Evanston IL: Northwestern University Press, 2006. First Printing. Octavo; VG-/paperback; creamy white spine with black and blue text; first printing; covers show minimal exterior wear; few creases to spine; good binding; text block clean; illustrated; pp 417. More

Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 2006. Octavo; G+; Hardcover; Spine, red with gold print; Boards in red cloth, lightly bumped fore corners, else clean and strong; Text block has inked out note on front flyleaf, else clean and tight; Inscribed in ink by the editor on the title page; x, 195 pages. More

Cambridge: Belknap Press, 1971 - 1981. First Editions. Large Octavos, Six Volumes; G+/G; White spines with black lettering, and volume numbers in gold; Dustjackets have light plus wear and age-toning overall, with bumping and light chipping to corners and head/stails of spines; Moderate plus foxing to dustjacket (spine and back cover) of volume I; Prices Unclipped; Boards have moderate bumping and wear to corners, with light wear to top and bottom edges; Textblocks have very light age-toning to edges. RWO-LC. CONTENTS: Vol. I. "I will be heard! 1822-1835" (xxx, 616 pages) -- Vol. II. "A house dividing against itself 1836-1840" (xxxi, 770 pages) -- Vol. III. "No union with slave-holders 1841-1849" (xxii, 719 pages) -- Vol. IV. "From disunionism to the brink of war 1850-1860" (xxv, 737 pages) -- Vol. V. "Let the oppressed go free 1861-1867" (xxx, 597 pages) -- Vol. VI. "To rouse the slumbering land 1868-1879" (xx, 637 pages). [Oversized book(s). 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

Silver Spring: The Beckham Publications Group, 2007. Octavo; G+; Paperback; Spine, black with white print; Cover has light shelfwear but is clean and bright; Text block clean and tight but for small number of dog-eared pages; Inscribed in ink by the author on the half-title page; 263 pages, illustrated (b&w). More

New York: Simon and Schuster, 1964. First Edition, Second Printing. Quarto, 127 pages; G+; in publisher's printed wraps, white spine with black titling; some rubbing and bumping/crinkling to corners, wear to hinges; '$1.95' price to upper fore corner of front cover; profusely illustrated with black and white photographs, many by Danny Lyon; shelved case 1. More

Columbus, Ohio: H. Miller, 1859. Early Edition. Thick Octavo, 832 pages; G+; newly rebound in full red cloth, black label with gilt titling to spine; edges of text block marbled; significant foxing throughout; shelved case 1. More

Urbana, Chicago, London: University of Chicago Press, 1977. Large Octavo; pp 296; G+/G-; off-white spine with black and blue text; dust jacket show some soiling to exterior, mostly due to handling; slight foxing toward edges; few chips to edges otherwise; cloth exterior has fairly mild wear; light foxing to edges; slightly splayed boards; textblock exterior edges have light foxing; frontispiece; interior clean; illustrated; includes scarce 33 & 1/3 record in sleeve laid in to rear pastedown. More

Toledo, OH: [Hadley & Hadley Printers], 1895. First Edition, First Printing. Octavo, 148 pages; VG-; bound in publisher's gilt stamped tan cloth, newly rebound with original board cloth preserved, new spine with gilt titling; some rubbing and discoloration to cloth, primarily along fore edge; original floral endpapers preserved, ffep and frep tipped in; embossed stamp to frontispiece and tissue guard; chipping to fore edge of page 15/16; printed on laid paper; ink ownership on rear pastedown of Dewitt Miller; JR consignment; shelved case 0. More

Washington, D.C. The Associates in Negro Folk Education, 1937. First Edition. Octavo, 78 pages; VG; in publisher's printed orange wraps, staplebound; very mild shelfwear; with two tables in rear, one folding; scarce; JR Consignment; shelved case 1. More

New York: Harciurt, Brace and Company, 1931 [1935]. Revised Edition, Later Printing. Octavo, 300 pages; VG-/G-; spine beige with black titling; dust jacket protected with a mylar covering, price uncut '$2.00'; dust jacket with an old mylar covering adhesive attached to the interior of the center of the spine, some toning to spine, chipping to head and tail of spine, wear to both hinges, corners; small worming to lower edge of front pastedown; foxing to endpapers; shelved case 0. More

New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1910. First Edition, Fifth Printing. Octavo; viii, 354 pages; G+; full cloth binding with gilt titling to spine and front cover; some shelfwear to covers, including a small dent to the fore edge of the front cover, scuffs, fraying to head and tail of spine; and a few large chips to the spine; textblock lightly scratched but clean; ex libris Charles P Groves on front pastedown, endpaper and first two pages fully detached, ink name to ffep; mild foxing throughout; black and white images throughout, including a photographic frontispiece of Washington; ink stamp reading "Printed in the U.S.A." to copyright page; small closed tear to page v; small circular stain outside of text from pages viii through list of illustrations; small pencil X to the margins of pages 136, 263; mild staining in upper fore edge corner of pages 308 and 311; dog ear fold to "Students Canning Fruit" plate and page 309; printed mark on page 354 reading "(5)" to indicate fifth printing; rear pastedown fully torn from textblock to expose webbing; shelved below front counter. More

New York: The Dryden Press, 1943. First Edition, First Printing. Octavo, viii, 272 pages; VG-/Fair; spine brown faded to grey, black titling; dust jacket protected with a mylar covering, price uncut '$3.25, dust jacket with an old mylar covering adhesive attached to the interior of the center of the spine, chipping to all extremities, especially head and tail of spine, part of front hinge chipped away; front flap detached, old piece of tape attaching it to front cover, rear flap very loosely attached; small tide-mark to tail of spine; foxing primarily to endpapers; with 85 half-tone plates; JR consignment; shelved case 1. More

Washington, D.C. The Associates in Negro Folk Education, 1937. First Editions. Octavos, 2 volumes; Fair; in publisher's printed orange wraps; two volumes possibly inscribed by Sterling Brown for his wife Daisy.; The Negro in American Fiction, wraps reinforced with thick brown tape along all four edges of front wrap, spine, fore edge of rear wrap, front wrap only held on by the tape, some soiling, general wear, and creasing to wraps, small blue ink spot to gutter of page 15, extending slammer through to 5, inscribed on the title page 'For Daisy / Who saw it / growing / Sterling / June 15, 1938'; Pencil on page 1 reads 'Mrs Dolly Moore Cleveland / youngest son for Sterling H. Brown', some pencil marginalia starting on page 17; Negro Poetry and Drama, front wrap detached but present, some soiling and wear to wraps, inscribed on the title page 'For Daisy / First fruits of the / Fellowship / Sterling", small pencil marginalia correction to page 11; JR consignment; shelved case 1. More

Columbus, Ohio: H. Miller, 1861. Early Edition. Thick Octavo, 866 pages; G; rebound in later full grey buckram, black titling to spine; mild shelfwear and rubbing; edges of text block marbled; water-staining along lower edge of text block, extending up lower half of gutter throughout volume, smaller tide-marks along center of volume; light foxing throughout; JR consignment; shelved case 1. More

New York: Dodd, Mead and Company, 1898-1917. Mixed Editions. Octavos, 9 volumes; VG; bound in 20th century three quarters calf, flecked marbled boards and matching endpapers; paneled spines with gilt titling and stamping; top edges gilt; mild shelfwear and rubbing; bookplate of J Ogden Armour to front pastedowns; interiors clean; rear boards of Folks From Dixie, The Heart of Happy Hollow, with some worming; 9 volumes with mixed editions: Folks From Dixie, 1898, First Edition; The Love of Landry, 1900, First Edition (closed tear to title page); The Uncalled 1901, Reprint, Published by the International Association of Newspapers and Authors; The Sport of the Gods, 1902, First Edition; The Heart of Happy Hollow, 1904, First Edition; Lyrics of Love and Laughter, 1913, later printing; Lyrics of the Hearthside, 1913, later printing; Lyrics of Sunshine and Shadow, 1914, later printing; Lyrics of Lowly Life, 1917, later printing; JR consignment; shelved above Case 0. More

New York: Harper & Brothers, 1944. First Editions, First Printings. Octavos, 2 volumes; G-/G-; spines brown with beige titling; dust jackets protected with a mylar coverings, price of volume 1 torn, price of volume 2 uncut, an old mylar covering adhesive attached to the interior of the center of the spines, causing some closed tears; jackets toned, splitting along front hinge of volume 2, consistent chipping and wear; name sticker to cover of volume 1; significant worming to both volumes, volume 1 with multiple holes through front cover of jacket through a pinprick on page 74, rear cover with two small holes through a pinprick on page 493, most damage to flaps and pastedowns; volume 2 with multiple holes through front cover of jacket through a pinprick on page 826, rear cover and pastedown; JR consignment; shelved case 1. More

New York: Harper and Brothers, 1888. Octavo, 353, [1], 12 pages ads; VG-; bound in publisher's orange/brown cloth stamped in black, brown, and gilt, spine with gilt titling; some mild shelfwear and rubbing, spine lightly cocked; light bumping to corners, fraying to head and tail of spine; two removed bookplates from front pastedown; ex-library, with blind stamp to frontispiece, pencil numbering to title page, call number to spine, partially removed ex-library bookplate to rear pastedown; small half-moon of worming to front pastedown, front two free endpapers; JR consignment; shelved case 1. More

The Ward Ritchie Press, 1967. Limited Edition, Printers copy/250. Large Octavo, 121 pages; VG; quarter bound in black cloth, gilt titling to spine; housed in a partially detached and splitting slipcase; interior clean; One of 250 copies, this copy is unnumbered and labeled as a Printers copy and signed by Charles White on the colophon; JR consignment; shelved case 1. More

New York: Miller, Orton & Mulligan, 1855. First Edition, First Printing. Octavo, xxxi, [33]-464 pagers; G-; bound in publisher's brown cloth, blind stamping to boards, gilt titling to spine; head and tail of spine chipped, upper third of spine partially loose; webbing visible at both gutters; minor exterior worming, one stripe to front board, two to rear board; some interior worming, most pronounced along front gutter, one small bit of worming from frontispiece through vii, 463 through rear pastedown; with three engraved plates, including the engraved frontispiece; Bookplate of James P. Marsh on front pastedown covering two other bookplates, ink name to title page; JR consignment; shelved case 1. More

Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 1978. Octavo; 379 pages; G; Bound in dark gray cloth with gilt lettering on spine; Cocking to spine, slight rubbing along edges; Textblock has black marks along fore and tail edges, black and brown marks along interior hinges; RWO. More

New York: Rinehart & Company, Inc., 1957. First Edition, First Printing. Octavo, 191 pages; VG-/G; spine green with dark blue titling; dust jacket protected with a mylar covering, price partially cut, with '$2.50' present; dust jacket with an old mylar covering adhesive attached to the interior of the center of the spine, some toning to spine, chipping to head and tail of spine, wear to both hinges, corners; text block severely toned and brittle; shelved case 2. More

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1927. First Edition, First Printing. Octavo, 89 pages; VG-; bound in colorful paper covered boards over black cloth spine, faded titling to spine; some rubbing and wear, particularly along extremities, light fading to boards; ink ownership to front pastedown; light foxing and toning throughout; binding slightly shaken; JR consignment; shelved case 0. More

New York: Simon and Schuster, 1950. First Edition, First Printing. Octavo, 231 pages; G-/none; bound in publisher's pale blue/green cloth, spine with black label and black and pale blue/green titling; binding with some wear, color bleaching along lower front hinge, tail of spine, lower edge of front board, some fading to spine; water-stain to spine half of top edge of text block, mild water-staining interior restricted to margin; first edition written in ink on the copyright page, impressed onto pressmark page; clipped signature of Langston Hughes pasted onto pressmark page, outline offset onto ffep; JR consignment; shelved case 2. More

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1942. First Edition, First Printing. Octavo, 124 pages; VG-/VG-; spine light brown with brown titling; dust jacket protected with a mylar cover, price uncut '$2.50', light toning to edges of rear cover, small closed tears to some extremities; Inscribed on the ffep by Langston Hughes, dated March 5, 1942 in Chicago; tide-marks to spine and adjacent covers of both boards and jacket; pinprick of worming from page 97-end, two small pieces of worming to rear pastedown; JR consignment; shelved case 2. More

Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott, 1934. First Edition, First Printing. Octavo, 316 pages; G/none; bound in publisher's pale green cloth, black stamping to spine and front board; uneven toning to spine, boards, fraying to head and tail of spine; about the author flap from dust jacket pasted onto front pastedown, some offsetting onto ffep; 'Books and Things' by Lewis Gannett newpaper article pasted onto rear pastedown and frep, glue staining both rear endpapers; ink name on title page, bled onto half-title; JR consignment; shelved case 2. More