![Item #12896 Clay's Ark [Signed Uncorrected Advance Proofs]. Octavia E. Butler](/pictures/thumb/12896.jpg?v=1650978774)
New York: St. Martin's Press, 1984. Uncorrected Proof copy. Signed by Butler on title page without inscription. Octavo. 201 pp. Red card paper wraps stamped in black with publisher's typed review slip mounted on verso of front cover. Light rubbing to edges. Spine straight and unbroken. Light, scattered foxing..... More
![Item #12314 Fledgling: A Novel [Inscribed and Signed]. Octavia E. Butler](/pictures/thumb/12314.jpg?v=1644427419)
New York: Seven Stories Press, 2005. First Edition. Octavo; publisher's boards in white pictorial dust jacket; 317pp. General shelf wear to board and jacket extremities, rear jacket panel a bit dust-soiled, hairline crack to front hinge, ownership signature on half title verso; overall Very Good, internally clean and sound. Inscribed..... More
Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1976. First Edition, stated. Octavo. 186 pp. Illustrated dust jacket with $5.95 price present. Light gray boards stamped in black. Dust jacket chipped and rubbed with largest loss to bottom of front panel near spine. 2" closed tear to top edge..... More
Washington, D.C.: The Minorities Publishers, 1945. First Edition, with no additional printings listed. Octavo; [x], 95pp. Printed dust jacket with $1.50 price intact; bound in black cloth with gilt lettering. Jacket smudged and toned with some scattered foxing, especially along folds, but only a few tiny chips and tears along..... More
Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 1944. Third Printing (November 1944; 5000 copies). Octavo; xv, 352pp. Publisher's green cloth with black and yellow lettering to spine. Missing dust jacket. Boards rubbed and bumped at corners and spine ends, with some scuffing / dust soiling to back. Pages toning but..... More
Washington, DC: National Museum of American Art / Pomegranate Art Books, 1992. First Edition, wrapper issue. Signed by author Regenia Perry and artists Keith Morrison and Renee Stout with brief inscriptions to previous owner. Quarto. 205 pp. Black and white and color illustrations and photographs throughout. Illustrated wraps. Wraps..... More
New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1986. Third Printing. Signed by Robert Parker without inscription at front free endpaper. Octavo. 261 pp. Illustrated dust jacket. White and black boards stamped in silver. Dust jacket worn with a few chips and creased along edges. Boards show light shelfwear. Binding..... More
New York: Random House, 1965. First Edition, First Printing. Octavo. 454 pp. Printed dust jacket; red boards stamped in gilt with red topstain. Price-clipped dust jacket worn along edges with moderate to heavy general soiling and rubbing. Boards shelfworn and corners bumped with some general scuffing. Binding sound. Previous..... More
Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1982. First Edition. Octavo. 225 pp. Black and white illustrations. Maroon cloth stamped in gilt. No dust jacket, presumably as issued. Boards gently rubbed along edges with a couple minor scuffs. Binding is sound. Small stamp reading "CC" to bottom edge of text block..... More
New York: Hill and Wang, 1967. Reprint with "First Hill and Wang Edition, November 1967," to copyright page. Paperback issue. Octavo. 96 pp. Black and white photographs. Printed paper wraps. Covers worn along edges and joints with some creasing at corners and a small patch of black marker scribbling..... More
Los Angeles, CA: Contemporary Crafts, Inc. Publishers, 1976. Revised Edition. Octavo. 141 pp. Black and white and color illustrations throughout. Illustrated paper wraps. Light wear with some creasing to edges and joints. Binding is sound and pages unmarked. Lewis and Waddy were leading figures in the..... More
![Item #12777 The Jewels of Aptor [Signed] / Second Ending. Samuel R. Delany, James White](/pictures/thumb/12777.jpg?v=1648300177)
New York: Ace Books, Inc., 1962. First Edition. Signed by Delany on title page and dated "Belleville '86." Mass market paperback; 156pp.; 100 pp. Illustrated wraps. Ace Double F-173 with original 40 cent price. Covers lightly edgeworn but crisp and clean overall with no chips or tears. Spine is..... More
![Item #12609 There Was Once a Slave: The Heroic Story of Frederick Douglass [Signed]. Shirley...](/pictures/thumb/12609.jpg?v=1646407048)
New York: Julian Messner, 1948. Third Printing. Signed by the author with date and dedication (in different ink and seemingly different hand) on front free endpaper. Octavo; [x], 310pp. Illustrated dust jacket over blue-green cloth with lighter green lettering to spine. Price-clipped jacket shows a few shallow chips and tears..... More
First Edition. Hardcover. Westport, CT: Lawrence Hill & Company, 1976. Signed with brief inscription on title page. Stated First Edition. Octavo; 145pp. Bright orange dust jacket has original $6.50 price. Burnt orange/brown binding with lettering stamped in black on spine. Dust jacket is clean and bright with no tears, some..... More
Hardcover. Fort Leavenworth: The General Service Schools Press, 1925. First Edition. Octavo; xii + 330pp, including appendices of military legal statutes and index. Tan boards with black lettering on spine and front panel. Moderately soiled from use; nudging to crown and foot of spine; corners scuffed. Green endpapers; first..... More
![Item #12634 Paul Robeson: Bearer of a Culture - Exhibition Catalog [Signed by Paul Robeson, Jr.]....](/pictures/thumb/12634.jpg?v=1646853218)
New York: The Paul Robeson Foundation with the New York Historical Society, 1998. First Edition. Signed by Paul Robeson, Jr. with brief inscription to previous owner. Octavo. 78 pp. Black and white photographs throughout. Photographic wraps. Light edgewear with slight curling at edges and faint surface scratching to..... More
New York: Lemma Publishing Corporation, 1971. Octavo. 134 pp. Black and white illustrations including photo reproductions. Black boards stamped in silver and purple. No dust jacket. Boards lightly edgeworn with some mild rubbing. Binding is sound and pages unmarked. More
New York: National Guardian, [1951]. First Edition. Octavo. 16 pp, including covers. Photo-illustrated wraps. Toning and light edgewear to wraps; printing flaw to front photo. One sentence underlined in pencil, else pages unmarked. Binding is sound. Full text of a speech given by Du Bois on Armistice Day..... More
First Edition. Hardcover. Hicksville: Exposition Press, 1975. Stated First Edition. Octavo; 79pp. Original dustjacket with $4.00 price present; book in orange cloth-covered boards with gilt lettering to spine. Jacket scuffed along edges with a couple small, clean tears at top near front spine and back fore-edge and some general toning..... More
Washington, DC: Center of Military History / United States Army, 1996. First Edition, stated First Printing. Quarto; publisher's black cloth, front cover and spine stamped in gilt; xiv,[4],294pp.; color maps and half-tone photographic illus. throughout. Light wear, a few faint surface scratches to rear cover, else Very Good and sound..... More
New York: Carlton Press, Inc. / A Hearthstone Book, 1987. Presumed First Edition with no additional printings listed. Octavo. 47 pp. Illustrated dust jacket with $6.95 price intact. Blue boards stamped in black. Dust jacket shows general rubbing with toning and a few short tears along edges. Boards..... More
New York: Civil Rights Congress, 1951. First Printing. Inscribed at half title, "Nov 6 '51. To Emil Freed, Be a weapon in the battles ahead, (Signature)." Unfortunately, we have not been able to determine who wrote this inscription, though Freed did follow his charge here as he remained involved in..... More
New York: Civil Rights Congress, 1952. Third Edition. Octavo. 240 pp. Photographic frontispiece. Original photo-illustrated wrappers. Front cover starting to separate along lower few inches along spine; covers rubbed along edges with some general smudging and scuffing to surface; small patch of biopredation to back cover at fore-edge..... More