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    ADISA, Opal Palmer and Devorah Major.
    $20.00
    Oakland: Jukebox Press (1989). First edition. 101 pp. Fine in glossy illustrated wrappers; a trade paperback original. Poems, co-authored. SIGNED by Adisa on the title page.
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    ALLEN, Jeffery Renard.
    $45.00
    Wakefield & London: Asphodel Press (1999). First edition. 16mo. 158 pp. Fine in glossy illustrated wrappers; a trade paperback original. cd of Allen reading this book present as issued. Warmly INSCRIBED by Allen.
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    ANGELOU, Maya.
    $20.00
    NY: Random House (1983). First edition. 44 pp. Very near fine in like dust jacket. Angelou’s fourth collection of poems.
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    ANSA, Tina McElroy.
    $25.00
    NY: Harcourt Brace (1993). First edition. 277 pp. Fine in fine dust jacket. SIGNED by Ansa.
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    BAKER, Houston A. Jr.
    $25.00
    Madison: University of Wisconsin Press (1988). First edition. 201 pp w/index. Fine in very near fine dust jacket.
  • Spirit Reach.
    BARAKA, Imamu Amiri (Leroi Jones).
    $75.00
    Newark: Jihad Productions (1972). First edition. 25 pp. Fine in stapled wrappers. Poems. A fresh bright copy.
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    BARLOW, George.
    $25.00
    Detroit: Broadside Press (1974). First trade paperback printing. 63 pp. Near fine in illustrated wrappers.
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    BARTHOLD, Bonnie J.
    $35.00
    New Haven & London: Yale University Press (1981). First edition. 209 pp. Fine in fine dust jacket.
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    BERRY, James.
    $12.50
    NY: Willa Perlman Books (1988). First US edition. 139 pp. Fine in fine dust jacket.
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    BERRY, Michelle Courtney.
    $20.00
    Ithaca: Limited Time Printing (2002). Third printing. 39 pp. Very near fine in illustrated wrappers. SIGNED by Berry on the title page.
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    BLACKE-BRAGG, Norma.
    $17.50
    South Windsor: Blue Spruce Press, 1978. First edition. 101 pp. Near fine in illustrated wrappers with a tiny tear to the fore-edge of the front cover.
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    BOGUS, SDiane Adams.
    $20.00
    San Francisco: Women in the Moon Publications (1990). First trade paperback printing. 120 pp. Fine in glossy illustrated wrappers.
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    BOLTON, Ruthie.
    $45.00
    NY: Harcourt Brace (1994). Uncorrected proof. 236 pp. Fine in printed red wrappers. Dated (8-26-94) and INSCRIBED by Bolton, '___ Thank you for coming / down and interviewing me about / my book, believe me I enjoyed / every moment, oh thanks for / lunch.' Promotional materials laid in.
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    BOYD, William L.
    $12.50
    Rocky Mount: North Carolina Wesleyan College Press (1992). First trade edition. 113 pp. Fine in illustrated wrappers. One of 500 copies. Poems, with an afterword by Arthur Mann Kaye.
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    BRAGGS, Earl S.
    $25.00
    Tallahassee: Anhinga Press (1997). First edition. 127 pp. Very near fine in glossy illustrated wrappers.
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    BRANCH, Taylor.
    $100.00
    NY: Simon & Schuster (1988). First edition. 1064 pp w/index. Very near fine in like dust jacket. Promotional flyer and review slip laid in.
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    BRISCOE, Connie.
    $35.00
    NY: HarperCollins (1994). First edition. 339 pp. Fine in fine dust jacket. SIGNED by Briscoe on the title page.
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    BROWN, Arthur.
    $25.00
    St. Louis: Big River Association (1985). First edition. 60 pp. Near fine in glossy illustrated wrappers. Entire issue of River Styx #16 devoted to the work of this poet.
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    BULLINS, Ed.
    $25.00
    Mill Valley: Illuminations Press (1967). First edition. 31 pp. Near fine in stapled wrappers. Bullins' first book.
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    CAMPER, Carol. ed.
    $20.00
    Toronto: Sister Vision (1994). Later trade paperback printing. xxiv + 389 pp. Very near fine in illustrated wrappers.
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    CARTER, Charlotte.
    $125.00
    NY: Angel Hair Books (1975). First edition. 4to. 63 pp. Near fine in side-stapled wrappers (one staple broken). Cover art a painting of Carter by Raphael Soyer. One of 350 copies. The first book--an underground smash--by this African American writer, author of the Nanette Hayes Mystery series.
  • From Memphis & Peking: Poems.
    CHASE-RIBOUD, Barbara.
    $45.00
    NY: Random House (1974). First edition. 112 pp. Fine in very near fine dust jacket. First book of poems by Chase-Riboud, at the time of publication known internationally as a sculptor.
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    CHASE, Henry.
    $35.00
    NY: Holt (1994). First edition. 584 pp w/index. Fine in fine dust jacket. Features original essays by Gloria Naylor, Amiri Baraka, Gayle Pemberton, Ishmael Reed, and Frederick Ivor Case.
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    CHRISTMAN, Robert.
    $25.00
    Sausalito: Black Scholar Press (1981). First trade paperback printing. 73 pp. Spine sunned, else near fine in illustrated wrappers.
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    COLEMAN, Wanda.
    $35.00
    Santa Rosa: Black Sparrow, 1988. First edition. 242 pp. Fine in printed paper-covered boards with cloth spine and printed label. Fine acetate dust jacket. One of 250 trade hardcover copies.
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    COLEMAN, Wanda.
    $12.50
    Santa Rosa: Black Sparrow 1996. First trade paperback printing. 242 pp. Near fine in illustrated wrappers.
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    COLEMAN, Wanda.
    $35.00
    Santa Rosa: Black Sparrow, 1999. Advance reading copy. 4to. 406 pp. Fine in comb-bound wrappers with clear plastic top sheet. Review slip laid in.
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    COLEMAN, Wanda.
    $20.00
    Santa Rosa: Black Sparrow, 1999. First trade paperback printing. 404 pp. Fine in printed wrappers.
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    COLEMAN, Wanda.
    $35.00
    Santa Rosa: Black Sparrow, 2001. Second printing. 270 pp. Fine in printed paper-covered boards with cloth spine and printed label. INSCRIBED by Coleman on the front free endpaper, “Cynthia. I had a favorite cousin by that name. Thank you for welcoming me into your circle at Pacific U. Wanda.”
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    CORNISH, Sam.
    $35.00
    Baltimore: Sacco (nd). First edition. [48 pp]. Near fine in stapled wrappers. Poems by Cornish, photographs by Bolton, introduction by Mike Walters.
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    CORNISH, Sam.
    $75.00
    Baltimore: Sacco [c 1966]. First edition. [48 pp]. Near fine in stapled wrappers. Poems by Cornish, photographs by Bolton, introduction by Mike Walters. INSCRIBED by Cornish, “feel free to use anything if you find it interesting. Sam.” Original mailing envelope present.
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    COSTANZO, Angelo.
    $50.00
    NY: Greenwood Press (1987). First edition. 149 pp w/index. Fine in full cloth. No dust jacket, as issued.