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1. AFRICAN PEOPLE'S SOCIALIST PARTY. A New Beginning: The Road to Black Freedom and Socialism: The Main Resolution, Constitution and Program Adopted at the Firsty Congress of the African People's Socialist Party. Illus. with photos. Oakland: The African People's Socialist Party, (1982). 8vo. Wraps. 106 p. Very good. $15.00

2. AIKEN, Michael and Louis A. Ferman. Job Mobility and the Social Integration of Displaced Workers and The Social and Political Reactions of Older Negroes to Unemployment. Ann Arbor & Detroit: The University of Michigan - Wayne State University Institute of Labor and Industrial Relations, ca. 1966. 8vo. Wraps. [48]-56, 333-346 p. Reprint Series 44. Staples rusty; else very good. $15.00

3. AKRON COMMITTEE FOR A COMMUNITY AUDIT. The Akron Community Audit: A Study of Discrimination in the City of Akron, Ohio, 1952. Intro. by Alva I. Cox. Akron: Akron Committee for a Community Audit, 1952. 8 1/2 x 11 in. Stapled mimeographed sheets (inserted in folder). 59 p. (printed on rectos only). $35.00

4. ANDERSON, Marian. Album of Songs and Spirituals. Ed. by Franz Rupp. With frontis. photo of Anderson. New York: G. Schirmer, Inc., (1948). 4to. Wraps. 85 p. Worn at spine, light cover soiling; else very good. $40.00

5. ANDREWS, William D. AFDC Cadillac and Child Support: Let My People Go. Pittsburgh: RoseDog Books, (2005). 8vo. Wraps. 293 p. 1st ed. Review copy, with slip laid in. Fine. $15.00

6. ANTI-RACISM BULLETIN. Summer, 1980. $25.00

Apparently the only issue of this bulletin issued in Chicago by the Anti-Racism Commission of the New American Movement. Featured are two articles by Manning Marable, "Miami: The Fire This Time" & "Zimbabwe: The Real Struggle Now Begins."

7. APTHEKER, Herbert. Negro History and Loyalty. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County, Educational Department, [Communist Party, U.S.A.], 1954. 8 1/2 x 11 in. Stapled mimeographed sheets. 4 p. (printed on rectos only) + cover.

$22.50

8. ARNOLD, Harriett. Antioch, a Place of Christians: Chronicles of an African-American Church 1893-1993. Intro. by Clyde Arbuckle. Illus. with photos. San Mateo, Calif.: Western Book Journal Press, 1993. 4to. Wraps. xvii, 112 p. 1st ed. Fine. $30.00

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9. ARRIS, Dan M. A Dauntless Journey. San Francisco: Dan Arris Publishing Co., (1983). 8vo. Brown cloth, stamped in gilt. vii, 226 p. 1st ed. INSCRIBED & SIGNED. About fine in d.w. $22.50

Autobiography of this Nigerian-born African American.

10. ARRIS, Dan M. A Dauntless Journey. San Francisco: Dan Arris Publishing Co., (1983). 8vo. Green cloth, stamped in gilt. vii, 226 p. With six-page promotional leaflet laid in. 1st ed. Fine in fine d.w. $20.00

Autobiography of this Nigerian-born African American.

11. AUSTIN, Doris Jean. After the Garden. New York: New American Library, (1987). 8vo. Cloth-backed boards. 324 p. 1st ed. Some foxing at top edge; else fine in fine d.w. $15.00

Novel by an Alabama-born African American writer.

12. AXIOS, Costas and Nikos Syvriotis. Papa Doc Baraka, Fascism in Newark. Including a special appendix, Why the CIA Often Succeeds by Hermyle Golthier, Jr. Illus. with photos. New York: National Caucus of Labor Committees, 1973. Small 4to. Wraps. 36 p. $95.00

13. BAILEY, Erroll J. Mr. Dream Merchant. Boston, Shaftsbury, Dorset & Melbourne: Element, (1998). 8vo. Boards. viii, 274 p. 1st ed. Fine in fine d.w. $22.50

Novel written by an African American author.

14. (BALAGOON, Kuwasi). Kuwasi Balagoon: A Memorial and Essays from the Death Camp! No place: No publisher stated, ca. 1986. 8 1/2 x 11 in. Stapled sheets. [15 p.]. $30.00

15. BARASHANGO, Ishakamusa. Afrikan Genesis: Amazing Stories of Man's Beginnings, Volume I. Philadelphia: Barashango and Associates, 1998. 8vo. Wraps. xiv, 220 p. New edition. Light cover wear; else very good. $22.50

16. BARNES, Tyrone D. Poems and Stories of Reality: Always Believe in Yourself! Pittsburgh: Dorrance Publishing Co., (1999). 8vo. Wraps. 18 p. 1st ed. Review copy, with slip laid in. Fine. $17.50

17. BASS, Norman Delaney, III. Color Him Father: An American Journey of Hope & Redemption. Illus. with photos. North Charleston, S.C.: BookSurge, LLC, (2006). 8vo. Wraps. INSCRIBED & SIGNED by Norm Bass. $22.50

Norman Bass, Jr. was both a professional football player and a pitcher with the Kansas City Athletics in the 1960s.

18. ¡BASTA YA! Asesinato / Murdered. San Francisco: ¡Basta Ya!, 1971. 17 1/2 x 22 1/2 in. Broadside. Folded once vertically & once horizontally. Very good. $225.00

English & Spanish bilingual poster written in the aftermath of the killing of George Jackson & 5 others in San Quentin

on August 21, 1971. Illustrated with photos of George Jackson & of Luis Talamantez & Hugo Pinell.

19. BECKWITH, LaTaunja R. The Mistress. Pittsburgh: Dorrance Publishing Co., (2004). 8vo. Wraps. 39 p. 1st ed. Review copy, with slip laid in. Fine. $22.50

Book written by an African American author, which is said to be a "titillating novel of deception and passion [which] explores the complicated relationships cultivated by a woman driven by both money and lust."

20. BELTON, Don. Almost Midnight. New York: Beech Tree Books/William Morrow, (1986). 8vo. Cloth-backed boards. 215 p. 1st ed. Small spot on front cover; else fine in fine d.w. $30.00


21. BERRY, L[ewellyn] L[ongfellow]. A Century of Missions of the African Methodist Episcopal Church 1840-1940. Foreword by Charles H. Wesley. Illus. with photos. New York: Gutenberg Printing Co., Inc., (1942). 8vo. Green cloth, stamped in gilt. 333 p. + index. 1st ed. Name stamps on endpapers, evidence of label removal at base of spine, light wear at extremities; else very good. $100.00

22. BETHEL, Marion. Guanahani, My Love. Intro. by Petamber Persaud. Philipsburg, St. Martin: House of Nehesi Publishers, (2009). 12mo. Wraps. xv, 55 p. 2nd ed. Fine. $12.50

Poet from the Bahamas.

23. BIBBS, Susheel. Heritage of Power: Marie LaVeau - Mary Ellen Pleasant. Featuring the poem "Congo Square" by Luisah Teish. San Francisco: MEP Publications, 2002. Oblong 8vo. Wraps. 76 p. + appendices. Revised ed. About fine. $17.50

"What did the mysterious Vodou queen Marie LaVeau give to Marie Ellen Pleasant, Mother of Civil Rights in

California? What is Vodou and how did it inspire them?"

24. BIRTON, Pastor Earnest L. Black Man-Poor Man and God. Pittsburgh: RoseDog Books, (2005). 8vo. Wraps. 93 p. 1st ed. Review copy, with slip laid in. Fine. $15.00

25. THE BLACK GHETTO. July-August, 1972. $25.00

Black nationalist bulletin issued in Philadelphia. This is a special issue about Kwame Nkrumah.

26. THE BLACK GHETTO. February, 1973. $25.00

Black nationalist bulletin issued in Philadelphia. This is a special issue about Amilcar Cabral.

27. BLACK LIBERATION MONTH NEWS. February, 1978. $25.00

Tabloid issued in Chicago by the Organizing Committee for a New African Liberation Support Committee.

28. (BLACK PANTHER PARTY). Black Panthers: Behind the Myth. Cover design by Emory [Douglas], Minister of Culture, Black Panther Party. New York: Guardian, 1970. Tabloid newspaper format. 8 p. $45.00

29. BLAKELY, Allison. Russia and the Negro: Blacks in Russian History and Thought. Illus. with photos. Washington: Howard University Press, 1986. 8vo. Cloth. xv, 201 p. 1st ed. INSCRIBED & SIGNED. Fine in d.w. with light edgewear & a couple of tiny edge tears. $17.50

30. BOGGS, Grace [Lee] and James Boggs. Detroit: Birth of a Nation. [New York]: National Guardian, 1967. Tabloid newspaper format. 4 p. $25.00

31. BONTEMPS, Arna. "Even Money on John Chavis." In "Common Ground." Vol. X, No. 1 (Autumn, 1949). Light cover wear & fading; else very good. $17.50

32. BOU'VIER, Hugh Mitchell. Dubious & Darling: A Book of Poetry and Love Stories for Everyday Living. Los Angeles: Milligan Books, (2000). 8vo. Wraps. 101 p. 1st ed. INSCRIBED & SIGNED. Very good. $17.50

33. BOWLES STAR POEM BOOK NO. 3: POEMS FOR ALL OCCASION. Chicago: Bowles Music House, ca. 1938. Small 8vo. Wraps. 6, 120 p. Light cover wear & soiling; else very good. $30.00


Reprints "Our Scrap Book," compiled by Virgil O. Stamps & J. I. Ayres in its entirety + some other matter.

34. BRATHWAITE, Edward [Kamau]. Odale's Choice. London: Evans Brothers Limited, (1967). 12mo. Wraps. 32 p. Plays for African Schools. 1st ed. Previous owner's name at top of title page; else fine. $30.00

Play written by an author from Barbados.

35. BRING YOUR OWN. Illus. with photos. [Stanford, Calif.]: No publisher stated, ca. 1973. 4to. Pictorial wraps. Unpaginated. 1st ed. About fine. Uncommon. $50.00

Volume of photos & poems documenting the black experience at Stanford University in the 1972-73 academic year.

Among the poems are two by Jon Eckels & one by Al Young.

36. BROOKS, Gwendolyn. Report from Part One. Detroit: Broadside Press, (1973). 8vo. Blue cloth, stamped in gilt. 215 p. 2nd printing. Fine. $17.50

37. BROTHER REX, UNKNOWN AFRIKAN. Poetry, Parables, Prosperity, Passion, Peace, Promise, Perfection. Pittsburgh: RoseDog Books, (2005). 8vo. Wraps. 82 p. 1st ed. Review copy, with slip laid in. Fine. $17.50

Volume of poetry written by an African American author.

38. BROWN, Rev. J. T. One Hundred Questions and Answers for Ministerial Ordination. Nashville: Sunday School Publishing Board, n.d. 24mo. Wraps. 32 p. Very good. $30.00

39. BUGS OF DISTINCTION. Merry Christmas from the Bugs of Distinction, VW - Social and Civic Car Club, S.F., 1972. Illus. with photos. San Francisco: Bugs of Distinction, 1972. Small 4to. Wraps. Unpaginated. Very good. $45.00

Contains the purpose and history of this African American Volkswagen owners' club, photos of officers & members

and full-page photos of Judy E. Freeman, Miss Volkswagen 1972 & Michael Jasper, Bro. Volkswagen 1972. Certainly an unusual item.

40. "BY ANY MEANS NECESSARY." Vol. 4, No. 3 (ca. 1988). $15.00

Tabloid issued in Atlanta by the New Afrikan People's Organization.

41. THE CAMP PENDLETON 14 DEFENDER. May/June, 1977. $30.00

Tabloid newspaper issued in San Francisco by the Camp Pendleton 14 Defense Committee. It tells the story of 14 black Marines who were charged with conspiracy, multiple assault and conspiracy to commit murder for attempting to

break up a meeting of the Ku Klux Klan at Camp Pendleton.

42. CAMPUS CORE-LATOR: MAGAZINE OF THE BERKELEY CAMPUS CHAPTER OF THE CONGRESS OF RACIAL EQUALITY. Vol. I, No. 3 (Spring, 1965). $30.00

Edited by Ron Levant, Jim Petras & Joe White. This issue contains "Beyond the Gallows: The Future of Civil Rights"

by Barbara Garson, "Notes on Non-Violence" by Stokely Carmichael, "Civil Rights and the Liberal Backlash" by Petras, "Bogalusa: Negro Community vs. Crown Colony" by Carl Hufbauer, etc.

43. CARMICHAEL, Stokely. What We Want. San Jose, Calif.: Friends of SNCC, 1966. 8vo. Wraps. [12 p.]. Very good.

$45.00

44. CARRERE, Mentis. Man in the Cane. New York: Vantage Press, (1956). 8vo. Cloth. 160 p. 1st ed. Some cover soiling & fading; else very good in price clipped d.w. with a few mended edge tears & chips & a small typewritten label with the author's name affixed near the base of the spine. $45.00

Novel written by a Louisiana-born African American author.


45. CARTER, Sheila. The Literary Experience. Mona, Kingston, Jamaica: Savacou Publications, 1985. 8vo. Wraps. xi, 213 p. 1st ed. Some cover wear & fading; else very good. $22.50

Jamaican author.

46. THE CHICAGO LEAGUE OF NEGRO VOTERS. To Increase the Power of Negro Voters - The Chicago Plan. Chicago: Chicago League of Negro Voters, 1959. 8 1/2 x 11 in. Stapled mimeographed sheets. 7 p. (printed on rectos only). $25.00

47. CHISHOLM, Shirley. The Good Fight. Illus. with photos. New York: Harper & Row, (1973). 8vo. Cloth-backed boards. 206 p. 1st ed. Fine in near fine d.w. $30.00

48. CIECIORKA, Bobbi and Frank Cieciorka. Negroes in American History: A Freedom Primer. Illus. with drawings by Frank Cieciorka. Atlanta: The Student Voice, (1965). Small 4to. Wraps. 51 p. 1st ed. About fine. $40.00

49. CLARK, Ira L., et al. Study Course and Manual, National Baptist Brotherhood Union, Auxiliary to National Baptist Convention of America, 1970. Illus. with photos. No place: National Baptist Brotherhood Union, 1970. 12mo. Wraps. 55 p. Previous owner's name on front cover, a couple of dates written in margins; else very good. $30.00

50. CLARK, Ira L., et al. Study Course and Manual, National Baptist Brotherhood Union, Auxiliary to National Baptist Convention of America, 1971. Illus. with photos. No place: National Baptist Brotherhood Union, 1971. 12mo. Wraps. 54 p. Previous owner's name on title page, a couple of dates written in margins; else very good. $30.00

51. CLARK, Ira L., et al. Study Course and Manual, National Baptist Brotherhood Union, Auxiliary to National Baptist Convention of America, 1972. Illus. with photos. No place: National Baptist Brotherhood Union, 1972. 12mo. Wraps. 59 p. Previous owner's name on title page, church name stamp on cover, notes written in the margins of a few pages, some doodling on title page, extensive notes on blank pages at rear & on rear cover; else very good. $22.50

52. CLARK, Ira L., et al. Study Course and Manual, National Baptist Brotherhood Union, Auxiliary to National Baptist Convention of America for 1973. Illus. with photos. No place: National Baptist Brotherhood Union, 1973. 12mo. Wraps. 62 p. Notes & underlining scattered throughout, initials on cover, some general wear; else very good. $22.50

53. CLARK, Ira L., et al. Study Course and Manual, National Baptist Brotherhood Union, Auxiliary to National Baptist Convention of America for 1975. Illus. with photos. No place: National Baptist Brotherhood Union, 1975. 12mo. Wraps. 48 p. Previous owner's name on cover, notes scattered throughout; else very good. $22.50

54. CLARK, Ira L., et al. Study Course and Manual, National Baptist Brotherhood Union, Auxiliary to National Baptist Convention of America for 1976. Illus. with photos. No place: National Baptist Brotherhood Union, 1976. 12mo. Wraps. 63 p. Previous owner's name on cover, addition at top of title page; else very good. $30.00

55. CLARK, Ira L., et al. Study Course and Manual, National Baptist Brotherhood Union, Auxiliary to National Baptist Convention of America for 1977. Illus. with photos. No place: National Baptist Brotherhood Union, 1977. 12mo. Wraps. 63 p. Previous owner's name on cover; else very good. $30.00


56. CLARKE, John Henrik. "The Betrayal." In "Points." No. 14 (Summer, 1952). Pages toning; else very good. $35.00

Expatriate literary magazine published in Paris.

57. (CLEAVER, Eldridge). Centerfold Poster of Eldridge & Kathleen Cleaver Holding Their Infant Son, Antonio Maceo Cleaver. In "Dock of the Bay." Vol. 1, No. 3 (August 12-August 18, 1969). $25.00

Black & white photographic image which measures 22 x 27 inches. A small version of the photo appears on the front

cover.

58. CLEAVER, Eldridge. "Eldridge Cleaver on Revolution and Education." In "Guardian: Independent Radical Newsweekly." Vol. 21, No. 40 (July 12, 1969) & Vol. 21, No. 41 (July 19, 1969). $35.00

59. CLEAVER, Eldridge. "Eldridge Cleaver Speaks: An Interview in Algiers." In "Dock of the Bay." Vol. 1, No. 11 (week ending October 13, 1969). $25.00

60. COALITION AGAINST RACIST, SEXIST, ANTI-GAY ATTACKS. Protest Racist, Anti-Gay Lynching and Stabbings in Concord!: Stop KKK Terror. San Francisco: Coalition Against Racist, Sexist, Anti-Gay Attacks, (1986). 7 x 8 1/2 in. Four-page leaflet. $30.00

Protests the lynching of a young black gay man in Concord, California.

61. COMMERSE, Meta Claire. Landscapes of Abuse: Transforming Femine Spirit from Powerlessness to Purpose. With Companion Workbook. Pittsburgh: Dorrance Publishing Co., (2001). Two volumes. 8vo. Wraps. xviii, 296 + ix, 147 p. 1st ed. Review copy, with slip laid in. Fine. $15.00

62. THE COMMUNIST. Vol. I, No. 3 (October 15, 1974) & Vol. I, No. 6 (March 15, 1975). $45.00

Two issues of this tabloid newspaper issued in Detroit by the Black Workers Congress.

63. COMPUTER PEOPLE FOR PEACE. Clark Squire and the Panther 21. No place: Computer People for Peace, ca. 1971. 8 1/2 x 11 in. Stapled mimeographed sheets. $50.00

Stamped "ACQUITTED" on cover. Squire was one of the Panther 21 and later was a member of the Black Liberation

Army under the name of Sundiata Acoli. He was convicted of murdering a New Jersey state trooper in 1974.

64. CONTACT: ESSENCE OF LIFE. Vol. III, No. 1 (February, 1973), Vol. III, No. 2 (March, 1973), Special Issue (January, 1974), Vol. IV, No. 4 (December, 1974), Vol. V, No. 4 (September, 1975), Vol. V, No. 5 (October, 1975), Vol. VI, No. 1 (January, 1976), Vol. VI, No. 3 (May, 1976), Vol. VI, No. 4 (September, 1976), Vol. VI, No. 5 (October, 1976), Vol. VI, No. 6 (December, 1976), Vol. VI, No. 7 (January, 1977) & Vol. VI, No. 8 (March, 1977).

$95.00

Broken run of 13 issues of this tabloid newspaper issued by the Afro-American Cultural Center at the University of

Connecticut.

65. CORNISH, Sam. 1935: A Memoir. Boston: Ploughshares Books, 1990. 8vo. Wraps. 181 p. 1st ed. Very good. $22.50

A sticker affixed to rear cover states: "Not Final Cover, Printer Error."

66. CROSBY, Daisylee and Vivian Osborne Marsh. Continued History of the Golden State Grand Chapter, Order of Eastern Star, Prince Hall Rite of Adoption, 1956-1967 (cover title: Reminiscing with the Stars of the Golden State Grand Chapter, Order of Eastern Star, Rrince Hall Rite of Adoption, California Jurisdiction, 1956-1967). Illus. with photos. No place: Golden State Grand Chapter, ca. 1967. Small 4to. Wraps. 45 p. Fine. $50.00


67. THE CRUSADER. Vol. 9, No. 3 (December, 1967). $17.50

Journal published in exile in Peking by Robert F. Williams, militant North Carolina black nationalist who was forced to flee a frame-up kidnaping charge. The lead article is "Why I Propose to Return to Racist America" by Williams.

68. CUFFEE, Dwayne. Why Reparations to African Americans: A Historical Collection. Illus. with photos. Pittsburgh: RoseDog Books, (2004). Small 4to. Wraps, Unpaginated. 1st ed. Review copy, with slip laid in. Some wear at spine; else fine. $25.00

69. CUNNINGHAM, Dollye W[oodfork Wilson]. The Missionary Worker's Manual. Shepherdsville, Ky.: Self-published, (1967). 8vo. Wraps. 238 p. 4th printing. Former owner's name & a couple of spots on front cover; else very good. $22.50

70. CURRY, Andrew. 17th Tractatus on Words: Selected Poems. Paradise, Calif.: DUSTbooks, (1969). 8vo. Wraps. 45 p. 1st ed. Very good. $15.00

71. DANIELS, Deborah, ed. Education by, for and about African Americans: Profiles of Several Black Community Schools. Lincoln: Nebraska Curriculum Development Center, University of Nebraska, (1972). 4to. Wraps. xvii, 86 p. 1st ed. About fine. $22.50

72. DAVIS, Angela. Angela Davis States Her Case. New York: Daily World, 1972. Tabloid newspaper format. 4 p. $25.00

Issued as a special supplement to the "Daily World," tabloid newspaper of the Communist Party, U.S.A. and then

distributed separately. This is the text of Davis' opening statement in trial on murder, kidnaping & conspiracy charges stemming from the events of August 7, 1970 at the Marin County Courthouse.

73. DAVIS, Elder Ben J. Wonderful Counselor Bible Study Course No. 2. Texarkana, Ark.: Self-published, n.d. 24mo. Wraps. 126 p. Minor cover wear; else very good. $45.00

74. DAVIS, Joe, ed. Tip Top Entertainment and Minstrel Album. New York: Tip Top Pub. Inc., 1936. Small 4to. Pictorial wraps. 65 p. Fine. $22.50

75. DELANY, Martin R. Blake; or, The Huts of America. Intro. by Floyd J. Miller. Boston: Beacon Press, (1970). 8vo. Cloth-backed boards. xxix, 321 p. 1st printing. Fine in fine d.w. $27.50

76. DELANY, Samuel R. Empire: A Visual Novel. Illus. by Howard V. Chaykin. New York: Berkeley Books, (1978). 4to. Black cloth, stamped in gilt. Unpaginated. 1st ed. Fine in lightly rubbed d.w. $37.50

77. DIATRIBE. Vol. 1, Issue 1 (October, 1992), Vol. 1, No. 2 (December, 1992), Vol. 1, No. 3 (March, 1993). $45.00

Tabloid newspaper issued at U.C. Berkeley by the People of Color News Collective.

78. DIX, Carl. Carl Dix on Black Capitalism, a 3 Part Series: A Bloodsucker Is a Bloodsucker; 1st Time Tragedy - 2nd Time Even Worse; The Boozhwah Hype and the Real Way Out. Atlanta: Revolution Books, ca. 1992. 8vo. Wraps. 17 p. Very good. $15.00

79. DODSON, Owen. "Theatre Workshop at Howard University." In "Flair." Vol. 1, No. 7 (August, 1950). Very good. $30.00


80. DONEGAN, Dorothy. Modern Piano Transcriptions. New York: Robbins Music Corporation, 1945. 4to. Wraps. 28 p. Pages toning, some cover wear, previous owner's name at top edge of front cover; else very good. $30.00

81. DOVE, Rita. The Yellow House on the Corner. Pittsburgh: Carnegie-Mellon University Press, 1980. 8vo. Cloth. 71 p. 1st edition. Fine in near fine d.w. $425.00

82. DR. E. T. How the Name Ezekiel Bears Great Significance through Prophecy and Success. Pittsburgh: Dorrance Publishing Co., (2003). 8vo. Wraps. 27 p. 1st ed. Review copy, with slip laid in. Fine. $17.50

83. DU BOIS, W. E. Burghardt. "The Opening of the Library." In "The Independent." Vol. LIV, No. 2783 (April 3, 1902). Cover worn at spine, rear cover becoming detached; else very good. $25.00

This issue also contains "The Next Step: A Benevolent Feudalism" by W. J. Ghent, "A Great African Lake" by Henry

M. Stanley, "The Chinaman in America" by Ng Poon Chew, etc.

84. DUTY, Richard, Sr., Susan Tunely and Louise Bonner. First Duty Family Reunion 1830-1983, Minden, Louisiana, August 5, 6, 1983, Arcadia, Louisiana, August 7, 1983. No place: Self-published, 1983. 8 1/2 x 11 in. Stapled sheets. [28 p.]. With a 4-page program laid in. $35.00

Program for the reunion of this African American family + a family tree & a genealogy.

85. ELLISON, Ralph. "A Congress Jim Crow Didn't Attend." In "New Masses." Vol. XXXV, No. 8 (May 14, 1940). $45.00

An account of the Third National Negro Congress. This issue also contains material by Ben Gold, Isidor Schneider,

Alvah Bessie, et al + a full-page William Gropper cartoon.

86. ELLISON, Ralph. "Anti-War Novel." In "New Masses." Vol. XXXV, No. 12 (June 18, 1940). $35.00

Review of "Spring Offensive" by Herbert Clyde Lewis. This issue also contains material by Ruth McKenney, Isidor

Schneider, Herbert Aptheker, et al + a full-page William Gropper cartoon.

87. ELLISON, Ralph. "Big White Fog: Ralph Ellison Reviews an Outstanding Play of Negro Playwrights." In "New Masses." Vol. XXXVII, No. 8 (November 12, 1940). $35.00

This issue also contains material by Joshua Kunitz, Ilya Ehrenburg, Isidor Schneider, Herbert Aptheker, Ed

Falkowski, et al + a full-page William Gropper cartoon.

88. ELLISON, Ralph. "Judge Lynch in New York." In "New Masses." Vol. XXXII, No. 8 (August 15, 1939). $45.00

This issue also contains "Ham and Eggs to You: California's Million-Vote Pension Plan" by Anna Louise Strong.

89. ELLISON, Ralph. "Negro Prize Fighter." In "New Masses." Vol. XXXVII, No. 13 (December 17, 1940). Tear at top of spine. $35.00

Review of "Walk Hard, Talk Loud" by Len Zinberg. This issue also contains material by R. Palme Dutt, Ruth

McKenney, Samuel Putnam, Ed Falkowski, Alexander Bergman, Alvah Bessie, et al + a full-page cartoon by William Gropper.

90. (ELLISON, Ralph). "Ralph Ellison: His Literary Works and Status." In "Black World." Vol. XX, No. 2 (December, 1970). Very good. $15.00

Special issue on Ralph Ellison. Contains "The Ambivalence of Ralph Ellison" by Nick Aaron Ford, "Ralph Ellison and

Invisible Man: Their Place in American Letters" by John A. Williams, "The Nightmare Truth of An Invisible Man" by Eugenia W. Collier, "Ralph Ellison and The Underground Man" by Clifford Mason, "The Visible Dimensions of Invisible Man" by John Henryk Clarke, "Ellison's Zoot Suit" by Larry Neal, "A Critical Look at Ellison's Fiction and


at Social and Literary Criticism by an about the Author" by Ernest Kaiser, "Profile of an American Writer" by John Corry, "A Selected Checklist of Material by and about Ralph Ellison" by Lugene Baily & Frank E. Moorer, etc.

91. ELLISON, Ralph. "The 'Good Life.'" In "New Masses." Vol. XXXIV, No. 9 (February 20, 1940). $30.00

A brief review of "Let the People Sing" by J. B. Priestley. This issue also contains "Hanging the Kaiser in 1940" by Theodore Draper, La Follette in Californa" by Ella Winter, "William Gropper: People's Artist" by James Dugan, etc

+ a full-page Gropper cartoon.

92. ELLISON, Ralph. "The Great Migration." In "New Masses." Vol. XLI, No. 9 (December 2, 1941). $35.00

A review of "Blood on the Forge" by William Attaway. This issue also contains material by Claude Cockburn, Feodor

Gladkov, Alvah Bessie, Ella Winter, Herbert Aptheker, Joy Davidman, et al.

93. FORMAN, James. 1967: High Tide of Black Resistance. Foreword by Mona Bazaar. No place: No publisher stated, ca. 1967. 8 1/2 x 11 in. Stapled mimeographed sheets. 12 p. $25.00

Uncommon edition. The Mona Bazaar two-page foreword is original for this edition.

94. FORTE, Majestic. The Mind, the Pen, the Paper: Reflections of the Soul. Pittsburgh: Dorrance Publishing Co., (2005). 8vo. Wraps. 40 p. 1st ed. Review copy, with slip laid in. Fine. $15.00

Poetry written by an African American author.

95. FOSTER, Cecil. No Man in the House. Toronto: Random House, (1991). 8vo. Boards. 217 p. 1st ed. Fine in fine d.w.

$15.00

Born in Barbados, Foster emigrated to Canada in 1979.

96. FOSTER, Ronald. The Plight of the Jew. Pittsburgh: RoseDog Books, (2007). 8vo. Wraps. xi, 84 p. 1st ed. Review copy, with slip laid in. Fine. $17.50

Written by an African American author.

97. FRANKLIN, J[ennie] E[lizabeth]. Black Girl. New York: Dramatists Play Service, (1971). 12mo. Wraps. 50 p. 1st ed. A bit of fading at edges & spine; else fine. $17.50

98. FREE GARY TYLER! Oakland: Fight Don't Starve Committee, Oakland San Francisco Fightback Committee, October League (Marxist-Leninist), 1976. 8 1/2 x 14 in. Broadside. $17.50

Louisiana black youth who was convicted of murder & given a death sentence for resisting a racist attack by the KKK.

Contains a drawing of Tyler, five paragraphs of text about the case and an announcement of a protest meeting in Oakland for Friday, July 9, 1976.

99. FRIEDMAN, David, ed. Crisis in the Schools: Teachers & the Community. New York: Independent Socialist Clubs of America, 1969. Small 4to. Wraps. 41 p. Very good. $25.00

Contains articles by Friedman, Jules Greenstein, Gretchen Mackler & Steve Zeluck.

100. GARY LAWTON DEFENSE COMMITTEE. Gary Lawton, Nehemih Jackson, Larrie Gardner. San Bernardino, Calif.: Gary Lawton Defense Committee, ca. 1973. 5 1/2 x 8 1/2 in. Four-page leaflet. $25.00

Black militants from Riverside charged with killing two Riverside police officers.

101. GASH, Eugene. Memoir. New York: Vantage Press, (1995). 8vo. Boards. vi, 103 p. 1st ed. Fine in near fine d.w. $37.50

Autobiography of this African American classical pianist.


102. GASH, Eugene. Memoir. New York: Vantage Press, (1995). 8vo. Boards. vi, 103 p. 1st ed. Fine in near fine d.w. with a couple of short edge tears on rear panel. $30.00

Autobiography of this African American classical pianist.

103. (GASTON, Arthur George). Dr. A. G. Gaston. Bessemer, Ala.: Alabama Post Card Co., ca. 1960s. 5 1/2 x 3 1/2 in. Kodachrome post card. 52911. About fine. $25.00

Gaston (1892-1996) was the most prominent African American businessman in Alabama at the time of the civil rights

movement, to which he had a somewhat ambivalent relationship. This card shows Gaston in his office in the A. G. Gaston Building in Birmingham.

104. GILBERT, Mercedes. Aunt Sara's Wooden God. New York: AMS Press, 1974. 8vo. Cloth. 271 p. Fine. $22.50

105. GILLARD, John T. "Lynching and the Law." In "The Commonweal." Vol. XIX, No. 7 (December 15, 1933). Folded vertically for mailing, library stamps on cover, small stain at top of spine; else very good. $25.00

106. GILLARD, John T. "The Negro Challenges Catholicism." In "The Commonweal." Vol. XVI, No. 5 (June 1, 1932). Folded vertically for mailing, library blind stamp on cover; else very good. $22.50

107. GILLARD, John T. "The Negro Challenges Christianity." In "The Commonweal." Vol. XVI, No. 3 (May 18, 1932). Folded vertically for mailing, library blind stamp on cover; else very good. $22.50

108. GILLARD, John T. "The Negro Challenges Communism." In "The Commonweal." Vol. XVI, No. 4 (May 25, 1932). Folded vertically for mailing, library blind stamp on cover; else very good. $22.50

109. GOODE, Jacques (pseudonym of William Henry Jones). Raw Milk. New York: Kioka Productions, (1972). 8vo. Wraps. 48 p. With a 15 x 22 inch promotional poster for the book. 1st ed. Fine. The poster has been folded once horizontally & once vertically and has a pin hole at both of the upper corners but is otherwise in fine condition. $175.00

The poster shows a b/w photo of the author and includes a poem entitles "Anytown,USA." The message "Read Raw

Milk" has been painted over the image in white ink (the lettering simulates stencilling). A small piece of paper with a typewritten blurb about the author has been affixed over the image near the lower right-hand corner. An attractive display piece.

110. GRANT, Lennox, et al. Trinidad under Siege: The Muslimeen Uprising; 6 Days of Terror. Illus. with photos. Port of Spain: The Trinidad Express Newspapers Ltd., 1990. Small 4to. Wraps. 124 p. Name inside front cover; else fine. $50.00

"On Friday, July 27, 1990, the Imam Abu Bakr's Muslim army stormed Parliament and held Prime Minister ANR Robinson and members of his cabinet hostage until their unconditional surrender on Wednesday, August 1, 1990."

111. [GREEN, Frances H.]. Elleanor's Second Book. Providence: B. T. Albro, 1842. 24mo. Cloth-backed marbled boards, paper spine label. 128 p. Brown foxing & stains throughout, paper label chipped; else very good. $145.00

Second memoir of Elleanor Eldridge, a free black woman.

112. (GREGORY, Dick). Dick Gregory: The Light and Dark Side, King Hall, U.C. Berkeley, Thursday, May 28, 8:30 p.m. Berkeley: Student Union Program Entertainment Recreation Board, [1970]. 8 1/2 x 11 in. Broadside. $25.00

113. GRIMES, Henry. Signs along the Road: Poems. Illus. with photos. Köln: Buddy's Knife Jazzedition, (2007). 8vo. Wraps. 129 p. 1st ed. Fine. $15.00


114. GUNN, Bill. All the Rest Have Died. New York: Delacorte Press, (1964). 8vo. Cloth-backed boards. 220 p. 1st ed. Some foxing at top edges, previous owner's initials on endpaper; else about fine in lightly worn d.w. with a few mended edge tears. $22.50

115. GUZMAN, Jessie Parkhurst. Crusade for Civic Democracy: The Story of the Tuskegee Civic Association, 1941-1970. Illus. with photos. New York: Vantage Press, (1984). 8vo. Boards. xiv, 226 p. 1st ed. Fine in d.w. with some wear & a small chip at top edge. $22.50

116. HAMBLY, Wilfrid Dyson. Talking Animals. Illus. by James A. Porter. Washington: Assciated Publishers, Inc., (1949). Small 4to. Cloth. x, 100 p. 1st ed. Previous owner's name on front endpaper; else about fine in lightly worn d.w. with edge tears & chips & previous owner's small printed name at top edge of front panel. $85.00

117. HAMILTON, Virginia. Her Stories: African American Folktales, Fairy Tales, and True Tales. Illus. by Leo & Diane Dillon. New York: Blue Sky Press, (1995). Small 4to. Cloth-backed boards. xiii, 112 p. 1st ed. Fine in fine d.w. with two medals affixed to front panel. $22.50

This book was winner of the Coretta Scott King Award & the Laura Ingalls Wilder Award.

118. HAMILTON, Virginia. M. C. Higgins, the Great. New York: Macmillan, (1974). 8vo. Cloth. 278 p. 2nd printing. INSCRIBED & SIGNED. Newberry medallion affixed to front panel of d.w. Fine in fine, price clipped d.w. $22.50

This book was winner of the 1975 Newbery Medal.

119. HANSDORFF, Martin. Sonnet for Marian Anderson. No place: No publisher stated, 1950. 8 1/2 x 11 in. [8 p.] with cover, string tie. 1st ed. SIGNED by the author & SIGNED by Marian Anderson. Fine. $100.00

The sonnet is attractively calligraphed in blue ink. The initial letters, in red, spell "Marian Anderson."

120. HARGIS, Billy James. Embarrassed Democrats, Apostate Clergy, and the TRUTH about Selma! Tulsa: Christian Crusade, 1965. 8 1/2 x 11 in. Four-page leaflet. $25.00

121. HARPO, Slim. Greatest Hits. Ojai, Calif.: Creative Concepts, 1978. 4to. Wraps. 32 p. Fine. $17.50

122. HARRISON, Dalston H. Collection of Poetry. Pittsburgh: Dorrance Publishing Co., (2005). 8vo. Wraps. 25 p. 1st ed. Review copy, with slip laid in. Fine. $15.00

123. HELMS, Janet E., ed. Black and White Racial Identity: Theory, Research, and Practice. Westport, Conn.: Praeger, (1990). 8vo. Wraps. xviii, 262 p. Fine. $22.50

124. HENDERSON, David, ed. Umbra Anthology 1967-1968. Illus. with photos. New York: Society of Umbra, (1967). 8vo. Wraps. 66 p. 1st ed. Small spot at top corner of rear cover & last leaf; else very good. $100.00

Black literary journal edited by David Henderson. Contains nine poems by Sun Ra plus others by Langston Hughes, Calvin Hernton, Henderson, LeRoi Jones, Henry Dumas, Victor Hernandez-Cruz, Bob Kaufman, Lorenzo Thomas,

Alice Walker, Julia Fields, Ray Durem, et al.


125. HENSON, C. Albert. Annual Address, President C. Albert Henson, California State Congress of Christian Education, Oakland, California, July 3-7, 1978. No place: No publisher stated, 1978. 8 1/2 x 11 in. Stapled mimeographed sheets with printed cover. 14 p. (printed on rectos only). $30.00

126. (HICKS, Louise Day). Hicks and Boston School Committee Must Resign: Rally against Racism and for Better Schools May 4, Saturday, 12 Noon, Boston City Hall Plaza ... We All Need Black White Unity, Better Integrated Schools. Boston: Sponsoring Organizations: Boston Teachers' and Aides' Caucus, SEIU Local 509 Stewards' Committee, Boston University School of Social Work Student Government, Boston University Student Union (1974-75 undergarduate student government), Peter Bent Brigham Hospital Workers Action Movement, Bickford Street Residents United, Party for Workers Power, University of Connecticut Coalition, Harvard-Radcliffe Students for a Democratic Society, ca. 1975. 17 x 22 in. Poster. Folded once vertically & once horizontally. Paper browning a bit; else fine. $175.00

Poster supporting integration of Boston public schools issued by a the Progressive Labor Party in its various

incarnations. It features a large cartoon of Hicks and John Kerrigan of the Boston School Committee seated on top of a crumbling Boston school building.

127. HIGGINBOTHAM, J. C. J. C. Higginbotham's "Warm Up" Book for Trombone. New York: Leeds Music Corporation, 1943. Small 4to. [24 p.]. Wear at top of spine; else very good. $30.00

128. (HILL, Viola T.). Viola T. Hill, President of State Women's Baptist Convention. Third Vice-President of National Baptist Women's Convention. No place: No publisher stated, n.d. 5 1/2 x 3/ 14 in. B/w post card. Minor edge wear; else very good. $25.00

The image shows Hill in a rocking chair.

129. HOARD, Ann B. Eloquence in Poetry That Lifts and Binds. Pittsburgh: RoseDog Books, (2005). 8vo. Wraps. 36 p. 1st ed. Review copy, with slip laid in. Fine. $15.00

130. HOLMES-SULTON, Shirley Ann. Everybody Ought to Know Who Jesus Is. Pittsburgh: RoseDog Books, (2005). 8vo. Wraps. 17 p. 1st ed. Review copy, with slip laid in. Fine. $15.00

Holmes-Sulton was pastor at Samuel's Temple Church of God in Christ in Harlem.

131. HUGHES, Debbie. Dead or Alive?: Which One Are You? Pittsburgh: RoseDog Books, (2005). 8vo. Wraps. 27 p. 1st ed. Review copy, with slip laid in. Fine. $15.00

132. (HUGHES, Langston). "Harlem Call (After the 1964 Riots)." In "American Dialog." Vol., 1, No. 2 (October-November, 1964). About fine. $27.50

This issue also contains "Turning Point" by Paul Robeson, "Who Spawned Goldwater" by Bertrand Russell, "Stolen: A

Political Party" by Upton Sinclair, "Hemingway: The Man and the Writer" by Joseph North, "We Met in Spain" by Milton Wolff, "The Last Commander and the Unpublished Letters" by Ernest Hemingway, "Art Is Not a Popsicle" by Philip Evergood, "Dialog with John O. Killens" by Alvin Simon, "I, Juan, Negro" by Nicolas Guillen, etc. The cover illustration of Barry Goldwater & skull & crossbones is by Hugo Gellert.

133. HUGHES, Langston. "Wisdom and War" and "How Thin a Blanket." In "The Span." Vol. 5, No. 1 (October-November-December, 1946). $30.00

Leftist literary magazine edited by Joseph Hoffman. Hughes is listed as one of the "Editors at Large." This is the Ralph

Cheyney Memorial Issue. Also contains material by Cheyney, Lucia Trent, Don West, Henry George Weiss, et al.

134. "IN THE MAKING," ORAL HISTORY 1980-81, FREMONT HIGH SCHOOL: INTERVIEWS ON THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT. [Oakland].: Fremont High School, 1981. Small 4to. Wraps. 175 p. Very good. $50.00


Contains oral histories conducted by the oral history class at Fremont High. Subjects include Angela Davis, Harry

Edwards, John George, Ericka Huggins, et al.

135. JACKSON, Mahalia, with Evan McLeod Wylie. Movin' on Up. Illus. with photos. New York: Hawthorne Books, (1966). 8vo. Cloth. 212 p. 1st ed. Fine in near fine d.w. $30.00

136. JACKSON-INMAN, Newfonie. Caught. Pittsburgh: Dorrance Publishing Co., (2004). 8vo. Wraps. viii, 127 p. 1st ed. Review copy, with slip laid in. Fine. $17.50

Novel written by an African-American author.

137. JACOB, Debbie, et al. The Greatest Show on Earth, Trinidad Carnival. Minshall: The Man and His Mas'. Illus. with photos. Port of Spain: The Trinidad Express Newspapers Ltd., 1991. Small 4to. Wraps. 96 p. Fine. $60.00

138. JACOBS, W. Richard. The Grenada Revolution at Work. St. Augustine, Trinidad & Tobago: Self-published, ca. 1979. 8vo. Wraps. 12 p. Very good. $25.00

139. JAMES, G. Winston. The Damaged Good: Poems around Love. New York: Vintage Entity Press, (2006). 8vo. Wraps. 102 p. 1st ed. Fine. $25.00

Gay African-American poetry.

140. JOHNSON, Audreye E., ed. The Black Experience: Social, Cultural and Economic Considerations. The Proceedings of the First Workshop on the Black Experience. Chapel Hill: School of Social Work, University of North Carolina, (1981). 8vo. Wraps. v, 174 p. 1st ed. Very good. $30.00

141. JOHNSON, Bertha LaBranche. Lifting as We Climb: Dedicated to the Mississippi State Federation of Colored Women's Clubs in Its 32nd Annual Session at Columbia, Miss., October 16 - 17 - 18 1940. With a photo of the author. No place: Mississippi State Federation of Colored Women's Clubs, 1940. 24mo. Wraps. [15 p.]. 1st ed. Fine. $75.00

142. JOHNSON, Jacqueline. A Gathering of Mother Tongues. Fredonia, N.Y.: White Pine Press, (1997). 8vo. Wraps. 119 p. 1st ed. INSCRIBED & SIGNED. Fine. $17.50

Poetry.

143. JOHNSON, Quintin. To Be Number One, Second to None. Pittsburgh: Dorrance Publishing Co., (2005). 8vo. Wraps. 40 p. 1st ed. Review copy, with slip laid in. Fine. $15.00

African American maintenance supervisor's reminiscences of his tenure as a trombonist with the Booker T.

Washington High School Marching Band in his native Shreveport, Louisiana.

144. JONES, LeRoi. Two-part Interview in "Guardian: Independent Radical Newsweekly." Vol. 20, No. 25 (March 23, 1968) & Vol. 20, No. 26 (March 30, 1968). $35.00

145. KAILIN, Clarence S. Black Chronicle: An American History Textbook Supplement. Ed. by Mary Jean Sylvester. Illus. with photos. No place: Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction, 1974. 8vo. Wraps. viii, 36 p. Some staining at base of spine; else very good. $15.00

146. KAMAU, Kwadwo Agymah. From Kwadwo Agymah Kamau's Flickering Shadows. [Minneapolis]: Coffee House Press, 1996. 11 x 15 1/2 in. Broadside. SIGNED. A bit of wear at corners; else fine. $45.00


Barbadian-American novelist.

147. KAPLAN, Seymour. Color Lithograph of Charlotta Bass. No place (Los Angeles?): Self-published, 1950. 12 x 16 inches (image size 7 3/4 x 11 1/4). One of 16 numbered copies. Some wear around edges; else fine. $500.00

The image shows Bass holding a folded copy of the "California Eagle." Seymour had just returned at this time from a stint as visiting artist at Taller de Grafica Popular in Mexico City.

148. KEANE, Shake. One a Week with Water: Rhymes and Notes. La Habana: Casa de las Américas, (1979). 12mo. Wraps, d.w. 74 p. 1st ed. Fine in fine d.w. $27.50

Poet from St. Vincent.

149. KEMET: JOURNAL OF THE AFRICAN NATION. $35.00

Afrocentric journal edited in Oakland by Walter Moore. This issue contains "All African Peoples Revolutionary Party"

by Stokely Carmichael, "Tanzania Rejects Western Domination of Africa" by Julius Nyerere and severn articles on ancient Egypt including "Egypto-Ethiopian Civilization" by Cheikh Anta Diop.

150. KHACHATUROV, Karen, et al. Remember Grenada! Illus. with photos. Gravenhurst, Ontario: Northern Book House, ca. 1983. Small 4to. Wraps. 26 p. $22.50

151. KHATARI DEFENSE COMMITTEE. Benefit for Jeffrey Gaulden - Khatari - Defense, Wed., July 14th, 8:30 pm, La Pena Cultural Center ... Speakers: Willie Tate and Kathleen Cleaver ... [Berkeley]: Khatari Defense Committee, ca. 1976. 8 1/2 x 11 in. Broadside. $30.00

Khatari was an African American inmate at San Quention who was involved with the Black Guerrilla Family &

August 29th and who was killed in "Q" in 1978.

152. KING, Martin Luther. Beyond Vietnam and the Casualties of the War in Vietnam. Foreword by Robert McAfee Brown. Comment by Vincent Harding. New York: Clergy and Laity Concerned, (1986). Small 4to. Wraps. 20 p. Very good. $17.50

153. KING, Martin Luther, Jr. "Freedom's Crisis: The Last Steep Ascent." In "The Nation." Vol. 202, No. 11 (March 14, 1966). Address label on cover, folded once vertically for mailing; else fine. $25.00

154. KING, Martin Luther, Jr. "The Hammer of Civil Rights." In "The Nation." Vol. 198, No. 11 (March 9, 1964). Folded once vertically for mailing; else very good. $25.00

155. KINLEY, Henry Clifford, D.D., Ph.D. God - The Archetype (Original) Pattern of the Universe. Illus. No place (Los Angeles?): The Institute of Divine Metaphysical Research, Inc., 1961. 4to. Black patterned cloth, stamped in green. 274 p. 1st ed. SIGNED. One corner a bit bumped; else very good. Scarce. $175.00

Pages 153-154 were not bound in the book and were supplied on a mimeographed sheet which is laid in. The sheet is present in this copy.

156. KONDO, Zak. The Black Student's Guide to Positive Education: (For High School, College, Graduate, Professional and Technical Students). Foreword by Nia Kondo. Washington: Nubia Press, (1987). 8vo. Wraps. v, 79 p. Very good.

$15.00


157. (KU KLUX KLAN). Truth and Light. Vol. III, No. 7 (July, 1923). $30.00

Catholic journal edited in Chicago by C. A. Windle. This issue contains "Kurse of the Ku Klux Klan," "Kluxers Control the Police," "Free Masonry Attacks the Catholic Church," "Shall the People Rule" (a rejoinder the "The

Menace"), etc.

158. LAFARGE, John. "The Negro Apostolate." In "The Commonweal." Vol. XXII, No. 10 (July 5, 1935). Folded vertically for mailing, library stamp on cover, wear at spine; else very good. $15.00

159. LAING, Lucy. Although He Was Black. Illus. with b/w frontis. & with line drawings. London: Thomas Nelson & Sons, Ltd., [1924]. 12mo. Pictorial boards. 62 p. Reward label (partially removed) on front paste-down, light wear at extremities; else very good. $35.00

British juvenile novel about an African American boy who is brought from "old Kentuck'" by a British man as a companion for his sons. The lad, whose name is Sambo, speaks in what the author took to be an African American

dialect.

160. LAURENT, Gérard M[entor]. Pèlerinage historique a Sainte-Anne: Pour Fêter un Centenaire. No place: No publisher stated, 1970. 8vo. Wraps. 56 p. Pages toned; else very good. $37.50

161. LE CATO, N[athaniel] J[ames] W[alter]. The Curse of Caste. New York: Walker-Ellerson Publishing Co., (1903). 12mo. 320 p. 1st ed. Smith L-140. Some cover soiling, minor wear at extremities; else very good. $100.00

Novel of African American life in the South.

162. LEDBETTER, Huddie. Leadbelly: A Collection of World-Famous Songs. Ed. by John A. Lomax & Alan Lomax. Hally Wood, music editor. Special note on Leadbelly's 12-string guitar by Pete Seeger. New York: Folkways Music Publishers, Inc., (1959). 8vo. Wraps. 80 p. 1st ed. Very good. $45.00

163. LEE, Don L. Dynamite Voices I: Black Poets of the 1960's. Detroit: Broadside Press, (1971). 8vo. Wraps. 92 p. 2nd printing. Very good. $15.00

164. LEIGH, Trina. Master Plan. Pittsburgh: RoseDog Books, (2005). 8vo. Wraps. xxiv, 94 p. 1st ed. Review copy, with slip laid in. Fine. $15.00

165. LENORA B. FULANI'S COMMITTEE FOR FAIR ELECTIONS. The Black Agenda & Independent Politics. Illus. with photos. New York: Lenora B. Fulani's Committee for Fair Elections, (1988). 8vo. Wraps. [7 p.]. $25.00

Issued while Fulani was the Presidential candidate of the New Alliance Party, a creation of Fred Newman and the International Workers Party.

166. LESTER, Julius. More Tales of Uncle Remus: Further Adventures of Brer Rabbit, His Friends, Enemies, and Others. Illus. by Jerry Pinkney. New York: Dial Books, (1988). 8vo. Cloth-backed boards. xvi, 143 p. 1st ed. INSCRIBED & SIGNED by Pinkney. Fine in fine d.w. $45.00

167. LOTT, Stanley K. The American Flag Is the Real Slave Flag. Pittsburgh: RoseDog Books, (2004). 8vo. Wraps. xiii, 53 p. 1st ed. Fine. $30.00


168. LOWRY, Raymond S. The Negro in History. Fort Benjamin Harrison, Ind.: US Army Adjutant General School, (1971). 8 1/2 x 11 in. stapled sheets + cover. 50 p. $30.00

Reprints columns which appeared under the title "The Negro in History" in the "Indianapolis Star."

169. (LUNCEFORD, Jimmie). The Wolverine Club Presents Jimmie Lunceford and His 15 Recording Artists ... Eagles' Hall, 117 S.E. 4th Street, Minneapolis, Tuesday Night, March 20, Dancing, 9:00 'till 1:00 A.M. Minneapolis: Wolverine Club, n.d. 6 1/4 x 10 in. Four-page leaflet printed on blue card stock. Folded twice horizontally, some residue at top edge of rear cover where it was affixed to an album or some such. $25.00

170. (MAGEE, Ruchell). Ruchell Magee Has Been Illegally Held as a Slave in California since 1963. Because Ruchell Rebelled after 7 Years, Getting No Justice from the Corrupt Legal System, the Pigs Conspire at Every Turn to Stop His Brilliant Defense of Peoples Rights and Deprive Him of His Right to Self Defense. His Fight Is Our Fight. Slaves Have the Right to Rebel. Free Ruchell! No information given (issued 1972). 10 x 14 1/2 in. 4-page leaflet. $60.00

Attractive item with the text above printed in red & black on the front, a large photo of Magee on the back with five

columns of text inside.

171. MARCIANTE, Theodore. From Slavery to Freedom in Louisiana 1862-1865. Illus. with photos. Philadelphia: Dorrance Publishing Co., (2002). 8vo. Wraps. xv, 72 p. 1st ed. Review copy, with slip laid in. Fine. $17.50

172. MARKS, Christopher E. It Doesn't Take a Whole Day. Pittsburgh: RoseDog Books, (2007). 8vo. Wraps. 95 p. 1st ed. Review copy, with slip laid in. Fine. $15.00

Poetry.

173. MARSHALL, Franklin. Louden Nelson: From Slavery to Philanthropy. Illus. by Maricela Marshall. Santa Cruz, Calif.: Children's Learning Museum, (2003). Small 4to. Wraps. [32 p.]. 1st ed. SIGNED. Fine. $17.50

174. MARTIN, Herrick M. Aspects of Life. Pittsburgh: Dorrance Publishing Co., (2003). 8vo. Wraps. 27 p. 1st ed. Review copy, with slip laid in. Fine. $17.50


175. MARTIN, Rosetta P. Inherited Beliefs: Concepts of White Racism - A Subjective Bibliograpical Essay; Historical Beliefs of White Racism Inherited through Theories, Philosophies, Ideologies, Thoughts, and Speculations. Pittsburgh: Dorrance Publishing Co., (2003). 8vo. Wraps. viii, 165 p. 1st ed. Review copy, with slip laid in. Fine. $15.00

176. (MASON, Moses, Jr.). Articles of Faith, the Church of the Ten Commandments. With: Autobiography, Evangelist Moses Mason, Jr. [Berkeley]: Evangelist Moses Mason, (1971). 8vo. Wraps. 12 p. Short tear at base of spine; else very good. $35.00

With a photo of Mason inside front cover. Laid in is a mimeographed schedule of meetings of the Evgangelist Moses

Mason Crusade to be held in various churches in Berkeley & Oakland, to which one is exhorted to "bring the sick, lame, blind, confused, and all who need a blessing from God."

177. MATTHEWS, John L. A Layman Looks at the Gods of the Bible. Philadelphia: Dorrance & Company, (1970). 8vo. Cloth. x, 193 p. 1st ed. INSCRIBED & SIGNED. A bit of foxing at top edges; else fine in lightly rubbed d.w. $30.00

African American author from Montgomery, Alabama.

178. McAFEE, Kathy. Black Brothers Have a Better Idea. Boston: New England Free Press, ca. 1969. 8 1/2 x 11 in. Four-page leaflet. Very Good. $15.00

Account of the wildcat strike led by black militants at the Ford plant at Mahwah, N. J.


179. McALLISTER, Joseph B. "Communism and the Negro." In "The Commonweal." Vol. XXVI, No. 11 (July 9, 1937). Folded vertically for mailing, library stamp on cover; else very good. $22.50

180. McFARLAND, Ella Mae Gaines. Climb 'til Your Dream Comes True: The Educational Journey of a Black Single Mother; Suggestions for Welfare Reform. Pittsburgh: Dorrance Publishing Co., (2000). 8vo. Wraps. vi, 124 p. 1st ed. Review copy, with slip laid in. Fine. $15.00

181. McKAY, Claude. Banana Bottom. Chatham, N.J.: The Chatham Bookseller, (1970). 8vo. Cloth. 317 p. Fine. $15.00

Reprint of the 1933 edition.

182. MIDDLETON, Greg. In Search of the Soul. Pittsburgh: Dorrance Publishing Co., (2002). 8vo. Wraps. xiv, 149 p. 1st ed. Review copy, with slip laid in. Fine. $15.00

183. MITCHELL, Gail. Bone Songs. San Francisco: Taurean Horn Press, (1999). 8vo. Wraps. viii, 96 p. 1st ed. INSCRIBED & SIGNED. Fine. $15.00

184. THE MOBILIZATION TO FREE MUMIA ABU-JAMAL. Your Chants for Free Mumia. San Francisco: The Mobilization to Free Mumia Abu-Jamal, n.d. 5 1/2 x 8 1/2 in. Broadside. $25.00

"Thanks to the People of Color Task Force to Free Mumia for some of these chants," which are 18 in number.

185. MONYE, Ambrose Adikamkwu. The Cock That Crows in the Compound. Pittsburgh: RoseDog Books, (2007). 8vo. Wraps. vii, 129 p. 1st ed. Review copy, with slip laid in. Fine. $15.00

Short stories written by a Nigerian-born African American author.

186. MOREHOUSE COLLEGE GLEE CLUB. Atlanta's Children: "Listen to the Lamb." Atlanta: MCGC Records, ca. 1980. 33 1/3 rpm LP record. Vol. VII. Fine. $30.00

187. MOREHOUSE COLLEGE GLEE CLUB. Morehouse City Limits. Atlanta: MCGC Records, (1977). 33 1/3 rpm LP record. Vol. V. Fine. $30.00

188. MOREHOUSE COLLEGE GLEE CLUB. On My Journey. Atlanta: MCGC Records, (1979). 33 1/3 rpm LP. Two record set. Vol. VI. A bit bumped at base of sleeve; else fine. $37.50

189. MORRISON, Toni. Love. New York: Knopf, 2003. 8vo. Cloth. 201 p. 1st ed. SIGNED on publisher's bookplate which has been affixed to half-title. Fine in fine d.w. $25.00

190. MORSE, Paul. Letters to Harriet Tubman: A Play with Music. Culver City, Calif.: Paul Morse Productions, (1982). 8vo. Wraps. 25 p. 1st ed. Very good. $30.00

191. MOSLEY, Patsy R. Women and the Armor of God: The Inward Woman Dressed for Spiritual Warfare, Armed and Ready for the Twenty-first Century. Pittsburgh: Dorrance Publishing Co., (2007). 8vo. Wraps. 19 p. 1st ed. Review copy, with slip laid in. Fine. $15.00


192. MOSS, Bill. School Desegregation: Enough Is Enough. Columbus, Ohio: Danmo Publishing Co., ca. 2000 (© 1992). 8vo. Cloth. 216 p. INSCRIBED & SIGNED. Fine in fine d.w. $15.00

African American school board member from Columbus, Ohio.

193. NARTEY, Rafak. Just for the Pillow: A Collection of Short Poems. Pittsburgh: Dorrance Publishing Co., Inc., (2003). 8vo. Wraps. 37 p. 1st ed. Review copy, with slip laid in. Fine. $15.00

194. NAST, Thomas. "Colored Rule in a Reconstructed (?) State ... (The Members Call Each Other Thieves, Liars, Rascals, and Cowards)." Cover illustration for "Harper's Weekly." Vol. XVIII, No. 898). Three small holes punched along spine; else very good. $75.00

A masterpiece of racial stereotyping.

195. NATIONAL ALLIANCE AGAINST RACIST & POLITICAL REPRESSION. North Carolina Denies Right to Organize: Wilmington Ten Face 282 Years. Illus. with photos. Louisville: Kentucky Organizing Committee, National Alliance Against Racist & Political Repression, ca. 1975. 8 1/2 x 11 in. Four-page leaflet. $17.50

196. NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF COLORED PEOPLE. Thirty Years of Lynching in the United States 1889-1918. Foreword by John R. Shillady. New York: National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, (1967). 8vo. Wraps. 105 p. Light cover wear; else very good. $45.00

Reprint of the 1919 edition.

197. NATIONAL BAPTIST CONVENTION. Address for Emergency Occasions: (Including Welcome Addresses and Responses, Dedications for New Homes, Church Organ, Resolutions, Tributes, Obituaries, {astor's Anniversaries, etc.). Nashville: National Baptist Publishing Board, ca. 1950s. 8vo. Wraps. 61 p. Previous owner's name on front cover, light wear; else very good. $35.00

198. NATIONAL NEGRO HEALTH NEWS. Vol. 16, No. 1 (January-March, 1948) & Vol. 16, No. 3 (July-September, 1948). About fine. $35.00

199. NATIONAL TRADE UNION CONFERENCE FOR NEGRO RIGHTS. Fact Sheet No. 1: Negroes in Industry. Chicago: National Trade Union Conference for Negro Rights, (1950). 8 1/2 x 14 in. Stapled mimeographed sheets. 3 p. (printed on rectos only). $30.00

200. NATIONAL TRADE UNION CONFERENCE FOR NEGRO RIGHTS. Fact Sheet No. 2: Unemployment. Chicago: National Trade Union Conference for Negro Rights, (1950). 8 1/2 x 14 in. Stapled mimeographed sheets. 2 p. (printed on rectos only). $30.00

201. NEGRO AMERICAN LABOR COUNCIL NEWSLETTER. Number 1 (August, 1961). $60.00

Mimeographed newsletter of this dissident black organization within the AFL-CIO. The lead article is "NALC Makes

Its Bow to the American Working Class" by A. Philip Randolph.

202. THE NEW VOICES. Vol. 3, No. 5 (1975). Residue on cover from sticker removal; else very good. $30.00

West Indian literary magazine edited in Trinidad & Tobago by Anson Gonzalez.


203. NEWTON, Huey. Three-part Interview Conducted by Karen Wald in "Guardian: Independent Radical Newsweekly." Vol. 20, No. 41 (July 13, 1968), Vol. 20, No. 43 (July 27, 1968) & Vol. 20, No. 44 (August 3, 1968). $45.00

204. NOKES, Ethel. Black Joe. Coloured frontis. by Gordon Browne. London: The R.T.S. Office, [1932]. 12mo. Blue pictorial cloth. 224 p. Inscription on endpaper, a bit of wear at extremities, foxing; else very good. $30.00

British juvenile novel about African American man & his son who have in some manner been transported to England.

The black characters speak in an utterly unbelievable dialect while the white folks are wont to say things like "Oh, mother, the little nigger boy's feet are bleeding! May I bathe them for him?"

205. NWAMU, Punchin' Pat. They're Just My Friends. Pittsburgh: Rose-Dog Press, (2008). 8vo. Wraps. 154 p. 1st ed. Review copy, with slip laid in. Fine. $15.00

Boxing play written by a professional boxer.

206. ODEN, Gloria. Appearances. San Francisco: SARU Press International, (2004). 8vo. Wraps. 209 p. Fine. $12.50


207. (ODETTA). Odetta. (Los Angeles?): Dandetta Productions, [1962]. 5 1/2 x 8 1/2 in. Four-page leaflet. Folded once vertically; else very good. $25.00

With a b/w photo of Odetta on for front, two pages of text & announcements of Joan Baez and Clancy Brothers &

Tommy Makem concerts in Southern California & an ad for The Troubador on the back. Laid in is a 5 1/2 x 8 1/2 inch broadside for an engagement by Josh White & the Jazz Crusaders at the Club Renaissance on Sunset Boulevard.

208. (ODETTA). ... Odetta, Santa Monica Civic Auditorium, Friday, March 16th, 8:30 P.M. ... Los Angeles: Dandetta Productions, [1962]. 7 x 11 1/4 in. Single sheet, with blurbs on verso. Folded twice horizontally & once vertically; else very good. $25.00

Attractive item, with b/w photo of Odetta against a blue background.

209. ORR, James L. "The Negro in the Mills." In "The Independent." Vol. LIII, No. 2732 (April 11, 1901). Very good. $25.00

This issue also contains "Frederick Funston" by Charles F. Scott, "Employments Unsuitable for Women" by Henry T.

Finck, etc.

210. PEARCE, Vera. She Dared to Dream in Christian Romance. Pittsburgh: Dorrance Publishing Co., (2003). 8vo. Wraps. 55 p. 1st ed. Review copy, with slip laid in. Fine. $17.50

Religious novelette written by an African American author.

211. (PETEN, Cassandra). Casandra Peten Case - Three Broadsides. Berkeley: Cassandra Peten Defense Committee, ca. 1978. Three 8 1/2 x 11 in. broadsides. $45.00

African American woman accused of attempting to murder her physically abusing husband. Included are: 1. Clear

Cassandra Peten: Defend the Right of Women to Protect Themselves from Physical Abuse, 2. Clear Cassandra Peten! ... Come to a Benefit Dinner & 3. Boogie down at a Benefit Disco Dance for Cassandra Peten.

212. POLLARD, Lu Lu. Retirement - Black and White. New York: Exposition Press, (1973). 8vo. Cloth. 75 p. 1st ed. Fine in lightly worn d.w. with a tear & a chip at top edge of rear panel. $15.00

Written by an African American woman living in Richmond, California.

213. PONTIAC PRISONERS SUPPORT COALITION NEWSLETTER. Undated issue (ca. 1981). $30.00

Newsletter issued in Chicago in support of the Pontiac Brothers, 16 African American prisoners who were being

charged with killing three white guards during a rebellion at Pontiac State Penitentiary in Pontiac, Illinois in 1978.


214. PORTER, William E. Making Room for a Big God: Six Steps to Having the BIG GOD of the Bible Working in Your Life! Pittsburgh: Dorrance Publishing Co., (2003). 8vo. Wraps. vii, 99 p. 1st ed. Review copy, with slip laid in. Fine.

$15.00

215. POWELL, Jeanne. Cadences: Poems. Oakland: Meridien PressWorks, (1996). 8vo. Wraps. 25 p. 1st ed. Very good.

$17.50

216. PRATT, Lucy. Ezekiel. Illus. by Frederic Dorr Steele. Boston & New York: Houghton Mifflin, 1914, (© 1909). 12mo. Cloth, 253 p. Bookplate, a bit of wear at extremities & fading at spine; else very good. $27.50

Juvenile written in African American dialect.

217. (PRICE, Leontyne). California Civic Music and Arts Foundation Presents Leontyne Price, Soprano, 1958-1959 Season, Masonic Memorial Temple, Sunday, February 1, 1959, 2:30 P.M. San Francisco: California Civic Music and Arts Foundation, 1959. 8vo. Wraps. [12 p.]. Fine. $25.00

Program for this early Leontyne Price concert. An RCA Victor ad inside the rear cover announces that Price's "first

album [is] to be released shortly."

218. RACE & SOCIETY: OFFICIAL JOURNAL OF THE ASSOCIATION OF BLACK SOCIOLOGISTS. Vol. 1, No. 1 (1998). About fine. $25.00

219. RAMPERSAD, Arnold. The Art and Imagination of W. E. B. Du Bois. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1976. 8vo. Cloth. viii, 325 p. 1st ed. INSCRIBED & SIGNED "Arnold." Fine in fine d.w. $30.00

220. RANDOLPH, Vance. Americans Who Thought They Were Gods: Colorful Messiahs and Little Christs. Girard, Kansas: Haldeman-Julius Publications, 1943. 8vo. Wraps. 24 p. Unnumbered Big Blue Book format. Pages yellowing; else very good. $30.00

Contains a chapter entitled "The Black God of Harlem," about Father Divine.

221. REED, Ishmael. "I Am a Cowboy in the Boat of Ra." In "Noose." Number Five (6/1/68). Address label (to "Philip Whelan" [sic]) & postmark; else very good. $45.00

Mimeographed poetry journal edited in New York by Joe Early. Other contributors include Rudolph Wurlitzer, Theodore Enslin, Fielding Dawson, et al.

222. REED, Tennessee. Electric Chocolate: Poems, 1988-1989. Juneau: Raven's Bones Press, (1990). Wraps. vii, 56 p. 1st ed. INSCRIBED & SIGNED "Tennessee" and dated 11/21/93. Very good. $20.00

Reed's second book of poems, published when she was twelve.

223. RENARD, Alice. "A Negro Looks at the Church." In "The Commonweal." Vol. XLVI, No. 9 (June 13, 1947). Folded vertically for mailing, library stamp on cover; else very good. $17.50

224. REPUBLIC OF NEW AFRICA. What Is the Republic of New Africa? Jackson, Miss.: Republic of New Africa, ca. 1968. 5 1/2 x 8 1/2 in. Eight-page leaflet. $50.00


225. REVOLUTIONARY COMMUNIST PARTY. The Black Panther Party and Its Lessons for Today. No place: Revolutionary Communist Party, ca. 1995. 8vo. Wraps. 13 p. About fine. $22.50

"A report on a program held at Revolution Books in Berkeley, California on February 23rd, 1995 featuring Jonathan

Jackson, Jr., the son of George Jackson, a Field Marshall [sic] of the Black Panther Party and author of 'Soledad Brother,' and Joe Veale, former member of the Black Panther Party and now spokesperson for the Los Angeles branch of the Revolutionary Communist Party."

226. RINGGOLD, Mary J. A Man Called Bill. Pittsburgh: Dorrance Publishing Co., (2001). 8vo. Wraps. 151 p. 1st ed. Review copy, with slip laid in. Fine. $17.50

Novel written by an African American woman from South Carolina.

227. ROBERTS, Kofi J. The Sargasso Bridge: America Speaks, Africa Answers. Pittsburgh: Rose-Dog Books, (2007). 8vo. Wraps. 206 p. 1st ed. Review copy, with slip laid in. Fine. $15.00

Roberts is a Ghanaian-bown African American pharmacist living in Georgia.

228. ROBERTS, Torrin Noel. Noel and Mary: A Bipolar Love. Pittsburgh: Dorrance, (2002). 8vo. Wraps. 58 p. 1st ed. Review copy, with slip laid in. Fine. $15.00

229. ROBESON, Paul. "Paul Robeson Speaks to You: Exclusive Interview by Claude Morgan." In "In Defence of Peace." N° 12 (July, 1950). Very good. $30.00

230. (RODNEY, Walter). Walter Rodney: Poetic Tributes. Intro. by Andrew Salkey. Foreword by David Dabydeen. London: Bogle-L'Ouverture Publications Ltd., (1985). 8vo. Wraps. 101 p. 1st edition, paperback issue. Very good.

$25.00

231. RUCHELL MAGEE NATIONAL DEFENSE COMMITTEE. News Release January 27, 1973. San Francisco: Ruchell Magee National Defense Committee, 1973. 8 1/2 x 14 in. Stapled sheets. 2 p. (printed on rectos only). $25.00

Indictment of unfair proceedings at Magee's trial on murder & kidnapping charges stemming from the August 7, 1970

"slave rebellion" at the Marin County Courthouse.

232. SALAAM. Vol. 1, No. 1 (July, 1960). Tear at top of spine, creases at corners of rear cover, edges of last two leaves darkened; else very good. $45.00

Photo-illustrated digest-size Black Muslim publication issued in Philadelphia. Contains a column by Malcolm X.

233. SAUNDERS, John and Albert Parker (pseudonym of George Breitman). The Struggle for Negro Equality: Program of the Socialist Workers Party. Intro. by Charles Jackson. New York: Pioneer Publishers for the Socialist Workers Party, (1945). 8vo. Wraps. 30 p. 3rd ed. $15.00

234. SCHWARZ-KOPF, Rebecca. The Underground Railroad in the North Country and Early Accounts of African-American Life, Abolitionists and Newspapers in Northern New York and Vermont. Illus. with photos. Plattsburgh, N.Y.: Studley Printing and Publishing, (2001). 8vo. Wraps. 54 p. 1st ed. No. 780 of 2000 copies. Fine. $17.50

235. SEALE, Bobby. "Bobby's Home - In Chains." In "Dock of the Bay." Vol. 1, No. 16 (week ending November 18, 1969). $25.00

This is a "partial transcript of an interview with Bobby Seale, Chairman of the Black Panther Party, from his cell in the San Francisco County Jail on Monday, Nov. 10. Seale was returned to San Francisco to begin serving the four-

year sentence on charges of contempt of court as prescribed by Judge Julius J. Hoffman"."


236. SENAUTH, Frank. To Save the Titanic from Disaster. Pittsburgh: Dorrance Publishing Co., (1999). 8vo. Wraps. viii, 88 p. 1st ed. Review copy, with slip laid in. Fine. $15.00

Written by a Guyana-born author.

237. SIMMONS, James W. Thoughts from the Mind. New York: Exposition Press, (1962). 8vo. Cloth. 94 p. 1st ed. Some wear at extremities; else very good. $35.00

Inspirational book written by an African American author.

238. SIMMONS-MYERS, Helen J. The Spirit within Me. Pittsburgh: Dorrance Publishing Co., (2003). 8vo. Wraps. 55 p. 1st ed. Review copy, with slip laid in. Fine. $17.50

Poetry written by an African American author from Memphis.

239. SKANNAL, Deborah G. Dimensions. Pittsburgh: Dorrance Publishing Co., (2001). 8vo. Wraps. 31 p. 1st ed. Review copy, with slip laid in. Fine. $25.00

Volume of poems written by an African American woman from Shreveport, Louisiana.

240. SMITH, Patricia E. This Battle Is Not Yours ... It Is the Lord's. Pittsburgh: Dorrance Publishing Co., (2001). 8vo. Wraps. 15 p. 1st ed. Review copy, with slip laid in. Fine. $15.00

Inspirational book written by an African American author from Abbeville, South Carolina.

241. SOCIALIST WORKERS PARTY. A Transitional Program for Black Liberation. New York: Merit Publishers, (1969). Small 4to. Wraps. 13 p. 1st printing. Very good. $17.50

"This document was adopted, after a three-month preconvention discussion, by the 23rd National Convention of the

Socialist Workers Party held in New York City, August 29 - Sept. 1, 1969."

242. SOULBOOK SPECIAL LOOKS AT THE BICENTENNIAL. Undated issue (1975). Fine. $30.00

Theoretical journal of the Afrikan Peoples' Party, edited in Los Angeles by Mamadou Lumumba. This issue was

prepared for the Afro-American Anti-Bicentennial Committee.

243. SOULBOOK: THE REVOLUTIONARY JOURNAL OF THE BLACK WORLD. No. 9 (Vol. 3, No. 1) (Fall-Winter, 1970). Fine. $30.00

Black journal issued in Berkeley.

244. SPARTACUS YOUTH LEAGUE. The Fight to Implement Busing: For Labor/Black Defense to Stop Racist Attacks and to Smash Fascist Threats. Illus. with photos & cartoons. New York: Spartacus Youth Publishing Co., ca. 1975. 8vo. Wraps. 70 p. Very good. $22.50

245. SPENCE, Alex W. "Lynching and the Nation." In "The Commonweal." Vol. XV, No. 24 (April 13, 1932). Folded vertically for mailing, library blind stamp on cover; else very good. $25.00

246. STEPHENS, Mattie Freeman. The Christmas Gift. With color illustrations. Pittsburgh: Dorrance Publishing Co., (2006). 8vo. Wraps. 29 p. 1st ed. Review copy, with slip laid in. Fine. $15.00

247. STEPTOE, John. Birthday. Illus. by the author. New York: Henry Holt & Company, 1991, (© 1972). Oblong 8vo. Boards. Unpaginated. Child's name stamp on copyright page; else fine in fine d.w. $15.00


248. STREATOR, George. "A Negro Scholar: The Life and Writings of an American Leader Are Appraised." In "The Commonweal." Vol. XXXIV, No. 2 (May 2, 1941). Folded vertically for mailing, library stamp on cover; else very good. $25.00

An essay about W. E. B. Du Bois.

249. STREATOR, George. "Father Divine: An Economic and Social Analysis of a Movement Often in the Headlines." In "The Commonweal." Vol. XXXI, No. 8 (December 15, 1939). Folded vertically for mailing, library stamp on cover; else very good. $25.00

250. STREATOR, George. "So the Negroes Want Work." In "The Commonweal." Vol. XXXIV, No. 18 (August 22, 1941). Folded vertically for mailing, library stamp on cover; else very good. $17.50

251. STUDENT NON-VIOLENT COORDINATING COMMITTEE. Students Face Mississippi Violence for You! Atlanta: Student Non-Violent Coorination Committee, 1961. 8 1/2 x 11 in. Single sheet, printed on both sides. $25.00

Gives a one-page account of SNCC activities in McComb, Mississippi from August to October, 1961 and solicits

donations.

252. STUDENT NONVIOLENT COORDINATING COMMITTEE. We Shall Overcome: Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee. Pinback button. Approx 2 3/16 in. in diameter. Printed in black on a white background. $25.00

253. THE STUDENT VOICE. Vol. 5, No. 3 (January 27, 1964), Vol. 5, No. 8 (March 3, 1964) - Vol. 5, No. 9 (April 28, 1964), Vol. 5, No. 11 (May 19, 1964) - Vol. 5, No. 16 (July 15, 1964), Vol. 6, No. 1 (March 26, 1965). $150.00

Ten issues of this bulletin issued in Atlanta by the Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee (SNCC).

254. STUDENTS FOR A DEMOCRATIC SOCIETY. Bomb Plot or DA's Plot? ... Demonstrate! Bail Hearing for the "21" Will be April 11th, 9 a.m., at the Criminal Court Building. Be at 100 Centre Street in Full Force. Power to the People. New York: Students for a Democratic Society, [1969]. 8 1/2 x 11 in. Mimeographed broadside. $25.00

Protests the arrest of the Panther 21.

255. STUDENTS FOR A DEMOCRATIC SOCIETY. Support Black Rebellion, 14 Shot, 200 Arrested in Asbury Park, N.J.: Demonstration - 12th & Fallon, Oakland Court House, Mon., July 13, 70, 12 Noon. [Oakland]: Students for a Democratic Society, 1970. 8 1/2 x 11 in. Broadside. $25.00

256. SUMMERS, Iverson E. "A Negro Town in Illinois." In "The Independent." Vol. LXV, No. 3117 (August 27, 1908). Very good. $25.00

This issue also contains "The Abuse of Injunctions" by Samuel Gompers, "Springfield (Poem)" by Harry H. Kemp, etc.

257. SUN RA. "Spirituel," "A Blueprint/Declaration," "Cosmos Evolution," "Somewhere Else" & "Message to Black Youth." In "Stylus." Vol. 13, No. 1 (Spring, 1971). $37.50

Student literary journal issued at Temple University and edited by Exavier L. Wardlaw. It also contains many other

poems by African American authors and an introductory essay by Charles Fuller.

258. SYLVESTER, Harry. "College Education and the Negro." In "The Commonweal." Vol. XLIX, No. 15 (January 21, 1949). Folded vertically for mailing, library stamp on cover, wear at spine; else very good. $15.00


259. SYLVESTER, Harry. "Negro Seminary: The Techny Fathers Perservere at Their Tasks of Preparing Colored Priests." In "The Commonweal." Vol. XXXIII, No. 25 (April 11, 1941). Folded vertically for mailing, library stamp on cover; else very good. $17.50

260. TABOR, Michael. The Plague: Capitalism + Dope = Genocide. New York: Committee to Defend the Panther 21, ca. 1970. Tabloid newspaper format. 4 p. Very good. $45.00

261. TARRY, Ellen. "Living in Harlem: What Are the Physical Conditions of the World's Largest Negro City?" In "The Commonweal." Vol. XXXII, No. 23 (September 27, 1940). Folded vertically for mailing, library stamp on cover; else very good. $25.00

262. TARRY, Ellen. "Native Daughter: An Indictment of White America by a Colored Woman." In "The Commonweal." Vol. XXXI, No. 25 (April 12, 1940). Folded vertically for mailing, library stamp on cover; else very good. $25.00

263. TAYLOR-GRAY, Fallon L. My Side: You Thought You Knew. Pittsburgh: Dorrance, (2003). 8vo. Wraps. viii, 66 p. 1st ed. Review copy, with slip laid in. Fine. $17.50


264. TEMPLETON, John William. Success Secrets of Black Executives. San Francisco: Aspire Books, (© 1996). 8vo. Wraps. 223 p. 3rd ed. INSCRIBED & SIGNED. Very good. $17.50

265. THOMAS, Reola. Reasons Why Babies and Young Children Die. Pittsburgh: Dorrance Publishing Co., (1999). 8vo. Wraps. 11 p. 1st ed. Review copy, with slip laid in. Fine. $15.00

Written by an African American homemaker & mother of ten who was born in Somerville, Tennessee & lived in Osceola, Arkansas.

266. THOMPSON, Bill. Slice the Dreamaker's Throat. Intro. by William Hinton. Illus. with photos. Boston: South End Press, (1980). 8vo. Wraps. xi, 31 p. 1st edition, paperback issue. A bit of staining at top & base of spine; else very good. $15.00

Poetry.

267. THOMPSON, Caroline Arit Okon. The Joy of the Overcomers: The Story of Enslavement and the Joy of Overcoming from an African Perspective. Pittsburgh: Dorrance Publishing Co., Inc., (2000). 8vo. Wraps. xvii, 558 p. 1st ed. Review copy, with slip laid in. About fine. $17.50

Book about the legacy of slavery written by a Nigerian-born African American author.

268. TILLMAN, Rosetta R. Poetry of Love. New York: Vantage Press, (1997). Boards. xv, 269 p. 1st ed. About fine in d.w. with wear at edges & a couple of short tears. $25.00

Volume of religious poems written by an Alabama-born African American woman.

269. (TURNER, Elijah). Elijah Turner for Oakland City Council, April 18, 1967 ... Vote for Elijah Turner, Candidate-at-Large. Oakland: Elijah Turner Campaign, 1967. 8 1/2 x 14 in. Broadside. $25.00

Campaign leaflet for this African American community organizer.

270. U.S.-CHINA PEOPLE'S FRIENDSHIP ASSOCIATION / OAKLAND COMMUNITY LEARNING CENTER. Black Perspectives on China by Unita Blackwell Wright, an Activist in a Black Community of Mississippi Talks about Health Care, Education, Daycare and Other Aspects of New China, Monday, November 8, 1976, Oakland Community


Learning Center. Oakland: U.S.-China People's Friendship Association / Oakland Community Learning Center, 1976. 8 1/2 x 11 in. Broadside. $15.00

The Oakland Community Learning Center was affiliated with the Black Panther Party.

271. U.S. COMMITTEE FOR JUSTICE TO LATIN AMERICAN POLITICAL PRISONERS (USLA) / COMMITTEE TO DEFEND THE RIGHTS OF THE HAITIAN PEOPLE (KODDPA). Demand Asylum for Gerard Latortue, Immigration Dept., 20 West B'way, Wednesday, Aug. 22, 10 am. New York: U.S. Committee for Justice to Latin American Political Prisoners (USLA) / Committee to Defend the Rights of the Haitian People, ca. 1970s. 11 x 8 1/2 in. Single sheet, with French & Spanish translation on the verso. $15.00

Latortue later became Prime Minister of Haiti after the coup which deposed Jean-Bertrand Aristide.

272. UMBRA. No. 2 (December, 1963). Fine. $30.00

Black literary magazine issued in New York. This issue contains material by Ishmael Reed, Ann Shockley, Clarence Major, Ray Durem, Lorenzo Thomas, Aime Cesaire, Dudley Randall, James Thompson, et al.

273. UNDERWOOD, Bert. The Privilege of Darkness. New York: Vantage Press, (1985). 8vo. Boards. 395 p. 1st ed. SIGNED. Fine in fine d.w. $25.00

274. UNDERWOOD, Bert. The Privilege of Darkness. New York: Vantage Press, (1985). 8vo. Boards. 395 p. 1st ed. INSCRIBED & SIGNED twice, on the title page & on the front free endpaper. Some faint foxing at top edge; else fine in fine d.w. $32.50

Underwood has written a long inscription to a collector of African American literature.

275. VOICE OF THE LUMPEN. Vol. 1, No. 8 (October, 1971). Scarce. $45.00

Tabloid issued in Frankfurt which was aligned with the International Section of the Black Panther Party.

276. VOICE OF THE LUMPEN. Undated issue (ca. May, 1971). Scarce. $45.00

Tabloid issued in Frankfurt which was aligned with the International Section of the Black Panther Party.

277. WALKER, Alice. To Hell with Dying. Illus. by Catherine Deeter. San Diego & New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, (1988). Oblong small 4to. Cloth-backed boards. Not paginated. 1st ed. SIGNED. Fine in d.w. $30.00

278. WALLER, Fats. Boogie Woogie with 'Fats' Waller. New York: Mills Music, Inc., 1941. 4to. Wraps. 32 p. Light cover wear; else very good. $30.00

279. WARD, Anita L. I Survived. Pittsburgh: Dorrance Publishing Co., (1998). 8vo. Wraps. 26 p. 1st ed. Review copy, with slip laid in. Fine. $30.00

Story of childhood "physical, sexual, and emotional abuse" suffered by this African American woman from

Birmingham, Alabama.

280. WASHINGTON, Claude. Racism. Pittsburgh: Dorrance Publishing Co., (1999). 8vo. Wraps. 56 p. 1st ed. Review copy, with slip laid in. Fine. $22.50

African American author from Chattanooga, Tennessee.

281. WASHINGTON, Claude. Racism. Pittsburgh: Dorrance Publishing Co., (1999). 8vo. Wraps. 56 p. 1st ed. Fine. $17.50

African American author from Chattanooga, Tennessee.

282. WHITE, Edgar. The Crucificado: Two Plays. New York: Morrow, 1973. 8vo. Cloth. 146 p. 1st ed. Some foxing at top edge; else fine in fine d.w. $27.50


Playwright from Montserrat.

283. WHITE, Edgar. Lament for Rastafari and Other Plays. London & New York: Marion Boyars, (1983). 8vo. Wraps. 207 p. 1st edition, paperback issue. Fine. $15.00


284. WHITE, Edgar. Redemption Song, The Boot Dance, Les Femmes Noires: Three Plays. London & New York: Marion Boyars, (1985). 8vo. Wraps. 192 p. 1st ed. Fine. $15.00


285. WHITE, Edgar. The Rising: A Novel. New York & London: Marion Boyars, (1988). 8vo. Boards. 174 p. 1st ed. Old price on endpaper; else fine in fine d.w. $17.50


286. WHITE, Edgar. The Rising: A Novel. New York & London: Marion Boyars, (1988). 8vo. Boards. 174 p. 1st ed. Fine in fine d.w. $20.00


287. WHYTE, Winston Michael. Burning Embers; or, The Poems of a Prisoner. Pittsburgh: Dorrance Publishing Co., (2003). 8vo. Wraps. 50 p. 1st ed. Review copy, with slip laid in. Fine. $17.50

Poems written by a Grenadian politician who was imprisoned by the People's Revolutionary Government in 1979.

288. WILKERSON, Doxey A. On the concept "Negro": (Digest of a Report Presented by Doxey A. Wiklerson as a Basis for Discussion at the Preliminary Conference on Race Theories, Jefferson School of Social Science, September 22, 1951). [New York]: [Jefferson School of Social Science], ca. 1951. 8 1/2 x 11 in. Stapled mimeographed sheets. 8 p. (printed on rectos only). $30.00

289. (WILKINS, Roy). The National Broadcasting Company Presents Meet the Press, America's Press Conference of the Air, Produced by Lawrence E. Spivak, Guest, Roy Wilkins, Executive Director, NAACP, Sunday, July 16, 1967. Washington: Merkle Press Inc., 1967. 8vo. Wraps. 9 p. Volume 11, Number 29. Very good. $22.50

Transcript.

290. (WILLIAMS' COLORED SINGERS). American Folk Songs as Sung by Williams' Jubilee Singers (cover title: Williams' Colored Singers, the World's Greatest Harmonizing Octette). Illus. with photos. Chicago: Williams' Lyceum Bureau, ca. 1923. Small 4to. Wraps. [24 p.]. Some cover wear; else very good. $50.00

291. WILLIAMS, Dr. John W., et al. Study Course and Manual, National Baptist Brotherhood Union, Auxiliary to National Baptist Convention of America, 1969. Illus. with photos. No place: National Baptist Brotherhood Union, 1969. 12mo. Wraps. 52 p. Previous owner's name on front cover, a couple of dates written in margins; else very good. $30.00

292. WILLIAMS, Dr. John W., et al. Study Course and Manual, National Baptist Brotherhood Union, Auxiliary to National Baptist Convention of America, 1968. Illus. with photos. No place: National Baptist Brotherhood Union, 1968. 12mo. Wraps. 55 p. Previous owner's name on front cover, a couple of dates written in margins; else very good. $30.00

293. WILLIAMS, Rev. H. M., A.M., D.D. Preachers' Text and Topic Book: With One Hundred Ordination Questions and Common Sense and Religious Thoughts. Nashville: National Baptist Publishing Board, n.d. 16mo. Wraps. 64 p. Very good. $37.50

Originally published in 1909. This copy appears to be from the 1950s.


294. WILLIAMS, Sherley Anne. Dessa Rose. New York: Morrow, (1986). 8vo. Cloth-backed boards. xii, 270 p. 1st ed. Fine in fine d.w. $30.00

295. WILLIAMS, Sherley Anne. Dessa Rose. New York: Morrow, (1986). 8vo. Cloth-backed boards. xii, 270 p. 1st ed. SIGNED on the title page. INSCRIBED & SIGNED on the endpaper. A few notes on a blank page at rear, apparently made at a reading by Williams in Berkeley; else fine in fine d.w. $37.50

296. WILLIAMS, Sherley Anne. Dessa Rose. London: Macmillan, (1986). 8vo. Boards. xii, 270 p. 1st British ed. Fine in fine d.w. $22.50

297. WILSON, Beth P. The Great Minu. Illus. by Jerry Pinkney. Chicago: Follett Publishing Company, (1974). 8vo. Pictorial cloth. 32 p. 1st ed. SIGNED, also INSCRIBED & SIGNED "Beth." Previous owner's name on paste-down, spine leaning; else fine in fine, price clipped d.w. $37.50

Children's book.

298. WILSON, Harriet E. Our Nig; or, Sketches from the Life of a Free Black. London: Allison & Busby, (1984). 8vo. Boards. lix, 140, xxxiii p. 1st British ed. Pages toning, as in all copies; else fine in fine d.w. $17.50

Rediscovered novel which was first published in Boaton in 1859.

299. WILSON, Ivory. A Player's World Manual: Wanna Be a Pimp? Washington: Player's World Enterprises, (2001). 8vo. Wraps. Unpaginated. 1st ed. Review copy, with a whole sheaf of promotional material laid in. Fine. $30.00

300. WILSON, Warren Barrios. Dark, Light, Almost White: Memoir of a Creole Son. Illus. with photos. Oakland: Barrios Trust, (2008). 8vo. Wraps. xiv, 254 p. 1st ed. INSCRIBED & SIGNED "Warren." Fine. $22.50

301. YOUNG, Al. "Poem with Orange" & "Fort Collins, Colorado." In "Foothill Quarterly." Vol. 1, No. 3 (1976). Very good. $17.50

Two poems in this literary quarterly issued by Foothill Community College in Los Altos, California.

Bibliomania · "What did the mysterious Vodou queen Marie LaVeau give to Marie Ellen Pleasant, ... Black nationalist bulletin issued in Philadelphia. ... Jim Petras & Joe White.

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