Black Culture from Philip Smith, Bookseller

Boston: Beacon Press, 2000. 1st edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Near Fine in Near Fine unclipped dw. 8vo, 232pp (plus plates), black boards with cloth spine stamped in gold, printed dustwrapper. Warmly INSCRIBED by Ron Dellums on the front free endpaper. Printline indicates this is the second printing of this important political memoir. Unmarked copy, minor wear.

New York: Fitzgerald Publishing Co., Inc, 1970. 1st edition. Soft cover. Fine/No Jacket (as issued). Near Fine. 4to, 32pp, stapled wrappers. Groundbreaking comic-book presentation series devoted to African-American, African, and African Diaspora history. This is an original 1970 printing with Coca-Cola ad to back cover. Just about as new, staples slightly offset.

Chicago: The Johnson Publishing Company, Inc, 1972. 1st edition. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket (as issued). VG+. 8vo, 96pp, printed wrappers. Special Chester Himes issue, including a lengthy interview, an essay on Himes by Ishmael Reed and a Himes bibliography, a report on Tanzania by Amiri Baraka, and an early book review by Nikki Giovanni. Mailing label to author Clarence… Read more about this item

Greenfield Center, NY: The Greenfield Review, 1976. 1st edition. Soft cover. Fine/No Jacket (as issued). Near Fine. 8vo, 96pp, printed wrappers. Double issue devoted to Contemporary African Poetry. Publisher's announcement laid in. Unmarked copy, light wear.

Chicago: Johnson Publications, 1970. 1st edition. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket (as issued). VG. Large format magazine, 180pp, stapled wrappers. This special issue includes interesting period content surveying a culture in tumult. Unmarked copy, general reading wear.

Chicago: Time Inc, 1970. 1st edition. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket (as issued). Near VG. Large format magazine, 76pp, stapled wrappers. This issue of the classic photo weekly includes a cover feature on Angela Davis. Unmarked copy, original address label, general reading wear.

New York: Fitzgerald Publishing Co., Inc, 1970. 1st edition. Soft cover. Fine/No Jacket (as issued). Near Fine. 4to, 32pp, stapled wrappers. Groundbreaking comic-book presentation series devoted to African-American, African, and African Diaspora history. This is an original 1970 printing with Coca-Cola ad to back cover. Just about as new.

New York: Fitzgerald Publishing Co., Inc, 1967. 1st edition. Soft cover. Fine/No Jacket (as issued). Near Fine. 4to, 32pp, stapled wrappers. Groundbreaking comic-book presentation series devoted to African-American, African, and African Diaspora history. Just about as new, publisher's price label to cover.

New York: Fitzgerald Publishing Co., Inc, 1970. 1st edition. Soft cover. Fine/No Jacket (as issued). Near Fine. 4to, 32pp, stapled wrappers. Groundbreaking comic-book presentation series devoted to African-American, African, and African Diaspora history. Just about as new, publisher's price label to cover.

New York: Fitzgerald Publishing Co., Inc, 1966. 1st edition. Soft cover. Fine/No Jacket (as issued). Near Fine. 4to, 32pp, stapled wrappers. Groundbreaking comic-book presentation series devoted to African-American, African, and African Diaspora history. Just about as new, publisher's price label to cover.

New York: Fitzgerald Publishing Co., Inc, 1972. 1st edition. Soft cover. Fine/No Jacket (as issued). Near Fine. 4to, 32pp, stapled wrappers. Groundbreaking comic-book presentation series devoted to African-American, African, and African Diaspora history. Just about as new, publisher's price label to cover.

New York: Pulp, 1976. 1st edition. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket (as issued). VG+. Tabloid, 12pp, self-cover. Rare seventies literary tabloid, features interviews with Ralph Ellison and Terry Gilliam. Unmarked copy, light general wear.

London: The Spectator Ltd, 1960. 1st edition. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket (as issued). VG+. Tabloid, 32pp, self-cover. Rare issue of this important literary tabloid, includes a cover story on Patrice Lumumba during his brief tenure as prime minister of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Also an Evelyn Waugh column from Rhodesia. Unmarked copy, light general wear.

London: Africa South Publications (Pty.) Ltd, 1960. 1st edition. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket (as issued). VG. 8vo, 128pp, printed wrappers. Uncommon 1960 issue of the this review from South Africa. Light general wear, price to cover, one minor typo corrected in pencil.

Stanford, CA: Journal of the New African Literature and the Arts, 1966. 1st edition. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket (as issued). VG. 8vo, 88pp, printed wrappers. Uncommon first issue of this pioneering Sixties journal. Unmarked copy, surface abrasion wear and soil/stains to wrappers.

London: Africa South Publications (Pty.) Ltd, 1961. 1st edition. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket (as issued). VG+. 8vo, 128pp, printed wrappers. Uncommon 1961 issue of the this review from South Africa. Light general wear, price to cover.

Chicago: Two Hands News, 1978. 1st edition. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket (as issued). Near VG. 4to, 6pp, self-cover. Rare seventies newsletter of literary events from Chicago; most of content relates to Ishmael Reed, with a bit on Reed's relations with Ralph Ellison. Unmarked copy, closed tear to top edge, staple holes from mailing.

Buffalo, NY: The Courier-Express, 1975. 1st edition. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket (as issued). VG+. Tabloid, 20pp, self-cover. Rare 1975 Buffalo newspaper supplement with cover feature on Ishmael Reed (about 4 pages). Unmarked copy, well preserved with inevitable toning of paper stock.

New York: Shantih, 1973. 1st edition. Soft cover. Fine/No Jacket (as issued). Near Fine. 4to, 40pp, stapled wrappers. Scarce early seventies little magazine devoted to international literature and culture; issue devoted to African culture. Unmarked copy, minor wear.

Berkeley, CA: Before Columbus Foundation, 1978. 1st edition. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket (as issued). VG. 4to, 128pp, stapled self-cover. Book-format anthology of samples from works distributed by the Before Columbus Foundation, with a dizzying array of brief contributions from a range of notables, illustrated with many photos. Also includes a discussion amongst the principals of the Foundation.… Read more about this item