American / African American from LEFT COAST BOOKS

Columbia, SC: McKissick Museum, University of South Carolina, 1994. 72 pages, illustrations, portraits; 29 cm. Catalogue of a traveling exhibition organized by the McKissick Museum held at the Museum of York County, Rock Hill, South Carolina, October 10, 1987 to January 2, 1988 and six others. Near fine. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Light shelfwear to wraps, age toning. .… Read more about this item

Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, 2003. xix, 340 pages, illustrations (some colour); 29 cm. Foreword by Floyd Coleman; new introduction by Mary Jane Hewitt. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Light shelfwear to wraps. "Samella Lewis has brought African American Art and Artists fully up to date in this revised and expanded edition. The book now looks at the works… Read more about this item

San Francisco: Pomegranate, 2001. Cloth, xxi, 213 pages, colour illustrations; 34 cm. With introductions by Camille O. Cosby and William H. Cosby, Jr.; biographies by Rene Hanks. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Dust jacket protected in a mylar cover. OVERSIZE! No priority/international, except by arrangement. A beautiful, large-format book. Richly illustrated with colour plates. Comedian Bill Cosby assembled an extraordinary… Read more about this item

Knoxville, TN: University of Tennessee Press, 1992. xii, 305 pages, illustrations; 24 cm. Tight, clean copy. Light shelfwear to wraps. Stated First Edition. "Between 1935 and 1942, photographers for the New Deal's Resettlement Administration-Farm Security Administration (FSA) captured in powerfully moving images the travail of the Great Depression and the ways of a people confronting radical social change. Those who… Read more about this item

New York and London: W. W. Norton & Company, Inc., 2008. 798 pages, [16] pages of plates, illustrations, map; 24 cm. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Stated First Edition. Dust jacket, with light edgewear, protected in a mylar cover. OVERSIZE! No priority/international, except by arrangement.. 1st. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. 8vo. Collectible.

Princeton, NJ: Bristol-Myers Squibb, 1992. 1 volume (unpaged), colour illustrations; 23 cm. Published on the occasion of an exhibition at the Gallery at Bristol-Myers Squibb, Princeton, New Jersey, 15 January to 23 February 1992. Near fine. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Light shelfwear to wraps, age toning.. 1st. Paperback. Very Good. 8vo. Collectible.

Reston, VA: National Art Education Association (NAEA), 1990. xiii, 278 pages, illustrations; 23 cm. Near fine. Tight, clean copy. Age toning. "A landmark study addressing the need to focus on the rich heritage of minority ethnic groups, including Black, Hispanic, and Native American, among others. A compilation of 20 chapters on a variety of aspects of art education for students… Read more about this item

New York: HarperCollins, 2007. Cloth, vii, 402 pages, [16] pages of plates, illustrations; 24 cm. Firm binding, unmarked. Light foxing/expected browning. Stated First Edition. Dust jacket, lightly soiled on the back flap, protected in a mylar cover. "Oscar Micheaux was the Jackie Robinson of film, the black D. W. Griffith: a bigger-than-life American folk hero whose important life story is… Read more about this item

Chapel Hill, NC: University of North Carolina Press, 2003. xiv, 281 pages, illustrations (chiefly colour); 27 cm. An acceptable reading copy, with highlighting on several pages. Moderate shelfwear to wraps. "Traces black artists' responses to racist imagery across two centuries, from early works by Henry O Tanner and Archibald J Motley Jr, in which African Americans are depicted with dignity,… Read more about this item

Seatlle: University of Washington Press, 2017. x, 365 pages, [16] pages of plates, illustrations (some colour); 26 cm. A good reading copy, marked on half a dozen pages. "Migrating the Black Body explores how visual media - from painting to photography, from global independent cinema to Hollywood movies, from posters and broadsides to digital media, from public art to graphic… Read more about this item

New York: Heritage Press, 1970. Cloth, [xxi], 212 pages, colour illustrations; 26 cm. Issued in a slipcase. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Sandglass (Heritage Club monthly newsletter) laid-in. Slipcase with light shelfwear. With Illustrations by Denver Gillen. . Hardcover. Fine. Illus. by Gillen, Denver. 4to.

Trenton, NJ: Africa World Press, 1997. 109 pages, illustrations (some colour); 29 cm. Published in conjunction with the exhibition held at the Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University, January 25 to March 19, 1997. Near fine. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Age toning. . 1st. Paperback. Very Good. 4to. Collectible.

New York, San Diego, London: Harcourt Brace & Company, 1995. vii, 166 pages, chiefly illustrations; 31 cm. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Stated First edition. Dust jacket protected in a mylar cover. OVERSIZE! No priority/international, except by arrangement. Profusely illustrated.. 1st. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 4to. Collectible.

Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 2006. xii, 305 pages, illustrations, map; 24 cm. Tight, clean copy. Light edgewear to wraps. "Since the 1980s, Los Angeles has become the most racially and economically divided city in the United States. In the poorest parts of South Central Los Angeles, buildings in disrepair--the legacy of racial unrest. Moving beyond stereotypes of South Central's… Read more about this item

New York and Berkeley, CA: Whitney Museum of American Art; University of California Press, 1998. 200 pages, illustrations (some colour); 30 cm. Exhibition held at the Whitney Museum of American Art, September 25, 1998 to January 3, 1999. Firm binding, clean inside copy. OVERSIZE! No priority/international, except by arrangement. Richly illustrated with colour plates. "Like many other artists and musicians… Read more about this item

Seattle, WA: Seattle Art Museum, 1993. 44 pages, colour illustrations; 24 cm. Near fine. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Light shelfwear to wraps. African-American artist Fred Wilson deconstructs the Seattle Art Museum. . 1st. Paperback. Very Good. 8vo. Collectible.

Santa Monica, CA: M. Hanks Gallery, 2005. vi, 77 pages, illustrations (chiefly colour); 23 x 23 cm. Exhibition held November 5 to December 24, 2005, M. Hanks Gallery, Santa Monica, California. PRESENTATION COPY. Signed by the artist, with a personalized inscription. A near-fine copy with light edgewear to wraps. African-American artist working in collage and other media, in a style… Read more about this item

Athens, GA: Georgia Museum of Art, University of Georgia, 2002. 155 pages, illustrations (chiefly colour); 30 cm. Catalogue of an exhibition held at the Georgia Museum of Art, University of Georgia, May 25 to July 21, 2002. Near fine. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Age toning. OVERSIZE! No priority/international, except by arrangement. Richly illustrated with colour plates. "A Georgia native,… Read more about this item

Chicago: Robert Henry Adams Fine Art, 2005. 31 pages, illustrations (chiefly colour); 23 x 23 cm. Catalogue of an exhibition at Robert Henry Adams Fine Art, Chicago, Illinois, in 2005. Near fine. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Light shelfwear to wraps. . 1st. Paperback. Very Good. 8vo.

Washington D.C.: Published for the National Museum of American Art by the Smithsonian Institution Press, 1985. 120 pages, illustrations (some colour), portraits; 28 cm. Published on the occasion of an exhibition at the National Museum of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C., January 15 to April 7, 1985. Circulated by the Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service (SITES). Firm binding, clean… Read more about this item