Austin: University of Texas Press, 1999. 1st ed. Paperback. Octavo red and black; xviii, 190 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. Inscribed by the author || "When the Oakland, California, school board called African American English "Ebonics" and claimed that it "is not a black dialect or any dialect of..... More
New York: Scribner, 2009. 1st ed. hardcover. Lavender quarto; 278 pages ; 24 cm. "From the iconic and charismatic star of "Russell Simmons' Def Poetry Jam" comes this brave and fiercely candid memoir about growing up in Jamaica by performer, activist, and writer Chin." -- publisher. || Authors, Jamaican --..... More
Oakland: Black World Foundation, 1992-1993. Paperback. Quarto in glossy wraps illus b&w (and red for issue 23:2) ; stapled, approx 75 to 100 pp per issue, newsprint; 7x10. Offered as a set of four issues. || Black Studies & scholarship. More
New York: Orbis Books, 1997. 2nd (presumed); expanded. Paperback. Black and gold paperback quarto; 165 pages ; 21 cm. New introduction (1989) by author. Race relations. Religious aspects. Christianity. Black power. Black theology. More
New York, N.Y. The Third Press, 1971. Stated first printing. Hardcover. Large octavo in black brushed cloth boards and balck illus jacket; vi, 281 pages ; 21 cm. From the Dust Jacket: The trial of Angela Yvonne Davis in connection with the prisoner revolt by three black prisoners on August..... More
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1968. Book Club Edition. Hardcover. Large octavo in black jacket; ix, 397 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm. Contents: I. The odor of a case, July 26-31 [1967]. 1. Do you hate the police? ; 2. A dangerous account ; 3. Too hot to handle..... More
New York: Harper, 1944. "Sixth edition" Hardcover. Two quarto volumes in yellow and brown dust jackets; lv, xii; 1483 pages; map, diagrams 25 cm. Vol 1 has minor chafing and bumping to board corners, in a very good genlty edge-worn, price-clipped jacket; Volume 2 has a few tiny closed edge..... More
Los Angeles, CA: Warner Bros. Records, Inc. : Rhino Entertainment Co., 2000. Hardcover. Nince CDs in original box; includes: 1 book (76 pages : illustrations, photographs). Classic comedy routines by the African American comedian Richard Pryor, plus 90 minutes of previously unreleased material from the Warner Bros. vaults and Pryor's..... More
Portland, OR ; St. Louis, MO: Eberhardt Press ; One Thousand Emotions, 2007. 1st ed. (700 copies). paperback. Green octavo, color illus.; 185 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm. Uncommon. Only 700 copies printed. || Racism -- United States. Race discrimination -- African Americans -- Education -- United States. Discrimination..... More
NP: NP, ND [cica 2007-2008]. Paperback. Photocopy manuscript in mylar wraps with thin black plastic 'strip and pin' standard photocopy binding; 339p, bib, discog., notes. Rare thus. A photocopy of the author's unpublished manuscript. Unsigned solicitation letter by the author to AK press laid in. Published by Lawrence Hill Books..... More
Bowie, Md. Heritage Books, 1993. first printing. paperback. Octavo dark pink; xi, 165 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm. "African American ancestors among the Five Civilized Tribes"--Cover. African Americans -- Southern States -- Genealogy. Oklahoma -- Genealogy. African Americans -- Relations with Indians. Five Civilized Tribes -- Genealogy. Indians of..... More
Knoxville: University of Tennessee Press, 1992. Paperback. Quarto in yellow color illus wraps; xii, 198 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps ; 26 cm. Contents: Foreword by Thomas A. Singleton -- Preface 1998 -- Introduction -- Historical roots -- Gardeners and their gardens: Function --..... More