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The Panther & the Lash
by Langston Hughes
Langston Hughes was born in Joplin, Missouri, in 1902. After graduation from high school, he spent a year in Mexico with his father, then a year studying at Columbia University. His first poem in a nationally known magazine was "The Negro Speaks of Rivers," which appeared in Crisis in 1921. In 1925, he was awarded the First Prize for Poetry of the magazine Opportunity, the winning poem being "The Weary Blues," which gave its title to his first book of...
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African-American Art Books & Ephemera
Tenderheaded: A Comb-Bending Collection of Hair Stories
by Harris, Juliette & Pamela Johnson, Eds
NY: Washington Square Press. Introduction by Ntozake Shange. 8vo. xiv, 302pp., illus. Wraps. Very Good.
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€23.63
Dance Photography of Carl Van Vechten
by Vechten, Carl Van & Paul Padgette
NY: Schirmer Books. tall 4to. vii,212pp., prof. illus. Bib., index. Cloth, d.j. Fine/Fine. Includes images of Balinese Harlem Renaissance dancers.
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€61.44
Bob Thompson
by Golden, Thelma
Lrg. 4to. 200pp., prof. illus. in color & b&w. Sel. Bib., Exhibition history. Wraps. As New conditionBuy with confidence. We check our books carefully for signs of wear and markings. THIS IS NOT AN X-LIBRARY COPY.
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€56.71
SIX SILKSCREEN PRINTS for POEMS
by JONES, Lois Mailou (SENGHOR, Leopold Sedar )
(New York): (Limited Editions Club), (1996). First Edition. Original Art. Fine in a Fine clamshell box. Lois Mailou Jones. Large folio (16-3/4" x 20-3/4") consisting of 6 silkscreen prints by Lois Mailou Jones and the title and colophon pages loosely laid into a full purple linen clamshell box with the artist's name lettered in gilt on the front cover. Each dramatic silkscreen has been numbered and SIGNED by the artist and printed by Alexander Heinrici at Studio Heinrici. This set is #34 of only 60...
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€7,679.75
L'art nègre du congo Belge
by Collectif
édité par les éditions du Chat qui Pêche sous les auspices et avec la collaboration de la Commission pour la Protection des, 1950. 22 x 28 cm, dust jacket is damaged, book is used
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€240.00
My Life in Pictures
by Mohamed, Ethel Wright (Edited by Charlotte Capers & Olivia P. Collins
Jackson, Mississippi: Mississippi Department of Archives and History, 1976. First Edition. Wraps. Good+. first printing. Wraps with stapled binding. 40p. Color reproductions of embroidered pictures. This copy signed by the artist alongside her essay. Has some edgewear to covers and some scuffing on the back cover.
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€14.18
Romare Bearden: His Life And Art
by Schwartzman, Myron
New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc., Publishers, 1990. First printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/near fine. Foreword by August Wilson. Cloth. 320 pages. Bibliography. Index. Illustrations, photographs.
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€56.71
Musée de Dakar. Témoin de l'art négre, en français, in english, auf deutsch.
by Michel Renaudeau
Delroisse. 21,5 x 27,5 cm, 130 pp, dust jacket is damaged, book in good condition
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€50.00
SIX ETCHINGS for EVERYTHING THAT RISES MUST CONVERGE
by ANDREWS, Benny [O'CONNOR, Flannery]
(New York): (Limited Editions Club), (2005). First Edition. Original Art. Fine in a Fine velvet-lined red cloth clamshell box with a gilt-lettered leather label on the front. Benny Andrews. Folio (19-1/2" x 25-1/2") consisting of 6 color etchings and 2 letterpress text pages: a title page and a colophon page. There were 300 copies of O'Connor's book illustrated by Benny Andrews and published by the Limited Editions Club but only 75 copies of the portfolio of numbered and SIGNED color etchings printed...
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€5,316.75
Kunst uit zwart Afrika.
by MEYER, LAURE
Librero Nederland b.v., 2001. 24,5 x 31 cm, in good condition
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€30.00
The Raymond Lark Traveling Exhibition
by No Author Noted
Los Angeles: Dalzell Hatfield Galleries, 2003. Paperback. Very Good +. 96 pages, softcover. Seven page Introduction. Four page essay "Troubled Times in Lark's Life." Eight pages of "Notes To Some Of The Plates." Extensive resource lists. Many full page reproductions, many in color. little light edge wear.
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€47.26
Romare Bearden: Origins and Progressions
by Fogliatti, Mary Jo, Ed
4to. 45pp. illus., including 19 color & b&w plates, Stiff Wraps (orig. price sticker on rear cover). Cat., Sel. Bib. Stiff Wraps. New. Limited Ed: 1,000 copies.
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€89.79
Portrayal of the Black Musician in American Art
by LeFalle-Collins, Lizetta & Leonard Simon (Essays)
Los Angeles: California Afro-American Museum. slim 4to. 40pp., 34 color & b&w illus. Notes, Bib. Exhibition Catalogue. Stapled Wraps. Sm. Section of cover cut (see photo). otherwise VG
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€26.94
TRESORS D'AFRIQUE MUSEE DE TERVUREN
by VERSWIJVER, GUSTAAF;
Antwerpen De Vries. illustrated, 400 pp,
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€180.00
Spirit of the Delta - The Art of Carolyn Norris
by Shawhan, Dorothy Sample; with Patti Carr Black, Tom Rankin, and Kim Rushing
Mississippi: University Press of Mississippi, 2011. First edition. Hardcover. Good/fair.
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€42.53
Art De L'Afrique Noire Au Pays Du Fleuve Zaire
by Cornet, Joseph
Arcade Publishing, 1972. 27 x 30 cm, in good condition
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€300.00
Art De L'Afrique Noire
by Leuzinger, Dr. Elsy
Ediciones Poligrafa, 1984. 21 x 21 cm, in good condition
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€50.00
Kunst van zwart Afrika in het land aan de Zaïre
by CORNET J. (& MOBUTU J.D., voorwoord)
Brussel, Arcade 1972, 1972. 27 x 30 cm, dust jacket is damaged, book in good condition
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€160.00
FIVE LITHOGRAPHS for OUR GRANDMOTHERS
by BIGGERS, John [ANGELOU, Maya]
[New York]: [Limited Editions Club], [1994]. First Edition. Original Art. Fine in a Fine cloth clamshell box. John Biggers. Large folio consisting of 5 ORIGINAL LITHOGRAPHS and the title and colophon pages. For her favorite poem, originally published in I SHALL NOT BE MOVED, Angelou chose the internationally acclaimed African-American printmaker John Biggers to illustrate a book published by the Limited Editions Club in an edition of only 400 numbered copies signed by both the author and the artist. It...
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€8,861.25
Romare Bearden 1970-1980
by Melberg, Jerald L. & Milton J. Bloch, eds
136pp., prof. illus. color & b&w. List of Works, Chron., Sel. Bib. Wraps. Covers rubbed, inside tight. Good+ Checklist is considered a catalogue raisonné of Bearden's collages and watercolors for the years of the exhibit.
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€61.44
THE FIRST BOOK OF MOSES, CALLED GENESIS. THE KING JAMES VERSION
by (LAWRENCE, Jacob) BIBLE
New York: Limited Editions Club, 1989. hardcover. Fine in a Fine suede-lined linen clamshell box with leather label. Jacob Lawrence. Large folio bound in full midnight blue Japanese cotton. Copy #160 of only 400 numbered copies, SIGNED on the colophon by Jacob Lawrence who has contributed 8 ORIGINAL SILKSCREENS to this massive (16" x 22") and truly magnificent work, one of the high points of the press. These silkscreens are identical, except for not being individually signed, to the very few portfolios...
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€11,815.00
Utotombo. Kunst uit Zwart-Afrika in Belgisch privé-bezit
by DE HEUSCH Luc, BURSSENS Herman, BRUYNINX Elze, BASTIN Marie-Louise & CORNET Joseph
Brussel, Vereniging voor tentoonstellingen van het Paleis voor Schone Kunsten 1988, 1988. 22 x 28 cm, in good condition
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€300.00
Musée de Dakar. Témoin de l'art négre, en français, in english, auf deutsch. Nouvelles éditions africaines
by Michel Renaudeau
delroisse. 21,5 x 28 cm, in good condition
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€45.00
