[San Francisco: B.A. Hardeman, Jr., 1973]. First Edition. Octavo (21.25cm.); original white pictorial card wrappers reproducing the work "Universal Love" by the black artist Deborah Wilkins; [4],42pp. Extremities a bit toned and lightly foxed, else Very Good or better. Second poetry collection by Georgia-born African American author and Vietnam War..... More

[East St. Louis, IL: Black River Writers, 1971]. First Edition. First Printing. Slim 12mo (17.5cm.); publisher's white pictorial card wrappers; 64pp.; illus. and photographs throughout. Just a hint of toning to extremities, else Near Fine. Poetry collection by a former consultant of Katherine Dunham's at the Performing Arts Training Center..... More

[Amherst]: University of Massachusetts Press, [1972]. First Edition. First full-length poetry collection (following three novels) by the founder of the Umbra Workshop, a significant influence on the Black Arts Movement. Includes Reed's major long poem "Catechism of d neoamerican hoodoo church," which was first published as a chapbook by the..... More

[Omaha, NE?]: Gazette Collective, [n.d. but ca.early 1970's]. First Edition. Rice's first book of poetry, written from prison in Omaha, NE. Rice, along with Ed Poindexter, were both both leaders in the Omaha chapter of the Black Panthers' National Committee to Combat Fascism. Both men were fingered by 15 year-old..... More

New York: Vantage Press, 1976. First Edition. Octavo. Cloth boards; dustjacket; 76pp. Tight, Near Fine copy in lightly worn jacket, just a bit foxed on lighter portions. Self-published poetry by the Washington, D.C. area poet, described on the jacket copy as "..a struggling black woman with a soft spot for..... More

New York: By the author, 1973. First Edition. Quarto. Pictorial card wrappers; [18pp]. Text continues onto rear wrapper. Early collection by the author of the acclaimed novel Danger Song (1967). Fine in original wrappers. Uncommon; OCLC gives 4 locations only. More

Washington DC: Nuclassics and Science Publishing Company, 1973. Second Edition. Dystopian novel set in the years approaching 2000, looking back on a fictional genocide committed against the black population in the United States, set off by the energy crisis. An alternative narrative to the novel published by Saggittarus the following..... More

New Orleans: Department of English, Xavier University, [1972]. First Edition. Uncommon anthology of New Orleans poets, edited by the briefly prominent Afro-Mexican author Carl Senna, today perhaps best known as the subject of his daughter Danzy Senna's deeply critical tell-all memoir Where Did You Sleep Last Night (2009), a book..... More

New York: Togetherness Productions, 1972. Second Edition. Second book of poetry by the Cleveland native, an early publication issued by Togetherness Productions, "a company formed to stage live poetry, jazz and songs by black creative artists." Illustrated throughout the text with photographs by Chester Higgins, Jr., Ronald St. Clair, and..... More

Washington DC: Nuclassics & Science Publishing Company, 1972. First Edition. Brief epistolary novella, portraying a long-distance romance between an African-American soldier in Vietnam and his sweetheart in the U.S. The authors were both members of the Physics department at Howard University. Carl L. Shears, who wrote frequently under the pseudonym..... More

Chester, PA: Pyramid Publications, [1971]. First Edition. First printing. Octavo (21.5cm.); original blue pictorial staplebound wrappers; 80pp. Minor wear from handling, else Very Good. Poetry collection by 18-year-old former national Minister of Information of the Republic of New Africa. More

London: Paul Breman, 1970. First Edition. Collection of early poems by the native Detroit author, issued here as volume 12 in the Heritage Series. Thompson was deeply involved in the Black Arts Movement, serving as editor of Umbra in the late 1960's; he would later change his name to Abba..... More

Los Angeles: Crescent Publications, 1975. First Edition. "The haunting novel of a tormented young woman who has been confined to a wheelchair since the age of two from polio..." The novel mirrors the author's life; Tillman, a Compton, CA woman, suffered an attack of polio at the age of 2..... More