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(LITERATURE AND POETRY.)
WRIGHT, RICHARD.
The Long
Dream.
Advance mimeograph proof.
Two volumes: ii, 321, ii 322-629 pages.
4to, original printed stiff cardstock covers;
bound with brass brads; front cover of
Volume I worn at the edges and detached;
housed in two cardboard “clamshell” style
boxes.
New York: Doubleday, (1958)
[800/1,200]
RARE ADVANCE PROOF OF WRIGHT
’
S
NOVEL
.
One of a likely small number of copies
in this format for review. The title-page states:
This work is protected by common law copy-
right. It is unpublished and is the property of
Richard Wright. No publication of this work
has been made, and any unauthorized use of it
will be prosecuted.”
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(LITERATURE AND POETRY.)
“RAP.” SHOCKLEY, ANN ALLEN.
Fisk
University Library Special Collections
BANG! Volume I, Number 1.
21 pages.
Large 4to, original pictorial stiff black
wrappers, printed in light tan, stapled.
Nashville, December 1970
[400/600]
The first appearance of this magazine, devoted
to “recent acquisitions, staff news, and book and
record reviews pertaining to the special Negro
Collection.” An interesting and valuable effort,
Bang! ran annually for five years. Danky,
African American Newspapers and Periodicals,
602. Mis-catalogued as “Banck,” rather than
“Bang.” OCLC does not list any locations,
probably due to a very small printing.
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(LITERATURE AND POETRY—PERIODICALS.) THE AFRIKAN
POETRY THEATRE
The Power of the Word. Volume 1, Number 1.
Illustrated
with line drawings. 16 mimeographed pages, including covers.
Jamaica, New York, 1979
[300/400]
