[Boston]: Beacon Press, 1971. First Edition. Collection of photo-illustrated poems, billed as the author's first book, though Cornish had previously published a chapbook of the same title in 1967. With a preface by Ruth Whitman. Octavo (21cm); 3/4 blind-stamped paper over brown cloth, with titles stamped in gilt on spine;..... More

New York: Random House, 1951. First Edition. First printing, trade issue. Octavo. Tan cloth hardcover, decoratively stamped in green on spine and front cover; green topstain; dustjacket; 437pp. A bit of dusting to boards, else a tight, Near Fine copy, with top-stain deep and even. In the original dustwrapper, unclipped..... More

New York: Vantage Press, 1976. First Edition. The African-American poet's first (and only) collection, which "flooded her mind as she looked at the shambles in which Watergate and its aftermath left the country." Intended, she says, "to replace carrying a picket sign or participating in some demonstration or planting a...... More

Baltimore: College Language Association, 1969. Single octavo issue. Pictorial glossy paper wrappers; pp287-390. Trivial external creasing, else clean, tight and unmarked; Near Fine. Single issue of this long-running scholarly journal devoted to the teaching of English-language literature at historically Black universities and colleges. This issue devoted entirely to the life..... More

New York: William Morrow and Company, 1988. First Edition. First Printing, a review copy, with the publisher's typed slip and folded publicity sheet laid in. Octavo (24cm); beige paper and sage green cloth-covered boards, with titles stamped in gilt on spine; dustjacket; 167, [1]pp. Near Fine in a Very Good+..... More

Austin: University of Texas Press, 1958. First Edition. Inscribed by Jenkins on front endpaper: "For Mrs. James D. Mann [sp?]," signed, dated 1958. Octavo. Maroon cloth hardcover;xxviii, 307pp; maps; illus. Tight, straight and unmarked; Very Good or better, lacking the dustwrapper but with front and rear jacket flaps laid in..... More

Baltimore: Published for the Benefit of Sugar Loaf Mountain M. E. Church, 1862. First Edition. First printing. Octavo (22.5cm). Brown cloth, stamped in gilt; 54pp. Edges rubbed, spine perished, occasional foxing: Good. Temperance narrative published to raise funds for the construction of a new Methodist Episcopal Church near Sugar Loaf..... More

New York: The Eye Makers, 1969. First Thus. Octavo. Staple-bound pamphlet; photo-illustrated mustard wrappers; 48pp. External soil; faint vertical crease; text complete, clean, and unmarked; about VG. An "unofficial reprint" (in new, uncredited translation) of the classic text of Situationism, De la Misère en Milieu Étudiant (usually translated in English..... More

Chicago: Reilly & Britton, (1917). First Edition. First printing. Octavo. Publisher's embossed green cloth, titled in gilt on spine and front cover; 345pp; color frontispiece and three unnumbered leaves of plates. Tight, straight, and clean, with a bit of aging to text paper. A Very Good or better copy in..... More

New York: New Directions, 1972. "Third printing, including Canto 120." Octavo((21cm). Tan cloth hardcover; dustjacket; 803pp. Two faint spots to text block fore edge, light dusting to upper edge, still a tight, straight, Near Fine copy. In the original dustwrapper, unclipped (priced $12.50 at base of front flap), a half-shade..... More

[Richmond: Geo. L. Darte, 1936]. Octavo pamphlet. Staple-bound, printed paper wrappers; 10pp. Light external soil; faint corner-creases; Very Good or better. Compilation of the author's letters to the editors of various Richmond newspapers, protesting a speaking appearance by James W. Ford, the African-American Communist Party leader, in any of Richmond's..... More

Philadelphia: Dorrance & Company, 1978. First Edition. First Printing, a review copy, with the publisher's typed slip laid in. Octavo (21.5cm); original black simulated cloth; dustjacket; [6],62pp. Fine in a Fine, unclipped dustjacket (priced $4.95). The Pennsylvania-born author's first book, a collection of autobiographical, fictional, and poetry pieces primarily about..... More

Detroit: Broadside Press, 1972. First Edition. First Printing, wrappered issue. Octavo (21.5cm); photo-illustrated wrappers; [8],9-63,[1]pp. A Fine, unread copy. The author's fifth book, a collection of spiritual and Afro-centric poems. Alhamisi was a prominent voice in the Black Arts Movement, guest editing publications like Black Dialogue and the Journal of..... More