African Americana from Blackbird Infoshop

106pp. Silvermine Publishers, Norwalk, CT. VG+ copy of Afro-Indigenous queer civil rights activist, lawyer, legal scholar, Episcopal priest and poet Pauli Murray's only collection of poetry, Dark Testament. Gorgeous linen cream cloth boards with black lettering in VG+, slightly edgeworn blue DJ with slight chipping, and light staining to lettering of lower title and top of spine. The titular long-form… Read more about this item

343pp. First printing in dustjacket. Harper & Row, New York. 1971. A gorgeous first printing of historian George Fredrickson's Black Image in the White Mind, a comprehensive study of white intellectuals' understanding of Afro-American life, culture and politics, shortlisted for the Pulitzer and National Book Award. A scarce title in this condition and first printing.

Hardcover. Stated first edition. Condition: Very Good in VG- DJ, DJ rubbed with a small open tear to bottom front left corner. Some foxing to interior front and back covers, pages crisp and unmarked. 1st Edition. Appendices. Index. 384pp. Black cloth spine with bright gilt title and gorgeous brown marbled cloth over boards. A stunning biography of Du Bois' years… Read more about this item