First printing of this powerful work that addresses the stark social inequalities driven by racism, including "the essay that catapulted [Baldwin] to national prominence" (Finkelman, 121) – in remarkably sharp condition.
First printing of this collection of eight short stories by the acclaimed mid-century writer.
Inscribed first printing of Brown's second novel, exploring the collision of of art, racism, and violence in 19th-century minstrel performance.
First printing of Brown's acclaimed first novel, edited and championed by Toni Morrison.
Inscribed first printing of Brown's acclaimed first novel, edited and championed by Toni Morrison.
First printing of this novel about Black man just released from prison, "the bright boy of infinite promise [...] and the very old parolee of twenty-two, who sees little difference between the prison world and the world outside."
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).
First edition of this novel about an African American Korean War veteran's experiences of violence while trying to exercise his right to vote in the segregated South.
Original poster advertising Ellison's University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign lecture on the history and development of the novel.
Signed first printing of this collection of essays that spans two decades of Ralph Ellison's output, encompassing subjects that defined his career – in particularly nice condition.
First edition of this Harlem Renaissance classic, depicting the inter- and intra-racial conflicts of the Black community in Harlem with a dash of satire.
Inscribed first printing of this murder mystery set in an LA high school during the Civil Rights Movement.
First printing, tales of "[b]urglary, mugging, gun battles in the streets, orgies in the cellar club, the suffering of adolescent romance, thirteen arrests and beatings by the police, a year in state training school..."
First edition of this expansive novel that recounts the experiences of a Black woman over the course of an eventful century.
Inscribed first edition of this collection by "one of America's foremost poets" (POETRY FOUNDATION).
First trade edition in first-state jacket, warmly inscribed in the year of publication: "11/30/76 / Tom and Barbara McDermott, / I want to join Stan and / Marilyn in wishing you a / Very Merry Christmas! / Alex Haley."
First edition of this anthology of three centuries of Black American poets, edited by the first Black Poet Laureate of America.
First edition of Hughes's "greatest collection of verse" (Arnold Rampersad), in the scarce original dust jacket designed by Aaron Douglas.
First edition of this scarce novel by the English-born West Indies writer, about a woman in Jamaica with a Black mother and a white father.
Handsome first printing of this Cold War-inflected political thriller of a near-future Chinese-Soviet-American military conflict.
First edition of this Pulitzer Prize-winning novel about the profound influence of the institution of slavery, on cultural and deeply personal levels.
First edition of William Melvin Kelley's first novel, the story of an exodus of the Black population from a fictional Southern US American state after a traumatic event.
First printing of this voting rights and Black Power book, by one of the co-founders of the Harlem Writers Guild and a major mid-century author of protest novels.
First edition, first printing of this Black romance from the Starlight series led by the influential Black editor Veronica Mixon — written by editor Vivian Stephens's sister and one of the founding board members of the RWA.
Signed first edition, first printing of this collection of autobiographical essays by the author of THE COLOR PURPLE and IN SEARCH OF OUR MOTHERS' GARDENS.
