SINGIN' AND SWINGIN' AND GETTIN' MERRY LIKE CHRISTMAS
(1976)
First edition of the third book Maya Angelou's series of literary autobiographies, covering her first marriage and the beginning of her stage career.
African American author
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OFF THE COURT
(1981)
Inscribed first printing of tennis icon Arthur Ashe's memoir, an association copy presented to NAL Books marketing exec Maryann Palumbo.
MEN OF MARYLAND
1914
Inscribed first printing of this collection of short biographies of prominent Black people, as well as a brief summary of Maryland history with a focus on the state's Black population, written by a formerly enslaved man – inscribed to Black suffragist Addie Hunton.
THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF MALCOLM X
(1965)
First printing of one of the most powerful autobiographies in American literature, in exceptional condition.
FROM SLAVERY TO WEALTH: THE LIFE OF SCOTT BOND
1917
First edition of the biography of Scott Bond, a formerly enslaved man who became one of the most famous Black businessmen of the era and a model of Booker T. Washington's racial uplift philosophy.
SEIZE THE TIME
(1970)
First edition of this memoir by one of the founders of the Black Panthers, with a focus on his trial as one of the "Chicago 8."
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