.

    Condition: Good overall (some wear to the covers).

    Book ID: 41083
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  • TREE OF LIFE, a Novel of the Caribbean by Conde, Maryse
    Conde, Maryse
    TREE OF LIFE, a Novel of the Caribbean

    Edition: First US printing.

    New York: Ballantine, (1992) dj. Hardcover first edition - Novel of several generations of a family from Guadeloupe - ranging from Panama to Harlem, from upper class Paris to the slums of Haiti. Translated by Victoria Reiter. Glossary. 371 pp. ISBN: 0-345-360745.

    Condition: Near fine in near fine dust jacket (slight sunning to spine of dj, and vertical crease)

    Book ID: 86742
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  • NEXUS NEW YORK: Latin/American Artists in the Modern Metropolis. by Cullen, Deborah, editor.
    Cullen, Deborah, editor.
    NEXUS NEW YORK: Latin/American Artists in the Modern Metropolis.

    Edition: First printing, a trade paperback original.

    New York & New Haven: Museo del Barrio / Yale University Press, (2009). First edition - Published on the occasion of an exhibition held at El Museo del Barrio, New York, this is "an examination of the pioneering Caribbean and Latin American artists who resided in New York prior to WWII and shaped the American avant-garde. Between 1900 and 1942, New York City was the site of extraordinary creative exchange where artists could share ideas in a global context.. . [It] focuses on key artists from the Caribbean and Latin America , both celebrated and little-known figures of this period, including Carlos Enrquez, Alice Neel, Marius de Zayas, Francis Picabia, Joaqun Torres-Garcia, Jose Clemente Orozco, Matta, and Robert Motherwell.…

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    New York & New Haven: Museo del Barrio / Yale University Press, (2009). First edition - Published on the occasion of an exhibition held at El Museo del Barrio, New York, this is "an examination of the pioneering Caribbean and Latin American artists who resided in New York prior to WWII and shaped the American avant-garde. Between 1900 and 1942, New York City was the site of extraordinary creative exchange where artists could share ideas in a global context.. . [It] focuses on key artists from the Caribbean and Latin America , both celebrated and little-known figures of this period, including Carlos Enrquez, Alice Neel, Marius de Zayas, Francis Picabia, Joaqun Torres-Garcia, Jose Clemente Orozco, Matta, and Robert Motherwell. In addition to an introduction by Deborah Cullen, this includes several essays, among them "Art school as contact zone: Latin American artists and their teachers", by Katherine E. Manthorne; "Havana-New York: a missing link in the history of modern Cuban art", by Elvis Fuentes; "Torres-Garcia's New York: the city as icon of modern art", by Cecilia de Torres; "The allure of Harlem: correlations between Mexicanidad and the new Negro movements", by Deborah Cullen; "Seeing red: Mexican revolutionary artists in New York", by James Wechsler and more. A bilingual edition with the text in English and Spanish. Includes 123 color and 29 black and white illustrations. Somewhat oversized sguare format. 287 pp. ISBN: 978-0300158960.

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    Condition: Fine in glossy illustrated wrappers with self-flaps (a new copy).

    Book ID: 78134
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  • Downey, Harris.
    CARRIE DUMAIN.

    Edition: First printing.

    Chicago: Henry Regnery, 1966. dj. Hardcover first edition - Novel of a woman who searches for her brother in the bars and seamy side of Harlem.

    Condition: Near fine in a somewhat rubbed, but otherwise near fine, dustjacket.

    Book ID: 11521
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  • Downey, Harris.
    CARRIE DUMAIN.

    Edition: First printing.

    Chicago: Henry Regnery, 1966. Hardcover first edition - Novel of a woman who searches for her brother in the bars and seamy side of Harlem.

    Condition: Just about fine, no dj.

    Book ID: 11852
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  • A TOAST BEFORE DYING. by Edwards, Grace (Yearwood)
    Edwards, Grace (Yearwood)
    A TOAST BEFORE DYING.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Doubleday, 1998. dj. Hardcover first edition - Second mystery featuring Mali Anderson, and the second book written by Edwards under this name (her first was as Edwards-Yearwood.) An interesting portrayal of contemporary Harlem - and especially of the 3 B's - beauty shops, barbershops and bars - so important to the community. ISBN: 0-385-485247.

    Condition: Very near fine in a like dust jacket.

    Book ID: 23230
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  • Edwards, Grace (Yearwood)
    A TOAST BEFORE DYING.

    Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )

    New York: Doubleday, 1998. First edition - Second mystery featuring Mali Anderson, and the second book written by Edwards under this name (her first was as Edwards-Yearwood.) An interesting portrayal of contemporary Harlem - and especially of the 3 B's - beauty shops, barbershops and bars - so important to the community.

    Condition: Fine in glossy illustrated wrappers.

    Book ID: 28808
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  • THE VIADUCT: A Harlem Thriller. by Edwards, Grace (Yearwood)
    Edwards, Grace (Yearwood)
    THE VIADUCT: A Harlem Thriller.

    Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )

    New York: Doubleday, (2004.). Hardcover first edition - Historical mystery set in Harlem in the 1970s - a story of the intersecting lives of two shattered men, one a Vietnam veteran and the other a man determined to avenge the death of his brother. 260 pp.

    Condition: Fine in illustrated wrappers.

    Book ID: 79346
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  • THE FALLING MAN by Forma, Warren
    Forma, Warren
    THE FALLING MAN

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Crowell, 1973. dj. Hardcover first edition - An unusual short novel - the story of Frank Cleary, an Irish policeman shot down in Harlem, who, as he is falling to the ground, relives not only his experiences in Harlem, but his roots in Ireland and the civil strife of the 20s. 99 pp,. ISBN: 0-690-000898.

    Condition: Fine in near fine dust jacket (a bit of toning and rubbing to the dj.)

    Book ID: 8392
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  • Guy, Rosa.
    THE SUN, THE SEA, A TOUCH OF WIND.

    Edition: First edition.

    New York: Dutton, 1995. dj. Hardcover first edition - New novel by this Trinidad-born, African American writer - set in Harlem and Haiti in the 70's - Louise Meriweather called this "a bold book, sexually explosive.." 305 pp. ISBN: 0-525-247807.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 2659
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  • Guy, Rosa.
    THE SUN, THE SEA, A TOUCH OF THE WIND.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Dutton, 1995. dj. Hardcover first edition - Review copy with publisher's material laid in. New novel by this Trinidad-born, African American writer - set in Harlem and Haiti in the 70's - Louise Meriweather called this "a bold book, sexually explosive..". ISBN: 0-525-247807.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 3839
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  • Guy, Rosa.
    BIRD AT MY WINDOW.

    Edition: Trade paperback.

    London: Allison & Busby, 1985. First novel by this Trinidad-born writer, a story of depression-era Harlem originally published in 1965.

    Condition: Very good.

    Book ID: 12740
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  • BIRD AT MY WINDOW. by Guy, Rosa.
    Guy, Rosa.
    BIRD AT MY WINDOW.

    Edition: First printing.

    Philadelphia: Lippincott, 1966. dj. Hardcover first edition - Review copy, with publisher's slip laid in. A very attractive copy of the uncommon first book by this writer who was born in Trinidad; set in Harlem, where she grew up, after her family moved there when she was seven years old. Dust jacket design by Robert Korn. 282 pp.

    Condition: Very near fine in a near fine dustjacket (slight rubbing, 1 cm closed tear.)

    Book ID: 33641
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  • Guy, Rosa.
    BIRD AT MY WINDOW.

    Edition: First printing.

    Philadelphia: Lippincott, 1966. dj. Hardcover first edition - An attractive copy of the uncommon first book by this writer who was born in Trinidad; set in Harlem, where she grew up, after her family moved there when she was seven years old. Dust jacket design by Robert Korn. 282 pp.

    Condition: Near fine in a near fine dustjacket (slight rubbing to dj, hint of fading to spine.)

    Book ID: 33685
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  • THE SUN, THE SEA, A TOUCH OF WIND. by Guy, Rosa.
    Guy, Rosa.
    THE SUN, THE SEA, A TOUCH OF WIND.

    Edition: First edition.

    New York: Dutton, 1995. dj. Hardcover first edition - New novel by this Trinidad-born, African American writer - set in Harlem and Haiti in the 70's - Louise Meriweather called this "a bold book, sexually explosive.." 305 pp. ISBN: 0-525-247807.

    Condition: Near fine in near fine dust jacket (bookplate.)

    Book ID: 38851
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  • Harris, Ruth Bates.
    HARLEM PRINCESS: The Story of Harry Delany's Daughter.

    Edition: First edition.

    New York: Vantage Press Inc. (1991) dj. Hardcover first edition - Autobiography of a woman who was the daughter of a black numbers banker in Harlem in the 1920's, who became the highest ranking woman at NASA. Includes a tribute to the heroism of the Tuskegee Airmen and a first hand account of the Freeman Field Incident where 101 black flying officers were arrested and charged with mutiny. She also tells of her son's struggle with AIDS and of her personal accomplishments and disappointments. Photographs. 346 pp with notes. ISBN: 0-533-088828.

    Condition: Near fine in near fine dust jacket (bookstore stamp on front endpaper.) Uncommon.

    Book ID: 27382
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  • Logan, Spencer.
    A NEGRO'S FAITH IN AMERICA.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Macmillan, 1946. dj. Hardcover first edition - In addition to discussion of the issues of "many Harlems', Negro leadership, etc. this book contains an interesting chapter on African Americans in the military, based on his own experiences.

    Condition: Very good+ in a somewhat worn, but still good, dustjacket (prev owner's name.)

    Book ID: 20986
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  • THE MOUSE RAP. by Myers , Walter Dean.
    Myers , Walter Dean.
    THE MOUSE RAP.

    Edition: 2nd printing.

    New York: Harper Collins, (1990) dj. SIGNED hardcover - Set in Harlem this novel for older children by an award winning author, blends "inner-city adventure with family and peer relationships. Diminutive Frederick, 14 and known as the Mouse, punctuates his tale of the search for hidden 1930s gangland treasure with rap verses and phrases." INSCRIBED on the title page and dated in 1991. 186 pp. ISBN: 0-060243430.

    Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket (a couple of stray ink marks on front endpaper)

    Book ID: 83553
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  • GO DOWN DEAD. by Stevens, Shane (1938?- 2007)
    Stevens, Shane (1938?- 2007)
    GO DOWN DEAD.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Morrow, (1966) dj. Hardcover first edition - Author's highly praised first book, a novel set in Harlem in the 1960s - the story of King Henry, 16 years old, and he knows a lot - he knows who sells what - drugs, sex, guns and bullets. And most of all, he knows hopelessness and the one way out of it.
    While some authors (among them Ishmael Reed) have criticized Stevens for being a white man writing about black lives, his life and attitudes were complex - Stevens described the language in this book as Òthe language of the people who live it. So that the reader may become a participant and not just a spectator. It…

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    New York: Morrow, (1966) dj. Hardcover first edition - Author's highly praised first book, a novel set in Harlem in the 1960s - the story of King Henry, 16 years old, and he knows a lot - he knows who sells what - drugs, sex, guns and bullets. And most of all, he knows hopelessness and the one way out of it.
    While some authors (among them Ishmael Reed) have criticized Stevens for being a white man writing about black lives, his life and attitudes were complex - Stevens described the language in this book as Òthe language of the people who live it. So that the reader may become a participant and not just a spectator. It is a language of pain, or despair and neglect - yes, and of hope as well.Ó Stevens grew up in largely black neighborhoods, of HellÕs Kitchen and then Harlem, and he wrote about what he knew. Stephen KIng commented that Stevens produced "three of the finest novels ever written about the dark side of the American Dream." 236 pp.

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    Condition: Near fine in very good dust jacket (short closed tear to fold of dj, other minor edgewear, crease on front flap)

    Book ID: 84176
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  • BADGE OF THE ASSASSIN. by Tanenbaum, Robert and Philip Rosenberg.
    Tanenbaum, Robert and Philip Rosenberg.
    BADGE OF THE ASSASSIN.

    Edition: Uncorrected proof (trade paperback format. )

    New York: Dutton, (1979.). First edition - True story of the manhunt following a brutal double murder of 2 off-duty policemen at a Harlem housing project - the shooting was by members of the Black Liberation Army and the search led from the underground in San Francisco to small towns in the South. Tanenbaum, now a sucessful mystery novelist, was then the young district attorney prosecuting the cases, and this is his first book.

    Condition: Near fine in orange printed wrappers (light crease to edge of front cover.)

    Book ID: 49353
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  • REGGIE AND NILMA. by Tanner, Louise.
    Tanner, Louise.
    REGGIE AND NILMA.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, (1971) dj. Hardcover first edition - The author's first book for younger readers - one which chronicles a white brother and sister's growing tensions as they realize the racial and sociological differences between their life and that of the black housekeeper Nilma who reared them and her son Reggie who taught them what life is like in ghetto Harlem. 184 pp. ISBN: 0-374362440.

    Condition: Fair condition only in blue cloth boards in a fair dust jacket (bleeding from the cloth covers to the endpapers and interior of the dustjacket, some spots to the edge of the textblock, price-clipped)

    Book ID: 85862
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  • THE WIG: A Mirror Image. by Wright, Charles (1932-2008)
    Wright, Charles (1932-2008)
    THE WIG: A Mirror Image.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, (1966) dj. Hardcover first edition - The author's second novel, a surreal look at 1960s New York as shown in the story of Lester Jefferson, "a rambunctiously outgoing and terminally callow variation on Wright's urban-loner persona. Lester is determined to capitalize on the transformative potential of Lyndon Johnson's Great Society with some bold transformations of his own. These begin with the vigorous application of something called Silky Smooth Hair Relaxer ('with the Built-in Sweat-proof Base'), thus bringing to life the eponymous 'wig': a lustrously silken hairdo that so boosts his self-esteem (I hadn't felt so good since discovering last year that I actually disliked watermelon) that he believes nothing less than the American…

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    New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, (1966) dj. Hardcover first edition - The author's second novel, a surreal look at 1960s New York as shown in the story of Lester Jefferson, "a rambunctiously outgoing and terminally callow variation on Wright's urban-loner persona. Lester is determined to capitalize on the transformative potential of Lyndon Johnson's Great Society with some bold transformations of his own. These begin with the vigorous application of something called Silky Smooth Hair Relaxer ('with the Built-in Sweat-proof Base'), thus bringing to life the eponymous 'wig': a lustrously silken hairdo that so boosts his self-esteem (I hadn't felt so good since discovering last year that I actually disliked watermelon) that he believes nothing less than the American Dream is within reach." (Gene Seymour) A book which anticipated the work of Fran Ross, Paul Beatty, Darius James, and Ishmael Reed (who calls this novel a landmark in African American fiction.) 179 pp. Dust jacket by Milton Glaser.

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    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 79584
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