First Edition. The second novel from the two-time Pulitzer Prize winner, inspired by the legend of the black railroad steel driver who sought to out-work a new machine. First edition (first printing, with a numberline ending in 1). A fine copy in a fine dust jacket. Signed by Whitehead on.....

In this Lange image, a man and woman, both African American, stand in a field holding hoes or other farming implements. Lange took this image while working for the Resettlement Administration and the Farm Security Administration (two WPA agencies). The most famous image from this period in her career is.....

First Edition. A travelog and critique of Franco's Spain by the author of Native Son. Translated into French by R. Giroux. Wright (1902–1960), one of the most important writers of the 20th century, chronicled African American life in novels and essays, but grew disillusioned with racism in the United States.....

First Edition. An acclaimed memoir that "explores what it means to be overweight in a time when the bigger you are, the less you are seen." First edition (first printing, with a numberline ending in 1). A fine, tight copy in a fine dust jacket. Signed by Gay on the.....

First Edition. A memoir of Cleaver's growing up, the Black Panthers, his time in Algiers, and his conversion to Christianity. Illustrated with halftone photographs. First edition (first printing, with no indication of later printings). A near fine copy in a dust jacket showing light wear along the top edge. Signed.....

Later printing. French translation by Marcel Duhamel and Andrée R. Picard. Fifteenth (15th) printing. A fair to good copy, with a cracked spine and a split down the front cover about four inches from the top. Inscribed by Wright, "A Christian Tet[?] avec mes sentiments amicaux. Richard Wright. Nov. 3.....

First Edition. A survey of the great photographer's career. With 95 color and 195 duotone illustrations. 10-1/4 by 12-1/4 inches. 360 pages. First edition (stated). One lower corner bumped, else near fine in a near fine dust jacket.

Second Printing. A monograph on the African American painter's work. Mostly illustrated in color. 160 pages. 10-1/2 by 8-3/4 inches. Second printing. A very good copy in a very good dust jacket.

First Edition. The Florida legislature confronts the 14th amendmet to the Constitution, granting formerly enslaved people citizenship, due process rights, and equal protection. The governor, David S. Walker, recommended that the legislature reject it, which it promptly did (like most Southern states, Florida finally capitulated in 1868 and adopted the.....

First Edition. A collection of poems in English, with facing page translations by Manuel García Verdecia. 259 pages. First edition (first printing, with a numberline ending in 1). A fine copy in a fine dust jacket. Signed by Walker on the title page.

First Edition. First edition (first printing, with a numberline ending in 1). A fine copy in a fine dust jacket. Signed by the author on a laid in bookplate. With an information card from the Parnassus Books Signed First Editions Club laid in. A flyer printing a note from the.....

First Edition. A novel by a writer born in Ghana and raised in Alabama. First edition (stated). A fine copy in a near fine dust jacket, with a bit of shelf wear. Signed by Gyasi on the title page.

A cabinet card photograph of two young African American women wearing similar solid-color dresses with elaborate headpieces. One woman stands with her arm on a pedestal, the other is seated to her right. The photograph is captioned in a later hand, "Grandmother and Aunt Maggie 1888." The date seems correct.....