Bhz [i.e. Belo Horizonte]: Scriptum Livros, 2001. First edition. Paperback. Narrow octavo in red stiff paper wraps; 85 p. ; 21 cm. In Portuguese. Signed and inscribed by the author, a poet and musician of Afro-Brazilian roots born in Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais in 1960. // Visual poetry, Brazilian. Literatura brasileira. Poesia. More about Trívio : poemas
New York: St. Martin's Press, 2004. First edition. Hardcover. Octavo in olive green illus. DJ; xv, 208 p. : ill. ; 22 cm. Includes bibliographical references (p. [201]-208). Novelists, American -- 20th century -- Biography. African American novelists -- Biography. African American criminals -- Biography. African Americans in literature. Inner... More about Low road : the life and legacy of Donald Goines
New York: Dutton, 1997. First edition, first printing (full number line). Hardcover. Octavo in green & orange DJ; xxv, 356 p ; 23 cm. African American families -- Religious life. More about Say amen! :; the African American family's book of prayers
San Francisco: Pomegranate, 2005. Hardcover. Large green quarto ; x, 118 p. : illus (some color) ; 29 cm. Morrison, Keith, 1942- -- Criticism and interpretation -- African American -- Art. More about Keith Morrison
New York: Vintage Books, 1981. 1st Vintage Books ed. Paperback. 12mo in color-illus wrappers; 295 p. ; 19 cm. First paperback & pocketbook edition. // African American women -- Fiction. Domestic fiction; Southern U. S. ; Georgia -- Fiction. More about The salt eaters
New York: Henry Holt and Co., 2005. First edition, first printing (full number line). Hardcover. 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 -- Louisiana -- Arcadia. More about Mr. Williams
Toronto: Collier-Macmillan, 1969. First printing (stated). Hardcover. Small octavo in black DJ; 178 p. Contents: Consensus society! consensus church? -- The color of poverty -- The fire this time? -- Imperialism, the golden rule of peace -- Cold-war aspirations and secrets -- Reflections on church-state covenants. || Church and social... More about A punishment for peace
San Francisco, Calif. San Francisco State University, 2005. First edition (presumed; no earlier dates stated). Paperback. Orange quarto (black spine) ; 88 p : illus (some color) ; 28 cm. Art, Cuban -- 20th century -- Grupo Afrocuba -- Art -- History. More about AfroCuba :; works on paper, 1968-2003
Stanford, Calif. Stanford University Press, 1974. First edition (presumed; no earlier dates stated). Hardcover. xiv, 439 p. illus. 24 cm ; bibliography: p. [419]-428. Slavery -- Peru. Slave trade -- Peru. Blacks -- Peru -- History. Esclavage -- Pérou. Esclaves -- Commerce -- Pérou. Noirs -- Pérou -- Histoire. Slaven..... More about The African slave in colonial Peru, 1524-1650
Mankato, MN: Creative Education, 1990. First edition, first printing (full number line). Hardcover. 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.... More about Little Lou ;; by Jean Claverie
New York: Simon & Schuster, 2008. First edition, first printing (full number line). Paperback. 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 reunion with a foster sister who... More about The house at Sugar Beach :; in search of a lost African childhood
New York: Exposition Press, 1958. Hardcover. Octavo in green DJ illus with b/w photo; 130 p. ; 21 cm. Uncommon book by an African-American woman who was a Bible teacher. Cover subtitle: By a Shakespeare winner on "The $64,000 question". Contents: To the great variety of readers -- Preface --... More about All the world's a stage for Shakespeare's comedies : a modern interpretation of the bard's humor
Washington, D.C. Anacostia Museum, 1992. First edition, first printing (full number line). Paperback. Thin white quarto ; ix, 54 p. : color illus ; 28 cm. African American Art -- Washington Metropolitan Area -- Exhibitions. More about Gathered visions :; selected works by African American women artists
Washington, D.C. Redbone Press, 2007. First edition, first printing (full number line). Paperback. Dark brown octavo; lviii, 389 p ; 22 cm. African American gays -- Literary collections. More about Brother to brother :; new writings by Black gay men
New York: Facts on File, 1997. Hardcover. 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. More about Facts on File encyclopedia of Black women in America. Music ;; Darlene Clark Hine, editor ;...
New York: Knopf, 2001. First edition (stated). Hardcover. Octavo in white photo-illus DJ; xxxix, 356 p. : ill. ; 25 cm; bibliographical references (p. 341-342) and index. Novelists, American -- 20th century -- Correspondence. Authors, American -- 20th century -- Correspondence. Music critics -- United States -- Correspondence. Photographers --... More about Remember me to Harlem : the letters of Langston Hughes and Carl Van Vechten, 1925-1964
Palo Alto, CA: Bay Area Black Almanac, 1983. First edition (presumed; no earlier dates stated). Paperback. White quarto; 62 p + about 30-40 p unpaged, b&w illus ; 28 cm. Includes many African-American articles & interviews on politics and government, education, business, and art. Numerous photos in b&w. || African... More about Bay Area Black almanac :; 1983-84 edition
New York: Orchard Books, 1990. First edition, first printing (full number line). Hardcover. 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 joining him in... More about When I am old with you
La Paz: Gobierno Municipal de La Paz, [ca 1980s]. Photocopy ed. Paperback. Photocopy ; 13 pp. b/w photo reprods. Uncommon / African-americans; ethnology, music, dance, Afro-Bolivian studies, Yungas, Andes. More about El Negro No Es Un Color Es Una Saya
London: Allison & Busby, 1986, 1972. First edition thus (revised)/ First UK edition. Hardcover. Octavo in color illus DJ; 350 p. ; 22 cm. Caribbean Fiction in English; African-American; Anglo-African; Black Literature; Barbados; Barbadian writers of the 20th Century. Originally published: Port of Spain : Longman Caribbean ; Harlow : Longman, 1972. More about Natives of my person
Yellow Springs, Ohio: Antioch Press, 1964. First edition (presumed). Hardcover. Octavo in grey cloth boards ; ix, 294 p. maps (on lining papers) 22 cm.; bibliography: p. [274]-286. Slavery -- South Carolina ; Vesey, Denmark, ca. 1767-1822. Geographic: Charleston (S.C.) -- History -- Slave Insurrection, 1822. African American Hisotry of... More about Insurrection in South Carolina: the turbulent world of Denmark Vesey
Kent, Ohio: Kent State University Press, 1983. First edition thus. Paperback. octavo in black and red illus wrappers; xix, 294 p. : ill. ; 21 cm.; index; bibliography: p. [274]-286. Paperback original . Signed by the author. // African-American history; Slavery -- South Carolina. ; Vesey, Denmark, ca. 1767-1822; Charleston... More about Denmark Vesey's revolt : the slave plot that lit a fuse to Fort Sumter
La Habana: Editorial Letras Cubanas, 1980. Paperback. 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. More about Biografía de un cimarron
New York: Knopf, 1987. First edition (stated). Hardcover. Octavo in white DJ; 275 p ; 24 cm. African American women -- Fiction. || A moving story full of an escaped slave in post Civil War Ohio. The novel is full of dazzling language and emotional force. A real treat given to us by Toni Morrison. More about Beloved :; a novel
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1988. First edition (stated). Paperback. White octavo; viii, 190 p ; 22 cm. African-American; Literature; Essays. More about New essays on Invisible man