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Description
[BALDWIN (James)].
A collection of 29 books from the library of the American writer James Baldwin (1924–1987), a leading figure in the civil rights movement and an African-American activist. All copies, with the exception of one (by William Bloom), are inscribed to him. This collection offers, in particular, an interesting overview of African-American literature from the 1970s and 1980s.
Books in French:
- BERNHEIM (Nicole). Journey through Black America. Paris: Stock, 1986. — BRYCE-ECHENIQUE (Alfredo). The Exaggerated Life of Martin Romaña, translated from Spanish by Jean-Marie Saint-Lu. n.p.: Luneau Ascot, 1983. — CORDIER (Robert). Hattie’s Song in *Babylone si froide* (play). n.p.: Cééditions, 1981. — DARY (Bernard). *Un coup de fouet*. Paris: Fayard, 1971. — FABRE (Geneviève). *Black Theatre in the United States*. Paris: Éditions du Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, 1982. — SOUDAN (François). *Mandela the Indomitable*. n.p.: Jeune Afrique Livres, 1987.
Books in English:
- ALLEN (James and Geneva). *God Bless This Child*. A novel. New York: Exposition Press, 1975. — *Aquarius 13/14*. London: Eddie S. Linden, 1982. — BARRETT (Lindsay). *Song for Mumu*. A novel. London: Longmans, 1967. — BLOOM (William). *A Canterbury Tale*. A game for children. London: Michael Joseph, 1971. Uncorrected proof copy, accompanied by a signed letter from the publisher addressed to Baldwin. — BREYTENBACH (Breyten). *A Season in Paradise*. London, Boston: Faber and Faber, 1985. — CHASE-RIBOUD (Barbara). In good condition. New York: William Morrow and Company, 1986. — CLARK (Lloyd). Poems & Drawings. n.p.: Lloyd Clark, 1973. — FORMAN (James). The Making of Black Revolutionaries. New York: The Macmillan Company, 1972. — GIL-ALBERT (Juan). Variations on an Unextinguishable Theme. Bilingual edition. Barcelona: Instituto de Estudios Norteamericanos, 1982. Bilingual English–Spanish edition. — GOLD (Herbert). *Swiftie the Magician*. A novel. New York, St Louis, etc.: McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1974. — HARDING (Vincent). *The Other American Revolution*. Los Angeles, Atlanta: Centre for Afro-American Studies, 1980. — JAMES (C.L.R.). *Mariners, Renegades and Castaways*. The story of Herman Melville and the world we live in. London, New York: Allison & Busby, 1985. — KNIGHTON STANLEY. The Children Are Crying. Congregationalism Among Black People. New York, Philadelphia: The Pilgrim Press, 1979. — LOGAN (Thaddeus). Hey Cabbie. Baltimore: Logan Enterprises Publishing Company, 1983. — MAJOR (Clarence). *Symptoms & Madness*. Poems. New York: Corinth Books, 1971. — MANAKA (Matsemela). *Egoli City of Gold*. A Soyikwa Theatre Production. Johannesburg: A Soyikwa-Ravan production, [1986?]. — MARABLE (Manning). *Blackwater: Historical Studies in Race, Class Consciousness, and Revolution*. Dayton: Black Praxis Press, 1981. — MOODY (Anne). *Mr Death*. Four Stories. Foreword by John Donovan. New York…: Harper & Row, 1975. — REDMOND (Eugene). *In a Time of Rain & Deire*. *New Love Poems*. East St. Louis: Black River Writers, 1973. — REDMOND (Eugene). *River of Bones and Flesh and Blood*. *Poems*. East St. Louis: Black River Writers, 1971. — WOLFF (Geoffrey). *Bad Debts*. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1969. — YADE (Richard). *Savoy*. South Hadley: The Mount Holyoke College Art Museum, 1982. [Exhibition catalogue].
Book in German:
- BONI (François). Gespräche mit James Baldwin, Carl J. Burckhardt, Mary McCarthy… Vienna, Munich, Zurich, 1972.
Signs of wear.
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Claude Mozis Library – Black Africa and the African diaspora
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