Los Angeles: University of California, 1958. Reprint. Octavo (25cm). Staple-bound self-wrappers; 12pp. Scattered and inobtrusive red ink marginalia, else VG. Reprinted from the Northwestern University Law Review, Mar-Apr 1958. More
Chicago: Third World Press, 1970. Chicago poet's fourth published collection. With an introduction by Gwendolyn Brooks; cover blurbs by Brooks and Sonia Sanchez. Second (1973) printing. Octavo (21cm). Stapled, illustrated wrappers; 32pp. Mild rubbing to covers; Very Good. More
Chicago: Third World Press, 1974. First Edition. The Mississippi poet's first published collection. First Printing. Octavo (22cm). Staple-bound, illustrated wrappers; 23pp. Fine. More
Monroe, ME: Common Courage Press, 1995. First Edition. Octavo. Cloth boards (hardcover); 272pp. Fine, unread copy, lacking jacket (as issued?). Scarce in cloth. More
n.p. Communist League, 1973. First Edition. Anonymously written Marxist-Leninist analysis of the ongoing economic enslavement of African Americans under capitalism. The Communist League was a predecessor to the Communist Labor Party, which it formed by alliance with the League of Revolutionary Black Workers in the mid-1970s. Quarto (27cm). Staple bound..... More
New York: Basic Books, Inc., 1973. First Edition. Octavo. Cloth boards; dustjacket; 228pp. Removed from a non-circulating private library, with ink ownership markings to front endpaper and accompanying black ink elisions from de-accession. Else clean, bright copy in very good dustwrapper. More
Dallas: Good Street Baptist Church, 1970. First Edition. Quarto (28cm). Pictorial textured card wrappers; 112pp; illus. Clean, Near Fine copy. Souvenir program distributed upon the erection of the church's new edifice, May 3rd, 1970, under the leadership of the long-serving pastor and civil rights leader Dr. Caesar Clark, who led... More
Chicago: Johnson Publishing Company, Inc., 1965. First Edition. Octavo. Cloth boards; dustjacket; 321pp; includes bibliography. An ex-library reading copy, with typical indications including shelf label, card pocket, and accession stamps. Moderate edgewear and rubbing to jacket; small nicks to upper edges; else textual unmarked copy in good dustjacket. More
Chicago: Johnson Publishing Company, Inc., 1965. First Edition. Octavo. Cloth boards; dustjacket; 321pp; includes bibliography. Removed from a non-circulating private library, with ink ownership markings to front endpaper and accompanying black ink elisions from de-accession. Slight rubbing to jacket; else textual unmarked copy in very good dustjacket. More
New York: Pageant Press, Inc., 1966. First Edition. The author argues against intergration, forseeing "reactions so violent that daily living will be shadowed by terrorist tactics, anarchy, and perhaps even a second Civil War." Chachas believes the solution is to give African Americans their own states in which they could... More
Jackson: University Press of Mississippi, 1985. First Edition. Octavo. Cloth boards; dustjacket; 183pp. Removed from a non-circulating private library, with ink ownership markings to front endpaper and accompanying black ink elisions from de-accession. Slight rubbing to dustjacket with adhesive residue to front right corner; appears unread; tight copy in very... More
Westport: Greenwood Press, 1978. Reprint. Octavo. Cloth boards; 249pp; includes bibliography. Removed from a non-circulating private library, with ink ownership markings to front endpaper and accompanying black ink elisions from de-accession. Else a sharp, unmarked copy, lightly soiled on covers. More
Durham: Duke University Press, 1977. First Edition. Octavo. Cloth boards; dustjacket; 221pp; includes bibliography. Removed from a non-circulating private library, with ink ownership markings to front endpaper and accompanying black ink elisions from de-accession. Otherwise a clean, unmarked copy in a very good dustwrapper. More
New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1970. First Edition. Octavo. Cloth boards; dustjacket; 140pp. Removed from a non-circulating private library, with ink ownership markings to front endpaper and accompanying black ink elisions from de-accession. Price-clipped; aged toned jacket; clean, crisp copy with unmarked text. More
Baltimore: Earl Koger Co, 1968. First Edition. Uncommon Afrocentric picture-book, aimed at early primary school readers. Includes an abecediary, with letters keyed to various figures in African-American history; a section of elementary readings on Black history; and various Black-themed riddles, rebuses, and word-puzzles. Illustrated throughout with line drawings clearly intended... More
Chicago: University of Illinois Press, 1969. First Edition. Octavo. Black cloth boards; dustjacket; 205pp. Removed from a non-circulating private library, with ink ownership markings to front endpaper and accompanying black ink elisions from de-accession. Minor tear to upper spine edge; else clean, crisp copy in very good dustjacket. More
[Rockville, MD: National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, 1989]. First Edition. Quarto (27.5cm.); publisher's white pictorial card wrappers; unpaginated; photographic illus. throughout. A hint of toning to spine edge, else Near Fine. Additional ephemera from the Dinner laid in, including a flyer advertising a workshop on community drug... More
Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University, 1981. First Edition. Octavo. Cloth boards; dustjacket; 327pp; 5 inserted leaves of black and white photographs; includes bibliography. Removed from a non-circulating private library, with ink ownership markings to front endpaper and accompanying black ink elisions from de-accession. Minor tears to dustjacket along edges; else... More
St. Petersburg: Helga M. Rogers, N.d. [ca 1980s]. Reprint. Originally issued in 1965; this is one of a number of undated reissues by the author's wife, utilizing the original sheets (of which there must have been an enormous remainder) with new card wrappers. J.A. Rogers was the author of such..... More
Charlottesville: University Press of Virginia, 1973. First Edition. Octavo. Cloth boards; no jacket; 274pp; includes footnotes. Removed from a non-circulating private library, with ink ownership markings to front endpaper and accompanying black ink elisions from de-accession. Clean, crisp and textually unmarked copy in very good or better condition. More
Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 1986. Second Printing. Octavo. Cloth boards; dustjacket; 294pp; 4 inserted leaves of half-toned text illustrations. Removed from a non-circulating private library, with ink ownership markings to front endpaper and accompanying black ink elisions from de-accession. Light dusting to jacket with minor wear; else tight... More
New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1972. First Edition. Octavo. Cloth boards; dustjacket; 348pp. Removed from a non-circulating private library, with ink ownership markings to front endpaper and accompanying black ink elisions from de-accession. Otherwise a clean, unmarked copy in a slightly worn dustwrapper. More
Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1983. First Edition. Octavo. Cloth boards; dustjacket; 333pp; illus. Removed from a non-circulating private library, with ink ownership markings to front endpaper and accompanying black ink elisions from de-accession. Mild rubbing to jacket; else crisp copy in very good jacket with unmarked text. More
New York: George Braziller, Inc., 1973. First Edition. Octavo. Cloth boards; dustjacket; 320pp. Removed from a non-circulating private library, with ink ownership markings to front endpaper and accompanying black ink elisions from de-accession. Slight rubbing and wear to jacket; else tight copy in very good jacket with unmarked text. More
Atlanta: Southern Christian Leadership Conference, 1972. First Edition. Well-preserved issue of the official SCLC journal, which began as a newspaper in February 1968, and gradually moved to a smaller magazine format. The publication's title was taken from Martin Luther King Jr's ultimatum of "meeting physical force with soul force." A.... More
