Black Reconstruction in America by W.E.B. Du Bois - 1956

New York: Random House, 1975 First printing of the stated first edition. Signed and inscribed by Maya Angelou directly on the title page: "Lois Langland, / Joy! Maya Angelou / Nov 19, 1980 / (I hope we can be / together, again.)" Lois Langland taught (professor emeritus in psychology) at Scripps Women's College. Toning/offsetting to endpapers, else book in fine condition; dust jacket with faint toning to spine and cover margins, else fine.

[Washington, DC: Women's International League for Peace and Freedom, 1924].. 7,[1]pp. Octavo. Printed self wrapper. A couple of small rust marks to rear wrapper, otherwise fine. First separate printing of this address by the poet activist, given by Johnson at the VI International Summer School of the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom, Chicago May 1924. In large part, Johnson's comments are made in reference to the causes and consequences of the US occupation of Haiti following the assassination of the Haitian President in July of 1915. OCLC: 26035710.

New York: Harper & Row, Publishers, 1963 First printing of the stated first edition. Tanning to upper edge and two line margins on page 6 and 7, else book in fine condition; dust jacket with a short closed tear/crease near bottom front spine fold, shallow wear/creasing to bottom spine end, light rubbing along folds, and light wear to upper back cover, else fine.

First ediiton ( 2 vols. ) of this landmark study cited in the Supreme Court decision of Brown vs. Board of Education, Topeka KS - 1954. Myrdal was a Swedish Nobel Prize winner. Wear to the edges and age-toned. Good condition. Remnants of dust jacket flaps used as bookmarks. Bookplate of former owner inside each volume.

Cuentos negros de cuba primera edicion imprenta la veronica habana cuba 1940 con dedicatoria de la autora.primera edicion en espanol,Estos cuentos afrocubanos, aún cuando todos ellos están cundidos de >fantasía y ofrezcan entre sus protagonistas algunos personaje del >panteón yoruba, como >Obaogó, >Oshún, Ochosi, etcétera, no son principalmente religiosos, Los más de los cuentos entran en la categoría de >fábulas de animales, como las que antaño dieron su fama a Esopo, y contemporáneamente a las afroamericanas narraciones del >Uncle Rernus, que son tan populares entre los niños de los estados del sur en la federación norteamericana. El tigre, el elefante, el toro, la lombriz, la liebre, las gallinas y, sobre todo, la jicotea, a veces la pareja jicotea-venado, o tortuga-ciervo, cuyas contrastantes personalidades constituyen un ciclo de piezas folklóricas muy típicas de los yorubas, donde la jicotea es el prototipo de la astucia y la >sabiduría venciendo siempre a la fuerza y a la… Read More

Kinsale, [Ireland]: printed at the 50th Regimental Press, 1877. Bifolium program (8.5 x 13 cm), pp. [4], the last blank; minor foxing, previous fold, formerly from an album, the remains of a card and an engraved illustration on the final blank. Also, a manuscript caption: "Programme, Garrison Nigger Troupe, Camden Fort, Feb. 9 1877." With manuscript notes and corrections in a contemporary hand. The Negro Troupe was led by Lieutenant Yaldwyn. Provenance: Major-General Sir Francis Walter de Winton (1835-1901.

Early copy of "Esquisse d'un Tableau Historique des Progres de L'Esprit Humain" (Sketch for a Historical Picture of the Progress of the Human Mind) Suive de (followed by) "Reflexions Sur L'Esclavage des Negres" (Reflections on the Slavery of Negroes) by Marquis de Condorcet. 1822; Chez Masson et Fils, Libraires; Paris. The book is written entirely in French. Leather covers with decorative gilt borders and gilt decorations on the spine; marbled end papers and marbling on all page edges. With a Table of Contents at the back of the book.Condorcet, who denounced slavery, was a French philosopher and mathematician. His ideas, including support for a liberal economy, free and equal public instruction, constitutional government, and equal rights for women and people of all races, have been said to embody the ideals of the Age of Enlightenment and Enlightenment rationalism. In "Sketch for a Historical Picture of the Progress of the Human Mind" (originally published in 1795), he dealt with theoretical thought… Read More

These four volumes are bound in 3/4 leather (spines and cover corners) with marbled covers and endsheets. Volume One: 1850 - 1854, Volume Two: 1854 - 1860, Volume Three: 1860 - 1862, Volume Four: 1862 - 1864. All four volumes are in Very Good Condition. Volume Four contains a pocket inside the back cover containing six maps. Due to the size of this item, expedited or priority shipping prices will be individually quoted. Media Mail cost within the U.S. will remain as listed.

Albany, NY: State University of New York Press (SUNY Press), 1997. 1st edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket (as issued). VG+. 8vo, xxx+610pp, pictorial boards (no jacket, as issued). Massive and groundbreaking study of this important African-American spiritual practitioner. Includes index, notes and bibliography. An unmarked copy of the legitimate original 1997 hardcover first printing (not the later print-on-demand version) from the collection of poet and esotericist David Meltzer. Minor outer wear and erased resale markings to front free endpaper.

Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 1971. First Edition. Hardcover. Near fine/very good +. Oblong small quarto, 208pp., illustrated. A crisp, clean copy, near fine, with some foxing to the edges. In the scarce dust jacket, very good or better, with a dampstain at the base. A wonderful visual and textual document of rural Black musicians in the American south. Mitchell, an accomplished photographer, conducted interviews with all of the musicians, and adapted these into prose narratives. Mitchell has spent most of his career in Atlanta, and he published a volume of photographs of various figures and establishments on Ponce de Leon Avenue in his 1983 book "Ponce de Leon." His first book, the one offered here, is rare in dust jacket.