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The Story Of Gone With The Wind. (souvenir program) + Signed Portrait of Butterfly McQueen.

By: N/A

Price: $150.00

Publisher: Hollywood Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer 1967.:

Seller ID: 001091

Binding: Paper

vg+/tiny touch of rubb. to top of 1 pg.sm.scrape frnt.wrap. 36pg. souvernir program for the 1967 distorted 70mm re-release. Binding is large wraps. LAID IN THE PROGRAM IS A SIGNED PORTRAIT OF BUTTERFLY McQUEEN. THIS IS AN 8" x 10" REPRINT PORTRAIT OF A SMILING BUTTERFLY McQUEEN FROM HER MOST FAMOUS ROLE AS PRISSY. THE PORTRAIT WAS SIGNED AT A LATER DATE. Sadly Ms. McQueen died tragically in 1995 in a fire. Fire.
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Men And Women

By: N/A

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Scholastic Book Services 1974.:

Seller ID: 001684

vg+/very minute wrap. wear. Inclds. print versions of Splendor In The Grass, The Family Way & Nothing But A Man. Also notes,glossary & 16 large stills. paper orig. edition. Binding is large wraps.
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I Had a Hammer. The Hank Aaron Story

By: Aaron, Hank. With Lonnie Wheeler

Price: $250.00

Publisher: New York, HarperCollins: 1991

Seller ID: 009633

ISBN: 0060163216

Binding: Boards & Cloth with Dustjacket

INSCRIBED AND SIGNED BY HANK AARON. REVIEW CARD FROM PUBLISHER'S WEEKLY LAID IN The life story of the great baseball player and Hall Of Famer who broke Babe Ruth's record for home runs until this year when another player passed that record amid much controversy. 24pgs. of photos. Fine/fine.
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Black Profiles in Courage: A Legacy of African American Achievement

By: Abdul-Jabbar, Kareem;Steinberg, Alan, Foreword By Henry Louis Gates Jr.

Price: $50.00

Publisher: New York, William Morrow & Co.: 1996

Seller ID: 010338

ISBN: 0688130976

Binding: Boards with Dustjacket

INSCRIBED AND SIGNED BY KAREEM ABDUL-JABBAR. The great basketball player's book of profiles on great African Americans including Frederick Douglass, Harriet Tubman & Rosa Parks, and also profiles on many lesser known achievers. Some illustrations. Vg/vg.
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The Paloger Collection Of Muhammad Ali Memorabilia

By: Ali, Muhammad

Price: $85.00

Publisher: Los Angeles, Christie's: 1997

Seller ID: 009863

Binding: Oversize Paper

An amazing nearly 300 pg. auction catalog of Muhammad Ali memorabilia that includes 393 items all reproduced and in color. Includes clothing, posters, photos and much more. Laid in is the rare small 6pg. foldover promo for the auction. Vg+
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Inscribed and Signed Muhammad Ali 8 1/2" x 11" piece of Cardboard

By: Ali, Muhammad

Price: $1,000.00

Publisher: Muhammad Ali: 1989

Seller ID: 010942

Binding: Carboard

INSCRIBED AND SIGNED BY MUHAMMAD ALI. This is a piece of grey 8 1/2" x 11" piece of cardboard that has been inscribed by Ali who has written "TO .....LOVE MUHAMMAD ALI. LOVE IS THE NET, WHERE HEARTS ARE CAUGHT LIKE FISH. Ali has drawn a circle around it, which looks like a face. He has also drawn a small heart and the piece is date 12-20-89. From what I have seen this seems to be a favorite salutation of Ali's when he used to do signings. Uncommon. Fine.
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Muhammad Ali By Magnum Photographers

By: Ali, Muhammad . Introduction By Dave Anderson

Price: $600.00

Publisher: New York, Harry N. Abrams: 2004

Seller ID: 009101

ISBN: 0810956055

Binding: Large Oblong boards with Dj.

LAID IN THE BOOK IS A SMALL 3 1/2" X 5 /2" COLOR PORTRAIT OF MUHAMMAD ALI TAKEN IN RECENT YEARS BY HOWARD BINGHAM THAT HAS BEEN SIGNED BY ALI IN BLUE INK. Also laid in is a color postcard featuring artwork of Ali for the William Klein doc. on him. Wonderful large book of 150 photos with 50 in full color by Magnum Photographers including Elliott Erwitt, Philippe Halsman and Danny Lyon documenting Ali's remarkable career both in the ring and out, from his early years to recent times. A terrific book made even nicer by the signed Ali photo. Sold as a collection only.
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King 3

By: Anderson, Ho Che

Price: $10.00

Publisher: Seattle, Fantagraphics Books: 2003

Seller ID: 010925

ISBN: 1560975490

Binding: Paper

The 3rd and final installment in Anderson's ambitious graphic novel about Martin Luther King. Full color. Teeny tiny corner nick to the top of the front cover. Vg+
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Appalachee Red

By: Andrews, Raymond

Price: $30.00

Publisher: New York, The Dial Press: 1978

Seller ID: 010860

ISBN: 0803709161

Binding: Boards & Cloth with Dustjacket

Well received novel that won the James Baldwin Prize for its author, who down the road took his own life. The book is illustrated with line drawings by the author's brother, the late artist Benn Andrews who also did the artwork for the dustjacket. Very minute discoloration to the white dustjacket which is common with this book and a tiny mended tear to the top corner of the front panel of the dustjacket. Vg+/vg+
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Inscribed and Signed Arthur Ashe Portrait

By: Ashe, Arthur

Price: $100.00

Publisher: New York, Arthur Ashe: 1987

Seller ID: 010487

Binding: Paper

INSCRIBED AND SIGNED BY ARTHUR ASHE. Reprint 8" x 10" portait of the late tennis champion (July 10, 1943 – February 6, 1993) holding his tennis racket. Ashe has inscribed the photo on his white shirt in blue ink. There is a small written date on the verso 5/13/87 which I'm assuming is when the photo was signed. Fine.
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Josephine

By: Baker, Josephine & Bouillon, Jo. Translated By Mariana Fitzpatrick

Price: $25.00

Publisher: New York, Harper & Row: 1977

Seller ID: 4140

ISBN: 0060102128

Binding: Cl.w.dj.

The remarkable life & times of the great Black entertainer who was born in poverty in America, but lived most of her adult life in Paris. 16pgs. of photos. Former owner's embossed stamp on title pg. Vg+/vg+. Laid in is an interesting 8pg. foldover catalog of the correspondence of Josephine Baker to Robert Brady. The list is from a famous New York City book store and the collection includes 51 items mostly letters between the two friends during the last decade of Baker's life.
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Nobody Knows My Name. More Notes Of A Native Son

By: Baldwin, James

Price: $125.00

Publisher: The Dial Press. NY. 1961. 1st ed. Bds.&cl.w.dj.:

Seller ID: 3630

Essays by the late great author. The dj. has a touch of wear to corners & top & bottom of spine panel incld. light chipp. Vg/vg.
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Jimmy's Blues Selected Poems

By: Baldwin, James

Price: $300.00

Publisher: London, Michael Joseph Ltd.: 1983

Seller ID: 009761

ISBN: 0718122372

Binding: Small Cloth with Dustjacket

LAID IN THE BOOK IS A SMALL PIECE OF PAPER THAT HAS BEEN SIGNED BY JAMES BALDWIN. Collection of poems by the late author. This is the first true edition published before the American edition. Fine/fine. LAID IN THE BOOK IS A SMALL POSTCARD FOR THE DOC ON BALDWIN I AM NOT YOUR NEGRO
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Romare Bearden 1911-1988 a Memorial Exhibition

By: Bearden, Romare

Price: $750.00

Publisher: New York City, ACA Galleries: 1989

Seller ID: 011222

ISBN: 0925315028

Binding: Paper

LAID IN THE BOOK IS A SMALL CARD THAT IS SIGNED IN RED INK BY ROMARE BEARDEN. Beautiful full color catalog of the great artist's art from the early 40's to the 1980's. Includes many vellum overlays with reproductions of his poems, interviews, and b&w archival photos. Fine. Laid in several promotional cards and foldovers. Fine.
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The Block

By: Bearden, Romare, Collage By, Hughes, Langston, Poems By, Intro. By Bill Cosby

Price: $75.00

Publisher: New York, The Metropolitan Museum of art/viking: 1995

Seller ID: 011328

ISBN: 067086501x

Binding: Oversize Illus Bds. W. Dj.

A beautiful book combining the wonderful art of Bearden with the wonderful poetry of Hughes. Vivid and handsome with great production values. Fine/fine
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Katherine Dunham

By: Beckford, Ruth. Foreword By Arthur Mitchell

Price: $150.00

Publisher: New York, Marcel Dekker: 1979

Seller ID: 008875

ISBN: 0824768280

Binding: Cloth with Dustjacket

Uncommon bio. of the recently deceased African American dancer and choreographer. Includes her stage and film credits and 27 photos. Light tonning to the last few pgs. due to newspaper clipping which is also included along with her New York Times Obit. Fine/fine. Also included is a wonderful rare large 8pg. program for a dance concert Dunham gave in Sweden in 1959. The program is printed in red and black and is illustrated with a nice portrait of Duhnam inside. The program also features a b&w caricature cutout cover of Dunham that some may think racist in its depiction. Small mend to the cuto...
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Harry Belafonte. My Song

By: Belafonte, Harry, with Michael Shnayerson

Price: $100.00

Publisher: New York City, Alfred a Knopf Inc: 2011

Seller ID: 011900

ISBN: 978030727226

Binding: Bds. & cl;. With Dustjacket

SIGNED BY HARRY BELAFONTE ON THE TITLE PG. The great singer and political activist tells his story. Illus. with 32pgs. of b&w and color photos. A fine copy in a fine dustjacket.
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Speaking for You. The Vision Of Ralph Ellison

By: Benston, Kimberly W. Edited By

Price: $1,500.00

Publisher: Washington D.C., Howard University Press: 1987

Seller ID: 009635

ISBN: 0882581694

Binding: Cloth with Dustjacket

INSCRIBED AND SIGNED BY RALPH ELLISON TO A BOOKDEALER. A large loving tribute to Ralph Ellison by a wide range of writers and critics. Includes biographical material along with essays on his work. Artwork on dustjacket by Romare Bearden. Very minute wear to the dustjacket. Fine/vg.
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Chuck Berry The Autobiography

By: Berry, Chuck

Price: $500.00

Publisher: New York, Harmony Books: 1987

Seller ID: 007484

ISBN: 0517566664

Binding: Boards & Cloth with Dustjacket

SIGNED BY CHUCK BERRY ON THE ENDSHEET. The autobiography of one of the great stars of rock 'n' roll. Illustrated throughout with many photos + discog. Jacket blurb by John Lennon. Dustjacket photos by Annie Leibovitz. A rare signature. Fine/fine.
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Ralph Ellison. Black Americans of Achievement

By: Bishop, Jack, Introductory Essay By Coretta Scott King

Price: $300.00

Publisher: New York, Chelsea House Publishers: 1988

Seller ID: 010968

ISBN: 1555465854

Binding: Illus. Glazed Bds. No Dj.

SIGNED BY RALPH ELLISON. Bio of the important African American author Ralph Ellison. Illustrated with many b&w photos. Part of the Black Americans Of Achievement. Very scarce signed. Minor wave to the paper, and a tiny mended scrape to the spine, otherwise near fine.
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