My Scarlet Shawl: A Wife’s Story.
Told in the first-person narrative, Maggie is no Mary Magdalene, and no scarlet woman, but she is the woman with the scarlet shawl. This shawl..... Read More about My Scarlet Shawl: A Wife’s Story
Fiction & Poetry
Simple Speaks His Mind. (Inscribed)
First edition of this first collection of the “Simple” short stories written about the everyday lives of Harlemites. Given by Hughes, in the year of..... Read More about Simple Speaks His Mind. (Inscribed
The Kind of Light That Shines on Texas. Stories by Reginald McKnight.
First edition, first printing. McKnight won the O. Henry Award and the Kenyon Review New Fiction Prize for “The Kind of Light That Shines on..... Read More about The Kind of Light That Shines on Texas. Stories by Reginald McKnight
A Poem on the Last Day. In Three Books.
An attractive copy of this scarce 1802 New England edition of Young’s Poem as printed by the ever-enterprising firm of Nathaniel Coverly. Three poetical “endorsements”..... Read More about A Poem on the Last Day. In Three Books
October Journey. (Signed)
A member of the Chicago Black Renaissance, Margaret Walker (1915–1998) was the first woman to receive a national writing prize (1942) and her novel Jubilee..... Read More about October Journey. (Signed
Prophets for a New Day. (Signed)
A member of the Chicago Black Renaissance, Margaret Walker (1915–1998) was the first woman to receive a national writing prize (1942) and her novel Jubilee..... Read More about Prophets for a New Day. (Signed
This is My Century: New and Collected Poems. (Signed)
A member of the Chicago Black Renaissance, Margaret Walker (1915–1998) was the first woman to receive a national writing prize (1942) and her novel Jubilee..... Read More about This is My Century: New and Collected Poems. (Signed
When Rocks Dance. (Signed)
First Edition. The first novel by this Trinidad native. Inscribed: “For Oliver St. C Franklin. Your appreciation of my work gives me the courage and..... Read More about When Rocks Dance. (Signed
Hoodoo Hollerin’ Bebop Ghosts.
First edition. A collection of poetry by this Atlanta native who studied at Lincoln University and was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship in 1971. Neal authored..... Read More about Hoodoo Hollerin’ Bebop Ghosts
How I Wrote Jubilee and Other Essays on Life and Literature. (Signed)
A member of the Chicago Black Renaissance, Margaret Walker (1915–1998) was the first woman to receive a national writing prize (1942) and her novel Jubilee..... Read More about How I Wrote Jubilee and Other Essays on Life and Literature. (Signed
The Near-Johannesburg Boy and Other Poems.
A collection of 15 poems by Gwendolyn Brooks, the first Black author to win the Pulitzer Prize in any category. Brooks used the sizable influence..... Read More about The Near-Johannesburg Boy and Other Poems
Winnie. (Signed)
Inscribed by the author in 1994. Winnie is a lengthy poem celebrating the life of Winnie Mandela and published here, in this edition, by Third..... Read More about Winnie. (Signed
Original Photograph of Allen Ginsberg and Peter Orlovsky giving a spoken word performance at the University of Pennsylvania.
The Beat poet Allen Ginsberg (author of ‘Howl’ and ‘Kaddish’) and his partner Peter Orlovsky are seen seated onstage. As Ginsberg reads, Orlovsky gazes in..... Read More about Original Photograph of Allen Ginsberg and Peter Orlovsky giving a spoken word performance at the...
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Temple University Presents, A Reading by Chinua Achebe. May, 10, 1988. [opening lines]
An ephemeral program for a reading given at Temple University in 1988 by Chinua Achebe, the award-winning Nigerian author of Things Fall Apart. Achebe may..... Read More about Temple University Presents, A Reading by Chinua Achebe. May, 10, 1988. [opening lines
The House of the Honeymoon, a Story.
An unusual American binding comprised of the publisher’s Fabri-Ko-Na burlap; a material they also used for their custom curtains, draperies, seat covers, and art pillow..... Read More about The House of the Honeymoon, a Story
The Story of Inca Rocca, and Other Short Poems.
Scarce book of American poetry with a long poem on the Incas, indigenous to Peru. Author Chauncey Thomas was a coach-builder in Boston and he..... Read More about The Story of Inca Rocca, and Other Short Poems
Romance of Bar-U Ranch. A Novelette.
The proverbial novel written by a committee. A Romance of Bar—U Ranch has 16 chapters, each written by a different student in the senior class..... Read More about Romance of Bar-U Ranch. A Novelette
Scenes at Washington; a Story of the Last Generation.
Obscure American novel set in early eighteenth-century Jeffersonian-era Washington. Contemporary reviews were, by and large, positive. Godey’s described the work as “...emphatically a religious novel..... Read More about Scenes at Washington; a Story of the Last Generation
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Highboy Rings Down the Curtain. [Limited Edition, Signed]
Scarce American fiction, horses being the theme, in an interesting binding. This novelette was written by this Brazilian-born author who studied at Princeton, had a...... Read More about Highboy Rings Down the Curtain. [Limited Edition, Signed
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Man in the Shadows [Inscribed and Signed by the Author]
Lieberman was a Russian Jew who emigrated to America as a young man. he is noted for his 1916 poem “I Am an American.” In..... Read More about Man in the Shadows [Inscribed and Signed by the Author
Ballads of the Hard Hills and other Poems.
First edition. Scarce volume of self-published poetry by a retired schoolteacher and native of Sandy Creek, New York who removed to a farm in Gilboa..... Read More about Ballads of the Hard Hills and other Poems
Years Are So Long. A Novel.
The basis for Leo McCarey’s 1937 film Make Way For Tomorrow, starring Victor Moore and Beulah Bonndi, this early reprinting has distinct artwork from the..... Read More about Years Are So Long. A Novel
Majella; or, Nameless and Blind. A Story of the Susquehanna.
Obscure American fiction by this female author from Clifford Township in Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania. Ella Maude Stewart Dann (d. 1943) was born with a significant..... Read More about Majella; or, Nameless and Blind. A Story of the Susquehanna
![Colors of Life. Poems and Songs and Sonnets. [Inscribed copy]. Max Eastman, 1883–1969](/pictures/thumb/3730923_1.jpg?v=1639955135)
Colors of Life. Poems and Songs and Sonnets. [Inscribed copy]
Presentation Copy: “My greetings to Bruce Berlind —Max Eastman, October 1965.” New York: Alfred A. Knopf, MCMXVIII [1918]. First Edition. 129pp. 6¼ x 4¾ inches..... Read More about Colors of Life. Poems and Songs and Sonnets. [Inscribed copy
Kelea: The Surf-Rider. A Romance of Pagan Hawaii.
A scarce and early Hawaii surfing novel with sharks and a surfing contest. The protagonist, Kelea, was a descendant of Kelea, the Surf-Rider of Maui..... Read More about Kelea: The Surf-Rider. A Romance of Pagan Hawaii