Search Results: Black History from Shoemaker Booksellers

Boston, MA: The Jordan & More Press, 1926. 183 pp. Original red cloth covers w/ title on binding. Very bright and clean. INSCRIBED AND SIGNED BY WILLIAM PICKENS. Spine lightly sunned. Pg. edges browned. Light pencil notes to rear endpapers. . Signed by Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Dust Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Williamstown, MA: Corner House Publishers, 1973. 296 pp. Original green cloth covers w/ gilt title on spine. Binding very bright and clean. Modest rubbing to corners and spine ends. Light foxing to edges of text block. Previous owner's bookplate on front blank endpaper. DJ lightly rubbed. Price clipped. Illust. w/ b/w sketches. Contents nice.. Hard Cover. Very Good+/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: Doubleday & McClure Company, 1901. 92 pp. Original gray cloth covers w/ title in gilt. Binding lightly soiled and rubbed. Illust. w/ b/w plates. Contents nice.. Hard Cover. Very Good-/No Dust Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1900. 286 pp. Original green cloth covers, moderately soiled w/ faint sunning to edges and spine. Small oval pictorial paste-down on front cover, rubbed. Previous owner's address label on front paste-down. Front hinge starting. Approx. 1/2" tear to foredge of Contents page, not affecting text. Contents nice.. Hard Cover. Near Very Good/No Dust Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1991. 244 pp. Original pale pink paper covered boards w/ white cloth spine. Spine ends and top corner of front cover bumped. Publisher's remainder mark to top edge of text block. DJ lightly soiled w/ modest edge wear. Creases to corners of front flap. Contents very nice. Author's First Book.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1930. 284+pp. Original light blue decorated cloth covers w/ title on binding. Lightly soiled. Spine sunned. Corners bumped. Inscription to previous owner and book shop label on front paste-down. Previous owner's name on front endpaper. Scattered foxing throughout. Illust. w/ b/w plates. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Dust Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Garden City, NY: Doubleday, Page & Company, 1917. 332 pp. Original green cloth covers w/ gilt title on spine. Top edge gilt. Light wear at extremities. Bottom of front hinge just starting. Illust. w/ b/w plates. Contents nice.. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Dust Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Urbana, Chicago and London: University of Illinois Press, 1983. 355 pp. Original brown cloth covers w/ gilt title on spine. Covers lightly soiled. Spine ends slightly bumped and rubbed. DJ has wear and tear to edges. Lightly soiled and rubbed. Contents very nice.. Hard Cover. Very Good-/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: B. W. Dodge & Company, 1908. 140 pp. Original blue cloth covers w/ title in gilt. Top edge gilt. Binding moderately soiled and rubbed. Spine a bit sunned. Corners and spine ends bumped. Light scattered foxing. Previous owner's name on front blank endpaper. Illust. w/ b/w plates.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/No Dust Jacket. Illus. by Edward H. Potthast. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Washington, D. C.: The Associated Publishers, Inc., 1988. 390 pp. Original brown cloth covers w/ gilt title on binding. Very bright and clean. INSCRIBED AND SIGNED BY MARION JACKSON PRYDE. DJ lightly soiled. Illust. w/ b/w plates. Contents very nice.. Signed by Author. Hard Cover. Fine/Near Fine. Illus. by Lois M. Jones. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: William Morrow and Company, 1964 88 pp. Original pictorial wraps, lightly soiled and rubbed w/ mild edge wear. "Centered squarely on the Negro-White conflict, both plays are literally shocking plays--in ideas, in language, in honest anger." Contents nice.. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good/No Dust Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

New York: International Publishers, 1945. 216 pp. Original red cloth covers w/ gilt title on spine. Very bright and clean. SIGNED BY HERBERT APTHEKER. Previous owner's name on front paste-down. DJ has wear and tear to edges w/ pieces missing from spine ends and along top edge front cover. Soiled. Spine sunned. Contents very nice.. Signed by Author. Hard Cover. Very Good+/Good-. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: James Miller, 1869. 582+pp. Original green cloth covers w/ gilt title on spine. Binding lightly soiled and rubbed w/ fraying to spine ends. Edges of leaves lightly age toned. A strong, sturdy copy.. Hard Cover. Good+ to Very Good-/No Dust Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

Chicago, IL: Afro-Am Publishing Company Inc. (1964) 182 pp. Original pictorial cloth covers, lightly soiled and rubbed. Illust. w/ drawings. Contents nice.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good+/No Dust Jacket. Illus. by Eugene Winslow. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

Richmond: Printed by Colin, Baptist and Nowlan, 1850. 702 pp. Original full-leather covers w/ gilt title on red leather spine label. Binding scuffed w/ light wear to extremities. Previous owner's name on front blank endpaper. Light foxing throughout. Faint dampstain to foredge of several leaves in front and rear, not affecting text. Light insect damage to rear blank endpapers.. Hard Cover. Good or Better/No Dust Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons (1970) 650 pp. Original dark green cloth covers, very bright and clean. Faint dampstain to top edge of text block. DJ lightly soiled w/ mild edge wear. Approx. 1/2" closed tear at top edge, and approx. 1/4" closed tear at bottom edge, of rear panel. Illust. w/ b/w photos and maps. Contents nice.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good-. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: Pantheon Books (1999) 694 pp. Original black paper covered boards w/ gilt title on black cloth spine. Binding very bright and clean. INSCRIBED AND SIGNED BY ADELE LOGAN ALEXANDER ON TITLE PAGE. Illust. w/ b/w photos. Contents very nice.. Inscribed & Signed by Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York, NY: Random House, 1998. (1998) 450 pp. Original black covers w/ gilt title on spine. Binding very bright and clean. Spine ends bumped. DJ has modest edge wear. Illust. w/ b/w photos. Contents very nice.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good+/Very Good+. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: Henry Schuman, 1952. 270 pp. Original gray cloth covers, lightly soiled. Spine ends a bit bumped w/ two small bumps to top edge of rear cover. DJ lightly soiled and rubbed w/ wear and several short tears to edges. Approx. 1" closed tear at top edge of front panel near spine. Faint dampstain to top corner of rear panel. Contents nice.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good+. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1930. 538 pp. Original blue cloth covers w/ gilt title on spine. Very bright and clean. Foxing to edges of text block and endpapers. Discoloration to top of pp. 250-251 due to paperclip, not affecting text. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Dust Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.