Issues and Debates in African American Literature

Angelou, Maya. 1971. Just Give Me a Cool Drink of Water 'fore I Diiie. NY: Random House.

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Maya Angelou, 1928-2014

Just Give Me a Cool Drink of Water ‘Fore I Die. New York: Random House, 1971. First edition.

Maya Angelou’s first published collection of poetry.

Johnson, James Weldon. 1927. God's Trombones: Seven Negro Sermons in Verse. NY: Viking Press.

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James Weldon Johnson, 1871-1938

God’s Trombones: Seven Negro Sermons in Verse. New York: Viking Press, 1927. First edition. Author’s autograph presentation copy. Inscribed to Alice Dunbar-Nelson. From the library of Alice Dunbar-Nelson.

Ellison, Ralph. 1952. Invisible Man. NY: Random House.

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Ralph Ellison, 1914-1994

Invisible Man. New York: Random House, 1952. First edition. Author’s autograph presentation copy. Inscribed for Barrie Stavis.

Hughes, Langston and Prentiss Taylor. 1932. Scottsboro Limited: Four Poems and a Play in Verse. NY: The Golden Stair Press.

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Langston Hughes, 1902-1967

Scottsboro Limited: Four Poems and a Play in Verse. New York: Golden Stair Press, 1932. First edition. Author’s autograph presentation copy, inscribed to Julian Bagley.