Providence, RI: Angell & Co., Printers, 1883. First Edition. Hardcover. Duodecimo size, 230 pp. William J. Brown (1814-1855) was a free African American born in Providence in 1814, the son and grandson of slaves owned by abolitionist Moses Brown. William Brown wrote and published his captivating autobiography as a means... More about The Life of William J. Brown; With Personal Recollections of Incidents in Rhode Island

Taunton, Massachusetts: Robert Hayden / Effendi Press, 1978. Limited Edition. Hardcover. No. 46 of 100, octavo size, [47] pp., signed by Robert Hayden. Born Asa Bundy Sheffey, Robert Hayden (1913-1980) was the first African-American to hold the office of "Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress" - today known... More about American Journal

San Francisco: Arion Press, 2000. Puryear, Martin. Limited Edition. Hardcover. No. 78 of 400 copies, oblong folio size, [144] pp., signed by Martin Puryear, with the prospectus, invoice, and an invitation from the Grabhorn Institute. "'Cane' is regarded as the highest literary achievement of the Harlem Renaissance and a masterpiece... More about Cane