Detroit: Lotus Press, 1975. First Edition. First Printing. Octavo (21.5cm); light blue sheets, mimeographed in three colors and bound with royal blue tape along spine; 44,[2]pp; illus. A Fine, unread copy. The native Detroit author's first book of poems. Cobb was a member of the Black Christian Nationalist Movement at..... More

Detroit: Broadside Press, 1969. First Edition. First Printing, wrappered issue. Octavo (21.5cm); photo-illustrated card wrappers, stapled; 64pp. Light wear to extremities, a few faint creases to front wrapper, with a faint patch of soil to lower rear wrapper; contents clean; Very Good or better. The Black Arts poet's third book..... More

Hicksville, NJ: Exposition Press, [1977]. First Edition. African-American author's self-published novel, "The story of a lonely spinster who found love, after all..." At the time of publication the author was a manager for the United States Postal Service in Houston, Texas. Quite uncommon: OCLC locates five copies as of August..... 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: Wakweli Publications, [1974]. First Edition. Small quarto (21.5cm.); original yellow pictorial staplebound wrappers; unpaged; printed on yellow cardstock. Fine. Distributed by the Broadside Press. Folktale translated from the original Swahili by N. Mwakikagile. More

Jericho, NY: Exposition Press, [1974]. First Edition. Octavo (21cm.); original buckram in white pictorial dust jacket; 59pp. In original shrinkwrap. Fine. Virginia-born African American social worker and author, whose poetry "reflects the Black renaissance which is etching itself so deeply on the conscience and consciousness of today" (upper jacket flap)..... More

Greenfield Center, NY: Greenfield Review Press, 1974. First Edition. Collection of verse by the Philadelphia-born African American poet, illustrated throughout, chiefly centered around the Black experience in the inner city. Octavo (20.5cm); photo-illustrated card wrappers; 39,[1]pp; illus. A Fine, unread copy. More

Philadelphia: Dorrance & Company, 1972. First Edition. The Louisiana-born author's first book of poetry, presented as a collection of memories from her life and marriage. Cain also wrote a novel, White Bastards, published by Vantage Press. Octavo (21.5cm); brown cloth, with titles stamped in black on spine; dustjacket; [iv],100pp. Fine..... More

[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

[San Francisco: Al Kitab Sudan Publications, 1973]. First Edition. Collected short poetical pieces by Marvin X, written between 1969 and 1972. He assures the reader in his introduction that he is not pushing for the women's liberation movement ("Women will be liberated when men are liberated" (p. i)). Octavo (21.5cm.);..... More

New York: Vantage Press, [1974]. First Edition. Octavo (21cm.); original cloth in white and orange pictorial dust jacket; [6],185pp. General dust soil to jacket, else About Fine. Alabama-born African American author's novel set in Fort Jackson, South Carolina, during the Korean War. More

New York: Kioka Publications, 1972. First Edition. Octavo. Pictorial card wrappers; 48pp; illus. Small bump to upper corner of text, else a Fine, unworn and apparently unread copy. Harlem author's self-published first (and to our knowledge, only) book of poems. More

Anderson, Indiana: The Warner Press, 1970. First Edition. The first of two books of poetry written by the Decatur, IL native. Though known primarily for her career in education in Chicago and Indiana, she wrote actively in her spare time, with her poetry reflecting her deep religious beliefs. Her second..... More