![Shakespeare in Harlem. [Signed Presentation Copy]. Langston Hughes, 1902?–1967](/pictures/thumb/3729142_1.jpg?v=1579733587)
Signed and inscribed book of poems by Langston Hughes, the “Poet Laureate of Harlem.” Includes his poems “In a Troubled Key,” “Death in Harlem,” “Black..... Read More about Shakespeare in Harlem. [Signed Presentation Copy
![Virginia:] Richmond or Babylon has fallen [opening lines of verse]. Unk](/pictures/thumb/3727491_1.jpg?v=1580241062)
Possibly unpublished lyrics conceivably written just post-collapse of the capital of the Confederacy, Richmond, Virginia during the Civil War in Spring of 1865. In four..... Read More about Virginia:] Richmond or Babylon has fallen [opening lines of verse
![First Transatlantic Telegraph Cable] The Ocean Cable. [caption title]. Alfred J. Bloor](/pictures/thumb/3728993_1.jpg?v=1576538174)
Poetical 1908 keepsake commemorating the 50th anniversary of the laying of the first transatlantic telegraph cable in 1858. First composed in 1858, this biblically-themed poem..... Read More about First Transatlantic Telegraph Cable] The Ocean Cable. [caption title
Volume of poems by civil-rights leader, Harlem Renaissance poet, and novelist, James Weldon Johnson (1871–1938). In addition to the title poem, the book includes such..... Read More about Saint Peter Relates an Incident. Selected Poems
First comprehensive anthology of African American literature. Blockson 101: “A classic of its kind, the volume was the most extensive collection of pre-World War II..... Read More about The Negro Caravan. Writings by American Negroes
First Edition of the first comprehensive anthology of African American literature. Blockson 101: “A classic of its kind, the volume was the most extensive collection..... Read More about The Negro Caravan. Writings by American Negroes
![First Atlantic City Jazz Festival] Sid Bernstein Presents Jazz at the Warren Theatre, Atlantic...](/pictures/thumb/3729007_1.jpg?v=1574295690)
Illustrated program for the First Atlantic City jazz Festival held over three days in June 1960 at the Warren Theatre located on the New Jersey..... Read More about First Atlantic City Jazz Festival] Sid Bernstein Presents Jazz at the Warren Theatre, Atlantic...
Anthology of poetry edited by William Stanley Braithwaite (1878–1962), African American mixed race poet, literary critic, and some-time professor at Atlanta University. “Braithwaite’s perceptive and..... Read More about Anthology of Magazine Verse for 1958… and Anthology of Poems from the Seventeen Previously...
![Married Life. A Blessing to the Truly Married. [Pre-WWI dust jacket]. Mrs. Dora E. W. Spratt](/pictures/thumb/3728934_1.jpg?v=1571682575)
Poetical and prose anthology of love, marriage and the married life, arranged and anthologized by a married woman. The slim volume, bound in nuptial white..... Read More about Married Life. A Blessing to the Truly Married. [Pre-WWI dust jacket
![Color [Signed by the Author]. Countee Cullen](/pictures/thumb/3727472_1.jpg?v=1561563371)
Autographed early printing of this African-American author’s first book of poetry. Color was published shortly after Countee Cullen was accepted into Harvard’s masters program. Cullen..... Read More about Color [Signed by the Author
An important association copy, given by Robert Fulton to his Quaker friend, patron, and portrait sitter, Joseph Bringhurst, Jr. Joel Barlow’s The Columbiad is an..... Read More about The Columbiad a Poem. [Robert Fulton Association Copy; Likely Given to Fulton’s Quaker Friend,...
![Civil War Michigan:] War Song. Battle of Lavergne. one of the boys&rdquo](/pictures/thumb/3728738_1.jpg?v=1557940086)
Sub-titled: “Fought January 1st, 1863, between the Michigan, Engineers and Mechanics, under Col. Innes, and a Brigade of Cavalry and two pieces of Artillery under..... Read More about Civil War Michigan:] War Song. Battle of Lavergne
Posthumous collection of poems by American civil rights and women’s rights activist, co-founder of NOW, lawyer and Episcopal priest, Anna Pauline Murray (1910-1985). Many of..... Read More about Dark Testament and Other Poems
A collection of poems by the Rev. Dr. Walter Henderson Brooks. From the introduction we learn that Dr. Brooks was born a slave in Richmond..... Read More about The Pastor’s Voice. A Collection of Poems
According to Charles Blockson, “Dunbar (1872-1906) was the leading Afro-American literary’ figure before World War I.” DANB informs through “the help of Dr. H. A...... Read More about Majors and Minors: Poems by Paul Lawrence Dunbar
Edited by Waring Cuney, Langston Hughes, and Bruce McM. Wright. Foreword by Dr. Horace Mann Bond. Introduction by J. Saunders Redding. One of a 1000..... Read More about Lincoln University Poets
Epic 218-page poem, “Thebes. A Poem to its Rise and Fall,” on the ancient Egyptian city of Thebes. Located near Nubia and the Eastern Sahara..... Read More about Thebes and Other Poems
Captivating collection of four handmade booklets made by William H. Leggett augmented with 20 of his original watercolor illustrations with gouache highlights. Leggett’s booklets are..... Read More about Four Handmade Poetical Booklets with 20 Original Watercolor and Gouache Illustrations by W.H....
Commemorative book of poetry, drama, translations and short essays by Oliver Pancoast Lund M.D., D.D.S. (1862-1901), published a year after his death in 1902. Lund..... Read More about Poems, Translations and Essays
Lovely copy of this charming little book of poetry by this African American author and noted African American illustratror Lois Mailou Jones. Washington, D.C.: Associated..... Read More about The Picture-Poetry Book
A sweet, gentle little collection all about North Dakota and the land of prairie by this female author. Boston: Richard R. Badger, (1920). 45pp. Small..... Read More about In the Land of Dakota. A Little Book of North Dakota Verse
Extraordinary volume of posthumously published poetry by an African-American educator. Illustrated poems on themes of racial discrimination, segregation, and violence are prominently featured. Half the..... Read More about Black Labor Chant and Other Poems
Advertising card for a public reading of African American poetry, given by Truda T. Weil at the Woman’s Club of Reading, Pennsylvania. The program consisted..... Read More about The Negro Poets by Truda Weil. Thursday Afternoon ... 1932 ... The Literature Division of the...
“A classic of its kind, the volume was the most extensive collection of pre-World War II Afro-American writings ever published. This impressive and indispensable anthology..... Read More about The Negro Caravan. Writings by American Negroes
Second printing of the first comprehensive anthology of African American literature. Within are texts by Langston Hughes, Zora Neale Hurston, Booker T. Washington, James Weldon..... Read More about The Negro Caravan. Writings by American Negroes
