Am / Trak.
NY: Phoenix Bookshop, 1979. Pamphlet. First edition. One of 100 numbered copies signed by the author (of a total edition of 126). Published as No. 20 in the Phoenix Bookshop Oblong Octavo Series. Fine. More
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Bushwacked: A Counterfeit President for a Fake Democracy.
New Brunswick, NJ: Unity & Struggle Productions, 2001. Pamphlet. First edition. Signed by the author. Fine. More
Be-Bop Jazz.
n.p.: Dial Records, 1948. Three-record set of 78 rpm records by Charlie Parker (Parker's first appearance on a 78 rpm), Miles Davis and others enclosed in a gatefold jacket. The cover features a splendid illustration by Wallace Berman, his first published work (Support the Revolution p. 175). Berman did this... More
Dan Burley's Original Handbook of Harlem Jive.
NY: Privately published by Dan Burley, 1944. Softbound (only issued softbound). Second printing. Illustrations, including the terrific zoot-suit-wearing hepcat cover illustration, by Melvin Tapley. Inscribed by Burley: "To a real hepcat / on the other side / of the big drink / Paul Graae--- / Dan Burley / '48 /... More
Black & white publicity still inscribed by actress, Whoopi Goldberg.
n.p.:n.p.,n.d. Whoopi is standing looking directly into the camera. Fine (10" x 8"). More
De Mayor of Harlem.
NY: E. P. Dutton, 1970. Softbound. First edition. Inscribed by Henderson. Very near fine. More
Felix of the Silent Forest.
NY: Poets Press, 1967. Pamphlet. First edition of this early title. Signed by Henderson. Fine. More
Black Pow-Wow Jazz Poems.
NY: Hill and Wang, 1969. Softbound. First edition. Inscribed by Joans: "This is of the uncorrected first batch, Ted Joans." Joans was one of the early Beats and a good friend of Kerouac. Fine. More
The Sorcerer's Apprentice.
NY: Atheneum, 1986. Hardbound in dust jacket. First edition. Very fine. More
The Music: Reflections on Jazz and Blues.
NY: William Morrow, [1987]. Hardbound in dust jacket. First edition of this collection of poems and essays. Signed by both Baraka and his wife, Amina. Fine in dust jacket with some sepia toning to the edges of the flaps. More
Transbluesency: The Selected Poems of Amiri Baraka 1961-1995.
NY: Marsilio, [1995]. Hardbound in dust jacket. First edition. Edited by Paul Vangelisti. Inscribed by Baraka to fellow poet Doug Blazek. Promotional material laid in. Fine. More
The Dead Lecturer.
NY: Grove, [1964]. Hardbound in dust jacket. First edition. Signed "Amiri Baraka" in 1996. Near fine in like dust jacket with some foxing to verso. More
Four Black Revolutionary Plays.
NY: Bobbs-Merrill, [1969]. Hardbound in dust jacket. First edition. Signed by the author. Owner's name, edges of boards just perceptibly toned, else near fine in slightly rubbed, price-clipped dust jacket. More
Raise Rage Rays Raze: Essays Since 1965.
NY: Random House, [1969]. Hardbound in dust jacket. First edition. Review copy with slip. Signed by Baraka. Small sticker shadow to front board, else near fine in dust jacket with some foxing and light staining to verso and a darkish stain to corner of back flap. More
Toussant L'Ouverture: The Fight for Haiti's Freedom.
[NY]: Simon & Schuster, [1996]. 4to. Hardbound in dust jacket. First edition. Illustrated by Jacob Lawrence, text by Myers. Very fine. More
Thirty Years of Prints 1963-1993: A Catalogue Raisonne.
Seattle: Francine Seders Gallery, [1994]. Softbound. First edition. Essay by Patricia Hills. Edited with an introduction by Peter Nesbett. Profusely illustrated. Fine. More
To Be a Slave.
NY: Dial Press, [1968]. Hardbound in dust jacket. First edition of the author's first book. Illustrated by Tom Feelings. "The ancestry of any black American can be traced to a bill of sale and no further." Fine in price-clipped dust jacket. More
Disappearing Acts.
[NY]: Viking, [1989]. Hardbound in dust jacket. First edition of the author's second book. Review copy with slip and publisher's material. Additionally, this copy is briefly inscribed by the author. Very fine. More
Disappearing Acts.
London: Jonathan Cape, [1990]. Hardbound in dust jacket. First British edition of the author's second book. As new. More
How Stella Got Her Groove Back.
[NY]: Viking, [1996]. Hardbound in dust jacket. First edition. Signed by the author. Fine. More