Baldwin's First and Most Iconic Work
Go Tell It On the Mountain.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1953. First edition. Baldwin's First and Most Iconic Work. Read More about Go Tell It On the Mountain
Price: $3,250
African Americana February 2022
As February comes to a close, James Cummins Bookseller is proud to offer a catalogue of our fine inventory of African Americana that reflects the depth and significance of Black history and culture. Our selection includes The Limited Editions Club The First Book of Moses illustrated by Jacob Lawrence, the scarce provincial edition of The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano, or Gustavus Vassa, the African. Written by Himself , a portrait of W. E. B. du Bois by Carl Van Vechten, and more.
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A True Story, and the Recent Carnival of Crime. By Mark Twain.
Boston: James R. Osgood and Company, 1877. First edition, first state binding. The first part of this work, A True Story, was first published in the Atlantic in November 1874. The story is a retelling of the experiences of Mary Ann Cord (renamed “Aunt Rachel” in the story), the African-American..... Read More about A True Story, and the Recent Carnival of Crime. By Mark Twain
Price: $5,000
The Dying Negro, A Poem.
London: W. Flexney, 1775. Third edition, Corrected and Enlarged. The Advertisement following the title states: "The following Poem was occasioned by a fact which had recently happened at the time of its first publication in 1773. A Negro, belonging to the Captain of a West Indiaman, having agreed to marry..... Read More about The Dying Negro, A Poem
Price: $2,500
De la Littérature des Nègres, ou recherches sur leurs facultés intellectuelles, leurs qualités morales et leur littérature; suivi de Notices...
Paris: Chez Maradan, Libraire, 1808. First edition. First edition of the first history of black literature. Grégoire (1750-1831) was an abolitionist and a former Bishop of Blois. His De la Littérature des Nègres (Paris, 1808) was aimed at the seemingly false sympathy of Thomas Jefferson as expressed in his Notes..... Read More about De la Littérature des Nègres, ou recherches sur leurs facultés intellectuelles, leurs...
Price: $5,000
The Industrial History of the Negro Race of the United States.
Richmond, Va: The Presses of The Virginia Presses, [1908]. First edition. Both authors were born slave's children. Daniel Webster Davis (1862-1913) was a teacher, poet, pastor. Jackson (1853-1924) was a Richmond attorney, civil rights activist and newspaper publisher. Read More about The Industrial History of the Negro Race of the United States
Price: $300
INSCRIBED
Saint Peter Relates an Incident. Selected Poems.
New York: Viking Press, 1935. INSCRIBED. Inscribed "For Mrs. Charles L. Mead/ Sincerely, James Weldon Johnson/ October 4-1937." Read More about Saint Peter Relates an Incident. Selected Poems
Price: $500
Letter Signed ("Booker Washington"), to Mr. F.G. Wood of Central N.Y. Tel. & Tel. Co, Utica, asking for a donation...
Tuskegee Institute, Alabama: May 24, 1907. With an added note in Washington's hand: "Was very glad to see [you] in New York a few days ago B.T.W." Read More about Letter Signed ("Booker Washington"), to Mr. F.G. Wood of Central N.Y. Tel. & Tel....
Price: $650
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