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Signed limited Franklin Library edition of Baldwin's first novel, his semi-autobiographical "extended rite of exorcism" (Harris).
Signed limited Franklin Library edition of Baldwin's first novel, his semi-autobiographical "extended rite of exorcism" (Harris).
Signed first edition of Barnes's SF noir novel, the first in a trilogy starring Black martial artist Aubry Knight.
First printing of this anthology of works by Black Americans, from the 18th-century poetry of Phillis Wheatley to the 20th-century essays of Alain Locke and much in between.
Inscribed first printing of Brown's second novel, exploring the collision of of art, racism, and violence in 19th-century minstrel performance.
Inscribed first printing of Brown's acclaimed first novel, edited and championed by Toni Morrison.
Inscribed first edition of the first book of Lilith's Brood, also known as the Xenogenesis trilogy.
Signed first printing of the fourth book in the Patternist series — inscribed to the owner of an important Black bookstore.
First edition of the acclaimed novel about a 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."
Association publisher's review copy of this powerful novel of youth destroyed by gang violence, with extensive inscriptions from both authors to Harlem Writer's Guild president Bill Ford.
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.
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.
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.
Signed special first edition of Yaa Gyasi's debut novel, the centuries-long story of the descendants of a Ghanaian woman named Maame – issued in slipcase part of the Powell's Books INDIESPENSABLE Series.
Inscribed first edition of the famed epic of the African diaspora, warmly presented by Haley in the year of publication.
Signet movie tie-in edition, of the play that "changed American theater forever" (NEW YORK TIMES).
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 printing of this landmark work engaging with the generational trauma of slavery, edited by Toni Morrison and lavishly praised by James Baldwin and Angela Davis.
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 printing of the second novel by one of the most prominent members of the Harlem Renaissance, adapted into the 1937 J. Elder Wills musical film BIG FELLA starring Paul Robeson and Elisabeth Welch.
Inscribed first edition of Morrison's sixth novel, one of her most challenging and reportedly her favorite of all her books.