Black History Month from Biblio Baggins

A lovely first edition of Kansas City Lightning, The Rise and Times of Charlie Parker by Stanley Crouch Book is fine in a fine jacket housed in a protective mylar sleeve. Book states "first edition" and has a complete number line beginning with 1.

A first edition of The Pittsburgh Crawfords, The Lives & Times of Black Baseball's Most Exciting Team! by James Bankes. Book is paperbound and in very good + condition. Slight damage to front bottom corner and wear to top of spine.

A review copy of My Secrets of Playing Baseball by Willie Mays with Howard Liss. Book is very good + (previous owners name on ffep) in a good jacket (see photos) that shows wear. Material from publisher laid-in.

A first edition of A Well-Paid Slave, Curt Flood's Fight for Free Agency in Professional Sports by Brad Snyder. Book is fine in a fine jacket housed in a protective mylar sleeve. Book includes a complete number line beginning with 1.

First edition of Campy, The Two Lives of Roy Campanella by Neil Lanctot. Book is fine in a fine jacket housed in a protective mylar sleeve. Book states first edition and includes a complete number line beginning with 1.

First edition of Baseball's Great Experiment, Jackie Robinson and His Legacy by Jules Tygiel. Book is near fine with previous owner's book plate on ffep. Jacket is also near fine and is housed in a protective mylar sleeve. Book contains a complete number line beginning with 1.

First edition of The Last Hero, A Life of Henry Aaron by Howard Bryant. Book is fine in fine jacket housed in a protective mylar sleeve. Book states "first edition" and contains a complete number line beginning with 1.

First edition of I Had A Hammer, The Hank Aaron by Hammerin' Hank himself with Lonnie Wheeler. Book is fine in fine jacket housed in a protective mylar sleeve. Book states "first edition" and contains a complete number line beginning with 1.

First edition of Willie Mays The Life, The Legend by James S. Hirsch. Book is fine in fine jacket housed in a protective mylar sleeve. Book states "first edition" and contains a complete number line beginning with 1.

First edition of Forged in Battle, The Civil War Alliance of Black Soldiers and White Officers by Joseph T. Glatthaar. Book is fine in fine jacket housed in a protective mylar sleeve. Book contains a complete number line beginning with 1.

Signed first edition of Getting Mother's Body by Suzan-Lori Parks. The first novel by this Pulitzer Prize winning play-wright. Book is inscribed "For J . . . " Book is fine in a fine jacket housed in a protective mylar sleeve. Book states "first edition" and contains a number line beginning with 2 as was customary by Random House at the time… Read more about this item

First edition of How Stella Got Her Groove Back by Terry McMillan. Book is fine in a fine jacket housed in a protective mylar sleeve. Book states "first published" and contains complete number line beginning with 1.

First edition of August Snow by Stephen Mack Jones. Book is fine in a fine jacket housed in a protective mylar sleeve. Book contains complete number line beginning with 1.

An exquisite collection of short stories, I Got Somebody in Staunton, by William Henry Lewis. His second story collection. Book is fine in a fine jacket housed in a protective mylar cover. Complete number line beginning with 1.

Three-volume set of Taylor Branch's groundbreaking history of the Civil Rights movement. Parting the Waters, America in the King Years 1954-63 Pillar of Fire, America in the King Years 1963-65 At Canaan's Edge, America in the King Years 1965-68 All three books are inscribed to a Virginia collector. Each book is signed and dated. Books are near fine in near fine jackets. Each… Read more about this item

First edition of Invisible Men, The Trailblazing Black Artists of Comic Books by Ken Quattro. Quattro tells the stories of groundbreaking Black artists who drew superhero, horror and romance comics from the birth of the industry though the Golden Age. Many of the artists labored in anonymity until now. Book is fine without jacket as published. States "first printing" and contains a… Read more about this item

Signed first edition of The Children by David Halberstam. Halberstam was a young reporter assigned to cover the nascent civil rights movement. Here he chronicles the story of the young men and women who met in the '60s and went on to lead the revolution. Book is near fine with some staining to bottom of text block. The jacket is fine… Read more about this item

First edition of Negro League Baseball: The Rise and Ruin of a Black Institution by Neil Lanctot. Book is fine in a fine jacket housed in a protective mylar cover. Book contains a complete number line beginning with 1.

First edition of His Truth Is Marching On, John Lewis and the Power of Hope by Jon Meacham. Contains an afterwork by John Lewis. Book is fine in a fine jacket housed in a protective mylar cover. States "first edition" and contains complete number line beginning with 1.

First edition of The Turner House by Angela Flournoy. Book is fine in fine jacket housed in a protective mylar cover. Complete number line beginning with 1.