Signed Postcard of one of his Photographs of Dancing Children by VAN DERZEE, James (Van Der Zee) - 1975

Trenton, NJ: Africa World Press, Inc, 1991. Softcover. 256 pages. A biography of African American photographer James Van Der Zee. Text by Jim Haskins. Includes numerous black and white images. A very good plus copy in wrappers with some minor wear.

New York: James Van DerZee Institute, Inc, 1972. First edition. Small oblong softcover. Includes 10 full page black and white images along with a brief biography of Van DerZee. A near fine copy in stapled wrappers with a small spot to the front cover.

Delaware Art Museum and Downtown Gallery, 1979. Book. Near Fine. Soft cover. Catalog for an exhibition. Two sheets folded to form a booklet, stapled wraps. Illustrated with 7 Van DerZee photographs with a list of 80 that constituted the exhibition. Uncommon..

New York, New York, U.S.A.: James Van DerZee Institute Book. Near Fine. Soft cover. 1st Edition.. Catalog for a cooperative exhibition Center for AfroAmerican Studies' Folk Art Gallery, Syracuse University; The New York States Council on the Arts and Bedford Stuyvesant Restoration. Organized by the James Van DerZee Institute. Oblong wraps with an afterword by Reginald McGhee. Quite uncommon..

New York, 1983. Unbound. Fine. Commemorative leaflet from Van Der Zee's funeral service. Fine, with hymn insert laid in. In addition to a biography and portrait of the Harlem-based photographer, the leaflet gives a list of speakers including Ossie Davis, Ruby Dee and the Rev. William S. Coffin.

New York: Grove Press, 1969. First edition and first printing. Hardcover. 165 pages. An early monograph from this important African American photographer with a focus on Harlem. Compliled by Reginald McGhee. A clean and tight near fine copy in cloth boards in close to near fine dust jacket with a few tiny tears and very minor edge wear.

THE WORLD OF JAMES VAN DERZEE: A VISUAL RECORD OF BLACK AMERICANS, Grove Press, 1969, first edition., fine in near fine dust-wrapper with some light fraying to the upper margin. Illustrated with photographs. Compiled by Reginald McGhee.

New York: Grove Press, 1969. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. First edition. Large quarto. Owner's name stamp on the front and back free endpapers, and the foredge, else fine in fine dustwrapper.

New York: Grove Press Inc, 1969. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. First edition. Compiled and with an Introduction by Reginald McGhee. Quarto. [15, introduction] 165pp. Spine lettering trifle rubbed and topedges of boards with a bit of faint foxing else fine in a very good or better dust a jacket with a shallow scrape on the lower panel and a tiny tear and shallow interior dampstain at the spine base (that doesn't show through).

New York: James Van DerZee Institute Inc. 1972 Softcover. First edition This copy has been signed "James Van DerZee" by the photographer on the title page scarce thus . "A traveling exhibition of photographs by James Van DerZee. Organized by the James Van DerZee Institute, Inc. New York City. The exhibition and catalogue were made possible through a grant from The Beefeater Foundation". Printed wrappers, about 9" x 8", unpaginated 24 total pages not including the cover, illustrated with 10 full page black-and-white photographic reproductions, brief biography. A Good only copy with the exterior age-toned, soiled, and has a few water spot-stains that are also visible on the inside front cover, plus wear/fraying/creasing to the spine area; the interior pages are slightly age-toned but otherwise clean and uncreased; the signature appears just below his printed name and is attractive and unfaded. See photos. Mag bx 6 / E