Softcover, First Edition Orchard Press 283 pages. Fine, in illustrated wraps. A fresh and unread, unmarked copy. In the aftermath of the assassination of the first black president-elect, a small enclave around Washington, D.C. splits off to form the all-black Republic of New Africa. 17-year-old Virginia Harrison, searching for her father, missing in the chaos, makes a secret journey through this new nation where her white skin could land her in an internment camp...or worse. She is aided by a young black soldier. A superb vintage First Edition copy.ISBN-0964572605. LOC SSS-41 View More...
Hardcover, First Edition 1956 Harvard University Press 245 pages. Very Good, in a Good+ DJ. Minor shelf/edge wear to black cloth spine with gilt titles over off white patterned paper boards. Moderate shelf/edge wear with edge wrinkling to unclipped DJ - now in mylar. Previous owner signed bookplate on inside front cover. All pages are bright, clean and crisp with no toning. The first book of Negro folklore from the North. All the tales were gathered in Michigan. But the storytellers came to Michigan from every state in the South. 13 chapters: The Community and the Storytellers, The Art of N... View More...
Softcover, 1969 Bantam Book 179 pages. Near Fine, in illustrated wraps. Just a hint of shelf/edge wear to covers - no creases anywhere and covers are still glossy with no rubbing. Per the New York Times - One of the most important books on the negro to appear in the last decade. Truly a superb copy. LOC SSS-32 View More...
Softcover, 2003 Continuum Press 382 pages. Very Good+ in photo-illustrated wraps. Just a touch of shelf/edge wear to covers. No notes/writing-all pages are bright, clean and crisp. ISBN-0826476244. LOC-SSS-02 View More...
Hardcover, First Edition, Signed by the Author AND by Coleman Young 1989 Wayne State University Press 298 pages. Near Fine in a Fine DJ. Red cloth boards with black titles - corners sharp. DJ-now in mylar. Autobiography of Detroit's First African-American Mayor -- Inscription to the previous owner boldly signed by the Mayor on the title page. Also signed in two places by Coleman Young, one is an inscription on the half-title page and the other is just flat signed on the FFEP. A fantastic signed copy, this is the nicest one I've seen in 10 years. ISBN-0814320937. LOC SSS-22 View More...
Hardcover - NOT a Softcover, 1971 University of Massachusetts Press 489 pages...Near Fine in a Good DJ...Green cloth boards with black titles-corners sharp...minor shelf/edge wear and a few closed tears to DJ, spine of DJ lightly sunned with a chip in the paper-now in mylar...no notes or writing-all pages are bright, clean and crisp...The Southampton Slave Revolt is more commonly known as "Nat Turner's Revolt". Included are comprehensive extracts from contemporary press accounts of the event, transcripts of the series of trials which followed the revolt, and a selection of public and private d... View More...
Softcover, Near Fine with just a hint of shelf/edge wear to covers...no notes or writing - all pages are bright, clean and crisp...ISBN-1860741320...Thanks for supporting a small family business...LOC SSM-17 View More...
