Commented Bibliography of 101 Influential Books by and About People of African Descent: A Collector's Choice (1556-1982)

First edition. A record of books by and about people of African descent who have influenced world literature and history. Provides collations and literary, historical and bibliographical information. The author has spent more than forty years amassing one of America's largest private collections concerning Black history. In 1984 he donated his collection to Temple University in Philadelphia and he now serves as curator to this spectacular collection. When the bibliophile Lessing J. Rosenwald was asked his opinion about publishing a Black History Hundred he replied that "a book of this nature would no doubt be an exciting task, it would be the first of its kind and it would immediately become a much sought after item." Well illustrated with over sixty black and white reproductions of title pages.Corners bumped. 74 pages. cloth, dust jacket.. 4to..