First Thus. 233 pages. First paperback edition (numberline ending in 1). Originally published in hardcover in 1988. Inscribed by Reed, "For Bryce, good wishes, Ishmael Reed."

First Edition. The author's second Pulitzer Prize-winning novel. First edition (stated, with a numberline ending in 1). A fine copy in a fine dust jacket with a "signed first edition" sticker on the cover. Signed by Whitehead on the title page.

First Edition. The memoirs of the brother of the assassinated civil rights leader Medgar Evers. xii, 196 pages. First edition (stated first printing). Very good in a very good, price-clipped dust jacket. Inscribed by the author, "Thanks for reading my book, Charles Evers, Mayer, Fayette, Miss. 4-5-89."

First Edition. A collection of poems, illustrated with photographs and images of paintings, including on by the author, opposite page 37. 81 pages. First edition (stated, with a numberline ending in 1). A fine copy in a fine dust jacket. Inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "Kyle—thank you.....

Second Edition. The second (separate) edition of this important early report on a pilot project that helped determine federal policies to govern and assist the enslaved people who were freed during the Civil War. The Union army occupied the Port Royal area (a network of islands just north of the.....

First Edition. An early draft of a novel—to date never commercially published—circulated to friends of the author. Bennett (who also wrote under several pseudonyms) is an African American Korean War vet who published a number of novels and non-fiction books while living as an expatriate in Mexico. This is a first.....

First Edition. A guide to help officers combat racial discrimination in the army in the waning years of the Viet Nam war. The authors report that the army had few Black officers, that Black soldiers had a hard time obtaining technical positions, and that Black soldiers were twice as likely.....

First Edition. A young adult novel about five generations of an African American family. First edition (first printing with a numberline ending in 1). A fine copy in a price-clipped, else fine, dust jacket. This copy is inscribed on the title page, "To Scott, Best wishes + Peace! Walter Dean.....

Original black-and-white gelatin-silver press photograph, January 31, 1968. 10-1/4 by 8 inches (oblong). A dramatic image of a white woman throwing an uppercut at a young white man protesting for the integration of an elementary school. The clipping attached to the photo on the back (verso) reads, "Two men carrying signs.....

First Edition. [7] pages. 4-1/2 by 6 inches. A two-poem chapbook by one of the founders of the Black Panthers. Both poems are critical of the Soviet Union. First edition (first printing). A very good copy in wrappers (pamphlet). Staples beginning to rust. A bit of wear to the corners.....

First Edition. [12] pages. 4-1/2 by 6 inches. A single-poem chapbook by one of the founders of the Black Panthers. Here he is critical of Idi Amin. First edition (first printing). A near fine copy in wrappers (pamphlet). Staples a touch rusted, very minor spotting to covers.

First Edition. 293 pages. First edition (first printing). Fine in a near fine dust jacket with a small spot of varnish missing from the front panel. Signed by Hansen.

First Edition. 31 pages. A Southerner argues that a revived foreign slave trade was crucial to the Southern economy. Spratt believed that importing new slaves from Africa would reduce the price of slaves in the United States, lower labor costs, and bring slaves within the economic reach of the average.....