London: W. Johnston, 1770. First Edition. Octavo, xv, 198, [8] pages, plus six fold-out engraved plates. In Very Good minus condition. Rebound. Quarter-bound in brown leather with marbled paper boards. Paneled spine with maroon label and gilt titling. Boards have light shelf wear. Textblock has light age toning, light foxing and soiling to some pages throughout. Shelved in Case 4. More
![1399382 THE SHAPING OF BLACK AMERICA [Inscribed]. Lerone Jr. Bennett, Charles White](https://secondstorybooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/1399382.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1750093209)
Chicago, Illinois: Johnson Publishing Company, Inc., 1975. First Edition, First Printing. Large octavo, 356 pages. In Very Good condition with Very Good condition dust jacket. Spine is cream with black lettering. Dust jacket protected by mylar covering, has mild creasing along extremities, chipping to fore corners and joints, a small surface tear along front tail edge, and moderate sun-fading along spine. Boards have moderate shelving and rubbing wear along spine head, spine tail, and tail fore corners; spine mildly cocked. Textblock edges have mild age-toning, tail edge has light foxing. Inscribed "To Dick Gabler," and dated "8/27/93" by Lerone Bennett, Jr. on title page. DL Consignment. Shelved Case 1. More
London: W. Johnston, 1762. First Edition. Small Quarto, [4], 55 pages. In Very Good minus condition. In brown cloth quarter binding with marbled paper boards. Mild wear and soiling to boards. Rubbing along edges and at corners. Spine slightly cocked. Text block shows light wear along edges, with light toning and faint tidemarks throughout. Staining to title page, with a small open tear with archival repair. Penciling on front endpaper. Year written in pencil in the title page bottom margin. Faint pencil marks in margins throughout. Shelved in Room F. More
New York: Paragon Book Reprint Corporation, 1966. Second edition. Octavo; 2nd edition; G/Fair; Hardcover with DJ; DJ spine, blue and white with purple print; DJ has front and rear hinge tears, tear to rear bottom fore corner, toning to spine, slight peripheral toning; Boards in grey cloth with red print, clean and strong; Text block has date in ink on front flyleaf, else clean and tight; Variously paged, frontispiece (color plate), illustrated (b&w). More
Shanghai: Kelly and Walsh, Limited, 1934. 28/500, First Numbered Edition. Quarto, x, xii, xiv, xvi, 177, xxii pages. In Very Good minus condition. Bound in the publisher's brown cloth bearing gilt lettering to the spine. Boards have slight wear including some scuffs, tiny sparse marks and lightly rubbed edges/corners. Slight cocking to the spine. Gilt lettering and illustration to the front. Text block has modest age toning to the edges and slightly interiorly. Very slight minor marks sparsely interiorly. Deckled fore/tail edges. Frontispiece. Small crack to the front hinge at the head edge. Slight wear to the gutter at page one hundred thirty five and the gutter at page facing plate 262. Profusely illustrated, including several plates at the rear. Number 28 of 500 numbered limited copies. First numbered edition. Additional postage necessary for expedited/international orders. Economy International shipping unavailable due to size/weight restrictions. For international/expedited customers, please inquire for rates.]. More
