Native Son.
First edition of the author’s magnum opus; one of the most powerful protest novels ever published on the African American condition in America. Blockson 101..... Read More about Native Son
American Literature
![The Invisible Man. [With Sheet Signed by Author]. Ralph Ellison](/images/noimage-req.png)
The Invisible Man. [With Sheet Signed by Author]
Ellison’s first book, a significant addition to 20th century American literature, winner of the National Book Award in the year of its publication. Illustrated by..... Read More about The Invisible Man. [With Sheet Signed by Author
The Columbiad a Poem. [Robert Fulton Association Copy; Likely Given to Fulton’s Quaker Friend, Patron, and Portrait Sitter, Joseph Bringhurst, Jr].
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,...
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A Marsh Island. [First Edition, first printing of First Gay American Novel]
A Marsh Island has been recently brought forth and proposed as the first gay American novel by Don James Brown, Assistant Professor of 19th-Century American... Read More about A Marsh Island. [First Edition, first printing of First Gay American Novel
Not Without Laughter.
ANB notes that “Hughes dedicated Not without Laughter to his friends and early patrons, the Spingarns.” New York: Knopf, 1930. First Edition. Publisher’s cloth without..... Read More about Not Without Laughter
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The Invisible Man. [Signed by Author]
Ellison’s first book, a significant addition to 20th century American literature, winner of the National Book Award in the year of its publication. This edition..... Read More about The Invisible Man. [Signed by Author
Folks from Dixie.
Twelve stories, first edition of Dunbar’s first prose collection. New York: Dodd, Mead and Co., 1898. First Edition. Rust-brown cloth, stamped in gilt and black..... Read More about Folks from Dixie
Ishmael Reed’s “Black Power in the Ghetto: two flags, a stepladder, and a megaphone” [within The East Village Other].
Single issue of the underground New York City newspaper, The East Village Other, featuring the headline article “Black Power in the Ghetto: two flags, a...... Read More about Ishmael Reed’s “Black Power in the Ghetto: two flags, a stepladder, and a megaphone”...
The Cotillion or One Good Bull is Half the Herd.
Novel of an upwardly mobile black woman who wants her daughter to move up into New York’s café society. Inscribed by the author: “For the..... Read More about The Cotillion or One Good Bull is Half the Herd
Plough and Furrow. [Presentation Copy]
A collection of essays. Presentation Copy from the author, inscribed and signed and dated in the year of publication. Paul Green (17 March 1894–04 May... Read More about Plough and Furrow. [Presentation Copy
A Glance Away.
The author’s first book. Wideman twice won the International PEN/Faulkner Award (the first to do so) and in 2000 won the O. Henry Award. The..... Read More about A Glance Away
Go Tell It On the Mountain.
First edition of Baldwin’s first book, a mid-century American literature classic story of a fourteen-year-old city boy’s spiritual, sexual, and moral awakening. Told partly through..... Read More about Go Tell It On the Mountain
![Youngblood. [Inscribed Copy]. John O. Killens, 1916–1987, John Oliver Killens](/pictures/thumb/3727372_1.jpg?v=1545242456)
Youngblood. [Inscribed Copy]
Novel about a black family’s struggles in a Southern factory town, set in 1920s–1930s Crossroads, Georgia. Killens, a native of Macon, Georgia, wrote six novels..... Read More about Youngblood. [Inscribed Copy
The American Prose Miscellany. Original and Selected.
In 1809, The American Prose Miscellany, was published by Johnson, Conrad, and Carey in Philadelphia. In the same year, under the same imprint, The American... Read More about The American Prose Miscellany. Original and Selected
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[Thoreau & the Transcendentalists:] Concord Free Public Library. Paintings and Statuary. Paintings.
Ephemeral 4-page catalog of paintings, sculptures, etchings, and photographs in the Concord Free Public Library in Concord, Massachusetts. Portraits and busts of Transcendentalists Henry David... Read More about Thoreau & the Transcendentalists:] Concord Free Public Library. Paintings and Statuary....
![Four Richmond, Virginia Stereoview Photographs]. Anderson Gallery Cook, 1827–1905, David H....](/pictures/thumb/3727777_1.jpg?v=1539214280)
[Four Richmond, Virginia Stereoview Photographs].
Four stereoview photographs of scenes in Richmond, Virginia photographed and published by Cook, Anderson Gallery of Richmond. The images, likely from the 1870s, are from... Read More about Four Richmond, Virginia Stereoview Photographs
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Down These Mean Streets. A Stunning Autobiography of Corruption and Innocence. [Signed Copy]
Signed by the author, his first book. This copy owned by a Freedom Summer volunteer and Civil Rights protestor. Story of a young Puerto Rican... Read More about Down These Mean Streets. A Stunning Autobiography of Corruption and Innocence. [Signed Copy
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 about The Negro Caravan. Writings by American Negroes
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
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
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 about Images of the Preacher in Afro-American Literature
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 about Lonely Crusade
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 about Our Gang (Starring Tricky and His Friends
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 about Gleanings: Girlhood and Womanhood
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 about The Home of Cooper and the Haunts of Leatherstocking