New York: The Dial Press, Inc, 1969. First edition. Hardcover. 145pp. Octavo [21.5 cm] Red cloth over boards with the title stamped in black ink on the backstrip. Photographically illustrated endpapers. Spine ends a bit bruised. Rear board does not quite lay flat. In the dust jacket ($3.95 on inside..... More
London: Verso, 2016. Reprint. Paperback. 288pp. Octavo [19.5cm] Pink wraps. "With race and policing once more burning issues, this classic work from one of America’s giants of black radicalism has lost none of its prescience or power One of America’s most historic political trials is undoubtedly that of Angela Davis..... More
New York: Ballantine Books, 2024. Reprint. Hardcover. 239 pp. Octavo [19cm]. Illustrated paper over boards. From the publisher: "Remember that moment when you first encountered a character who seemed to be written just for you? That feeling of belonging remains with readers the rest of their lives—but not everyone regularly..... More
New York: Vintage, 1996. Reprint. Paperback. 196pp. Octavo [20cm] Black and white wraps. "Almost one-hundred years ago, W.E.B. Du Bois proposed the notion of the "talented tenth," an African American elite that would serve as leaders and models for the larger black community. In this unprecedented collaboration, Henry Louis Gates..... More
New York: Harper and Row, 1968. First Edition. Hardcover. 78pp. Octavo. [22 cm]. Black cloth over boards. Gilt stamping with title on spine. Dust jacket is rubbed, with a small open tear at top of front cover. This is a collection of Dr. King's arguments and revelations regarding civil rights..... More
New York: Plume, 1996. Reprint. Paperback. 295pp. Octavo [20.5 cm] Pictoral wraps. "Examining the issues that have united Blacks and Jews in the past and now separate them, two long-time friends and leading intellectuals try to restore the special relationship between the two groups in a hard-hitting and worthwhile exchange..... More
New York: Top Shelf Productions, 2016. Later printing. Paperback. 3 volume set, 576pp. Quarto [25.9cm]. Three volumes with illustrated wraps in an illustrated paper slipcase. Wrapped in publisher's shrinkwrap. From Publisher: The award-winning, #1 New York Times bestselling trilogy is complete! Celebrate with this commemorative set containing all three volumes..... More
Oakland, CA: PM Press, 2020. Reprint. Paperback. 208 pp. Octavo [22.7 cm]. Illustrated wraps. From the publisher: "Between 1910 and the mid-1920s, more than sixty black students from the South bravely traveled north to Ferris Institute, a small, mostly white school in Big Rapids, Michigan. They came to enroll in..... More
New York: Mariner Books, 2024. Third printing. Hardcover. 342pp. Octavo [23.5cm]. 1/4 gray paper over white boards. Title stamped in white on spine. "Myrlie Louise Beasley met Medgar Evers on her first day of college. They fell in love at first sight, married just one year later, and Myrlie left..... More
Garden City: Doubleday & Company, Inc, 1950. First edition. Hardcover. 309pp. Octavo [22 cm] Beige cloth over boards. The spine ends are bumped and the covers are cocked. In a price-clipped dust jacket with several small losses from the edges. Hayward Patterson's account of being falsely accused of raping two..... More
Boston: Beacon Press, 1997. Later printing. Paperback. 226pp. Octavo [22.5cm] Pictoral wraps. "Nine of America’s most influential artists, scholars, and public figures-Maya Angelou, Bill Bradley, Harry Belafonte, Patricia Williams, Wynton Marsalis, Charlayne Hunter-Gault, James Washington, James Forbes, and Haki Madhubuti-talk with Cornel West about their political awareness, art and politics..... More
Salt Lake City, UT: University of Utah Press, 2019. First edition. Hardcover. 228pp. Octavo [23.5cm]. Purple paper with gilt stamped title on spine. NEW. From back of book - "[This book] illuminates the life of an important Utah civil rights activist. The combination of oral history and more traditional biographical-style..... More