New York: Hillman-Curl, Inc., 1936. First Edition. Examination of the career of Father Major Jealous Divine (born George Baker), the charismatic Harlem religious leader who claimed to be the living incarnation of God. Father Divine founded the International Peace Mission movement, formulated its doctrine, and oversaw its growth from a...... More
Brasília: Ministero de Justiça, 2000. First Edition. 12mo. Printed card wrappers; 143pp. Fine and unmarked; an apparently unread and unopened copy. One of 1500 English-language copies printed. More
London: Christian Action Publications, 1969. First Edition. Octavo. Staple-bound pamphlet. Printed card wrappers; vi, 40pp. Fine, unmarked copy. More
New York: Education Department, ILGWU, n.d. but ca. 1962. First Edition. Statement prepared "To set it clear that the ILGWU has no quarrel with the NAACP or any other civil rights organizations on the principles of equal opportunity [and] To make a FACTUAL examination of the 'charges' raised publicly by..... More
New York: Exposition Press, [1969]. First Edition. Slim octavo (21cm.); publisher's cloth in photo-illustrated dust jacket; 75pp. Some shelf wear and tiny nicks to jacket extremities, corners bumped, brief dampstain to rear jacket panel, else Near Very Good. A plea for "humanism and Christianity" by the Texas-born African American author..... More
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Nashville: Townsend Press, [1967]. First Edition. Octavo (21.75cm.); original cloth in blue and white pictorial dust jacket; xii,270pp. Jacket a bit edge worn with several short closed tears, spine toned with dampstain to foot, rear jacket panel unevenly browned. Fine in About Very Good jacket. Inscribed and signed on front..... More
Autograph in black ink on cover of 4-pp House Calendar. "Randy / Peace / Jesse Jackson," dated 3/30/04. A clear and bold autograph. More
Autograph in black ink on front cover of the "South Carolina Picture Book" (Columbia: South Carolina Film Office, ca 2004). Reads: "Randy / Peace / Jesse Jackson," dated 3/30/04. More
New York: Random House, [1970]. First Edition. 12mo (18.5cm.); publisher's cloth in black pictorial dust jacket; ix,[3],308pp. Light shelf wear, rear panel a bit discolored, else Very Good or better. "Writings on black history and culture" - upper jacket panel. Includes contributions by C.L.R. James, Ishmael Reed, and many others..... More
New York: Jewish Labor Committee / Anti-Defamation League, N.d. [ca 1948]. Edition not stated. Dated from context. 12mo, tri-fold brochure. 4pp text with cartoon illustrations. Trivial darkening to margins; Near Fine. Pressure stamp to front cover of Michigan Labor Committee to Combat Intolerance, Detroit. Post-war brochure promoting the FEPC, a...... More
London: The Commonwealth Secretariat, 1989. First Edition. Octavo. Cloth boards; dustjacket; 163pp; bibliography. Fine in lightly faded dustwrapper. Apparently unread. More
Washington DC: Repression Information Project, 1977. First Edition. Single inaugural issue in original wrappers. Staple-bound thick-paper wrappers; 64pp; illus. Bit of discoloration to covers and contents; text printed on newsprint, toned but not fragile. Described on masthead as "..a journal of political events, social interaction and change which analyzes current..... More
Washington DC: Repression Information Project, 1978. First Edition. Single issue in original wrappers. Staple-bound thick-paper wrappers; 56pp; illus. Bit of discoloration to covers and contents; text printed on newsprint, toned but not fragile. Organ of the Repression Information Project and the Guild Investigative Group, formed in the 1970s to monitor..... More
Atlanta: Southern Regional Council, 1967. First Edition. Quarto (11" x 8-1/2"). Corner-stapled wrappers; 17pp. Fine. Major statement, in the wake of the riots of the summer of 1967, by the influential African-American psychiatrist and civil rights leader, later first African-American president of the American Psychological Association. "...During the past few..... More
Frankfurt, KY: Commonwealth of Kentucky / Kentucky Commission on Human Rights, 1971. First Edition. Slim quarto (28cm.); publisher's photo-illustrated card wrappers; iv,162pp.; illus. throughout. Light shelf wear, mostly along spine, else Very Good or better. More
Detroit: Mohawk Publishing Co., [1967]. First Edition. Octavo (22cm.); original cloth in white pictorial dust jacket; 79pp.; photographic illus. Some foxing and shallow chips and tears to jacket extremities. Fine in About Very Good jacket. More
[New York: New Outlook Publishers, 1967]. First Edition. 12mo (19.75cm.); white decorative staplebound self-wrappers; 46pp. Wrappers bit dust-soiled, else Near Fine. More
Detroit: Broadside Press, 1995. First Edition Thus. The Broadside Poets Theatre, established by Dudley Randall in 1980, is a weekly reading/performance series featuring the work of young Black writers. Broadside, 11" x 8.5". Printed in black on purple card stock. Broadside Poets Theater, No. 22. Fine, unworn copy. More
[Johannesburg]: Central News Agency, (1945). First Edition. Octavo. Illustrated wrappers; 71pp. Very Good. Cover artwork by J.M Leyden. Conservative plan for economic reform, with little substantive reference to apartheid. More
Washington DC: Government Printing Office / Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, [1973]. First Edition. Quarto. Printed card wrappers; 209pp. Includes bibliography. Fine, unmarked and apparently unread copy. More
London: Paul Breman, 1971. First Edition. First printing. Octavo. Pictorial card wrappers; 24pp. Slight external dusting, else fine. Volume 15 in Breman's "Heritage Series" of chapbooks by African-American poets. Major's third published collection. More
New York: William Morrow and Company, 1971. First Edition. Critical study on the origins and goals of the Black Panther party, its key figures, and its fight for survival. First Printing. Octavo (21.5cm); black cloth and gray paper-covered boards, with titles stamped in red, white, and green on spine; dustjacket;..... More
Peking: Foreign Languages Press, 1964. First English Language Edition. 12mo (18cm.); publisher's white wrappers printed in red and black; [4],91pp.; one photographic plate. Light wear from handling, minor dust-soil, else Very Good or better. More
New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1972. First Edition. Octavo. Cloth boards; dustjacket; 312pp. Fine, unread copy. A "dispassionate" examination of the women's movement from a male perspective, by the San Francisco journalist and prolific author on social-movement themes. More
New York: Pioneer Publishers, 1954. First Edition. The contents of the pamphlet were first published as a series of articles in The Militant in July-August, 1954, detailing incidents of mob attacks by local fascist groups on Black families living in Trumbull Park. Slim octavo (21cm); illustrated wrappers, stapled; 16pp. Mild..... More
