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Native Son
by Wright, Richard
- Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- Fair
- Published
- 1940
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Evanston, Illinois, USA
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SGD 20.51
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New York : Harper and Brothers, 1940. Hardcover. Good/Fair. 8vo - over 7¾"- 9¾" tall. A stated sixth printing/edition of this classic. Good, with some fading to title on spine and sort of a wave to the text block. Binding overall quite solid. In a fair jacket with significant loss to spine. In protective mylar.
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SGD 20.51
Familiarity Is the Kingdom of the Lost
by Boetie, Dugmore
- Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Published
- 1989
- Binding
- Soft cover
- ISBN
- 9780941423205
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Evanston, Illinois, USA
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SGD 13.67
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Four Walls Eight Windows, 1989. Soft cover. Very Good. Preface by Nadine Gordimer, edited by Barney Simon. The autobiographical novel of an outcast in a society of outcasts, a black thief in apartheid South Africa. VG paperback, unmarked and very clean.
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SGD 13.67
Conspiracy of Silence- The Secret Life of Anthony Blunt
by Freeman, Simon
- Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Published
- 1988
- Binding
- Soft cover
- ISBN
- 9780679720447
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Evanston, Illinois, USA
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SGD 6.84
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Vintage, 1988. Soft cover. Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. The story of the 4th man in the Cambridge spy ring. Good reading copy, with no marks or notes internally, and a touch of soil to the bottom edge.
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SGD 6.84
A Hard Road to Glory: A History of the African-American Athlete, 1919-1945.
by Ashe, Arthur
- Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Edition
- First Edition 1st Printing
- Published
- 1988
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780446710077
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Evanston, Illinois, USA
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SGD 41.02
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Warner Books, 1988. First Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Fine. Third and final volume of Ashe's examination of African American athletes. A little foxing, but overall, a near fine first printing in a fine (but price-clipped) jacket. In protective Brodart.
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SGD 41.02
Possessing the Secret of Joy
by Walker, Alice
- Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1992
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780151731527
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Evanston, Illinois, USA
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SGD 13.67
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New York: Harcourt Brace, 1992. First Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾"- 9¾" tall. First edition of this novel from the author of the Color Purple. First printing, NF in a like jacket. Not price clipped, previous owner's name on front endpaper.
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SGD 13.67
Julie's Heritage
by Marshall, Catherine
- Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1967
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Evanston, Illinois, USA
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SGD 54.69
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New York: Longmans, Green and Co, 1967. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾"- 9¾" tall. A novel about the difficulties of a young black girl who is startled by the prejudice she experience when beginning high school. This is a first edition, in very good condition with a very good jacket. Not ex… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 54.69
American Negro Songs and Spirituals : 230 Songs, Spirituals, Blues, Work & Social Songs, Hollers and Jubilees
by Work, John W., Ed
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- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Evanston, Illinois, USA
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SGD 30.08
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1940: Bonanza Books. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. A wonderful collection of spirituals, edited by John Work of Fisk university. Book bound in blue cloth boards, clean and square, with no markings internally. Jacket VG, with some creasing at rear, and some lines/creases where laminated front panel is separating somewhat.
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SGD 30.08
Single Mom
by Tyree, Omar
- Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1998
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780684855929
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Evanston, Illinois, USA
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SGD 54.69
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New York: Simon & Schuster, 1998. First Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾"- 9¾" tall. Signed by author. A lovely first printing of this title from the popular urban novelist. Near fine (tiny bump to bottom of boards) in a NF to Fine jacket, in protective mylar. A quite nice copy.
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SGD 54.69
Disappearing Acts
by McMillan, Terry
- Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1989
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780670824618
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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Evanston, Illinois, USA
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SGD 21.88
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New York: Viking Press, 1989. First Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾"- 9¾" tall. McMillan's second novel. This is a first printing, near fine in a VG jacket. Jacket has small tear upper rear corner, some browning to edges of flaps, spine somewhat sunned. Book is quite good, no marks, not remaindered.
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SGD 21.88
Whispers from a Continent: The Literature of Contemporary Black Africa.
by Cartey, Wilfred
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- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1969
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Evanston, Illinois, USA
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SGD 15.04
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New York: Random House, 1969. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾"- 9¾" tall. First printing of this examination of the literature of late-colonial/postcolonial Africa. Authors examined include Soyinka, Senghor, Ousmane, David Diop, Leon Damas, Amos Tutuola, and others. Book is very good, with a little spot to foredge and a touch of overal wear.… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 15.04
Blues Dancing
by McKinney-Whetstone, Diane
- Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1999
- Binding
- Cloth
- ISBN
- 9780688149956
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Evanston, Illinois, USA
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SGD 8.20
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New York: William Morrow & Co, 1999. First Edition . Cloth. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾"- 9¾" tall. Solid copy of this novel from the author of Tumbling. Centers around a character who had given up heroin, and the allure the drug can still hold. VG in a decent jacket-- light stain top edge at spine,… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 8.20
Stray Dogs
by Ridley, John
- Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1997
- Binding
- Cloth
- ISBN
- 9780345413451
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Evanston, Illinois, USA
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SGD 9.57
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New York: Ballantine Books, 1997. First Edition . Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾"- 9¾" tall. Taut little thriller about a man whose car breaks down in the desert. First printing, near fine in a VG+ jacket-- minor wear to corners and tiny tear lower rear.
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SGD 9.57
Shuckin' and Jivin': Folklore from Contemporary Black Americans
by Dance, Daryl C.
- Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Published
- 1978
- Binding
- Trade Paperback
- ISBN
- 9780253352200
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Evanston, Illinois, USA
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SGD 20.51
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Bloomington, Indiana, U.S.A.: Indiana University Press, 1978. Trade Paperback. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾"- 9¾" tall. Collection of widely varied pieces of folklore (stories, jokes, etc) from the African American experience. Decent reading copy--some soil to edges, corners bent, a few small marks internally.
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SGD 20.51
Second Sunday
by Bowen, Michele Andrea
- Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 2003
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780446530330
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Evanston, Illinois, USA
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SGD 16.41
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Michigan: Walk Worthy Books, 2003. First Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾"- 9¾" tall. First printing of this novel from the author of the Essence magazine bestseller Church Folk. Focusing on the struggles of a St. Louis church to find a new pastor in 1975. Fine in a near fine jacket (slightly bowed at bottom… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 16.41
Grace Notes : Poems
by Dove, Rita
- Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1989
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780393027198
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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Evanston, Illinois, USA
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SGD 36.91
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Norton, W.W., 1989. First Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾"- 9¾" tall. Dove's fourth volume of poetry, first after winning the Pulitzer. This is a first printing, fine in a very nearly fine jacket (a couple of minor creases only). Tight, appears unread. NOT remainder marked or price-clipped.
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SGD 36.91
Einstein's Monsters
by Amis, Martin
- Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1987
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780517565209
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Evanston, Illinois, USA
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SGD 31.45
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New York: Harmony, 1987. First Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Amis's collection of stories of nuclear holocaust--a set of cautionary tales. This is a beautiful copy, fine in a fine jacket. A First printing.
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SGD 31.45