1: Africa. Ellis, George W. Negro Culture in West Africa: A Social Study of the Negro Group of the Vai-Speaking People with its Own Invented Alphabet and Language shown in Two Charts and Six Engravings of Vai Script. Photographs and map. 8vo, cloth,

2: Africa. Hawkins, Joseph. A History of a Voyage to the Coast of Africa, and Travels to the Interior of that Country and Interesting Particulars Concerning the Slave Trade. 12mo, contemporary full sheep; lightly rubbed; small chip to crown of spine;

3: Africa. Lichtenstein, Henry. Travels in Southern Africa, In the Years 1803, 1804, 1805 and 1806 Translated from the original German by Anne Plumtree. Portrait frontispiece and 4 engraved plates. 4to, contemporary full calf; single ornate gilt

4: Africa. Smith, C. S. Glimpses of Africa: West and Southwest Coast; Containing the Author's Observations during a Voyage of Six Thousand Miles from Sierra Leone to St Paul de Loanda, and return Including the Rio del Rey and Cameroon Rivers, and the

5: Alix, Gabriel. Village Scene, Haiti. Oil on masonite, 20 x 24inches: Signed lower center. Np, circa 1950-60

6: Anthology. Lincoln University Poets. Centennial Anthology. 1854-1954 Edited by Waring Cuney, Langston Hughes and Bruce McM. Wright. 8vo, 1954 Edited by Waring Cuney, Langston Hughes and Bruce McM. Wright. 8vo, cloth; dust jacket with very minor wear.

8: Baker, Josephine. au bal negre. A fabricated advertisement by a fabricated artist, Caron, for Josephine's famed Bal Negre. In the style of works by Paul Colin. Josephine appears in a grass-green skirt against a geometric, light blue and black piano,

9: Baker, Josephine. Bobino. Color off-set poster for one of Josephine's last shows, featuring her in a sequined body suit and an impressive feather headdress, against a dark brown background, 46.5 x 30.75inches St. Martin, France, nd

10: Baker, Josephine. La Revue Negre. Color lithograph by Paul Colin in red, brown and black, showing Josephine Baker and two performers from her 'Black Review' which was the rage of Paris in 1925 24.5 x 19inches One Of 150 Numbered Copies Signed By

11: Baker, Josephine. Two photographic portraits by Harcourt of Paris. Silver prints, each 5.75 x 4inches. Notations in an unidentified hand on verso. Paris, circa 1928 E700-1000 With-group of 18 early photographs of Baker wearing an assortment of

12: Baldwin, James. No Name in the Street. 8vo, full white-coated calf; triple gilt rule borders; gilt inner dentelles; gilt spine with raised bands and morocco label; heavy marbled endpapers and pastedowns. A beautiful copy. New York: Dial, 1972

13: Baldwin, James. Notes of a Native Son. 8vo, cloth, page edges soiled, some darkening at the front free endpaper; small stains and some light rubbing to the spine extremities; dust jacket with a short closed tear on the rear panel. Owen Dodson's

14: Banneker, Benjamin. Banneker, the Afric-American Astronomer. From the Papers of Martha E. Tyson. Edited by her Daughter. Frontispiece facsimile of a note written by Banneker to Thomas jefferson. Small 8vo 72 pages; original publisher's brown cloth

15: Banneker, Benjamin. Latrobe, John H. B. Memoir of Benjamin Banneker, Read before the Maryland Historical Society, at the Monthly Meeting, May 1, 1845 8vo, 16 pages, sewn; original printed purple wrappers, evenly faded to mauve. A fine copy.

16: Banneker, Benjamin. Norris, J. Suarin. A Sketch of the Life of Benjamin Banneker: From Notes taken in 1836 Read Before the Maryland Historical Society, October Sth, 1854 8vo, 20 pages; printed salmon wrappers; diagonal chips at edges of front and

17: Bannerman, Helen. The Story of Little Black Sambo... Animated Edition. 27 color plates by Kurt Weise and A. V. Warren, including 4 movables, the last of which is missing its operating tab. 8vo, cloth with pictorial onlay, lightly rubbed; inked gift

18: Bates, Daisy. The Long Shadow of Little Rock. Introduction by Eleanor Roosevelt. Illustrated with photographs. 8vo, cloth, tips slightly bumped; dust jacket with some edgewear. Ownership stamp of John Howard Griffin on front free endpaper. New York,

19: Bennett, Lerone Jr. The Challenge of Blackness. 8vo, cloth; dust jacket. Fine copy. Chicago, 1972 E150-250 First Edition, Inscribed: "To Paul Hogan-With best wishes and many thanks for the support, Lerone Bennett fr. March, 1 972"

20: Bennett, Lerone. The Shaping of Black America. Illustrated by Charles White. 4to, cloth; pictorial dust jacket by White with some very light edge-rubbing. Chicago: Johnson Publishing Co., 1975 E1000-1500 First Edition, Inscribed: 'To James Baldwin,

21: Black Panthers). Huey P. Newton, Minister of Defense, Black Panther Party for Self Defense. Offset lithograph, 35 x 23inches. Np, circa 1968 E400-600 A bold frontal portrait of Newton in a high-backed wicker chair. See Illustration