SHE WOULD BE KING
Signed, slipcased first edition of Moore's first novel, a historical retelling of Liberia's founding with touches of magic realism, issued as part of the Powell's Books INDIESPENSABLE series.
Signed, slipcased first edition of Moore's first novel, a historical retelling of Liberia's founding with touches of magic realism, issued as part of the Powell's Books INDIESPENSABLE series.
Inscribed first edition of Morrison's sixth novel, one of her most challenging and reportedly her favorite of all her books.
First printing of this story of friendship, duality, and perceptions of power and belonging – Toni Morrison's second novel.
Scarce program of exhibits and performances from the 1973 April Black Arts Festival organized by the Black Student Union of West Chester State College.
Scarce first edition of Saunders's groundbreaking first novel, set in a heavily researched alternate Africa and starring one of the first Black heroes in the grimly Eurocentric genre of contemporary sword & sorcery.
Inscribed first edition of this anthology from the Watts Writers Workshop, including Harry Dolan, Leumas Sirrah, Harley Mims, and James Thomas Jackson.
Inscribed first printing, as association copy, of this political thriller that follows a Black congressman as he becomes increasingly wrapped up in a secessionist Black nationalist group – by noted journalist and Tuskegee airman Chuck Stone.
First edition of Tillman's scarce novel, a semi-autobiographical story of heartbreak and resilience starring a Black polio survivor and wheelchair user, a sequel to the author's previous LIFE ON WHEELS.
Inscribed first edition in English of this "elegiac reminiscence" (NEW YORK TIMES) of a midwestern Black childhood — inscribed to "To / Gene / My Buddy / and right / arm,"; likely his producer, Gene Wolsk.
Signed first printing of this novel exploring many of the same themes as THE COLOR PURPLE, especially love after trauma and universal sisterhood.
Signed first printing of this epic novel of love and relationships across centuries, including appearances of two characters from THE COLOR PURPLE.
First printing of this US epic, based on the true life story of the author's grandmother, a formerly enslaved woman who lived from the antebellum period through the Civil War and Reconstruction.
First printing of Wesley's first mystery novel, introducing Black PI Tamara Hale, who must contend against the racism of the police to solve a string of murders of young Black men.
Inscribed first edition of Whitehead's sixth novel, winner of both the National Book Award and the Pulitzer Prize.
Inscribed first printing of this dramatic tale of New York's jazz underworld by the acclaimed author of (six years later) THE MAN WHO CRIED I AM.