early printing with ephemera, 1964.
a newspaper clipping from after king's death and
"planning material: biography of martin luther king, jr."
king's third book further develops the ideas introduced in the 1963 "letter from birmingham jail". written in the conclusion of the 1963 birmingham campaign.....
first united kingdom edition, 1971. scarce.
george jackson (1941-1971) became involved in revolutionary politics while doing time at san quentin state prison for armed robbery. with w.l. nolen he founded the black guerrilla family, describing himself as a "marxist-leninist-maoist-fanonist."
in 1970 jackson and two other prisoners were charged.....
first edition, 1972.
this collection of writings and speeches by huey p. newton, founder of the black panther party, offering an intimate view of his personal and political evolution during the party’s formative years (1967-1971). newton’s place as one of america’s most important revolutionaries remains undisputed.
new.....
first edition, 1967.
"even facts become fictions without adequate ways of seeing the 'facts'. we do not need theories so much as the experience that is the source of the theory. we are not satisfied with faith, in the sense of an implausible hypothesis irrationally held: we demand.....
limited to 500 copies, 1933.
new york: arrow editions. 6 x 9.25 inches. 62 pages. hardcover. bound in quarter red cloth and hand-made paper covered boards. deckled edges. book condition: quarter inch tear to front free endpaper. near fine. no jacket as issued.
first edition, 2016.
new york: palgrave macmillan. isbn: 9781137569424. 5.75 x 8.75 inches. 213 pages. hardcover. bound in pictorial paper-covered boards. book condition: fine.
eighth printing, 1966. scarce in hardcover.
new york: grove press. 5.5 x 8.25 inches. 255 pages. hardcover. bound in grey cloth-covered boards. book condition: some shelf-wear. soiling to block. very good. absent dust jacket.
from the library of richard perlbinder.
first trade edition, 1972. scarce.
dual-language edition in spanish and english.
toronto / new york / london: bantam. 4.25 x 7 inches. 122 pages. softcover. bound in pictorial paper wrappers. book condition: cockled. rubbing and scrattling to wrappers. split spine repaired with glue. shelfwear. good+.
(1970). scarce.
newark: jihad publications. 5 x 7.5 inches. 12 pages. softcover. stapled in red and yellow wrappers. pamphlet condition: heavy rubbing and mild soiling to front wrapper. light rubbing to back wrapper. gentle soiling to edge of block. mild dampstaining. very good-.
first edition, 1997. out of print.
mowbray, cape town: kagiso publishers. isbn: 0-7986-4680-2. 5.85 x 8.15 inches. 64 pages. softcover. stapled in pictorial paper wrappers. book condition: scrattling to wrappers. mild shelfwear and edgewear. very good+.
inscribed first edition, association copy. 2009.
"jan 1, 2010
to my old pal anne-
for a better future
love,
sarah schulman"
inscribed to author and activist anne-christine d'adesky.
vancouver: arsenal pulp press. isbn: 9781551522579. 6 x 8.5 inches. 183 pages. hardcover. bound in cloth-covered boards. book condition.....
first new and revised edition, 1957.
a landmark historical text arguing that state-mandated segregation was anything but an inevitable continuation of slavery.
new york: oxford university press. 5.25 x 7.5 inches. 183 pages. hardcover. bound in blue paper covered boards. book condition: owner's stamping to front free-endpaper, each.....
first trade edition, 1967.
a social and linguistic analysis of the 'n-word' in the context of the black power movement. in the preface, dick gregory writes: "in abolishing and rejecting the caucasian-christian philosophical and literary forms while recording his 'black experiences,' this writer has removed himself from their double-standard.....
first edition, 1968.
introduction by mawell geismar. jacket photo by jim ball.
new york: mcgraw-hill book company. 5.75 x 8.5 inches. 210 pages. hardcover. bound in blue cloth-covered boards. book condition: owner's bookplate to pastedown. pen marking to head and foot of block. some shelf-wear. very good-. dust.....
second printing, 1969.
pamphlet containing two essays: the national question and the black liberation struggle in the united states by george breitman and malcolm x, black nationalism, and socialism by george novack.
new york: merit publishers. 5.25 x 8.25 inches. 30 pages. softcover. stapled in pictorial.....
first edition, 1970. scarce.
chisholm was the first black woman elected to the united states congress and the first black candidate to run for president.
boston: houghton mifflin company. 6 x 8.75 inches. 177 pages. hardcover. bound in black cloth-covered boards. book condition: mild toning. near fine. jacket.....
signed first edition, 1989.
ithaca, new york: ilr press. isbn: 0-87546-155-7. 6 x 9.25 inches. 213 pages. hardcover. bound in cloth-covered boards. book condition: negligible shelfwear. near fine.
inscribed, 1963.
"with cordial good wishes
of john hope franklin"
second edition, revised & enlarged. third printing.
franklin was a trailblazing historian and civil rights activist. "from slavery" is without a doubt his most significant work.
new york: alfred a. knopf. 6 x 8.5 inches.....
first edition, 1969.
"this country was born of violence. violence is as american as cherry pie. black people have always been violent, but our violence has always been directed toward each other. if nonviolence is to be practiced, then it should be practiced in our community and end there.".....
inscribed third printing, 1992.
"2/13/93
rosa parks
to dennis richmond"
inscribed and dated to acclaimed african-american broadcaster dennis richmond when richmond interviewed parks at foothill college theater.
new york: dial books. isbn: 0803706731. 5.75 x 8.5 inches. hardcover. bound in quarter cloth-covered boards with gilt lettered.....
first edition, 1961.
"this book is an attack on current city planning and rebuilding." - jane jacobs.
an iconoclastic classic of urban design from the famed activist best known for her opposition to robert moses and his lower manhattan expressway.
jacket design by sam marsh.
new.....
first edition, 1965.
published posthumously nine months after his assassination, this famous memoir of malcolm x was co-written by alex haley and inspired the 1992 spike lee film.
introduction by m.s. handler. epilogue by alex haley. with 16 pages of photographs. jacket design by roy kuhlman...
2019.
"helen arnold, daniel blanchard, enrique escobar, daniel ferrand, georges petit, and jacques signorelli have participated in the selection of the articles as well as the drafting of the introductory texts..."
london: eris: 978-1-912475-13-1. 6 x 9.25 inches. 485 pages. softcover. bound in paper wrappers. book condition: negligible.....
1929.
london: j.m. dent and sons ltd. 4.5 x 7 inches. 306 pages. hardcover. bound in coth-covered boards with gilt lettering to spine and top edge staining. book condition: some dampstaining to extremities. very good. jacket condition: some shelfwear and light chipping. very good.
1934.
los gatos, ca. 9 x 11.25 inches. unpaginated. softcover. loose typewritten pages bound in simplex report cover. owner's markings to inner front flap and title page. condition: dampstaining to front and back cover. toning throughout.