Negro Almanac (27 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Former library book; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Condition: Very Good. 10th Edition. Former library copy. Pages intact with possible writing/highlighting. Binding strong with minor wear. Dust jackets/supplements may not be included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.…

Condition: Good. 10th Edition. Former library copy. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good. …

Condition: acceptable. USED book in ACCEPTABLE condition. Cover and pages are in tact but may show creases, tears, water damage, handwriting, underlining, or highlighting. May be missing dust jacket. Supplemental items such as access codes and CDs not guaranteed.

Condition: acceptable. This item is a previous library, school edition or rental copy. It has stickers on the cover, inside front pages and may also have stamping writing on the page edges.

Condition: Good. 5th. Former library copy. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Condition: Good. 5th. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Condition: Good. 5th. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Condition: Good. Former library copy. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Condition: good.

Condition: good. A former university library book with all the expected stamps, stickers and markings. Some shelf, storage or usage wear present. The binding is tight and all pages are present. The pages appear unmarked. Pictures available upon request. Individually inspected by Dreagon. Thanks for supporting an independent bookseller.…

Condition: very_good.

hardcover. Condition: Good.

Hardcover. Condition: As New. No Dust Jacket. A Nice Clean, Square, Unmarked Copy. This Signed old book is just about As New. This oversized hardcover book with brown cloth covers has 256 pages including many photos and illustrations. The author wrote "From the author to Mrs. Esther B. Allen, Ernest R. Rather, Chicago, September 12, 1986" on the first end paper. The copyright page shows 1972 as the published date. We always ship in a sturdy cardboard box.…

Heavy; quarto navy blue cloth boards, gilt lettering, 1110pp, illus., VG (tidy ex-library, sl. soiling within, d/w taped to boards with corresponding tape stains) in d/w VG (plastic covered with adhesive strips top & bottom, usual markings, light soiling).

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. First Edition. Ex-Library; 8vo 8" - 9" tall.

Hardcover. Condition: Good +. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 3rd Edition. Oversized book, will require extra shipping charges. Library marks, including dust jacket taped to book boards. Ex-Library.

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good +. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. Contains ephemeral publication announcement material. The book is in great, clean, bright, tight shape. The jacket has some edge-wear, tears, and stains. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. ADVANCE READING COPY with publisher announcement and review laid in. Leader of the African Garden Party Hon. S.A. Sykes's copy. Laid in is a flyer of the 3-day Gala celebration in honor of Hon. Marcus Garvey at New True Vine Baptist Church in Chicago, with event details not found elsewhere. An extraordinary collection of historical and then-current facts about African-Americans in Chicago, the most complete compendium on their achievement in Chicago to date. Includes complete lists and historical details, including addresses, of all Black churches, newspapers, lawmakers, members of the professions, as well as population data and bibliography of the Black market. An invaluable resource for the scholar and historian. Book is fine and unmarked. Except for a small 3/4" gently closed edge tear, jacket is near fine and protected by an archival Mylar plastic cover. Extremely scarce.…

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Third Edition. Hard Cover. Third Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 1206p. A near fine copy, the top forecorner of the back cover is somewhat bumped, in a very good d.j. with a three-quarter inch tear and a chip at the top of the back panel and a little edgewear. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Book.…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Publisher: Bellwether Publishing Company, 1983, Good, HB, ISBN: 0-913144-08-8, 1550 pp EX-LIB with usual markings, bottom of book scuffed, mylar protector. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. With Dust Jacket. First Edition. The Negro Almanac: A Reference Work on the Afro-American, compiled and edited by Harry A. Ploski and Roscoe C. Brown, Jr. Published in 1971 by Bellwether Publishing Company, Inc., New York. This is a first edition. Key features: - First edition, published in 1971. - Compiled and edited by Harry A. Ploski, Ph.D., and Roscoe C. Brown, Jr., Ph.D. - 1012 pages, including hundreds of photographs, charts, maps, and tables. - Sections on Africa and the Caribbean, easy-to-use index. - Publisher: Bellwether Publishing Company, Inc. - Library of Congress Catalog Card Number: 66-29721. - Hardcover with original dust jacket. Condition: - Book is in good vintage condition, with signs of age and wear consistent with its era. - Spine and covers show some fading, rubbing, and minor wear at the edges and corners. - Binding is secure; pages are intact, with no marks or tears. - Interior pages are clean, with some light yellowing typical of older books. - Dust jacket is intact, with some rubbing, creasing, and minor chipping at the edges. - Library stamp and catalog card pocket on the front endpaper. - No writing or highlighting present. A notable addition to collections of African American history, reference works, or vintage non-fiction.…

Hardcover. Condition: new. New Copy. Customer Service Guaranteed.

Gr.-8°, gebunden. Condition: Gut. 1012 Seiten Schutzumschlag deutlich angegriffen, Schnitte etwas nachgedunkelt, Seiten sehr gut und sauber. Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 1723.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Fourth edition, first printing. xiii, 1,552pp. Illustrated. Tan cloth stamped in black and gilt. Spine with a light ripple from use and page edges a trifle soiled, near fine in a toned and modestly soiled, good or better dust jacket with several tears and chips.…

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. First edition. Thick octavo. 1012pp. Neat owner's name on front pastedown, and small crease on front fly folded over from a binding flaw, else about fine lacking the dustwrapper. Virtually all copies of this first edition went to libraries and are thus very uncommon.

Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. nach der Bestellung gedruckt Neuware - Printed after ordering - Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articlesavailable from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Benjamin Banneker(November 9, 1731 - October 9, 1806) was a free African Americanastronomer, mathematician, surveyor, almanac author and farmer. Althoughit is difficult to verify details of Benjamin Banneker's family historyit appears that he was a grandson of a European American named MollyWelsh. The story goes that Molly met a slave named Banneka when shepurchased him to help establish a farm located near the future site ofEllicott's Mills (see Ellicott City, Maryland History) west ofBaltimore, Maryland. This part of Maryland was out of the mainstream ofthe colonial South, and as result had a more tolerant attitude towardAfrican Americans than did colonial areas in which slavery was moreprevalent. Perhaps a member of the Dogon tribe, reputed to have ahistorical knowledge of astronomy (see Dogon and Sirius), Banneka mayhave cleared Molly's land, solved irrigation problems, and implemented acrop rotation for her. Soon thereafter, Molly freed and married Bannekawho may have shared his knowledge of astronomy with her.…