New York: Terry Dintenfass, 1963. First Edition. Original lithographed poster, with text and illustrations printed in dark red and black on thick cream laid paper, measuring 48cm x 66.25cm (18 7/8" x 26 1/8"). Mild handling, a few faint creases from being rolled, with a half-dozen foxed spots; unbacked; Near..... More

New York: The Dial Press, 1969. First Edition. First Printing, a review copy, with the publisher's typed slip laid in. Octavo (21.75cm); red-orange cloth, with titles stamped in black on spine; pictorial endpapers; dustjacket; [xii],145,[1]pp; illus. Gentle sunning to upper board edges, else a clean, Near Fine copy. Dustjacket is..... More

Boston: Beacon Press, 1963. First Edition. First Printing, a review copy, with the publisher's typed slip laid in. Octavo (21cm); blue paper and cloth-covered boards, with titles stamped in gilt on spine and decorative elements embossed onto front cover; dustjacket; [vi],56,[2]pp. Spine ends gently nudged, else a clean, very Near..... More

London: MacGibbon & Kee Limited, 1968. First U.K. Edition. First Impression, one of 1,500 copies, bound from American sheets. Octavo (22.25cm); red paper-covered boards, with titles stamped in gilt on spine; dustjacket; [7],8-252,[4]pp. Faint foxing to text edges, else Near Fine. Dustjacket is unclipped (priced 30s net), with light wear..... More

Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 1962. First-hand, day-by-day observations on the 1960 lunch-counter desegregation demonstrations in Knoxville, Tennessee. Proudfoot was a white Presbyterian clergyman on the faculty of the predominantly black Knoxville College, and became one of the leaders of the movement; the book is arranged chronologically and..... More

[most Berkeley: KPFA, ca. 1969-70]. Seven 1/4" reel-to-reel audio tapes in their original storage boxes, with production slugs affixed to bottom box surfaces for all but two. The tapes all appear to be first-generation copies, dubbed from the original master tapes at KPFA studios in Berkeley, Californa. These tapes would..... More

Los Angeles: Greybull Press, 2002. First Edition. First Printing, trade issue, one of 4,000 copies. Quarto (31cm); black cloth, with titles embossed on spine; dustjacket; [144]pp; illus. Signed by Kathleen Cleaver on the title page, dated July 30, 2010. Base of spine gently nudged, crown gently bumped, else Near Fine..... More

New York: Harcourt, Brace & World, Inc., 1966. First Edition. The African American author and sculptor's second and best-known book, a tragic coming-of-age novel that served as the basis for Joseph Manduke's 1975 film Cornbread, Earl and Me, starring NBA star Jamaal Wilkes and Laurence Fishburne in his film debut..... More

[Chicago: Chicago Area Friends of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, 1963]. Attractive, ephemeral relic of the 1963 "Stop! Don't Shop Downtown" Campaign, coordinated by the Chicago Area Friends of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (CAFSNCC) in conjunction with the Coordinating Council of Community Organizations (CCCO). The Campaign called for the..... More

[Atlanta]: The Committee on Appeal for Human Rights and The Student--Adult Liaison Committee, [1960]. Circular produced by the Committee on Appeal for Human Rights (COAHR), formed in February, 1960 by a group of Atlanta University Center students who coordinated a variety of sit-ins, boycotts, and non-violent events to demand racial..... More

New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1969. First Edition. First Printing, a review copy, with the publisher's promotional photograph of the author laid in. Octavo (23.5cm); cream cloth, blocked and titled in black and gilt on spine, with the author's facsimile signature stamped in gilt on front cover; dustjacket; xii,372pp..... More

New York: The Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, [1963]. First Edition. Pamphlet produced by the SNCC, decrying a string of brutal attacks and civil rights violations against Black citizens in the southwest Georgia city of Albany, between 1958-1963. It draws special attention to the case of Charlie Ware, shot without provocation..... More

New York: The Floating Bear, 1961. First Edition. Quarto (28cm.); side-stapled mimeographed self-wrappers; [12]pp. A Fine and unfolded (possibly unissued) copy, as the magazine sold only through its mailing list. Contents chiefly devoted to the poetry of John Ashbery, and provides a notice on p. [12] that the poet "is..... More