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An extraordinarily rare "original" copy of Martin Luther King's Doctoral Dissertation, of which very few copies are known to exist---- as best we can determine, only one other copy is held in private hands. (It is our understanding that "original" copies also exist at Stanford University, and the original Dissertation is, of course, at Boston University where Dr. King received his degree in 1955.) Martin Luther King, Jr. submitted this controversial document "in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy". A historically significant document, the Dissertation's serious authorship issues were not raised until 1989, long after Dr. King's untimely death. Consequently, accusations that Dr. King plagiarized major portions of his Dissertation were not generally known to the public, but did garner the attention of scholars. Boston University, the institution that awarded Dr. King his degree, conducted an investigation and determined that he did, indeed, plagiarize major portions of his Dissertation. Upon doing so, the University attached a letter to Dr. King's Dissertation in the University Library noting that numerous passages were included without the provision of appropriate quotations and citations of sources (studiously avoiding any use of the term "plagiary"). This "original" copy was made using an early fusion system photocopier and is on white paper with a flower petal design on the back. As this copy is from the Estate of Dr. King's literary agent, Joan Daves, we speculate that this copy has one of two possible sources: either it was part of Dr. King's original dissertation submission in 1955 and created at Boston University or the copy was made by Joan Daves. (Joan Daves was a literary agent of great note, and was much respected in the trade, serving as agent for a number of important authors including Willie Morris, Kathryn Porter, and others, and was the only person to accompany Dr. King on his trip to receive his Nobel Prize in 1964--when he became the youngest person ever to receive the Prize.) We speculate that Dr. King provided his Dissertation to Joan Daves with a view to its possible publication, and that she then discovered the Dissertation's discrepancies and decided against publication. We can imagine no reason for her to have a copy other than with a view to its publication, and no other reason for her not to publish such a surefire seller. Consequently, this copy sat quietly through the years in the great agent's files. (An annotated version of the Dissertation has since been published.) Though the pages are age toned and have a few minor nicks and expected tiny corner folds, together with some inoffensive markings and other minor evidence of paper clips once used to hold the pages in place, the document is in nice condition. This offering presents a rare opportunity for the collector to obtain an extremely early copy (likely the earliest copy obtainable) of the Dissertation that put "Doctor" in the name of, (and, at least for the balance of his life, and likely thereafter, enhanced the credibility of) one of the World's most important persons, one whose efforts changed the course of History. A rare opportunity, indeed.

A Comparison of the Conceptions of God in the Thinking of Paul Tillich and Henry Nelson Wieman [an Association Copy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr's Doctoral Dissertation---Rare]
King, Jr., Dr. Martin Luther
Boston: King, Dr. Martin Luther, 1955.
Price: $9,500.00
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A Fine copy (small push at spine head), in a Fine dust jacket, SIGNED BY WALTER MOSLEY. Walter Mosley's fifth book featuring Easy Rawlins, the black private investigator living in the Watts area of Los Angeles. (The camera flash has distorted the lettering---in reality, the letters are unfaded and true.) A Fine copy, SIGNED BY WALTER MOSLEY.

A Little Yellow Dog [Signed]
Mosley, Walter
New York: W. W. Norton & Company, 1996.
Price: $50.00
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African American Writers Portraits and Visions [Signed]
Koolish, Lynda [Tucker, Cynthia, Introduction]
Jackson, Miss.: University Press of Mississippi, 2001.
Price: $165.00
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A Very Near Fine copy (mild splaying to boards, spine ends very gently pushed), in an about Fine dust jacket (the barest of edge wear). INSCRIBED, SIGNED, AND DATED BY CHARLES JOHNSON. Charles Johnson's analysis of major black writers who have been publishing since about 1970. The inscription reads: "For ________, / With my thanks! / Charles / Johnson / 4/22/98". INSCRIBED, SIGNED, AND DATED BY CHARLES JOHNSON, and uncommon thus.

Being & Race: Black Writing since 1970 [Signed]
Johnson, Charles
Bloomington and Indianapolis: Indiana University Press, 1988.
Price: $125.00
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A Fine copy, in a Fine dust jacket, SIGNED BY WALTER MOSLEY on the title page. The book, conceived by the acclaimed author Walter Mosley, presents thirteen individuals who share their dreams of a self-determined, self-sufficient future, given from a range of perspectives. Quite uncommon SIGNED BY WALTER MOSLEY.

Black Genius [Signed]: African American Solutions to African American Problems
Chideya, Farai; Crouch, Stanley; Curry, George; Davis, Angela; Hooks, Bell; Elders, Jocelyn, MD; Lee, Spike; Madhubuti, Haki; Malveaux, Julianne; Mosley, Walter; Robinson, Randall; Smith, Anna Deavere; Van Peebles, Melvin [Mosley, Walter; Diawara, Manthia
New York: W. W. Norton & Company, 1999.
Price: $60.00
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A Fine copy, in a Fine dust jacket, SIGNED BY WALTER MOSLEY on the title page. Departing from his famed Easy Rawlins character, Mosley writes of an imagined world where human potential is suddenly fulfilled. A Fine copy of Walter Mosley's debut science fiction novel, SIGNED BY WALTER MOSLEY.

Blue Light
Mosley, Walter
Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1998.
Price: $50.00
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A Fine copy (quite light shelf wear to base, light surface scratch to front board, and tiny spot to rear board; expected gap at top of heavy page block), in a Fine dust jacket, SIGNED BY TERRY MCMILLAN on the title page and SIGNED BY JOHN EDGAR WIDEMAN at his Preface. Also, SIGNED BY CHARLES JOHNSON at his contribution, and SIGNED BY ALICE WALKER at her contribution. A Fine copy of this substantial anthology, SIGNED BY TERRY MCMILLAN, SIGNED BY JOHN EDGAR WIDEMAN, SIGNED BY CHARLES JOHNSON, and SIGNED BY ALICE WALKER. Given Charles Johnson's criticism of Alice Walker's "The Color Purple" for what Johnson saw as a negative portrayal of African-American Males, it is interesting to find both of their signatures in the same book. A Fine copy signed by 4 important African-American Authors, and quite uncommon as such.

Breaking Ice: An Anthology of Contemporary African-American Fiction
McMillan, Terry [Editor]; Wideman, John Edgar [Preface]; Ansa, Tina; Austin, Doris Jean; Baraka, Amiri; Brown, Wesley; Butler, Octavia; Demby, William; Dove, Rita; Everett, Percival L.; Flowers, Arthur; Gaines, Ernest; Harris, Peter; Johnson, Charles; McC
New York: Viking, 1990.
Price: $175.00
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A Fine copy, in a Fine dust jacket, SIGNED BY ALICE WALKER. One of 6 volumes of literary criticism launching the Amistad Literary Series, a Series devoted to literary fiction and criticism by and about African Americans, the book contains a selection of reviews and scholarly responses to the work of this great "womanist" author. An uncommon book which is especially uncommon when both signed and in Fine condition. A Fine copy, SIGNED BY ALICE WALKER.

Critical Perspectives Past and Present [Signed]
Walker, Alice [Gates, Henry Lewis / K. A. Appiah Editors]
New York: Amistad Press, Inc., 1993.
Price: $125.00
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A Fine copy of the first edition, first printing, in a Fine dust jacket SIGNED BY MICHAEL CUNNINGHAM and SIGNED BY CRAIG MARBERRY on the title page; photographs of Black Women in their Church hats with accompanying text about the respective subjects view of her hats and hat wearing. Maya Angelou authored the Foreword. Signed copies of the book are quite scarce, and copies signed by both authors are especially so. A Fine copy, SIGNED BY MICHAEL CUNNINGHAM and SIGNED BY CRAIG MARBERRY.

Crowns [Signed]: Portraits of Black Women in Church Hats
Cunningham, Michael [Photographs]; Marberry, Craig [Text]; Angelou, Maya [Foreword]
New York: Doubleday, 2000.
Price: $110.00
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A Very Good + copy of the first edition, first printing, top edge gilt (light wear, some darkening at the top edge of the page block, library stamp to title page and label to front pastedown; the library book number written neatly on the front free endpaper and in the lower margin of page 25), lacking the quite rare dust jacket, with the spine considerably brighter than often seen and the front board illustration bright and undamaged; Paul Dunbar's debut collection of short stories. A Very Good + copy, nicer and brighter than usually seen.

Folks from Dixie
Dunbar, Paul Laurence
New York: Dodd, Mead and Company, 1898.
Price: $145.00
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A Very Good copy of the first UK edition, first printing (spine darkened, light shelf wear and with a very small hole at the spine tail), no dust jacket, of Paul Laurence Dunbar's debut collection of short stories. This copy belonged to actor George F. Marion (father of Hollywood screenwriter George Marion, Jr.) who has signed his name to the front cover and who has written "Marion" to the front pastedown. The first UK edition is quite uncommon. A Very Good copy of the scarce first UK edition.

Folks from Dixie
Dunbar, Paul
London: James Bowden, 1898.
Price: $120.00
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A Fine copy of the first trade edition, in a Fine dust jacket, SIGNED BY WALTER MOSLEY on the title page. Walter Mosley's second work of Science Fiction, set in an America where one's citizenship can be suspended, courts are automated, the prison industry is booming, and it is a de facto crime to be black. A Fine copy, SIGNED BY WALTER MOSLEY.

Futureland: Nine Stories of an Imminent World
Mosley, Walter
New York: Warner Books, 2001.
Price: $30.00
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Original paisley decorated red cloth with applied cover and spine labels. First Edition. The unusual binding of paisley red cloth has a large front cover label with the title and author's name separated by a large photograph of an old black gentleman (as well as a decorative spine label). This copy is in near-fine condition with barely a touch of rubbing and soil. Copies in this condition are quite uncommon-- as the front cover label is usually badly rubbed if not partially missing and the soft cloth is often torn or worn.

Joggin' Erlong
Dunbar, Paul Laurence
Dodd, Mead & Company, 1906.
Price: $550.00
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A Very Near Fine copy of the first edition, first printing, (light wear -- lacking the uncommon dust jacket) SIGNED BY ROARK BRADFORD on the title page. Bradford's debut work and debut book, originally printed as a series in the New York Times. Presented in the stereotypical Black dialect of the day heard by Roark during his childhood visits to the local Black community in rural Tennessee. Bradford won the O. Henry Award for his short story "Child of God", and the book offered here was adapted into the 1930 Pulitzer Prize-Winning Play named "Green Pastures" which itself was produced with an all-black cast. A Very Near Fine copy, SIGNED BY ROARK BRADFORD.

Ol' Man Adam an' His Chillun [Signed]: Bein' the Tales They Tell about the Time When the Lord Walked the Earth like a Natural Man
Bradford, Roark
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1928.
Price: $245.00
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Race [Signed]
McFee, William
New York: Doubleday, Page & Company, 1924.
Price: $275.00
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A Very Near Fine or better copy of the RARE PAGE PROOF in the Publisher's red wrappers (quite slight creasing, tiny surface puncture on rear wrap). Maya Angelou's eighth book, "Shaker Why Don't You Sing", is not common in collectible condition. Copies of the Uncorrected Page Proof are more uncommon still. Early Angelou Proofs are uncommon. An excellent copy of an uncommon Maya Angelou Proof.

Shaker Why Don't You Sing? [Rare Page Proof]
Angelou, Maya
New York: Random House, 1983.
Price: $200.00
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A Fine copy of this collection of twelve tales about Slavery, INSCRIBED AND SIGNED BY CHARLES JOHNSON on the title page. The book was published in wrappers only and has been inscribed and signed by Charles Johnson on the title page: "For _____________, / with my thanks. / Charles / Johnson". The book is scarce signed. A Fine copy, INSCRIBED AND SIGNED BY CHARLES JOHNSON.

Soulcatcher and Other Stories: Twelve Powerful Tales About Slavery
Johnson, Charles
San Diego / New York: Harcourt, Inc. (Harvest), 2001.
Price: $75.00
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A Fine copy of the Uncorrected Proof (tiny corner pushing) in the Publisher's original wrappers, SIGNED BY CHARLES JOHNSON on the half-title; a collection of twelve tales about Slavery. (The book itself was published in wrappers only.) Signed copies of the book are scarce, the Uncorrected Proof is scarcer than is the book, and signed copies of the Uncorrected Proof (offered here) are scarce indeed. A Fine copy, INSCRIBED AND SIGNED BY CHARLES JOHNSON. SCARCE.

Soulcatcher and Other Stories: Twelve Powerful Tales About Slavery [Signed Uncorrected Proof]
Johnson, Charles
San Diego / New York: Harcourt, Inc. (Harvest), 2001.
Price: $75.00
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A Very Good or better copy (age fading at upper boards, spine ends gently pushed), in a Very Good dust jacket (spine faded as expected, light wrinkling at spine head, tiny rub at spine tail, small tear at top of front panel) with the front panel's coloring considerably more vivid than often is seen. An uncommon ADVANCE REVIEW COPY of David Bradley's highly-regarded debut novel, with the Publisher's review card loosely laid in. A nice copy.

South Street
Bradley, David
New York: Grossman Publishers (Viking Press), 1975.
Price: $150.00
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A Fine copy, in a Fine dust jacket, SIGNED BY JOHN EDGAR WIDEMAN on the title page. Set in the 18th Century, the novel centers on a young itinerant black preacher and his search for an endangered African woman. A Fine copy, SIGNED BY JOHN EDGAR WIDEMAN.

The Cattle Killing
Wideman, John Edgar
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1996.
Price: $50.00
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