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 about Am / Trak
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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 about Bushwacked: A Counterfeit President for a Fake Democracy
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 about Dan Burley's Original Handbook of Harlem Jive
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 about Black & white publicity still inscribed by actress, Whoopi Goldberg
De Mayor of Harlem.
NY: E. P. Dutton, 1970. Softbound. First edition. Inscribed by Henderson. Very near fine. More about De Mayor of Harlem
Felix of the Silent Forest.
NY: Poets Press, 1967. Pamphlet. First edition of this early title. Signed by Henderson. Fine. More about Felix of the Silent Forest
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 about Black Pow-Wow Jazz Poems
The Sorcerer's Apprentice.
NY: Atheneum, 1986. Hardbound in dust jacket. First edition. Very fine. More about The Sorcerer's Apprentice
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 about The Music: Reflections on Jazz and Blues
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 about Transbluesency: The Selected Poems of Amiri Baraka 1961-1995
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 about The Dead Lecturer
Eulogies.
NY: Marsilio, [1996]. Hardbound in dust jacket. First edition of this collection of poems and essays discussing Miles Davis, Malcolm X, Bob Marley, and others. Signed by Baraka. Fine in about fine dust jacket with a dime-size chip to back corner. More about Eulogies
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 about Four Black Revolutionary Plays
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 about Raise Rage Rays Raze: Essays Since 1965
Tales.
London: MacGibbon & Kee, [1969]. Hardbound in dust jacket. First British edition. Signed "Amiri Baraka" in 1998. Fine. Scarcer than the American edition and a more interesting jacket design. More about Tales
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 about Toussant L'Ouverture: The Fight for Haiti's Freedom
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 about Thirty Years of Prints 1963-1993: A Catalogue Raisonne
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 about To Be a Slave
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 about Disappearing Acts
Disappearing Acts.
London: Jonathan Cape, [1990]. Hardbound in dust jacket. First British edition of the author's second book. As new. More about Disappearing Acts
How Stella Got Her Groove Back.
[NY]: Viking, [1996]. Hardbound in dust jacket. First edition. Signed by the author. Fine. More about How Stella Got Her Groove Back
Mama.
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1987. Hardbound in dust jacket. First edition of the author's highly acclaimed first book. Briefly inscribed by McMillan. Fine (trivial touch of wear to dj). More about Mama
Mama.
London: Jonathan Cape, [1987]. Hardbound in dust jacket. First British edition of the author's first book. Very fine. More about Mama
Beloved.
NY: Alfred A. Knopf, 1987. Softbound. Uncorrected proof with promo material stapled inside the front cover and another smaller piece of promo material taped to bottom of front cover. Slight toning to spine, two tiny corner creases to back cover, about fine. More about Beloved
Jazz.
NY: Alfred A. Knopf, 1992. Softbound. Uncorrected proof. Fine. More about Jazz