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African-Americana

By: Mauzy, Barbara E.

Price: $10.00

Publisher: Atglen, Schiffer Publishing, Ltd.: 2009

Seller ID: 16283

ISBN: 0764331442

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Near Fine

Book is about fine with just a hint of wear. While pricing information in this 2009 guide is is not current, the book is still an exceptionally good source of information on African-Americana with splendid photographs, a wide selection of items and informative text. ; Color Photographs; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 192 pages
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Captain Canot; or, Twenty Years of an African Slaver, Being an Account of his Career and Adventures on the Coast, in the Interior

By: Mayer, Brantz

Price: $250.00

Publisher: New York, D. Appleton and Co.: 1856

Seller ID: 16402

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

Deep brown cloth, with gilt titles on spine. This is the first edition, first issue with page 191 misprinted as '19'. Overall light wear, with light scuffed area on spine; a few closed tears within, some foxing and dampstains; very good. Captain Canot was an adventurer who involved himself in all aspects of the slave trade. This book is a vivid and lurid account of how slavery operated. Canot even manages to blame the European slave trade on Africans because some African groups practiced slavery. Blockson 9289.; B&W Illustrations; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 448 +ads pages
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The Case of Mrs. Wingate

By: Micheaux, Oscar

Price: $65.00

Publisher: New York, Book Supply Company Publishers: 1945

Seller ID: 15865

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good with no dust jacket

Red cloth with gilt lettering and frame. Some corner bumps and light wear but overall a solid VG to VG+ copy, still square and securely bound. This is a stated "7th Edition," though I think in actuality it is the 7th Printing. Micheaux, one of the great early African-American filmmakers was also an accomplished novelist. This story, set in WWII, focusses on black Nazi spies and sinister German plots. There's even a bit about making movies. ; Color Frontispiece; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 519 pages
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Niram: A Dusky Idyl

By: Mitchell, Laisdell

Price: $50.00

Publisher: Philadelphia, Charles H. Banes: 1895

Seller ID: 15822

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good-

Pale green cloth over boards with faded color design and gilt titles, Some light edge wear with bumped corners and some aging and soiling to surface. Some interior foxing and toning. Book is square and securely bound. Overall, about VG. The copyright on this novella was held by the American Baptist Publication Society, and, while the book is in dialect, it seems to be an attempt at racial understanding. The illustrations of black charaters are not stereotped, and the story deals with a sympathetic, black character who is paralyzed. Interesting book. ; B&W Illustrations; Small 8vo 7½" - 8" ta...
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The Crisis, June-July 1969, Vol. 76 No. 6

By: Moon, Henry Lee (ed.)

Price: $30.00

Publisher: New York, Crisis Publishing Co., Inc.: 1969

Seller ID: 15610

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Very Good

Stapled, pictorial wraps with orange title. This small (8vo) slick paper magazine has some edge and corner wear and light age toning. Address sticker on rear wrap. This issue features Bayard Rustin on The Negro Middle Class, Lofton Mitchell on Fishing -- On and Off Broadway, Arthur Hoppe on Your Friend, The Fuzz and several others. ; B&W Photographs; Small 8vo 7½" - 8" tall; 233-262 pages
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The Crisis, December 1971, Volume 78 Number 10

By: Moon, Henry Lee (ed.)

Price: $25.00

Publisher: New York, Crisis Publishing Co., Inc.: 1971

Seller ID: 15611

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Very Good

Stapled, white pictorial wraps with red title and colorful illustration. Address label on front. See scan. Some light edge and corner wear along with light age toning. There may be an old dampstain on the bottom right corner -- mild waviness. Still a nice copy. Articles include: On Nominees for the Supreme Court by Roy Wilkins, Race Relations and the Law by Samuel Abrahams, The Battle Monuments Commission by Major General A. J. Adams and several others. There is also an Index for The Crisis, Volume 78. ; B&W Photographs; Small 4to 9" - 11" tall; 311-326 pages
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The Crisis, November 1971, Volume 78 Number 9

By: Moon, Henry Lee (ed.)

Price: $25.00

Publisher: New York, Crisis Publishing Co., Inc.: 1971

Seller ID: 15612

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Very Good+

Stapled, yellow pictorial wraps with black title and color painting, Family No. 4, by Charles Alston. Light edge, corner and surface wear. Attractive copy. Articles include: Breakthrough in Detroit by Stephen J. Roth, Samuel Coleridge-Taylor: Black Composer by L. Moody Simms, Jr., The Awesome Attica Tragedy and several more. ; Cover Painting, B&W Photographs; Small 4to 9" - 11" tall; 275-306 pages
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The Crisis, September 1971, Volume 78 Number 7

By: Moon, Henry Lee (ed.)

Price: $20.00

Publisher: New York, Crisis Publishing Co., Inc.: 1971

Seller ID: 15614

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Very Good

Stapled, blue pictorial wraps with white title and cover painting by Leo F. Twiggs, Woman with a Fan. Address label on front. Some edge, corner and surface wear. Minor curl toward top right corner, old flattened crease on rear wrap. Articles include: The 62nd Annual Convention, Wilkins Celebrates 70th Birthday, Frank Cardoz and several more. ; Covor Painting, B&W Photographs; Small 4to 9" - 11" tall; 203-234 pages
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The Crisis, April-May 1971, Volume 78 Number 3

By: Moon, Henry Lee (ed.)

Price: $15.00

Publisher: New York, Crisis Publishing Co., Inc.: 1971

Seller ID: 15619

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Good+

Stapled sepia wraps with olive-green title in white rectangle. Cover image is a photograph of a young boy on a swing. This copy has some corner wear and both interior and exterior age-toning. There is also a line of some hardened material on the back wrap that will flake off but then leaves a residue behind. Address label on front. Articles include: Washington and the Negro Renaissance, Mary Ann Shadd andThe Peace Corps Wants Black Volunteers along with several others. ; B&W Photographs; Small 4to 9" - 11" tall; 75-106 pages
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The Crisis, February 1973, Volume 80 Number 2

By: Moon, Henry Lee (ed.)

Price: $10.00

Publisher: New York, Crisis Publishing Co., Inc.: 1973

Seller ID: 15618

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Good

Stapled blue wraps with white title in darker blue rectangle. Cover image of the sculpture, Supplication, by William E. Artis. This copy has a number of problems. The front bottom edge and a number of bottom edges of interior pages are quite ragged, the spine is curled and is pulled at the staples and there is an address label on the front. The scan makes it look better than it is. G only. I am offering this issue only because it has the article Civil Rights by former US President Harry S. Truman and an article by Roy Wilkins, giving an overview and assessment of the 1960's. ; Cover Image, B&W...
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Historical Notes on the Employment of Negroes in the American Army of the Revolution

By: Moore, George H.

Price: $150.00

Publisher: New York, Charles T. Evans: 1862

Seller ID: 16048

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Good+ with no dust jacket

Beige, somewhat toned wraps with black titles. Covers have been retipped to pamphlet which was originally stitched (threads are gone.) Front wraps have a chip on lower spine edge, a bad scuff part of which is worn throgh on the title words, American Army of the Revolution," plus a stamped number (this came from a private collection) a stamped star and a written name and date -- "Fred'k Stone, 2.16.1865," quite possibly the US Congressman from Maryland who represented Samuel Mudd in the trial for the Lincoln assassins and who was kin to a signer of the Declaration. The rear wrap has...
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Mantan Moreland, Autographed Photograph

By: Moreland, Mantan

Price: $250.00

Publisher: (hollywood), Mantan Moreland: ca. 1950

Seller ID: 15917

Binding: Photograph

Condition: Fine

This is a framed, B&W, autographed photograph of African-American actor, Mantan Moreland. The photo is inscrbed "To Violet" and is signed "Best of everthing, Mantan, Hollywood Cal." The image is and the frame is . The following biography of Moreland is by Gary Brumburgh. "Born just after the turn of the century in Louisiana, Mantan Moreland began running away from home at age 12 to join circuses and medicine shows, only to be brought back time and again. During these times he sharpened his comic skills and developed routines and acts that eventually became popular on the vaudeville stage, or w...
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Brown Rabbit: Her Story

By: Morse, Evangeline

Price: $250.00

Publisher: Chicago, Follett Publishing Company: 1967

Seller ID: 15386

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket

Book has yellow cloth over boards with very light wear. Overall about near fine. Jacket at first glance appears also to be near fine but has some small light scuffs on spine with the most noticeable ones at the bottom of spine. Please see scan. This book concerns a young black girl who moves from a Southern college town to a Northern industrial center. It deals tangentially with Civil Rights but more on the child. This is a well-known volume aimed originally at 9-12 year olds. It is quite hard to find autographed and in a nice dustjacket . Signed by Morse on the half title. ; Color Cover with...
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The American Negro Academy Voice of the Talented Tenth

By: Moss, Alfred A., Jr

Price: $40.00

Publisher: Baton Rouge, Louisiana State University Press: 1981

Seller ID: 17144

ISBN: 0807106992

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket

This is the history of the Americab Negro Academy, founded in 1897 by WEB DuBois, Francis Grimke, Wiliam Croman, with Alexander Crummell as the first President. In existance from 1897 until 1928, the society romotedBlack intellectual activity. We also have the 1928 Annaul of the Academy, with essays by DuBois, Franklin Frazier, Kelly Miller and James Weldon Johnson. The book appears unread, but the is a name and price on the ffep that has been marked through with black marker. The DJ has a few minor chips and scuffs. ; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 327 pages
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Muhammad Speaks, July 19 1963

By: Muhammad, Elijah, et al

Price: $175.00

Publisher: Chicago, Mohammad's Mosque No. 2: 1963

Seller ID: 16809

Binding: Newspaper

Condition: Very Good

This tabloid-sized newspaper from 1963 was published by Elijah Muhammad's Nation of Islam. The paper has the usual ragged edges that come with older newsprint, including a tear on a couple of interior page edges along with expected toning. Overall, this copy is VG. The lead article by Elijah Muhammad is titled, "Your Agreement with Hell Will Not Stand." Other articles are: "What Muslims Teach," "Alabama Klansman Cries, 'Fire Your Nigger!" (an interview with J. B. Stoner, later convicted of the Birmingham Church Bombing), "James Baldwin at Home in Harlem, "5000 H...
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The Rocks Cry Out

By: Murphy, Beatrice M. and Nancy L. Arnez

Price: $30.00

Publisher: Detroit, Broadside Press: 1969

Seller ID: 14111

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Near Fine

8vo 8" - 9" tall; 24 pages
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"House-Rent Party" Lobby Card, 1946

By: Newfield, Sam (director)

Price: $125.00

Publisher: Los Angeles, Toddy Pictures Co.: 1946

Seller ID: 15892

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Very Good+

Very light edge and corner wear with one small tear on bottom edge and some light creasing at lower right corner. Pinholes at each corner along with very minor soiling. Still bright, a very attractive example. This is a lobby card from "House-Rent Party" and all-black-cast movie produced in 1946 by Toddy Pictures and starring Dewey "Pigmeat" Markham. Toddy Pictures Co. was started by Ted Toddy who worked at Columbia. Toddy produced movies for the African-American market and eventually developed a national distribution chain. Pigmeat Markham was an African-American comedian, fam...
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"House-Rent Party" Lobby Card, 1946

By: Newfield, Sam (director)

Price: $75.00

Publisher: Los Angeles, Toddy Pictures Co.: 1946

Seller ID: 15893

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Very Good-

Very light edge and corner wear but with tape on bottom and right margins, pinholes at some corners, old tape stain upper left and a small closed tear on right margin. Some soiling on back. Still a bright, attractive example. This is a lobby card from "House-Rent Party" and all-black-cast movie produced in 1946 by Toddy Pictures and starring Dewey "Pigmeat" Markham. Toddy Pictures Co. was started by Ted Toddy who worked at Columbia. Toddy produced movies for the African-American market and eventually developed a national distribution chain. Pigmeat Markham was an African-Americ...
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"House-Rent Party" Lobby Card, 1946

By: Newfield, Sam (director)

Price: $100.00

Publisher: Los Angeles, Toddy Pictures Co.: 1946

Seller ID: 15895

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Very Good

Generally light edge and corner wear but with tape along bottom and right margins. The bottom left corner has had damage that has caused some creasing that is now flattenedOtherwise, some light soiling, aging and wear. Still a rather bright and attractive example with a great main image. This is a lobby card from "House-Rent Party" and all-black-cast movie produced in 1946 by Toddy Pictures and starring Dewey "Pigmeat" Markham. Toddy Pictures Co. was started by Ted Toddy who worked at Columbia. Toddy produced movies for the African-American market and eventually developed a nat...
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"House-Rent Party" Lobby Card, 1946

By: Newfield, Sam (director)

Price: $125.00

Publisher: Los Angeles, Toddy Pictures Co.: 1946

Seller ID: 15891

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Very Good+

Very light edge and corner wear with one indent/crease along right edge. Still bright, a very attractive example. This is a lobby card from "House-Rent Party" and all-black-cast movie produced in 1946 by Toddy Pictures and starring Dewey "Pigmeat" Markham. Toddy Pictures Co. was started by Ted Toddy who worked at Columbia. oddy produced movies for the African-American market and eventually developed a national distribution chain. Pigmeat Markham was an African-American comedian, famous for his "Here com the judge" routine. In the 1960's, his appearances on Laugh-In cata...
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"House-Rent Party" Lobby Card, 1946

By: Newfield, Sam (director)

Price: $125.00

Publisher: Los Angeles, Toddy Pictures Co.: 1946

Seller ID: 15894

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Very Good+

Very light edge and corner wear with only very light soiling and aging otherwise, a bright, attractive example. This is a lobby card from "House-Rent Party" and all-black-cast movie produced in 1946 by Toddy Pictures and starring Dewey "Pigmeat" Markham. Toddy Pictures Co. was started by Ted Toddy who worked at Columbia. Toddy produced movies for the African-American market and eventually developed a national distribution chain. Pigmeat Markham was an African-American comedian, famous for his "Here com the judge" routine. In the 1960's, his appearances on Laugh-In catapulted him to fame with w...
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The Black Panther, July 19, 1971 : InterCommunal News Service

By: Newton, Huey P. (ed.)

Price: $150.00

Publisher: San Francisco, The Black Panther Party: 1971

Seller ID: 15339

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Very Good+

Pictorial newsprint wraps with black titles and blue border. Expected aging of newsprint; otherwise almost no wear. About near fine except for aging. This issue focuses mainly on the trial of Huey P. Newton. ; Vol. VI, No. 25; B&W Illustrations; Folio 13" - 23" tall; 19 pages
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Image for The New Progress of a Race Remarkable Advancement of the American Negro, From the Bondage of Slavery, Ignorance, and Poverty to the Freedom of Citizenship, Intelligence, Affluence, Honor and Trust

The New Progress of a Race Remarkable Advancement of the American Negro, From the Bondage of Slavery, Ignorance, and Poverty to the Freedom of Citizenship, Intelligence, Affluence, Honor and Trust

By: Nichols, J. L. and William H. Crogman

Price: $200.00

Publisher: Naperville, J. L. Nichols and Company: 1920

Seller ID: 16795

Binding: Hardcover

Brown cloth with black titles and frame. Light wear on extremities and some toning on page edges. Small brown stain on back cover. Square and secure binding with no tears or parting. VG to VG+. This is a revision of The Progress of a Race by Gibson and Crogman in 1912. This edition has special articles by Mrs. Booker T. Washington, Charles M. Melden, M. W. Dogan and Albon L. Holsey with an Introduction by Robert R. Moton. Besides textual revisions the book seems also to have more illustrations and photographs than the original. This is a very attractive copy of a book that gives a comprehensiv...
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The Color Purple: A New Musical, Poster

By: Oprah Winfrey

Price: $25.00

Publisher: New York, Broadway Theatre: 2005

Seller ID: 17015

Binding: Poster

Condition: Very Good+

This poster appears to be about near fine but does have several, small, superficial creases that are mainly visible when the poster is angled to light. Overall the poster is in VG to VG+ condition. This is an original 2005 poster for the Broadway musical based on the Pulitzer Prize-winnning novel, The Color Purple, by Alice Walker and the Academy Award nominated movie by Steven Spielberg based on that book. This musical played on Broadway for three years and had a successful revival in 2015. ; Color Illustrations; Folio 13" - 23" tall; 1 pages
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The Life and Struggles of Negro Toilers

By: Padmore, George

Price: $75.00

Publisher: London, The R.I.L.U. Magazine for the Trade Union Committee of Negro Workers: 1931

Seller ID: 16137

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good- in Fair dust jacket

The book has a beige, burlap-type coth over boards with black titles. It has relatively light, general wearbut some aging and soiling. The dustwrapper is quite fragile and is parting along the front spine edge. The top inch of the spine is torn away but still present in the Mylar protecter. It is still presentable in Mylar. This book on the history and plight of black workers throughout the world was published by the Red International of Labor Unions, a Soviet Communist organization promoting the unification of black workers worldwide. This is a rather uncommon book in the first edition. ; 8...
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Category: African - American