Black History from Shoemaker Booksellers

New York: The Heritage Press (1938) 294 pp. Original marbled paper covered boards w/ paper title label on brown cloth spine. Binding very bright and clean. Previous owner's bookplate on front blank endpaper. Small, faint dampstain (?) in inner hinge of last few leaves, not affecting any text. Comes in original dark brown slipcase.… Read more about this item

New York: Grosset and Dunlap (No Date) 448+2 pp. Original green cloth covers, lightly soiled and rubbed. Neat inscription to previous owner on front paste-down. Front hinge tender; approx. 1 1/4" closed tear at top inner hinge of page 15, neatly repaired w/ archival tissue. Bottom margins of several leaves roughly opened, not affecting text.… Read more about this item

New York: Pantheon Books (1999) 694 pp. Original black paper covered boards w/ gilt title on black cloth spine. Binding very bright and clean. INSCRIBED AND SIGNED BY ADELE LOGAN ALEXANDER ON TITLE PAGE. Illust. w/ b/w photos. Contents very nice.. Inscribed & Signed by Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over… Read more about this item

Williamstown, MA: Corner House Publishers, 1973. 296 pp. Original green cloth covers w/ gilt title on spine. Binding very bright and clean. Modest rubbing to corners and spine ends. Light foxing to edges of text block. Previous owner's bookplate on front blank endpaper. DJ lightly rubbed. Price clipped. Illust. w/ b/w sketches.… Read more about this item

Washington, D. C.: The Associated Publishers, Inc., 1988. 390 pp. Original brown cloth covers w/ gilt title on binding. Very bright and clean. INSCRIBED AND SIGNED BY MARION JACKSON PRYDE. DJ lightly soiled. Illust. w/ b/w plates. Contents very nice.. Signed by Author. Hard Cover. Fine/Near Fine. Illus. by Lois M. Jones. 8vo -… Read more about this item

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1991. 244 pp. Original pale pink paper covered boards w/ white cloth spine. Spine ends and top corner of front cover bumped. Publisher's remainder mark to top edge of text block. DJ lightly soiled w/ modest edge wear. Creases to corners of front flap. Contents very nice. Author's… Read more about this item

New York: International Publishers, 1945. 216 pp. Original red cloth covers w/ gilt title on spine. Very bright and clean. SIGNED BY HERBERT APTHEKER. Previous owner's name on front paste-down. DJ has wear and tear to edges w/ pieces missing from spine ends and along top edge front cover. Soiled. Spine sunned. … Read more about this item

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1977. 340 pp. Original black cloth covers w/ gilt title on spine. Binding very bright and clean. Light foxing to edges of text block. DJ lightly soiled w/ wear and few short tears to top edges. Spine a bit sunned. Contents very nice.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very… Read more about this item

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1930. 284+pp. Original light blue decorated cloth covers w/ title on binding. Lightly soiled. Spine sunned. Corners bumped. Inscription to previous owner and book shop label on front paste-down. Previous owner's name on front endpaper. Scattered foxing throughout. Illust. w/ b/w plates. . First… Read more about this item

Boston, MA: Small, Maynard & Company, 1924. 304 pp. Original green cloth covers w/ title on binding. Corners bumped. Small piece missing from top edge of rear cover. Previous owner's name on front endpaper. Discoloration to front endpapers. Illust. w/ b/w photos. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Good+/No Dust Jacket. 8vo… Read more about this item

Louisiana State University Press, 1959. Original red cloth covers w/ gilt title on spine. Very bright and clean. Light foxing to edges of text block. Comes in slipcase, lightly soiled. Contents very nice.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good+/No Dust Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Garden City, NY: Doubleday, Page & Company, 1917. 332 pp. Original green cloth covers w/ gilt title on spine. Top edge gilt. Light wear at extremities. Bottom of front hinge just starting. Illust. w/ b/w plates. Contents nice.. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Dust Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Boston, MA: James R. Osgood and Company, 1883. 416 pp. Original blue decorative cloth covers w/ titles in gilt. Binding lightly soiled and rubbed. Corners and spine ends bumped. Covers cocked. Light scattered foxing. Front hinge starting. Illust. w/ b/w drawings.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good+/No Dust Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" -… Read more about this item

New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1900. 286 pp. Original green cloth covers, moderately soiled w/ faint sunning to edges and spine. Small oval pictorial paste-down on front cover, rubbed. Previous owner's address label on front paste-down. Front hinge starting. Approx. 1/2" tear to foredge of Contents page, not affecting text. Contents nice.. Hard Cover.… Read more about this item

New York: Doubleday & McClure Company, 1901. 92 pp. Original gray cloth covers w/ title in gilt. Binding lightly soiled and rubbed. Illust. w/ b/w plates. Contents nice.. Hard Cover. Very Good-/No Dust Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: Henry Schuman, 1952. 270 pp. Original gray cloth covers, lightly soiled. Spine ends a bit bumped w/ two small bumps to top edge of rear cover. DJ lightly soiled and rubbed w/ wear and several short tears to edges. Approx. 1" closed tear at top edge of front panel near spine. Faint dampstain… Read more about this item

New York: B. W. Dodge & Company, 1908. 140 pp. Original blue cloth covers w/ title in gilt. Top edge gilt. Binding moderately soiled and rubbed. Spine a bit sunned. Corners and spine ends bumped. Light scattered foxing. Previous owner's name on front blank endpaper. Illust. w/ b/w plates.. First Edition. Hard… Read more about this item

New York: William Morrow and Company, 1964 88 pp. Original pictorial wraps, lightly soiled and rubbed w/ mild edge wear. "Centered squarely on the Negro-White conflict, both plays are literally shocking plays--in ideas, in language, in honest anger." Contents nice.. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good/No Dust Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1904. 190 pp. Original peach cloth covers w/ titles in gilt, and gilt decoration on front cover. Binding lightly soiled. Corners and spine ends bumped. Top edge gilt. Illust. w/ numerous plates and drawings. Contents nice.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good-/No Dust Jacket. Illus. by A. B.… Read more about this item

Chicago, IL: Afro-Am Publishing Company Inc. (1964) 182 pp. Original pictorial cloth covers, lightly soiled and rubbed. Illust. w/ drawings. Contents nice.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good+/No Dust Jacket. Illus. by Eugene Winslow. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.