African-American from Appledore Books, ABAA

New York: International Publishers, 1948. Cloth. Very Good/Very Good -. The uncommon 1948 1st edition of this important study "about a nation within a nation -- America's 15,000,000 oppressed Negro citizens. It is unique and important as the first comprehensive volume on the Negro question in the United States by a leading Negro Marxist", himself the son of… Read more about this item

New York: Dodd, Mead and Company, 1896. Decorative Cloth. Very Good. The 1986 1st edition of Paul Laurence Dunbar's 1st comercially published book, this slim collection of 105 of his poems. A solid, very presentable copy to boot. Tight and VG+ in its gilt-decorated and gilt-titled green cloth, with light spotting and a bit of scuffing at the… Read more about this item

London: Michael Joseph, 1964. Cloth. Near Fine. The 1964 1st UK edition of James Baldwin's important 2nd published book (and 1st published collection of essays). Tight and VG+ to Near Fine in its dark cloth, with just a touch of light rubbing at the rear panel. Octavo, lacking the dustjacket.

Indianapolis: The Boobs-Merrill Company, 1928. Pictorial cloth. Very Good. SIGNED BY JULIA PETERKIN on a preliminary blank page. A solid copy to boot of the 1928 "Airplane Edition" of this Pulitzer-winning novel. Clean and VG to VG+, with very light wear along the fore-edges. 16mo, lovely matching pastedowns and endsheets complementing Peterkin's text.

New York: Doubleday, Page & Company, 1904. Decorative Cloth. Very Good +. Cora Parker. A clean, well-preserved copy of the Sepember 1904 1st edtion. Solid and VG+ to Near Fine in its light-brown cloth, with bright gilt-rule and mounted oval sketch of an old African-American man at the front panel. A touch of light rubbing at the spine… Read more about this item

ZNew York: Doubleday & McClure Company, 1899. Pebbled Cloth. Near Fine. Howard Weeden. A very sharp copy of the 1899 1st edition, 1st issue, in its dark-green pebbled cloth (BAL 7144). Clean and Near Fine, with bright gilt-titling along the front panel and spine, and no writing or markings to speak of internally. Introduction by the formidable Joel… Read more about this item

New York: Harcourt, Brace & World, 1970. Cloth. Very Good +/Very Good +. The 1970 stated 1st edition of John Edgar Wideman's 2nd published novel. Clean and VG+ (light rubbing at the spine) in a crisp, price-clipped, VG+ dustjacket, with a touch of wear at the spine ends and light creasing --with several tiny closed tears-- along the… Read more about this item

Arno Press and The New York Times, 1969. Cloth. Near Fine. WARMLY INSCRIBED BY THE EDITOR BERNARD KATZ TO RENOWNED CIVIL WAR HISTORIAN AND PRINCETON PROFESSOR EMERITUS JAMES MCPHERSON on the front free endpaper. A very sharp copy to boot of the 1969 1st edition. Clean and Near Fine in its duotone (black and white) cloth. Octavo, 140… Read more about this item

New York: Simon and Schuster, 1964. Boards. Very Good +/Good. The 1964 stated 1st printing, in its less common hardback. Solid and VG to VG+, with light offsetting to the pastedowns and endsheets, one tiny blindstamped name and address at the front free endpaper and mild soiling along the spine. And in a bright, price-intact, Good only dustjacket,… Read more about this item

New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1906. Decorative Cloth. Near Fine. A bright, sharp copy of the 1906 2nd printing (as indicated at the last page of text by the number "2"). Clean and VG+ to Near Fine in its dark-red cloth, with decorative blindstamping and bright gilt-titling along the front panel and spine. Thick octavo, 2 dozen… Read more about this item

New York: Columbia University Press, 1930. Cloth. Near Fine/Near Fine. A sharp, very well-preserved copy of the 1930 1st edition, IN ITS UNCOMMON DUSTJACKET. Clean and Near Fine in a crisp, Near Fine dustjacket. Octavo, Foreword by Frank A. Ross. Part of Columbia's formidable "Studies in History, Economics and Public Law" series.

Medford, OR: Morse Press, 1974. Pictorial wrappers. Very Good +. The 1974 1st (and probably only) edition of this uncommon examination of African-American contributions and conflicts throughout American history. Really more a religious textbook than anything else, with "Discussion Questions" and "Worship and Bible Study" suggestions at the end of each chapter. This copy crisp and solid in… Read more about this item

New York: Doubleday, Page & Company, 1904. Cloth. Very Good +. The May 1904 correct 1st edition of this very clean copy of Booker T. Washington's sequel to his seminal "Up from Slavery" (1901). Tight and VG+ to Near Fine in its wine-red cloth, with bright gilt-titling along the front panel and spine. Just a touch of light… Read more about this item

New York: Atheneum, 1966. Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good. Ann Grifalconi. A solid copy of the 1966 stated 1st edition. Clean and Near Fine in a crisp, price-intact, VG dustjacket, with light chipping and wear along the tips and the flap-folds, and light chipping and creasing at the spine ends. Still though, very presentable. Octavo, lovely woodcuts throughout by… Read more about this item

New York: Simon and Schuster, 1955. Pictorial wrappers. Near Fine. An unusually crisp, bright copy of the 1955 stated 1st paperback printing (issued simultaneously with the hardback). Tight and Near Fine in its pictorial wrappers, with just a touch of scratching and the faintest hint of offsetting/soiling at the front panel. Internally clean as could be, with no… Read more about this item

Saxonville, Mass: Self-published, 1876. Original wraps. Very Good +. The uncommon 1876 1st edition, self-published out of Saxonville, Massachusetts by its author, Thomas Chapman. This is a bright, well-preserved copy to boot. Solid and VG+ in its hand-sewn, off-white wrappers, with very light soiling at the rear panel. 12mo, 24 pgs. A rarity in the mid to late… Read more about this item

Boston: Little, Brown and Co, 1943. Cloth. Very Good +/Very Good. WARMLY INSCRIBED BY ROLAND HAYES on the front free endpaper. A solid copy to boot of this October 1943 reprint. Tight and VG+ in a bright, price-intact, VG dustjacket, with light chipping along the edges. Wonderful frontispiece portrait of Angel Mo' by Harry Sutton.

New York: St. Martin's Press, 1969. Cloth. Fine/Near Fine. WARMLY INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR EDWARD G. WILLIAMS on the front free endpaper. A crisp, very impressive copy to boot of the 1969 stated 1st printing. Tight and Fine in a bright, price-intact, Near Fine dustjacket, with just a touch of very light soiling to the panels. Octavo, also… Read more about this item

Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company, 1972. Cloth. Very Good +/Very Good. The 1972 stated 1st edition of this uncommon "domestic rap" on the role of "black people"- housekeeping though the years. Solid and VG+ (very light staining along the bottom-edges) in a bright, VG dustjacket, with light chipping along the spine ends and the tips, and very… Read more about this item

New York: Lee & Low Books Inc, 2017. Pictorial boards. Fine/Fine. Keith Mallett. WARMLY INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR ANDREA LONEY on the Dedication page. An all-but-pristine copy to boot of the 2017 stated 1st edition (and with the appropriate number bar). Clean and Fine in a crisp, price-intact, Fine dustjacket. Quarto, nicely illustrated throughout in rich color by… Read more about this item