African American from
New Arrivals
Keith Morrison
by Ater, Renee ; Morrison, Keith
- Condition
- Very fine; as new with *extremely* faint bumping to top outer board corners. A lovely copy. With publisher's card laid in; as is
- Edition
- First printing (full number line)
- Published
- 2005
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780764931536
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Oakland, California, USA
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$41.00
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San Francisco: Pomegranate, 2005. First printing (full number line). Hardcover. Very fine; as new with *extremely* faint bumping to top outer board corners. A lovely copy. With publisher's card laid in; as issued.. Large green quarto ; x, 118 p. : illus (some color) ; 29 cm. Morrison, Keith, 1942- -- Criticism and interpretation -- African American --… Read more about this item Item Price
$41.00
AfroCuba :; works on paper, 1968-2003
by Bettelheim, Judith
- Condition
- Used - Very light shelf wear else clean tight and near fine to near fine(-)
- Edition
- First edition (presumed; no earlier dates stated)
- Published
- 2005
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN
- 9780295984766
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Oakland, California, USA
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$41.00
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San Francisco, Calif: San Francisco State University, 2005. First edition (presumed; no earlier dates stated). Paperback. Very light shelf wear else clean tight and near fine to near fine(-). Orange quarto (black spine) ; 88 p : illus (some color) ; 28 cm. Art, Cuban -- 20th century -- Grupo Afrocuba -- Art -- History15809.
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$41.00
African Americans :; voices of triumph : Perserverance : the Songhai empire, slavery and abolition, the old West, military, civil rights
by Time-Life Books
- Condition
- Used - Barely rubbed corners & fold of spine head & foot, light two creases to rear board, faint mark to front board, barely loose join
- Edition
- First printing (stated)
- Published
- 1993
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780783522517
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Oakland, California, USA
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$18.00
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Alexandria, Va: Time-Life Books, 1993. First printing (stated). Hardcover. Barely rubbed corners & fold of spine head & foot, light two creases to rear board, faint mark to front board, barely loose joint, else very good+ to near fine(-).. Black quarto in strong library binding; 254 p, color illus & maps (some b&w); 28 cm. African Americans --… Read more about this item Item Price
$18.00
Mr. Williams
by Barbour, Karen
- Condition
- Used - A fine clean copy in a fine DJ
- Edition
- First edition, first printing (full number line)
- Published
- 2005
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780805067736
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Oakland, California, USA
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$18.00
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New York: Henry Holt and Co, 2005. First edition, first printing (full number line). Hardcover. A fine clean copy in a fine DJ. Quarto in a blue DJ (yellow spine) ; 1 v (unpaged) : color illus 27 cm. Author signed with art illustration to front free end paper // African Americans -- Biography -- Juvenile literature --… Read more about this item Item Price
$18.00
Shine Annie
by Payne, Betty Oglesby
- Condition
- Used - Very faint wear and slightly rubbed wraps else near fine copy
- Edition
- First printing (presumed)
- Published
- 2001
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN
- 9781588380197
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Oakland, California, USA
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$18.00
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Montgomery, Ala: NewSouth Books, 2001. First printing (presumed). Paperback. Very faint wear and slightly rubbed wraps else near fine copy. Green octavo (grey spine) ; 244 p ; 22 cm. African American women -- Fiction -- Social history.
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$18.00
Ralph Ellison :; a biography
by Rampersad, Arnold
- Condition
- Used - A fine crisp copy in a fine DJ
- Edition
- 1st ed
- Published
- 2007
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780375408274
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Oakland, California, USA
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$18.00
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New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2007. 1st ed. Hardcover. A fine crisp copy in a fine DJ. Large octavo in a grey and tan DJ ; 657 p, [24] p of plates : illus ; 25 cm. Novelists, American -- 20th century -- Biography -- African American novelists.
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$18.00
Bay Area Black almanac :; 1983-84 edition
by Iposu, Adenrele Ashamu (editor)
- Condition
- Used - Little wear to spine foot folds, two red-marked bumps to rear spine head fold, moderate edgewear, slightly rubbed corners, few f
- Edition
- First edition (presumed; no earlier dates stated)
- Published
- 1983
- Binding
- Paperback
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Oakland, California, USA
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$18.00
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Palo Alto, CA: Bay Area Black Almanac, 1983. First edition (presumed; no earlier dates stated). Paperback. Little wear to spine foot folds, two red-marked bumps to rear spine head fold, moderate edgewear, slightly rubbed corners, few faint marks to covers, brown stain & blue ink ownership signature to front-top edge, else very good.. White quarto; 62 p +… Read more about this item Item Price
$18.00
Poems around struggle and love
by Weusi, Mshairi S.
- Condition
- Used - Gentle wear to spine head & foot, few marks to covers, faint soiling to rear cover, light crease to rear cover, else very good.
- Edition
- First edition (presumed; no earlier dates stated)
- Published
- 1976
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN
- 9780917138089
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Oakland, California, USA
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$23.00
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San Francisco: Julian Richardson Associates, 1976. First edition (presumed; no earlier dates stated). Paperback. Gentle wear to spine head & foot, few marks to covers, faint soiling to rear cover, light crease to rear cover, else very good.. White octavo; 83 p, b&w illus; 21 cm. Scarce; 6 holdings in WorldCat. || Poetry; African American authors.
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$23.00
BiografÃa de un cimarron
by Montejo, Esteban ; Barnet, Miguel
- Condition
- Used - Near fine+ with very light external edge-wear
- Published
- 1980
- Binding
- Paperback
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Oakland, California, USA
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$18.00
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La Habana: Editorial Letras Cubanas, 1980. Paperback. Near fine+ with very light external edge-wear. Octavo in color-illus white paper wraps; 223 p. : port. ; 18 cm. In Spanish. Reprint of the 1966 first Cuban ed. As told to Miguel Barnet. Somehwat uncommon Cuban edition. // Slaves -- Cuba -- Biography. NOVELAS CUBANAS.
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$18.00
Night boat to freedom
by Raven, Margot Theis; Lewis, Earl B. (illustrator)
- Condition
- Used - Faint scratches to DJ, else fine.
- Edition
- First edition, first printing (full number line)
- Published
- 2006
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780374312664
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Oakland, California, USA
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$18.00
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New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2006. First edition, first printing (full number line). Hardcover. Faint scratches to DJ, else fine.. Quarto in green multicolored DJ (green-red spine); unpaged : color illus ; 28 cm. At the request of his fellow slave Granny Judith, Christmas John risks his life to take runaways across a river from Kentucky to… Read more about this item Item Price
$18.00
New essays on Invisible man
by O'Meally, Robert G.
- Condition
- Used - Barely worn edges, corners, and spine foot/head. Few faint marks to front cover, bright pages in tight binding. Very good+.
- Edition
- First edition (stated)
- Published
- 1988
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN
- 9780521313698
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Oakland, California, USA
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$18.00
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Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1988. First edition (stated). Paperback. Barely worn edges, corners, and spine foot/head. Few faint marks to front cover, bright pages in tight binding. Very good+.. White octavo; viii, 190 p ; 22 cm. African-American; Literature; Essays.
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$18.00
The house at Sugar Beach :; in search of a lost African childhood
by Cooper, Helene
- Condition
- Used - Gentle shelf wear, faint marks to covers, bright pages in tight binding. Very good+.
- Edition
- First edition, first printing (full number line)
- Published
- 2008
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN
- 9780743266246
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Oakland, California, USA
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$18.00
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New York: Simon & Schuster, 2008. First edition, first printing (full number line). Paperback. Gentle shelf wear, faint marks to covers, bright pages in tight binding. Very good+.. White octavo; 354 p : b&w illus/map ; 22 cm. Advance Reader's Edition with publisher's label to front cover. || The author traces her childhood in war-torn Liberia and her… Read more about this item Item Price
$18.00
Harlem renaissance and beyond :; literary biographies of 100 Black women writers, 1900-1945
by Roses, Lorraine Elena; Randolph, Ruth Elizabeth
- Condition
- Used - Small and faint marks to rear cover, bright and clean pages; tight binding. Fine.
- Edition
- First edition (presumed; no earlier dates stated)
- Published
- 1990
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN
- 9780674372559
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Oakland, California, USA
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$18.00
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Cambridge, Mass: Harvard University Press, 1990. First edition (presumed; no earlier dates stated). Paperback. Small and faint marks to rear cover, bright and clean pages; tight binding. Fine.. Large green multicolored octavo; xxxiii, 413 p : b&w ill. ; 24 cm. African American women authors -- Biography -- Dictionaries.
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$18.00
When I am old with you
by Johnson, Angela ; Soman, David (Illustrator)
- Condition
- Used - Near Fine in Fine DJ. Lower outer board corners gently bumped.
- Edition
- First edition, first printing (full number line)
- Published
- 1990
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Oakland, California, USA
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$18.00
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New York: Orchard Books, 1990. First edition, first printing (full number line). Hardcover. Near Fine in Fine DJ. Lower outer board corners gently bumped.. Quarto in color illus DJ; [32] p. : col. ill. ; 24 x 27 cm. Coretta Scott King Honor award given to the author in 1991. "A child imagines being old with Grandaddy and… Read more about this item Item Price
$18.00
La esclavitud negra en las épocas colonial y nacional de Bolivia
by Portugal Ortiz, Max
- Condition
- Used - Near Fine l unread with minor edge / cover wear
- Edition
- First edition, first printing (presumed; no earlier dates or pri
- Published
- 1977
- Binding
- Paperback
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Oakland, California, USA
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$17.00
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La Paz: Instituto Boliviano de Cultura, 1977. First edition, first printing (presumed; no earlier dates or printings stated). Paperback. Near Fine l unread with minor edge / cover wear. Octavo in white and pale blue illus wraps; 111 p., bib. ; 22 cm. In Spanish. Uncommon. || Slavery -- Bolivia. Blacks -- Bolivia -- History. Sklaverei. Geschichte 1500-1800.… Read more about this item Item Price
$17.00
To be a man, Johnnie Wilson, Jr. : an oral history
by Wilson, Johnnie ; Rothenberg, Susan Gluck
- Condition
- Used - Very Fine with gentle edge-wear / shelf-wear to wraps.
- Edition
- First edition, first printing (stated)
- Published
- 2004
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN
- 9781880977125
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Oakland, California, USA
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$18.00
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Gambier, Ohio: Xoxox Press, 2004. First edition, first printing (stated). Paperback. Very Fine with gentle edge-wear / shelf-wear to wraps.. Square large octavo in b/w illus wrapsl 108, [4] p. : ill. bibliographical references (p. [112])..; 22 cm. Uncommon. Signed and inscribed by the author-compiler. Contents: Tone in the bell -- All scattered around -- That was some… Read more about this item Item Price
$18.00
Facts on File encyclopedia of Black women in America. Music ;; Darlene Clark Hine, editor ; Kathleen Thompson, associate editor
by Hine, Darlene Clark ; Thompson, Kathleen
- Condition
- Very Fine ; As New
- Published
- 1997
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780816034314
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- 1
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$18.00
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New York: Facts on File, 1997. Hardcover. Very Fine ; As New. Quarto in purple illus paperboards; ix, 326 p. : illus. ; 25 cm; bibliographical references (p. 293-294) and index. African American women musicians -- Biography -- Encyclopedias. African Americans -- Music -- History and criticism -- Encyclopedias.
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$18.00
My soul looks back in wonder : voices of the civil rights experience ;; [by] Juan Williams ; foreword David Halberstam ; afterword Marian Wright Edelman
by Williams, Juan
- Condition
- Very Fine in Very Fine DJ ; as new.
- Edition
- First edition, first printing (full number line)
- Published
- 2004
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9781402714153
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Oakland, California, USA
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$18.00
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New York: AARP/Sterling, 2004. First edition, first printing (full number line). Hardcover. Very Fine in Very Fine DJ ; as new.. Large octavo in white illus DJ; xxiii, 216 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. Contents: Introduction :; The soul of change --; The weight.; I am a man /; Jesse Epps --; A dream is a good… Read more about this item Item Price
$18.00
Malcolm X, make it plain ;; text by William Strickland ; oral histories selected and edited by Cheryll Y. Greene ; with the Malcolm X Documentary Production Team ; picture research by Michele McKenzie
by Strickland, William; Greene, Cheryll Y.
- Condition
- Used - Near Fine with very light edge-wear.
- Edition
- First paperback printing (full number line)
- Published
- 1994
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN
- 9780140177138
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Oakland, California, USA
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$18.00
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New York: Viking, 1994. First paperback printing (full number line). Paperback. Near Fine with very light edge-wear.. Quarto in b/w illus wraps; viii, 245 p. : ill. bibliographical references (p. 239-240); 29 cm. Very well produced, with many excellent photographs. || Black Muslims -- Biography. African Americans -- Biography. X, Malcolm, 1925-1965 -- Pictorial works. X, Malcolm, 1925-1965.… Read more about this item Item Price
$18.00
Little Lou ;; by Jean Claverie
by Claverie, Jean
- Condition
- Used - Fine in Near Fine(-) DJ with minal wear.
- Edition
- First edition, first printing (full number line)
- Published
- 1990
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780886823290
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Oakland, California, USA
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$18.00
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Mankato, MN: Creative Education, 1990. First edition, first printing (full number line). Hardcover. Fine in Near Fine(-) DJ with minal wear.. Large quarto in pale color illus DJ and rust-orange cloth boards; approx. 44p (un-numbered); chielfy full page color illustratins with small amouns of narrative text. "As a result of spending a lot of his time in a… Read more about this item Item Price
$18.00