New York: Rannick Playwrights Co., Inc., 1971. First Edition. Frazier's first (and only) book, a slim collection of Afrocentric poetry. OCLC locates two dozen copies in US institutions. First Printing. Slim octavo; illustrated wrappers, stapled; [32pp]. Trace of soil to extremities, else Near Fine. More
Elkins Park, PA: Uhuru Publications, 1970. First Edition. The Philadelphia activist and author's first book of poetry. Strongly influenced by the upsurge in black militancy during the early sixties, Jones speaks through his poetry about the experience of being a black man in America. None found in the trade (October..... More
[Macon, GA]: Macon Press Co., 1973. First Edition. Scarce, self-published volume of "experience poetry" by the native Atlanta author. Contents deal with issues of health ("Sickle Cell vs. High Blood"), the death of Martin Luther King, Jr. ("A Dream Turned Into a Nightmare?"), violence ("Why Kill Your Brother?"), and contraception..... More
New York: Vantage Press, [1976]. First Edition. Love poetry by California-based African American author and registered nurse. OCLC locates 5 copies only (NYU, Illinois, Southern Mississippi, Radford, and Farleigh Dickinson). Octavo (21cm.); original simulated cloth in pink pictorial dust jacket; [10],34pp. Jacket spine a bit faded, some light foxing to..... More
New York: Vantage Press, [1973]. First Edition. Poetry collection "about black people" by the Panamanian choreographer and dancer, formerly the manager of Thelonious Monk's saxophonist Charlie Rouse. OCLC notes 17 holdings. Octavo (21cm.); original cloth in red pictorial dust jacket; x,[11]-44pp. Light foxing to jacket spine, else Fine. More
Detroit: Broadside Press, 1970. First Edition. Arkansas-born African American poet's first book, at the time a PhD candidate at the University of Detroit. Includes several Detroit-themed poems. BAILEY, p.26. First Printing. Slim octavo (21.5cm); photo-illustrated card wrappers, stapled; 27pp. Publication information rubber-stamped on verso of front wrapper, trivial wear to..... More
Detroit: Broadside Press, 1972. First Edition. First book by the Washington, D.C. author, a graduate of George Washington University, whose poems largely focus on the Black urban experience. First printing. Slim octavo (21.5cm); printed card wrappers, stapled; 22pp. Trivial dustiness to wrappers, else Fine. More
Philadelphia: Dorrance & Company, 1973. First Edition. The Philadelphia activist and author's second book of poetry, following his debut volume Guerilla Warfare in Philly. Jones, strongly influenced by the upsurge in black militancy during the early sixties, speaks through his poetry about the experience of being a black man in..... More
Ashland, OH: Ashland Poetry Press, 1971. First Edition. Louisiana-born poet, whose work primarily addresses racial tensions, beginning with the poem "The White Man Pressed the Locks," in which a white man locks his car doors while driving "down the concrete vein." Also includes poems dedicated to Frantz Fanon and Martin..... More
Detroit: Broadside Press, 1969. Third Printing. Octavo (21.5cm); photo-illustrated wrappers, stapled; 64pp. Light wear to extremities, else Near Fine. The Black Arts poet's third book, featuring 25 poems, a preface by the author, and an introduction by Gwendolyn Brooks. More
Chicago: Third World Press, 1973. First Edition. First Printing. Slim octavo (21.5cm); illustrated card wrappers, stapled; 16pp. Fine, unread copy. The Broadside Press founder's fifth collection of poetry, dealing primarily with themes of race, violence, and death. Several of these poems first appeared in the pages of American Negro Poetry..... More
Blantyre, Malawi: Hetherwick Press Ltd., 1971. Third (1972) Printing. Anthology published by the Writers Group in the University of Malawi, collecting 39 poems by 19 contributors, including Josephine Kaphwiyo, Nellie C. Chirwa, Scopas Gorinwa, Innocent Banda, and John A. Mapanje, et al. Slim octavo (20.75cm); printed sheets, hand-sewn into yellow..... More
Yaoundé [Cameroon]: Editions Cle, 1969. First Edition. 12mo (17.75cm.); original white and green pictorial wrappers by Philippe Ouassa; 106pp. Fine. Cameroonian poetry, text entirely in French. More
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New Haven: Yale University Press, 1987. First Edition. The winning volume in the 1986 Yale Series of Younger Poets competition. First Printing. Octavo (24.25cm); dark green cloth, with titles stamped in gilt on spine; dustjacket; xiv,71,[10]pp. Signed by the author on the title page, and inscribed directly beneath: "For Phil..... More
New York: Duell, Sloan, and Pearce, 1947. First Edition. Aiken's narrative poem about William Blackstone of Boston, Massachusetts. First Printing. Octavo; tan cloth, with titles stamped in blue on spine; dustjacket; 32, [4]pp. Some offsetting from flaps onto endpapers, else Fine in a Near Fine dustjacket, unclipped, with hint of..... More
New York: Oxford University Press, 1963. First Edition. Octavo (23.5cm.); original embossed boards in green pictorial price-clipped dust jacket printed in blue; [6],130pp. Residue from previously removed label to upper jacket cover, spine a bit faded, a few shallow chips to extremities, else Near Fine in About Very Good jacket..... More
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1916. First Edition. Octavo (20cm.); original limp drab boards, spine lettered in black; green-grey pictorial dust jacket; [10],90,[2]pp. Jacket spine entirely perished, flap folds tender, especially that of upper flap; About Very Good in exceedingly fragile, incomplete dust jacket. Forms part of the New Poetry Series..... More
DeRidder, LA: Energy BlackSouth Press, [1976]. First Edition. First printing. Octavo (21cm.); original tan printed staplebound wrappers; unpaged. Fine. Errata slip laid in. Hoo-Doo Chapbookseries, no. 1 of a projected 13 volumes. African-American author's first poetry collection, published by Amos Zu-Bolton's Energy BlackSouth Press. More
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Boston: Four Seas Company, 1924. First American Edition. Limited to 200 copies. Slim octavo (20.5cm.); publisher's boards, yellow printed label mounted to upper cover, white dust jacket lettered in light green; 61pp. Jacket a bit dust-soiled and toned along extremities, some general edge wear including tiny closed tears and one..... More
Boston: The Four Seas Co., 1919. First Edition. Octavo (19.5cm). Decorated paper-covered boards with printed paper title labels; dustjacket; 94pp. A tight, unworn copy, very Near Fine. In original printed dustwrapper, complete and just lightly soiled and worn, but with old kraft-paper reinforcements to verso. Presumed later issue jacket, with..... More
Boston: The Four Seas Co., 1919. First Edition. Octavo (19.5cm). Decorated paper-covered boards with printed paper title labels; dustjacket; 94pp. 1" x 1/4" coffee-colored stain to margin front free endpaper (and extending very faintly onto half-title); else a tight, clean and attractive copy. In original printed dustwrapper, complete and just..... More
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Brooklyn: Hanging Loose Press, 1992. First Edition. First Printing, wrappered issue. Octavo (22.75cm); pictorial card wrappers; [12],13-84,[4]pp. Signed by the author on the title page. Light wear to extremities, tiny creases to a few lower page corners, else Near Fine. The National Book Award-winning author's first book, a collection of..... More
![First Indian on the Moon [Signed]. Sherman ALEXIE](/pictures/medium/54026.jpg?v=1624323616)
Brooklyn: Hanging Loose Press, 1993. First Edition. Cloth Issue. Octavo (23.5cm); yellow cloth, with titles stamped in black on spine; publisher's original acetate dustjacket; [8],9-116,[4]pp. While not called for, this copy has been signed by Alexie on the title page. Fine in a lightly rubbed, Near Fine dustjacket. The National..... More
![The Man Who Loves Salmon [Signed Copy]. Sherman ALEXIE](/pictures/medium/52061.jpg?v=1614237306)
Boise: Limberlost Press, 1998. First Edition. One of 750 regular copies, bound in wrappers; this copy signed by Alexie on the title page (not called for). Octavo (25cm.); sewn pictorial wraps; Fine condition. There was a simultaneous issue of 100 signed copies in cloth. More
![The Summer of Black Widows [Limited Edition, Signed]. Sherman ALEXIE](/pictures/medium/54040.jpg?v=1624323617)
Brooklyn: Hanging Loose Press, 1996. First Edition. Limited Issue, one of 50 numbered copies signed by the author, this being copy no.22, with an additional note by Alexie reading "Daredevil. The Incredible Hulk." Octavo (23.5cm); cream cloth, with titles stamped in black on spine; dustjacket; [10],11-139,[5]pp. Fine in a Fine..... More
