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African American Literature

A collection of rare books pertaining to the African American experience in America including a signed first edition, first printing of Not Without Laughter by Langston Hughes, a first edition, first printing of Notes of a Native Son by James Baldwin, and a first edition of Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, An American Slave by Frederick Douglass.

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SIMPLE TAKES A WIFE [Signed]
Hughes, Langston
SIMPLE TAKES A WIFE [Signed]
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TWELVE YEARS A SLAVE. NARRATIVE OF SOLOMON NORTHUP, A CITIZEN OF NEW-YORK, KIDNAPPED IN WASHINGTON CITY IN 1841, AND RESCUED IN 1853, FROM A COTTON PLANTATION NEAR THE RED RIVER, IN LOUISIANA
Northup, Solomon; Wilson, David
TWELVE YEARS A SLAVE. NARRATIVE OF SOLOMON NORTHUP, A CITIZEN OF NEW-YORK, KIDNAPPED IN WASHINGTON CITY IN 1841, AND RESCUED IN 1853, FROM A COTTON PLANTATION NEAR THE RED RIVER, IN LOUISIANA
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THE MALCOLM THOMAS PHOTOGRAPHY COLLECTION
Thomas, Malcolm
THE MALCOLM THOMAS PHOTOGRAPHY COLLECTION
Price: $150,000.00
WHEN MALINDY SINGS [Signed]
Dunbar, Paul Laurence; Armstrong, Margaret [decorations]
WHEN MALINDY SINGS [Signed]
Price: $4,000.00
THE DREAM KEEPER AND OTHER POEMS [INSCRIBED]
Hughes, Langston; Sewell, Helen [illustrator]
THE DREAM KEEPER AND OTHER POEMS [INSCRIBED]
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MUHAMMAD ALI AND THE NATION OF ISLAM COLLECTION
Clay, Cassius [Muhammad Ali]
MUHAMMAD ALI AND THE NATION OF ISLAM COLLECTION
Price: $3,000.00
FIGHT FOR FREEDOM - THE STORY OF THE NAACP [Inscribed to Eunice Carter]
Hughes, Langston
FIGHT FOR FREEDOM - THE STORY OF THE NAACP [Inscribed to Eunice Carter]
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THE FIRST NEGRO PRIEST ON SOUTHERN SOIL [Inscribed to Addie Hunton]
Bragg, George
THE FIRST NEGRO PRIEST ON SOUTHERN SOIL [Inscribed to Addie Hunton]
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HEARTS OF GOLD [Signed]
Jones, J. McHenry [Jones, James McHenry]
HEARTS OF GOLD [Signed]
Price: $15,000.00
A PICTORIAL HISTORY OF THE NEGRO IN AMERICA [Inscribed to Lisle Carter]
Hughes, Langston; Meltzer, Milton
A PICTORIAL HISTORY OF THE NEGRO IN AMERICA [Inscribed to Lisle Carter]
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FROM SLAVE CABIN TO THE PULPIT
Randolph, Peter
FROM SLAVE CABIN TO THE PULPIT
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A DIFFERENT DRUMMER [Signed]
Kelley, William Melvin
A DIFFERENT DRUMMER [Signed]
Price: $3,000.00
SHAKESPEARE IN HARLEM [SIGNED]
Hughes, Langston; Kauffer, E. McKnight [drawings]
SHAKESPEARE IN HARLEM [SIGNED]
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NOT WITHOUT LAUGHTER [Signed]
Hughes, Langston
NOT WITHOUT LAUGHTER [Signed]
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THE CONJURE WOMAN
Chesnutt, Charles W.
THE CONJURE WOMAN
Price: $2,000.00
MY BONDAGE AND MY FREEDOM
Douglass, Frederick; Smith, James McCune [Introduction]
MY BONDAGE AND MY FREEDOM
Price: $4,500.00
IMAGES OF DIGNITY: THE DRAWINGS OF CHARLES WHITE [Signed]
White, Charles; Belafonte, Harry [Foreword]; Porter, James [Introduction]
IMAGES OF DIGNITY: THE DRAWINGS OF CHARLES WHITE [Signed]
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THE WORKS OF PAUL LAURENCE DUNBAR [Nine Volumes]
Dunbar, Paul Laurence
THE WORKS OF PAUL LAURENCE DUNBAR [Nine Volumes]
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THE NEGRO IN AMERICAN FICTION; [With] NEGRO POETRY AND DRAMA [Two Volumes] [Signed]
Brown, Sterling A.
THE NEGRO IN AMERICAN FICTION; [With] NEGRO POETRY AND DRAMA [Two Volumes] [Signed]
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TWO COLORED WOMEN WITH THE AMERICAN EXPEDITIONARY FORCES
Hunton, Addie W.; Johnson, Kathryn M.
TWO COLORED WOMEN WITH THE AMERICAN EXPEDITIONARY FORCES
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