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, 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 plate of photographs. jacket design by roy kuhlman...
signed first edition, 2005.
new york: hyperion. isbn: 9781401352349. 6.5 x 8.5 inches. 199 pages. hardcover. bound in navy quarter cloth-covered boards. book condition: negligible shelfwear. near fine. jacket condition: minor soiling. unclipped ($22.95). near fine.
all first editions, 1976-1995.
the seeds of revolt, 1821–1849
first edition, 1976.
princeton, nj: princeton university press. isbn: 0691062609. 6.5 x 9.5 inches. 402 pages. hardcover. bound in cloth-covered boards. book condition: negligible shelfwear. near fine. jacket condition: lightly creased and rubbed. unclipped ($16.50). very good+.
the years.....
first edition, 1991. includes signed letter from acker.
"929 clayton st.
sf., ca. 94117
dear ray,
thanks so much- you're being a sweetheart to someone who never should have been a landlord, much less and absentee one.
yours truly,
kathy acker"
new york: semiotext(e). isbn: 09367566853. 4.5.....
inscribed first edition, 1975. scarce.
"for edmund
in poetry + philosophy
bernadette"
mayer's self-described "emotional science project" in writing and photographs that was first exhibited at 98 greene street in new york, february 1972.
plainfield, vermont: north atlantic books. isbn: 0913028398. 6 x 9 inches. 195.....
inscribed first edition, 1976.
"to peggy nelson
sisters!
maxine kingston"
jacket illustration by elias dominguez. jacket design by lidia ferrara.
new york: alfred a. knopf. isbn: 0394400674. 5.75 x 8.5 inches. 209 pages. hardcover. bound in maroon quarter cloth with blind stamped beige paper boards. top.....
first mass market paperback edition, 1970.
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.....
inscribed first with signed letter, 2026.
"craig, thank you so much for reading; it meant the world."
new york: da capo. isbn: 978-0-306-83327-4. 9 x 6 inches. 348 pages. hardcover. bound in white paper covered boards with blue lettering. book condition: bumping to edges. near fine.....
first edition, 1964.
new york: charles scribner's sons. 5.5 x 8.5 inches. 211 pages. hardcover. bound in rust quarter cloth-covered boards. book condition: slightest shelfwear and toning. near fine. jacket condition: bumping and small chips to head and foot of spine. edgeworn, with mild soiling to back panel. small.....
first, 1974.
new york: random house. isbn: 0-394-48978-0. 8.5 x 5.75 inches. 400 pages. hardcover. bound in cherry cloth covered boards. book condition: shaken. bumping to head and foot of spine. lightly edgeworn. very good. jacket condition: closed-tears to front panel,loss to head of spine, heavy edgewear throughout, light.....
fourth printing, 1942.
new york: the dial press. 7.5 x 10 inches. 400 pages. hardcover. bound in black cloth-covered boards with illustrated frontispiece. book condtion: some toning to spine. notable shelf-wear. notable rubbing. some delamination of cloth to rear board. small stain to rear paste-down. very good--.
mass market paperback, 1962.
introduction by ernest hemingway.
new york: belmont books. 7 x 4.25 inches. 125 pages. softcover. bound in pictorial paper wrappers. book condition: heavy toning to block. splitting to foot of spine. chips and shelfwear throughout. good++.
signed first edition, 2019.
minneapolis: graywolf press. isbn: 978-1-64445-003-1. 6.25 x 9.5 inches. 247 pages. hardcover. bound in black paper-covered boards. book condition: fine. jacket condition: unclipped ($26.00). fine.
later printing, 1900.
includes two fold-out facsimiles of handwritten notes for the autobiography.
philadelphia: david mckay. 5.75 x 8.25 inches. 567 pages. hardcover. bound in stamped green cloth-covered boards. gilt stamping to front title and stamping to spine. top edge gilt. deckled edged. book condition: notable fading to.....
first edition thus, 1973.
translation of the russian edition, moscow 1968, prepared by the institute of marxism-leninism of the c.p.s.u. central committee.
moscow: progress publishers. 5.75 x 8.5 inches. 635 pages. hardcover. bound in tomato cloth-covered boards. book condition: bumped and toned with edgewear. very good-. jacket.....
advance review copy, 1941.
new york: whittlesey house. 6 x 8 inches. 305 pages. hardcover. bound in speckled stone cloth-covered boards. book condition: spine bumped and frayed. inner front hinge splitting. small stain to front pastedown and front free-end paper. edgeworn and toned. very good-. jacket condition: small chips.....
signed first paperback, 1979.
new york: william morrow and company. isbn: 0688085865. 5.25 x 8 inches. 250 pages. softcover. bound in pictorial paper wrappers. book condition: near fine.
first edition, 1949.
a pulitzer-prize winning journalist's exposé on the evils of racism and segregation in the american south.
new york: simon and schuster. 5.5 x 8 inches. 215 pages. hardcover. bound in reddish cloth-covered boards. book condition: fading to spine. some soiling to boards. some shelf-wear. some.....
first edition, 1982.
watertown, massachusetts: persephone press. isbn: 0-930436-15-6. 5.5 x 8.5 inches. 256 pages. softcover. bound in paper wrappers. book condition: gentle edgewear and light toning to wrappers. sun-fading to spine. very good++.
signed first edition, 2015.
new york: liveright publishing company. isbn: 978-0-87140-438-1. 6.5 x 9.5 inches. 418 pages. hardcover. book condition: fine. jacket condition: unclipped ($29.95). fine.
first edition, 1982.
new york: the linden press. isbn: 0671420860. 5.75 x 8.5 inches. 160 pages. hardcover. bound in partial cloth covered boards. book condition: some light soiling to spine. remainder mark to foot of block. very good--. jacket condition: some light shelf-wear. unclipped ($13.50). near fine--.
first edition, 1971.
new york: harper and row. 8 x 5.5 inches. 255 pages. hardcover. partially bound in black and yellow cloth covered boards. book condition: soiling to head and foot of block. gentle rubbing to spine and boards. very good+. jacket condition: light rubbing and shelfwear. unclipped($4.95).....
first paperback edition, 1947.
new york: penguin press. 7 x 4.15 inches. 146 pages. softcover. bound in paper wrappers. book condition: superficial chip to front wrapper. staining to back wrapper. shelfwear and peeling lamination throughout. edgeworn. good++.