Hurry Home.
The author’s second work of fiction, a psychological novel of blackness set in a 1960s New York City ghetto. The protagonist, Cecil, embodies the tensions... Read More
American Literature
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Down These Mean Streets. A Stunning Autobiography of Corruption and Innocence.
Signed by the author, his first book. Story of a young Puerto Rican man living in Spanish Harlem whose difficult life in the barrios becomes... Read More
The Negro Caravan. Writings by American Negroes.
“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
The Negro Caravan. Writings by American Negroes. [Signed by Co-Editor]
The first comprehensive anthology of African American literature. Signed by co-editor, Sterling Allen Brown, while a professor at Howard University; black professor, poet, folklorist, son... Read More
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
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
Images of the Preacher in Afro-American Literature.
Academic monograph on the image of the preacher in 20th century African American literature. The work was the fruit of the course “Uses of Religion... Read More
Lonely Crusade.
Chester Himes began writing in prison after being convicted of armed robbery at age nineteen. While many of his novels are now considered classics in... Read More
![The Call of the Wild. [Publisher’s Complimentary Copy, Ephemera]. Jack London.](/pictures/thumb/3727482_1.jpg?v=1535477307)
The Call of the Wild. [Publisher’s Complimentary Copy, Ephemera]
Attractive copy of this early 20th-century American literature classic. In the Klondike Gold Rush-era, grieving the death of his master, Buck the dog goes native... Read More
Our Gang (Starring Tricky and His Friends).
The unlikely story of Trick E. Dixon, peace-loving Quaker and President of the United States of America. Farce, fantasy, indignant indictment of the times in... Read More
Gleanings: Girlhood and Womanhood.
Posthumously published, privately printed collection of writings and poems by Elizabeth C. Hill (1825–1887) of Concord, New Hampshire. The volume was published by her husband... Read More
The Home of Cooper and the Haunts of Leatherstocking.
Description of a visit to the Cooperstown, New York home of American novelist, James Fenimore Cooper (1789–1851). The author explored Cooperstown and its environs, which... Read More
![Robert Benchley [and] The Marvelous Child [within:] Harvard Club of Boston ... 1912 ... Programme. R. C.; 1889–1989 Benchley.](/pictures/thumb/3725651_1.jpg?v=1534362314)
Robert Benchley [and] The Marvelous Child [within:] Harvard Club of Boston ... 1912 ... Programme ...
Robert Charles Benchley (1889–1989) honed and developed his skills as a humorist and actor while at Harvard (Class of 1912). Benchley was an active, and... Read More
The Pearl; or, Affection’s Gift.
What shouts Christmas more than red and green together? Picture a sprig of holly. Santa’s red suit and pine boughs spring to mind. How about... Read More
![[MacDowell Colony Poem, other Sonnets, and a Typed Letter by Isabel Fiske Conant; accompanied by an Autograph Letter Signed by Mrs. Charles Dudley Warner, MacDowell Club Perfomer]. 1874–? Isabel Fiske Conant; Isabella Fiske Conant, Susan Lee Warner; 1838–1921, Susan L. W.](/pictures/thumb/3725240_1.jpg?v=1534362306)
[MacDowell Colony Poem, other Sonnets, and a Typed Letter by Isabel Fiske Conant; accompanied by an Autograph Letter Signed by Mrs. Charles Dudley Warner, MacDowell Club Perfomer].
Isabel Fiske Conant a.k.a. Isabella Fiske Conant Three typed sonnets and a typed letter by prolific late 19th and early 20th century poet Isabel Fiske... Read More
Paul Bunyan Comes West.
Excellent Arts and Crafts folklore title collecting tales of American folk hero Paul Bunyan in the Pacific Northwest. Linoleum print illustrations and decorative page borders... Read More
![Beauty and the Beast [Manuscript prompt]. Julia; 1798–1875 Corner.](/pictures/thumb/145838_1.jpg?v=1534362280)
Beauty and the Beast [Manuscript prompt]
Manuscript prompt, with American provenance, of a children’s drama based upon the classic fairy tale Beauty and the Beast as adapted by Julia Corner. Corner... Read More
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