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Oakland, CA: Change!, ca. 1967. 1st edition. Soft cover. Fine/No Jacket (as issued). Near Fine. 8vo, 16pp (stapled self-cover). An exceptionally well-preserved copy of a Civil Rights themed publication from late 1967 (or early 1968), published in association with the Unitarian Universalist Project East Bay in Oakland and Emeryville. Includes a short piece urging readers to "Support the Huey P. Newton Defense Fund" as well as writing by adults and children intended to inform a suburban audience about conditions in the inner city.
Desert Island by Walter De La Mare - 1930
by Walter De La Mare
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Desert Island
by Walter De La Mare
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Change!
by Johnson, George, et al. (eds.), Edward Berry, Jon Eckels, Bill Lowe, Booker Emery, Joe Brantley, Huey P. Newton (about), et al
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The White Savage: Racial Fantasies in the Postbellum South
by Friedman, Lawrence J.
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Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall, Inc., 1970. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Cloth in DJ; 184pp; DJ slightly edgeworn, boards square, clean & bright, pages slightly age-toned, text unmarked, binding is tight, VG/VG condition. Revealing and disturbing study of the racist ideas and fantasies of southern whites after the Civil War.
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Hambone 19 (Fall 2009) - includes Black Man in the Cosmos by Sun Ra
by Mackey, Nathaniel (ed.), Sun Ra, Kamau Brathwaite, John Taggart, Will Alexander, Leslie Scalapino, et al
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Santa Cruz, CA: Hambone, 2009. 1st edition. Soft cover. Fine/No Jacket (as issued). Near Fine. 8vo, [viii]+280pp, printed wrappers. Scarce nineteenth issue of this cultural magazine edited by Nathaniel Mackey. Includes "Black Man in the Cosmos," an annotated 17-page transcription of a spring 1971 lecture by Sun Ra. Unmarked copy (from the collection of contributor Leslie Scalapino), just about as new.
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Staffrider, Volume 5, Number 1 (1982)
by Mutloatse, Muthobi, Mike Kirkwood and Kay Hassan (eds.), Njabulo S. Ndebele, Karen Press, Mafika Gwala, Lesley Lawson, Don Mattera, et al
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Berkeley, California, United States
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Braamfontein, South Africa: Ravan Press, 1982. 1st edition. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket (as issued). VG. 4to, 48pp, stapled wrappers. Scarce 1982 issue of this important multiracial South African literary magazine. Includes work by a vast number of writers. Unmarked copy, clean with minor creasing.
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New Classic Literary Journal 5 (Number 5, 1978) - Short Story Special
by Sepalma, Sydney Sipho (ed.), Mbulelo Mzamane, Sheila Roberts, Mothobi Mutloatse, Arthur Maimane, Frank Chipasula, Christopher van Wyk, Essop Patel, et al
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Johannesburg, South Africa: New Classic Publications Trust Fund, 1978. 1st edition. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket (as issued). VG+. 8vo, 80pp, printed wrappers. Scarce fifth issue of the mid-1970s revival, under black editorship, of this important South African literary magazine. Subscription form laid in. Unmarked copy, light wear to wrappers.
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Dick Gregory's Bible Tales, with Commentary
by Richard "Dick" Claxton Gregory (1932-2017)
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187 pages. Octavo (8 1/2" x 5 1/2") bound in original publisher's quarter purple cloth with gilt lettering to spine over yellow boards and faux signature to cover in original pictorial jacket. Edited by James R McGraw. First edition. Richard "Dick" Gregory was an American civil rights activist, social critic, writer, entrepreneur, comedian, motivational speaker, author and actor. He became the first black comedian to successfully cross over to white audiences. Condition: Lightly soiled. Jacket corners and spine ends chipped else better than very good in like jacket.
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MAMMY ROSIE
by Bagby, Albert Morris
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New York: Published By the Author. Good+. 1904. First Edition. Hardcover. Clean original green cloth has bright gilt title on spine & front cover. Text's interior is tight, clean & intact. Mended front internal hinge with cover firmly attached. Pages 153-192 have a small bottom margin damp stain which does not interfere with text. African-American Literature ; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 335 pages .
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Running for Our Lives
by Glennette Tilley Turner (Barnes and Nobles Autographed Copy)
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There is a Barnes and Nobles Autographed Copy sticker on the front end page. On the half title page is the inscription, "To My friend Pauline, I was so delighted that you and Louise honored me by coming to the signing of this book that has been in the making much (2/3) of the time we've known each other. I so appreciate you and your family's friendship and interest in my work. Best Wishes Glenette, May 28, 1994."The book is in Near Fine condition. Then dust jacket is fair with tears and small pieces missing on the backside and top and bottom edges of the spine. This book is about the underground railroad and is written for ages 5 - 7.
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Creoledom: A Study of the Development of Freetown Society
by Porter, Arthur T.
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London UK, Oxford University Press, 1963, hardcover, xii-151 pp, First Edition, First Printing, Very Good in Very Good dustjacket. Clean and firmly bound, slight spine-end and corner wear, lean to spine. Dustjacket unclipped bearing original price, slight edge nicks, wear to folds and head and heel of spine, in new Brodart sleeve. An historical and social study of the Creole society of Freetown, Sierra Leone. Illustrated with 4 black-&-white plates and 6 maps including a fold-out map of Sierra Leone showing Ethnic Boundaries. Appended; Handbill recruiting the black poor, Bibliography, Index.
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Robeson, Labor's Forgotten Champion
by Charles H. Wright
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San Jose, California, United States
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United States: Balamp Pub Co, 1975. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good+/Very Good+. Book has one page with a small wrinkle, else clean and tight, jacket has some paper-loss on the backcover, else clean. Jacket is not price-clipped.
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Desert Island And Robinson Crusoe
by De La Mare, Walter
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Johannesburg, South Africa
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Faber and Faber Limited , 1947. 3rd edition . Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. With decorations by Rex Whistler. Yellow top page edges. Small stamp marks. Heavy book may require extra postage unless posted within South Africa. 3rd edition, 1947. Publication of 296 pages. There is gilt on the spine and on the front of the book. Frontispiece. The boards are a little shelf rubbed and a small chipped piece on the spine of the book. Internally the pages are clean and complete. The binding is excellent. GK. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.
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Desert Island and Robinson Crusoe
by Walter De La Mare
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BATH, Somerset, United Kingdom
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London: Faber and Faber, 1930. Cloth. Very Good. 10" by 6.5". Rex Whistler. A profusely illustrated copy of this work of literary criticism with charming illustrations from Rex Whistler. First trade edition. Issued the same time as a limited, signed edition. Illustrated throughout with numerous, lovely designs by popular illustrator, Rex Whistler. Whistler dominated the art world at the start of the twentieth century. He created many designs for large establishments such as Wedgwood china, the Radio Times and Shell Petroleum. This work explores the use of desert islands in many works of fiction such as 'Robinson Crusoe', 'The Man in the Moon', 'Gulliver's Travels' and more. In the original blue cloth binding with gilt detail to front board and spine. Externally very smart with slight bumping to the extremities and head and tail of the spine. Fading to the spine and rear board as is common with this work. Internally firmly bound. Pages bright and clean with marginal age toning and the odd spot…
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The Sky and the Forest
by Forester, C.S
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C.S. Forester: The Sky and the Forest. Little, Brown and Company, Boston. Stated First Edition First Printing Thus August, 1948. Cover price $2.75. Used. VG BOOK/VG UNCLIPPED DUST JACKET. A story of a central Africa. By C.S. Forester, author of the Admiral Hornblower series.
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"Malungu, Ngoma vem!" África encoberta e descoberta no Brasil (Cadernos do Museu da Escravatura No.1)
by Robert W. Slenes
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Rare! Luanda: Angola. Ministério da Cultura, 1995. Staple-Bound Pamphlet. Fine. Pages and cover securely held by one clean staple. Interior pristine. Covers clean and crisp, with slight reading wear to foreedge. Many B&W photos/illustrations. 24 pages. Not from a library. Published by the Angolan National Museum of Slavery and National Institute of Cultural Patrimony on the 20th anniversary of Angola's independence.
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Ol' Man Adam an' His Chillun
by Roark Bradford
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New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1928. "Ol' Man Adam an' His Chillun ( Being the Tales They Tell about the Time When the Lord Walked the Earth Like a Natural Man)". 264 pages.. Solid. Clean. Flyleaf detached from title page, but all pages still bound. A great collector's item and a rare find. . First Edition. Decorative Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. Illus. by A.B. Walker. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Fiction.
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Gone With The Wind
by Margaret Mitchell
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MARGARET MITCHELL: Gone With The Wind, published December, 1939 by The Macmillan Company. MOTION PICTURE EDITION. First Printing Thus. Paperback. Used. Good Condition/ No DJ issued. Bound in yellow pictorial stiff card wraps. Clark Cable and Vivien Leigh front cover. 391 pages 7 X 9 1/2. Scarce. Includes 12 pages of color prints from the film. Plot summary: "Epic Civil War drama focuses on the life of petulant Southern belle Scarlett O'Hara. Starting with her idyllic life on a sprawling plantation, the film traces her survival through the tragic history of the South during the Civil War and Reconstruction, and her tangled love affairs with Ashley Wilkes and Rhett Butler."
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The Temple Of My Familiar
by Alice Walker
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Alice Walker. THE TEMPLE OF MY FAMILIAR. Copyright 1989 by Alice Walker. Thorndyke, Maine. Hardcover, ISBN 9780896219298. Publisher: Thorndike Pr, 1990. USED. VG CONDITION/ NO DJ INCLUDED. Large print. 595 pages. 5 5/8 X 8 ¾.
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Harlem On My Mind: Cultural Capital of Black America 1900-1968
by Schoener, Allon (editor)
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As new except for tiny spot on side exterior page edges and light surface scratching on the back cover. 255 pages. 8.5" X 11" X .5" (22cm X 28cm X 1.3cm) History of Harlem as cultural center. Illustrated with hundreds of black and white photos of people and cultural ephemera like playbills, tickets to the Cotton Club, and advertising banners about the importance of Black Santa. Part of a project with the Metropolitan Museum of Arts. Nonfiction. History. Photography. African American History. Regional History- New York.
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Black Ladies
by Uwe Ommer
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Book cover like new - pages clean, bright and unmarked – spine like new.Jacket like new, slight shelf wear.
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A photographic portrait of African women.
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Robeson, Labor's Forgotten Champion
by Charles H. Wright
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United States: Balamp Pub Co, 1975. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good+/Very Good+. Book has one page with a small wrinkle, else clean and tight, jacket has some paper-loss on the backcover, else clean. Jacket is not price-clipped.
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Dick Gregory's Bible Tales, with Commentary
by Richard "Dick" Claxton Gregory (1932-2017)
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187 pages. Octavo (8 1/2" x 5 1/2") bound in original publisher's quarter purple cloth with gilt lettering to spine over yellow boards and faux signature to cover in original pictorial jacket. Edited by James R McGraw. First edition. Richard "Dick" Gregory was an American civil rights activist, social critic, writer, entrepreneur, comedian, motivational speaker, author and actor. He became the first black comedian to successfully cross over to white audiences. Condition: Lightly soiled. Jacket corners and spine ends chipped else better than very good in like jacket.
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The Political Legacy Of Malcolm X
by T'Shaka, Oba
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T'Shaka, Oba. The Political Legacy Of Malcolm X. Third World Press, Chicago. Stated First Edition, First Printing Thus, 1983. Softcover. ISBN0883781107. BIOGRAPHY, BLACK STUDIES, AMERICAN HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY, POLITICAL SCIENCE. A nice copy. Used. VG Condition. 293 pages, indexed. 5 3/8 X 8 1/2.
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