Washington DC: The Charioteer Press, 1974. First Edition. The author's fifth collection of poems, partly a re-issue of her 1959 collection Into the Clearing as well as a selection of later poems culled from various journals and magazines. May Miller, daughter of renowned sociologist Kelly Miller, became the most widely..... More
Detroit: Lotus Press, 1975. First Edition. The author's sixth collection of poems, culled from various journals and magazines and published here for the first time. May Miller, daughter of renowned sociologist Kelly Miller, became the most widely published female playwright of the Harlem Renaissance, prior to publishing seven volumes of..... More
Detroit: Broadside Press, 1974. First Edition. First book by the native Berkeley poet. "The poems that make-up my first volume...are the articulation of my vision, the illumination of my experiences they are that part of my survival kit I'm willing to reveal and share. I try to write poems that..... More
Boston: Afrikan Heritage Press, 1975. First Edition. First book by the poet and playwright, who after serving eight years in Massachussetss prisons became one of the founders of the Afrikan Heritage Institute in Boston's Roxbury community. The volume collects six long poems, dealing mostly with the deterioration of the Black..... More
New York: Brothers' Distributing Company, 1969. First Edition. The Hollywood, SC author's second book of poetry, following his debut collection Dope Hustler Jazz. Slim octavo (21.5cm); illustrated wrappers, stapled; 33pp. Top edge of text lightly foxed, with a touch of oxidation to staples; very Near Fine. More
[Madison: FAS Publishing, 1974]. First Edition. Octavo (21cm.); original cream photomontage staplebound wrappers; 35pp.; printed on yellow stock. Fine. Poetry collection by 23-year-old folklorist, whose previous work, according to the author biography on the rear cover, was being "currently reviewed by Black World and Dudley Randall of Broadside Press." More
San Francisco: Witness, 1976-1977. First Edition. Local community organ for the San Francisco branch of the White Panther Party, published under the banner "Community Law Enforcement, Not Police Terror - the Only Real Solution to the Crime Problem." Much of the content relating to the imprisonment of local leaders Tom..... More
Detroit: Broadside Press, [1971]. First Edition. First printing. Octavo (21.5cm.); original red decorative staplebound wrappers; 22pp. Fine. First book, a collection of poems, by Mississippi-raised African American author and member of the political movement the Liberation of Black People of the World. More
Chicago: Nyumba Ya Wote (Common House), 1976. First Edition. First Printing. Quarto (27cm); gray stapled wrappers, titled in brown on the covers; 20pp.; illustrated; minor smudge/soil to the front cover; Near Fine. A quarterly publication. Includes a historical sketch of Zimbabwe, recipes, interviews, poetry, fall calendar of Afrocentric events for..... More
Detroit: Broadside Press, 1972. First Edition. First printing. Octavo; printed card wrappers; 30pp. Covers slightly toned at extremities, wrapper extremities foxed; internally clean; Very Good+. Author's portrait on rear wrapper. First published book (after several anthology appearances) by the celebrated New Orleans poet-musician, aka "Doctor Arturo." More
![Blood Lines [Signed by author]. Robert E. PRICE, Roderick Vines, pseudo. BASHIRI](/pictures/medium/54876.jpg?v=1629759787)
Los Angeles: Poets Pay Rent, Too, 1978. First Edition. First Printing. Signed by author on the title page. Octavo (21.5cm); illustrated white wrappers, titled in red on cover and black on the spine; 63pp.; priced $4.50 on rear cover; illustrated; light rubbing wear to extremities; minor foxing to title page..... More
Detroit: Broadside Press, 1970. First Edition. First collection of poetry by the native Detroit author, a former editor at Time magazine in New York. First Printing. Slim octavo (21.5cm); orange and black illustrated wrappers, stapled; 16pp. Upper edge of text slightly dusty, else Fine and unread. More
New York: Rannick Playwrights Co., 1971. First Edition. Collection of poems dealing primarily with race and war by this Texas-born author. Randolph was an African-American actor, poet, playwright and founder of independent publishing houses. He was founder and director of the New York-based Rannick Playwright's Company, publisher and producer of..... More
[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, 1970]. Third (1972) printing. Octavo (21.5cm.); original yellow staplebound pictorial wrappers; 32pp. Fine. Second collection by the Black Arts Movement poet Eugene B. Redmond. 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
[Newark: Jihad Productions, 1969]. First Edition. Octavo (21.5cm.); original white pictorial staplebound wrappers; [4],23pp.; text printed from typescript. A bit dust-soiled, else About Fine. African American poetry collection by a World War II veteran. More
![Conjure [Inscribed & Signed]. Ishmael REED](/pictures/medium/37643.jpg?v=1529353884)
[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
Peterborough, NH: Windy Row Press, 1971. First Edition. The North Carolina author's first collection of poems, inspired by his love of nature and outdoor living. Octavo (20cm); hunter green faux-leatherette, with titling and decorations stamped in gilt on spine and front cover; dustjacket; 111pp, [1]. Top edge slightly dusty, else..... 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
Los Angeles: Crescent Publications, [1975]. First Edition. Second book of narrative poems by the Los Angeles-born author and member of the Watts Writer's Workshop. Octavo (21cm); illustrated wrappers; 54pp. Upper edge of text lightly foxed, else Fine and unread. 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: William-Frederick Press, 1978. First Edition. Octavo (22cm.); original cloth in white pictorial dust jacket; [12],139pp. About Fine. Novel described as "a key to tribal rituals, whiteness that gets rid of blacks, blackness that gets rid of whites--and a key to an integrated America too sobering to seem likely..... More
![Poetry for my Friends [from half-title: Greens and Blues and All the Rhythms in Between]. Bryant...](/pictures/medium/25747.jpg?v=1529353470)
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, 1974. First Edition. Novel set in the not-too-distant future, describing "The Rise to Power of America's Black Dictator General Hambone." Pseudonymously authored by the founder of the Nuclassics and Science Publishing Company. Uncommon utopian/dystopian Black Power novel; no others found in commerce (2015);..... More
