African-Americana from Lorne Bair Rare Books

[Detroit: Kennedy & Sons, Fine Printers, 2013]. First Edition. Poster, letterpress printed on chipboard with black and red oil-based inks using wood type, measuring 32cm x 48cm (12.5" x 19"). A Fine copy. One of four posters in a striking series printed to promote an exhibition of Kennedy's work at the Catich Gallery (St. Ambrose University, Davenport, IA), "Racism… Read more about this item

[Baltimore, MD: Amos Kennedy / Maryland Institute College of Art], 2019. Poster letterpress printed on chipboard with oil-based inks using wood and metal type, measuring 33cm x 48cm (ca.13" x 19"). A Fine copy. A poster featuring a quote by Malcolm X, printed by Kennedy at the Printers Camp held at the Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA) July… Read more about this item

[Baltimore, MD: Amos Kennedy / Maryland Institute College of Art], 2019. Poster letterpress printed on chipboard with oil-based inks using wood and metal type, measuring 33cm x 48cm (ca.13" x 19"). A Fine copy. A poster featuring a quote by African-American theologian Howard Thurman, printed by Kennedy at the Printers Camp held at the Maryland Institute College of Art… Read more about this item

[Detroit: Kennedy & Sons, Fine Printers, 2013]. First Edition. Poster, letterpress printed on chipboard with black and red oil-based inks using wood type, measuring 32cm x 48cm (12.5" x 19"). A Fine copy. One of four posters in a striking series printed to promote an exhibition of Kennedy's work at the Catich Gallery (St. Ambrose University, Davenport, IA), "Racism… Read more about this item

New York: David McKay Company, Inc, 1964. First Edition. First Printing. Octavo (21cm); black cloth, with titles stamped in silver on spine; dustjacket; [viii],[2],3-214,[2]pp. Mild crinkling to cloth at heel, else Fine. Dustjacket is unclipped (priced $3.95), with light wear to extremities, mild toning to extremities, and some light dust-soil; Very Good+. Early work by Martin (1920-2013), a white… Read more about this item

London: Allen Lane, 1974. First U.K. Edition. First Impression. Octavo (20.5cm); orange paper-covered boards, with titles stamped in black on spine; dustjacket; [viii],[3],4-174,[2]pp. Base of spine a bit pushed, faint foxing to text edges and endpapers; Very Good+ or better. Dustjacket is unclipped (priced £2.00 net), with light wear to extremities, faint foxing on verso, and a faint sticker… Read more about this item

[Chicago: Richard Gordon, c. 1984]. Original silver-gelatin print on matte photographic paper. Image area 8" x 12", on 11" x 14" sheet. Titled in ink in lower left margin; signed in ink lower right beneath image. Fine, unfaded print in a hinged gallery mat. A lovely profile portrait of Parks in conversation with American folk singer and… Read more about this item

Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 1974. Second printing. Octavo. Cloth hardcover; dustjacket; xvii,279pp; illus. Tight, clean and unmarked - a Fine copy. In the original pictorial dustwrapper, lightly rubbed on rear panel, still Near Fine.

Los Angeles: Westernlore Press, 1968. Second book edition. Octavo. Brown cloth hardcover; dustjacket; xxvi,237pp. Clean, tight, straight copy; Near Fine. In original pictorial dustwrapper, slightly rubbed and worn at base of spine and rear panel; Very Good. Account, originally serialized in Outing Magazine in 1886, of the Tenth Negro Cavalry in the Apache Campaign of 1886. Includes reproductions of… Read more about this item

New York: Oxford University Press, 1988. First Edition. First Printing. Octavo (24cm); greyish-green paper and black cloth-covered boards, with titling stamped in gilt on the spine; dustjacket; [x],[2],3-512,[6]pp, with 32 inserted plates of black & white photographs. Gentle sunning to upper board edges, with some trivial wear; Fine. Dustjacket is unclipped (priced $24.95) with some offsetting on verso and… Read more about this item

Philadelphia: J. Marsh, 1865. Quarto. Folded sheets; [5]pp. Slight cover soil; faint tidemark at upper forecorner throughout; Very Good. Tom Wiggins, born into slavery in 1849, revealed his prodigious musical abilities at a very early age. His concert career began at the age of four, and by the beginning of the Civil War he had earned thousands… Read more about this item

Oxford: Myriad Editions, 2019. First Edition. First impression. Signed by Busby on title page; additionally signed by three others (presumably contributors, but all indecipherable). Octavo; black cloth hardcover, dustjacket, 805pp. A fine copy in the original pictorial dustwrapper. Updates Busby's landmark 1984 anthology, gathering work from woman writers of four centuries across the African diaspora, beginning with… Read more about this item

New York: Oxford University Press, 1986-1988. First Edition. First printings. Two volumes; large octavos (24cm.); original cloth-backed boards in photo-illustrated dust jackets; viii,[2],468;viii,[2],512pp; 16 leaves of photographic illus (halftones) in each volume. A clean, Near Fine set, in original, unclipped dustwrappers, faintly toned on lighter portions, else Fine. The definitive critical biography of Hughes.

New York: Grove Press, 2012. First Edition. First printing. Octavo. Tan, cloth-backed boards; dustjacket; 322pp; illus. Vertical crease to page 165/166, else a tight, clean, very well-preserved copy, Near Fine. In the original pictorial dustwrapper, unclipped (priced $25 on front flap), crisp and clean, also very Near Fine. The musician-activist's acclaimed autobiography, completed before his death from AIDS in… Read more about this item

San Jose: Center for Holistic Education, 1985. First Edition. Octavo. Staple-bound card wrappers, 42pp; illus. Bit of faint soil to covers, else fine. Poems on the theme of Black women's struggle, illustrated from photographs by Faye Boyd-Wright.

Chicago: Henry Regnery, 1955. First Edition. First printing. Octavo (21cm); green cloth boards, titled in gilt on spine; [12],381pp; frontispiece portrait, illus. A tight, clean copy, Near Fine. In a rather chipped and worn, price-clipped dustwrapper, rubbed at folds and with a clumsy tear to remove price on front flap; Good only. Biography of Robert S. Abbott, founder… Read more about this item

New York: Random House, 1977. First Edition. First Printing. Octavo (21.5cm); white paper-covered boards and black cloth backstrip, with titling and author's initials stamped in silver on spine and front cover; dustjacket; [x],[3],4-178,[4]pp. Gentle sunning and some dustiness to upper and lower board edges, small splash mark to lower edge of textblock closest to the backstrip; Very Good+. Dustjacket… Read more about this item

New York: Vantage Press, 1976. First Edition. First printing. Generically inscribed on front endpaper: "Sincere best wishes to you / sincerely yours;" signed and dated May, 1976. Octavo. Blue cloth hardcover; dustjacket; 139pp. Clean, straight, tight and unmarked; about Fine. In the original dustwrapper, unclipped (priced $4.95 on front flap); lightly rubbed with a touch of wear at head… Read more about this item

New York: Simon and Schuster, 1972. First Edition. First printing. Inscribed on front endpaper: "to John Bruen, Sr.;" signed, with the recipient's own ink annotation beneath: "Autographed at Middletown Community College (OCCC), Thursday, October 15, 1981." Also laid-in is a photograph of the recipient shaking hands with Julian Bond at the event, while holding the book. Straight and tight,… Read more about this item

[New York: Child Development Center of the Jewish Board of Family & Children's Service, Inc, 1987]. First Edition. Generic bookplate signed in ink by Maya Angelou loosely laid-in. Oblong quarto. Pictorial glossy card wrappers; 16pp; illus. Very Good or better. Anthology of poetry by homeless women residents of New York City, with portraits by Elliot Schneider. Maya… Read more about this item