William Stanley Braithwaite. Lyrics of Life and Love. Boston: Herbert B. Turner & Co., 1904. First edition. Octavo. 80pp. Author portrait frontispiece. Publisher's yellow quarter cloth over charcoal gray paper-covered boards, spine lettered in gilt, front cover in yellow, deckled edges.  From The Dr. Joseph A. and Aaronetta Pierce Collection of African-American Literature and.....

J. Mason Brewer. Warren E. Roberts, preface. R. L. Tobin, illustrator. Worser Days & Better Times: The Folklore of the North Carolina Negro. Chicago: Quadrangle Books, 1965. First edition. Inscribed by J. Mason Brewer.  Octavo. 192pp (indexed). Illustrated with drawings by R. L. Tobin. Publisher's black quarter cloth over green paper-covered boards, spine lettered in white.....

Gwendolyn Brooks. The Near-Johannesburg Boy and Other Poems. Chicago: The David Company, 1986. First edition. Inscribed by Gwendolyn Brooks.Octavo. 31pp. Publisher's card wraps, staplebound. News clipping laid-in.  From The Dr. Joseph A. and Aaronetta Pierce Collection of African-American Literature and History.

Richard Gibson. A Mirror for Magistrates. London: Anthony Blond, 1958. First edition. Inscribed by Richard Gibson. Octavo. 172pp. Publisher's green paper-covered boards, spine lettered in black, original unclipped dust jacket.  From The Dr. Joseph A. and Aaronetta Pierce Collection of African-American Literature and History. 

Chester Himes. A Case of Rape. New York: Targ Editions, 1980. First edition, limited to 350 signed copies. Signed by Chester Himes.  Octavo. 105pp. Publisher's white quarter cloth over black paper-covered boards, spine lettered in gilt, issued without dust jacket.  From The Dr. Joseph A. and Aaronetta Pierce Collection of African-American Literature and History. .....

Chester Himes. The Real Cool Killers (An Avon Original). New York: Avon Publications, Inc., 1959. First edition. Mass market paperback. 160pp. Publisher's illustrated card wraps with cover art by Terrance Cummings.  From The Dr. Joseph A. and Aaronetta Pierce Collection of African-American Literature and History. 

Terry McMillan. How Stella Got Her Groove Back. New York: The Viking Press, 1996. First edition. Signed to title page by Terry McMillan with additional signed bookplate. Octavo. 368pp. Publisher's black quarter cloth over white paper boards, spine and front cover lettered in blue, original unclipped dust jacket.  From The Dr. Joseph A. and.....

Gordon Parks. Stephen Spender, preface. Philip B. Kunhardt, Jr., introduction. A Poet and His Camera. New York: The Viking Press, 1968. Second printing. Inscribed by Gordon Parks. Quarto. Unpaginated. Illustrated with color photos by Gordon Parks. Publisher's white cloth, spine lettered in gilt, original dust jacket and card slipcase. From The Dr. Joseph A. and.....

William Gardner Smith. Last of the Conquerors. New York: Farrar, Straus and Company, 1948. First edition. Octavo. 262pp. Publisher's gray cloth, spine lettered in red, original unclipped dust jacket. From The Dr. Joseph A. and Aaronetta Pierce Collection of African-American Literature and History. 

Stowe, Harriet Beecher. Uncle Tom's Cabin, or, Life among the Lowly.  Illustrated with lithographs by Miguel Covarrubias. 100 Greatest Books ever Written. Collector's Edition. Norwalk, CT: The Easton Press, [1979]. Attractive gift edition. Quarto. [24], 294 pages. Illustrated in black and white throughout. Publisher's bonded leather, gilt. All edges gilt.....