First printing of this collection of Black poetry from the late nineteenth century to the Harlem Renaissance, compiled by one of the period's "most talented writers" (Finkelman, 526).

Inscribed first edition of this collection by "one of America's foremost poets" (POETRY FOUNDATION).

First edition of this anthology of three centuries of Black American poets, edited by the first Black Poet Laureate of America.

Second year (in a single bound volume) of the Expressionist journal of the visual and literary arts, with the scarce original lithographs and woodcuts by Masereel and others.

First edition of Hughes's "greatest collection of verse" (Arnold Rampersad), in the scarce original dust jacket designed by Aaron Douglas.

First printing of this youth poetry anthology, reflecting the urgency of the Civil Rights Movement, the '68 Chicago riots, the Vietnam War, illustrated with prize-winning children's photographs of urban scenes.

First edition of this Thomson-illustrated gift book from Macmillan's famous "Cranford" series of classics with stunning green pictorial cloth bindings, this production with idyllic depictions of angling and accompanying verses.