African-American Literature from Charles Agvent
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LYRICS OF THE HEARTHSIDE
by DUNBAR, Paul Laurence
- Condition
- Used - Some soiling and rubbing to the cloth. About Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1899
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- Hardcover
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- 1
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
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CA$174.19
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New York: Dodd, Mead and Company, 1899. First Edition. Hardcover. Some soiling and rubbing to the cloth. About Very Good. Decorated green cloth with frontispiece portrait of the author. An early collection of poetry by this child of Kentucky slaves.
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NEGRO SLAVERY IN WISCONSIN AND THE UNDERGROUND RAILROAD
by DAVIDSON, John Nelson
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- Used - Mostly unopened. Rear wrap neatly detached. Very Good and quite uncommon
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 14 September 1897
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- Softcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
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CA$783.84
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Milwaukee, WI: Parkman Club Publications, 14 September 1897. First Edition. Softcover. Mostly unopened. Rear wrap neatly detached. Very Good and quite uncommon. Stapled printed green wraps (6-5/8" x 9-1/2"); 211-244 pages plus blank and covers. The Ordinance of 1787 forbade the practice of slavery or involuntary servitude in any form in the Northwest Territory, making it a crime… Read more about this item Item Price
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TYPED MANUSCRIPT: SPEECH AT TESTIMONIAL NOV 7 (ANNA LOIS RUSS) MAMA
by BARAKA, Amiri (LeRoi JONES)
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- Used - Some edgewear with a large segment of the bottom blank margin of the last page missing. Very Good
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- n.d.
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- Manuscript
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- 1
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
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CA$1,741.88
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n.d.. Manuscript. Some edgewear with a large segment of the bottom blank margin of the last page missing. Very Good. TYPED MANUSCRIPT (5 pages) of a speech given by Baraka about his mother and his upbringing. Titled and numbered by hand with several ink corrections, Baraka talks about the influence his mother had on his life. In part:… Read more about this item Item Price
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TYPED MANUSCRIPT for the Introduction to HARD FACTS
by BARAKA, Amiri (LeRoi JONES)
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- Used - Near Fine
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- [1975]
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- Manuscript
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
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[1975]. Manuscript. Near Fine. TYPED MANUSCRIPT (5 pages) of the Introduction to his book of poetry HARD FACTS. Baraka has made several alterations and additions in the text including about 50 words in his hand at the bottom of the fourth page: "The year the class struggle in Blk America became clear & open Segregation [?] & the… Read more about this item Item Price
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GO TELL IT ON THE MOUNTAIN
by BALDWIN, James
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- Used - Fine
- Edition
- First Illustrated Edition
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- 1979
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- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
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CA$1,045.12
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Franklin Center, PA: Franklin Library, 1979. First Illustrated Edition. Hardcover. Fine. Burt Silverman. Bound in full brown decorated leather. The First SIGNED Limited edition of Baldwin's first book with a previously unpublished introduction by the author. Illustrated by Burt Silverman.
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VOICES OF THE REVOLUTION
by KAPLAN, Edith Jaffy
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- Used - Text sheet #7 lacking with duplicate of #8 included; colophon sheet wrinkled and creased at top. Overall Near Fine
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- (1967)
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- Softcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
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CA$1,045.12
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(Philadelphia): (Cypher Press), (1967). First Edition. Softcover. Text sheet #7 lacking with duplicate of #8 included; colophon sheet wrinkled and creased at top. Overall Near Fine. Edith Kaplan. Portfolio of 15 woodcuts (19" x 15") printed in 13 colors from original woodcuts and zinc plates made from the original woodprints by Edith Kaplan along with text pages, all… Read more about this item Item Price
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SIGNED TYPESCRIPT: MONEY. A Jazz Opera
by BARAKA, Amiri (LeRoi JONES)
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- Used - A few pages with coffee stains, expected general use. Complete and Very Good
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- December 1978 - January 1979
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- Manuscript
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
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CA$13,064.06
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Newark/Washington, DC, December 1978 - January 1979. Manuscript. A few pages with coffee stains, expected general use. Complete and Very Good. A photocopied ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT by Baraka consisting of 135 loose pages, many of them with pencil or ink markings and annotations, housed in an orange paper folder with "MONEY/orig)" in Baraka's hand on the front cover. The… Read more about this item Item Price
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MIDDLE PASSAGE
by JOHNSON, Charles
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- Used - Slight foxing to bulked text edges, otherwise Fine in a Fine dustwrapper
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1990
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- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
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CA$69.68
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New York: Atheneum, 1990. First Edition. Hardcover. Slight foxing to bulked text edges, otherwise Fine in a Fine dustwrapper. This novel about a free slave stowaway won the National Book Award.
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CALL & RESPONSE
by BARAKA, Amiri (LeRoi JONES)
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- Used - Minor soiling, light edgewear, a couple of ink strokes in the text. Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1980
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- Broadside
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
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CA$174.19
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[Newark, NJ ]: Toothpaste Press for Bookslinger, 1980. First Edition. Broadside. Minor soiling, light edgewear, a couple of ink strokes in the text. Very Good. A SIGNED broadside (9-1/2" x 13") of this poem printed on the dedication of the author's reading at Walker Art Center. Copy #13 of 85. We also have copy #12 in similar condition.… Read more about this item Item Price
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TYPED MANUSCRIPT of DAGGERS AND JAVELINS: Essays, 1974 - 1979
by BARAKA, Amiri (LeRoi JONES)
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- Used - Near Fine
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1981
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- Softcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
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CA$1,741.88
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New York & London: Garland Publishing Inc., 1981. First Edition. Softcover. Near Fine. Plain blue wraps with black binder tape spine lettered in white with the text printed on rectos only, 8-1/2" x 11". A collection of essays not officially published until 1984 by William Morrow. We are not sure why Garland never published the book or if… Read more about this item Item Price
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HUE AND CRY
by McPHERSON, James Alan
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- Used - Very light dustspotting to the top bulked edge of the text. Near Fine in a Near Fine, bright dustwrapper with a few minor wrinkl
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- First Edition
- Published
- (1969)
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- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
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CA$174.19
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Boston: Little, Brown & Company, (1969). First Edition. Hardcover. Very light dustspotting to the top bulked edge of the text. Near Fine in a Near Fine, bright dustwrapper with a few minor wrinkles. Cloth-backed boards. Author's first book. Long blurb by Ralph Ellison on the rear of the dustwrapper.
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WHERE DO WE GO FROM HERE: CHAOS OR COMMUNITY?
by KING, Martin Luther, Jr. [Martin Luther King, Jr.]
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- Used - Two small scratches on the front of the dustwrapper that slightly affect the front cover of the book. About Fine in a close to F
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- First Edition
- Published
- (1967)
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- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
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CA$34,837.50
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New York: Harper & Row, (1967). First Edition. Hardcover. Two small scratches on the front of the dustwrapper that slightly affect the front cover of the book. About Fine in a close to Fine dustwrapper. A beautiful copy and outstanding inscription. INSCRIBED and SIGNED by the author filling most of the front free endpaper: "To David Hunter/Whose moral… Read more about this item Item Price
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BELOVED
by MORRISON, Toni
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- As new in shrinkwrap
- Published
- 1998
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- Cassette Tape
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- 1
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
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CA$43.62
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New York: Random House Audio, 1998. Cassette Tape. As new in shrinkwrap. A 12-hour unabridged presentation of this Pulitzer Prize winning novel on eight cassette tapes.
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THE NOBEL LECTURE IN LITERATURE, 1993
by MORRISON, Toni
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- New in shrinkwrap
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- 1994
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- Cassette Tape
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- 1
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
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CA$43.62
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New York: Random House Audio, 1994. Cassette Tape. New in shrinkwrap. A 30-minute cassette tape issued as a Random House Audio Commemorative Edition.
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PARADISE
by MORRISON, Toni
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- As new in shrinkwrap
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- [1998]
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
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CA$34.84
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New York: Random House Audio, [1998]. As new in shrinkwrap. A 6-1/2 hour abridged presentation on four cassette tapes.
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THE THIRD LIFE OF GRANGE COPELAND
by WALKER, Alice
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- Used - Fine in a close to Fine dustwrapper with a touch of foxing at the rear. Very nice copy
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- First Edition
- Published
- (1970)
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- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
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CA$261.28
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New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, (1970). First Edition. hardcover. Fine in a close to Fine dustwrapper with a touch of foxing at the rear. Very nice copy. Author's second book and first novel.
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LINDEN HILLS
by NAYLOR, Gloria
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- Used - Fine in a Near Fine dustwrapper with a short tear at bottom front
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- First Edition
- Published
- 1985
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- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
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CA$26.20
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New York: Ticknor & Fields, 1985. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine in a Near Fine dustwrapper with a short tear at bottom front. Author's second book. The dustwrapper was designed by Chris Van Allsburg.
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AT THE BOTTOM OF THE RIVER
by KINCAID, Jamaica
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- Used - Fine in a Fine dustwrapper
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- (1983)
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- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
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CA$87.09
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New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, (1983). First Edition. hardcover. Fine in a Fine dustwrapper. Publisher's orange and green cloth. Her first book. Dustjacket praise by fellow Caribbean author Derek Walcott.
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CA$87.09
MIDDLE PASSAGE
by JOHNSON, Charles
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- Used - Fine in a Fine dustwrapper
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1990
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- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
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CA$87.09
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New York: Atheneum, 1990. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine in a Fine dustwrapper. This novel about a free slave stowaway won the National Book Award.
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CA$87.09
ANNIE JOHN
by KINCAID, Jamaica
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- Used - Fine in a Fine dustwrapper
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- (1985)
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- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
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CA$61.04
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New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, (1985). First Edition. Hardcover. Fine in a Fine dustwrapper. Publisher's orange and gray cloth. West Indies author's second book and first novel.
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