Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority. Heritage Series, Numbers.1-3: Negro Women in the Judiciary; Women in Politics; [and]: Women in Business. Chicago: Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, 1968 - 1970. First editions. The octavo volumes. 24pp; 35pp; 24pp. Illustrated with b/w photos. Publisher's color pictorial card wraps, staplebound.  From The Dr. Joseph A. and Aaronetta Pierce.....

James Baldwin. Go Tell it on the Mountain. Franklin Center, PA: The Franklin Library, 1979. Limited edition. Signed by James Baldwin. Octavo. 232pp. Illustrated with color plates by Burt Silverman. Publisher's brown decorative cloth, spine and front cover lettered and decorated in gilt, three raised bands, all edges gilt, silk moire endleaves, ribbon page marker.  From The.....

Daisy Bates. Eleanor Roosevelt, foreword. The Long Shadow of Little Rock: A Memoir. New York: David McKay Company, Inc., 1970. Fourth printing. Octavo. 234pp (indexed). Illustrated with b/w photos. Publisher’s orange cloth, spine lettered in black, original unclipped dust jacket. From The Dr. Joseph A. and Aaronetta Pierce Collection of.....

Bruce Jackson. The Negro and his Folklore in Nineteenth-Century Periodicals (American Folklore Society Publication No. 18). Austin: University of Texas Press, 1967. First edition. Octavo. 374pp. Publisher's brown cloth, spine lettered in gilt, brown top-stain, endleaves in orange, original unclipped dust jacket. From the collection of Bill Wittliff, highly regarded book designer, typographer, photographer.....

Philip Durham and Everett L. Jones. The Negro Cowboys. New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1965. First edition. Octavo. 278pp (indexed). Illustrated. Publisher's gray cloth, spine lettered in red, original unclipped dust jacket. With Bill Wittliff bookplate dated 1966 to front pastedown. From the collection of Bill Wittliff, highly regarded book designer, typographer, photographer.....

Julian Bond. Black Candidates: Southern Campaign Experiences. Atlanta: Southern Regional Council, 1969. First edition. Octavo. 57pp. Illustrated with b/w photos. Pictorial card wraps, staplebound. From The Dr. Joseph A. and Aaronetta Pierce Collection of African-American Literature and History. Light rubbing and soiling to wraps. Very good.

Kay Boyle. The Long Walk at San Francisco State and Other Essays. New York: Grove Press, 1970. First edition. Inscribed by Kay Boyle. Twelvemo. 150pp. Illustrated with b/w photos. Publisher’s red cloth, spine lettered in black, original unclipped dust jacket. From the Dr. Joseph A. and Aaronetta Pierce Collection.....

J. Mason Brewer. Ralph White, Jr., illustrator. The Word on the Brazos: Negro Preacher Tales from the Brazos Bottoms of Texas. Austin: University of Texas Press, 1953. First edition.  Inscribed by J. Mason Brewer: "To Daniel Johnson, with con- / gratulations on being able to / obtain the 1st edition of this /.....

Gwendolyn Brooks. Report from Part Two. Chicago: Third World Press, 1996. First edition. Inscribed by Gwendolyn Brooks. Octavo. 170pp. From The Dr. Joseph A. and Aaronetta Pierce Collection of African-American Literature and History.

H. Rap Brown. Die Nigger Die! New York: The Dial Press, Inc., 1969. First edition. Octavo. 145pp. Illustrated. Publisher's red cloth, spine lettered in black, original unclipped dust jacket, illustrated endleaves. From The Dr. Joseph A. and Aaronetta Pierce Collection of African-American Literature and History.

Eldridge Cleaver. Maxwell Geismar, introduction. Soul on Ice. New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1968. First edition. Octavo. 210pp. Publisher's blue cloth, spine lettered in green and white, front cover in white, original unclipped dust jacket. From The Dr. Joseph A. and Aaronetta Pierce Collection of African-American Literature and History.

Angela Y. Davis. Women, Race & Class. New York: Random House (Vintage Books), 1983. First Vintage Books edition.  Signed by Angela Y. Davis. Octavo. 271pp (indexed) + 2pp ads. Publisher’s card wraps. From The Dr. Joseph A. and Aaronetta Pierce Collection of African-American Literature and History. Fine condition.

Dunbar, Paul Laurence. Candle-Lightin' Time. New York: Dodd, Mead, and Co., 1901. First edition. Cover and interior designs by Margaret Armstrong. Octavo. 127pp. Illustrated with b/w photos by The Hampton Institute Camera Club. Publisher's green pictorial cloth, spine  lettered and decorated in gilt, front cover in gilt, green, red and white, top edge gilt.  From.....