Other Gems

 

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.

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.

Ralph Ellison, 1914-1994

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

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.