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
New York: Macmillan Publishing Co., Inc., (1974). First Edition. Hardcover. First printing, no Newbery Medal on dust jacket, octavo size, 288 pp. Coming-of-age novels spin stories that resonate with people from all walks of life, and "M. C. Higgins, the Great" is no exception. Virginia Hamilton (1936-2002) masterfully tells the..... More
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
New York: Carleton Press, A Reflection Book, 1962. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Octavo size, 33 pp. 'Deep South Showman' is the life-story of Eddie Wilson, an Alabama-born African-American who became known as "The Moving Picture Man" in the rural South during the Twenties and Thirties (from the dust jacket). The story..... More