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NIGHT SONG. London; Collins/Fontana Books (1965). First British paperback edition.
NIGHT SONG. London: Collins (1962). First British edition.
NIGHT SONG. London: the Jazz Book Club by arrangement with Collins (1964).
NIGHT SONG. New York: Farrar, Straus & Cudahy (1961). First edition.
O'CONNOR, John J. "TV: Blacks on Way Up in "Sophisticated Gents," offprint from the New York Times. 29 September 1981
ONE FOR NEW YORK. Chatham, N.J.: The Chatham Bookseller (1975). Reissue of The Angry Ones under the title originally intended by Williams.
One for New York. Chatham, N.J.: The Chatham Bookseller (1975). Reissue of the Angry Ones under the title originally intended by Williams.
Opera Columbus program for Vanqui premiere. (October 1999).
Original Carl van Vechten photograph of John O. Killens. 1954.
Original drawing by Williams of the campus setting for Colleagues.
Original photograph of Chester Himes with his cat, Deros. Taken by Williams at the Hotel Albert in New York. Summer 1968.
Original photograph of Himes and Williams. Taken by Lori Williams in New York. 1968.
Original photograph of Williams at his typewriter, 1964.
Photo by Jean Lattes.
Photo by Jean Lattes.
Original photographs of the house where Williams lived in Castelldefels, Spain. 1958-1959.
Original typescript of collaborative effort by Williams and his wife, Lori. (1979)
Original typescript, The Book Without Title became Clifford's Blues.
PAINTING IN SOUND, Sam Middleton. Original typescript with author's corrections.
PHILLIS WHEATLEY AWARD FOR INVALUABLE CONTRIBUTIONS TO AFRICAN AMERICAN LETTERS AND CULTURE, QBR The Black Book Review, 19 July 2002.
Photograph of the Williams family: (l-r) sister Ruth; father, John Henry; Williams; sister Helen; mother, Ola Mae. 830 S. McBride St., Syracuse, N.Y.…
Picture of Williams and brief bio in Nugget. Vol. 3, No. 3. (October 1958).
Poems. Syracuse, NY. Privately published by the author, 1952. "Limited edition," The author's first book.
POLITICAL BUTTON, Poor People's campaign.
POWERMAN 5000. Tonight the Stars Revolt. Los Angeles: Dreamworks Records (1999). CD-ROM.
Printed dust jacket for Unconventional Prayers by Allen A. Stockdale. New York: Comet Press Books (1955). Designed by Williams with Barbara Koski.
Printed paper jacket for Safari West. Designed by Raymond Beauchemin.
Program from a luncheon where Williams was honored with the "President's Preservation Award," 6 October 2001.
Promotional photograph showing the cast of "The Sophisticated Gents" (1981).
Promotional shots in his office at Rutgers University, 1982.
QUEENIE PIE. Original manuscript libretto, with Williams's corrections shown.
QUEENIE PIE. Original manuscript libretto, with Williams's corrections shown.
REED, Ishmael. Mumbo Jumbo. Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday (1972). First edition, signed by Reed.
REED, Ishmael. Typed letter, signed. 24 September 1975.
REFLECTED IN MALCOLM: LIVING IN THE TIME OF X. Original typescript of unpublished young adult book.
ROTH, Henry. Typed letter signed. 25 July 1966.
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, appointing Williams to the position of Professor Emeritus, June 1994.
SAFARI WEST. Montreal, Canada: Hochelaga Press (1998). First edition.
Sam Middleton (1987). Williams wrote the introduction to the catalog for a Middleton retrospective in the Netherlands.
Sam Middleton: Mischief and Melancholy (1998).
Screenshot of original Writings of Consequence: The Art of John A. Williams, digital exhibit
SIONS, Harry. Typed letter, signed. 29 July 1966.
SISSIE: A PLAY IN THREE ACTS. Original typescript, second draft; with the author's corrections and additions. A dramatization of the novel for the…
SISSIE. Garden City, N.Y.: Anchor Books/Doubleday (1969). First paperback edition.
SISSIE. New York: Farrar. Straus, & Cudahy (1963). First edition.
SISSIE. Stockholm: Raben & Sjogren (1964). Swedish paperback edition.
SONS OF DARKNESS, SONS OF LIGHT. Boston: Little, Brown (1969). First edition, in dust jacket.
SONS OF DARKNESS, SONS OF LIGHT. Boston: Little, Brown (1969). First edition, proof copy.
SONS OF DARKNESS, SONS OF LIGHT. New York: Pocket Books (1970). First paperback edition.
SONS OF DARKNESS, SONS OF LIGHT. Setting typescript, with author's corrections and additions.
Southeastern Massachusetts University Seventy-Eighth Commencement, Dartmouth, Mass., 4 June 1978. Williams received an Honorary Doctor of Literature…
SWEET LOVE, BITTER. New York: Dell (1966).
Syracuse University Centennial Medal for Outstanding Achievement, 1970.
THE ANGRY BLACK. New York: Lancer Books (1962(. First edition, edited by Williams. Stories and articles by prominent writers.
THE ANGRY ONES. New York: Ace Books, 1960. First edition. Signed by Williams. Williams's first regularly published book.
The Angry Ones. New York: Pocket Books, 1970.
The Angry Ones. New York: W.W. Norton & Co. (1996)
The Art of Romare Bearden: The Prevalence of Ritual. New York: Abrams (1973). Introduction by Williams.
THE BERHAMA ACCOUNT. Far Hills, N.J.: New Horizon Press (1985). First edition, in dust jacket.
THE JOHN OLIVER KILLENS MEMORIAL AWARD FOR FICTION, Blind Beggar Press 25th Anniversary Celebration, 22 September 2002.
THE JUNIOR BACHELOR SOCIETY. Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday (1976). First edition, uncorrected proof copy.
THE JUNIOR BACHELOR SOCIETY. Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday (1976). First edition.
THE JUNIOR BACHELOR SOCIETY. Original typescript, with author's corrections and additions. Uncollated sheets.
THE KING GOD DIDN'T SAVE. New York: Coward-McCann (1970). First edition.
THE KING GOD DIDN'T SAVE. Paperback edition.
THE MAN WHO CRIED I AM. Autograph manuscript. Fragment of dramatization by Williams.
THE MAN WHO CRIED I AM. Boston: Little, Brown (1967). First hardcover edition.
THE MAN WHO CRIED I AM. London: Penguin Books in association with Eyre & Spottiswoode (1971). Paperback edition.
THE MAN WHO CRIED I AM. New York: Signet Books/New American Library (1968). First paperback edition.
THE MAN WHO CRIED I AM. New York: Signet Books/New American Library (1968). First paperback edition.
THE MAN WHO CRIED I AM. New York: Thunder's Mouth Press (1985). New paperback edition.
THE MAN WHO CRIED I AM. Original carbon typescript with author's corrections and additions.
THE MAN WHO CRIED I AM. Woodstock, N.Y.: The Overlook Press (2004).
THE MCGRAW-HILL INTRODUCTION TO LITERATURE. Co-edited with Gilbert H. Muller. New York: McGraw-Hill (1985). First edition, original wrappers.
THE PROTECTORS, by Harry J. Anslinger with J. Dennis Gregory. New York: Farrar, Straus, and Cudahy (1964). First edition. Williams used the pseudonym…
THIS IS MY COUNTRY TOO. New York: New American Library (1966). First edition.
THIS IS MY COUNTRY TOO. New York: New American Library (1966). First paperback edition.
Typed letter from Williams to Glenda Kuneman, 14 June 2000.
Typed letter from Williams to Mercer Ellington. 10 December 1982.
Typed letter signed. From Williams to Richard Pryor. 10 April 1983.
Typed letter, Raymond Beauchemin to Williams. 27 June 1997.
VANQUI. Original printed score with libretto by Williams and music by Leslie Savoy Burrs (1998). "Women's Deep Song," with Williams's corrections…
WAY B(L)ACK THEN AND NOW: A STREET GUIDE TO AFRICAN AMERICANS IN PARIS. Michel Fabre and John A. Williams. Center for American Culture Studies,…
WAYS IN: APRROACHES TO READING AND WRITING ABOUT LITERATURE AND FILM. Co-edited with Gilbert H. Muller. New York: McGraw-Hill (2003). Second edition.
WAYS IN: APPROACHES TO READING AND WRITING ABOUT LITERATURE. Co-edited with Gilbert H. Muller. New York: McGraw-Hill (1994). First edition.
Williams and Achebe, Lagos, Nigeria. January 1965.
Williams and wife, Lori, at Carnegie Center, 1972.
Williams at age three, in Syracuse, N.Y. 1928.
Williams at his desk, Teaneck, N.J. 1977.
Williams at Sarah Lawrence College, 1973.
Williams holding artist Bill Hutson's design (never used) for the dust jacket of The Man Who Cried I Am. 1972.
Williams holding his son Dennis, with his other son, Gregory. 1952.
Williams speaking at a conference in honor of Chester Himes, Carnegie Center, 1972.
Williams when he was the president of the Syracuse University chapter of the NAACP and president of the Delta Zeta chapter of the Alpha Phi Alpha…
Williams with brother, Joe, and son Greg. March 1949.
Williams with Charles F. Harris at the Random House reception for Amistad.
Williams with friend Dave (Slick) Branch in “zoot suits.” Almond St., Syracuse, N.Y. 1941.
Williams with friend Eric Simmons in Thornden Park, Syracuse, N.Y. Summer 1946.
Williams with his sister Lois. 1927.
Williams with Lori and Adam Williams, Getty Museum, Los Angeles, 1999.
Williams with son Adam, Los Angeles, May 1997. Adam Williams is lead guitarist for Powerman 5000.
Williams with sons Adam, Greg, and Dennis. Worcester, N.Y., 1968.
Williams with sons Dennis and Gregory. (1957?)
Williams, far left, in Oakland, Calif. Early 1946.
WILLIAMS, Lori and John A. DEAR CHESTER, DEAR JOHN. (A work in progress.)
Williams, Lori, and Adam, Fuengirola, Spain. Summer 1977.
Williams's mother, Ola. 1938.
With Cousin Arnetha Smith Cook, left, and wife Carolyn Clopton Williams, right. Taken on Williams's honeymoon at the Club DeLisa in Chicago. 1947.
WRIGHT, Richard. Carbon typescript of "Blueprint for Negro Literature" (1937).