[Shreveport, La. 1976]. [34]pp. Original pictorial cream wrappers, stapled. Moderate staining and noticeable insect damage to wrappers, some pen notations on covers. A few ink notations and underlinings in the text, but mostly clean, with center gathering detached. An unrecorded pamphlet containing numerous "historical sketches" of the various groups within.....
[N.p., likely Houston, Tx. 1944, 1946]. [4]; [4]pp. Both in original printed wrappers, stapled. Minor overall wear. Very good. A pair of very rare, if not unrecorded, pamphlets printing the events which took place at two different annual meetings of the Women's Auxiliary of the Lone Star State Medical, Dental and.....
Miami: 1971. [3]pp. printed on rectos only. Original yellow illustrated covers, stapled. Minor wear, old folds, owner's name and addressed written on back cover. The program for the August 13, 1971 performance of The Many Faces of Eve by the Suitcase Players at the Miami Sheraton Four Ambassadors Hotel, sponsored.....
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[Cleveland? 1924-1927]. Three serial works: 43,[2]; 51,[1]; 47,[1]pp. All bound in original printed wrappers, stapled. Mostly minor wear and dust-soiling to wrappers, some chipping. Middle work worn and chipped, with text block and both covers detached but present, and no loss of text. A trio of works recording the minutes.....
![Item #5722 The Ritual of the Delta Sigma Theta Sorority [cover title]. African Americana, Women,...](https://thejoefaycompany.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/5722.jpeg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1761711694)
[N.p., likely Washington, D.C. 1939]. [4],76pp., of mimeographed text, plus one leaf of sheet music. Original red printed wrappers, brad bound. Substantial edge wear reinforced with cello tape, repaired tear and large area of loss to rear wrapper, some dust-soiling to covers. Ink ownership inscription on front blank belonging to.....
[Philadelphia]: C.M. Gilbert, [1902]. Albumen photograph, 5.5 x 4 inches, on a cardboard studio mount. Minor surface rubbing, dust-soiling, and edge wear. A wonderful original photograph of Gertrude Easton dated in March 1902, and produced by the C.M. Gilbert Studio in Philadelphia. In the present photograph, Gertrude Easton (1878-1950) is.....
Wilmington, De. E. Webb, [after 1864, probably ca. 1880s]. Oval albumen photograph, 7.25 x 5.25 inches at nexus points, on a printed studio mount measuring 10 x 7.5 inches. Long stain along left edge, not touching the image, some edge wear and spotting to mount, minor soiling and surface wear.....
Mexico City: Juan R. Navarro, 1851. 208pp. Contemporary Mexican green morocco, gilt borders to boards, spine stamped in gilt. Minor edge wear, some scuffing to boards, light soiling. Uneven toning to text, occasional minor staining. Overall very good. An apparently unrecorded book of manners supposedly translated from the English language.....
Puebla: Imp. de N. Bassols dirigida por I. Boclar, 1868. 316,[2]pp. Contemporary light green cloth, gilt spine titles. Minor edge wear, light soiling to boards. Sam black ink signature to title page, last page of text, and Index leaf. Very good. The very rare first Mexican edition of a popular.....
Frederick County, Md. March 7, 1788. [1]p., folio, docketed on verso. Old folds, short splits along a couple of fold lines, minor toning. An impactful manuscript document from the early national period in Maryland, formalizing the sale of a slave woman in Frederick County. The sale was made by Robertson.....
Sulphur Springs, Tx: T. Rainwater, [ca. 1890s]. Two cabinet card photographs, both around 6 x 4 inches, each on a slightly different printed studio mount. Minor wear and soiling. Very good. A delightful pair of Texas studio photographs produced by Kentucky-born shutterfly Terrell Rainwater after he moved himself and his.....
[Various locations: 1943-1946]. [58] leaves, illustrated with 114 photographs, generally two per page, tipped in on rectos. Octavo. Contemporary plain paper photograph album bound in brown textured cloth with decorative stamping on spine and front board. Minor wear. Internally quite clean. Very good plus. A tidy and informative collection of.....
New York: May 13, 1871. 16pp., printed in three columns, on folio newsprint. Some dust soiling, chipping, and wrinkling to edges of outer leaves, especially along spine, costing a handful of letters and words on the front page, adhesive remnant in contents section costing or obscuring a few words, top.....
Philadelphia: Published by the Philadelphia Ladies' Anti-Slavery Society. Printed by Merrihew and Gunn, 1836. 24pp. Disbound. Ex-Vermont State Library, with embossed blindstamp and remnants of shelf label on title page and small numbered ink stamp on first page of text. Remnants of original wrappers along outer gutters, mostly minor foxing.....
[Washington, DC: 1938-1939]. Six items. Some marginal chipping to documents, otherwise in nice shape. Very good. A small archive consisting of half a dozen items retained by Howard University graduate Patricia Lacey from her time at the school in the late 1930s. In addition to the university-related items, the present.....
[Various locations, mostly Phoenix, AZ: 1972-1980]. [24] leaves, illustrated with twenty-three mounted photographs, plus dozens of mounted ephemeral items including letters, documents, certificates, newspaper clippings, and more, plus a folder laid in containing television prompt copies. Folio. Contemporary brown vinyl scrapbook, string tied. Minor overall wear, some old tape stains.....
Prairie View, TX: 1919-1920. [92]pp. of ink manuscript, plus eighteen photographs and seven ephemeral items on an additional [11]pp. Original scrapbook, 12.25 x 8.5 inches. Ownership inscription on front pastedown reading, "Estella V. Sells, Prairie View College, May 17, 1920." A well-used personal scrapbook, with binding loose with cover nearly.....
[Mainly Chicago, Il. 1948-1975]. Spiral-bound sketchbook, with nineteen full-page sketches, some in color and some in pencil, 12 x 9 inches; plus a finished color painting on art board, 14 x 9.75 inches; twenty-eight photographs, 3 x 3 inches to 8 x 10 inches; fourteen printed art exhibition catalogues; and.....
[Morrison, WI: ca. January 26, 1867]. Broadside, 26.75 x 20.25 inches, printed on thin paper. Old folds, some creasing, edges occasionally a bit frayed with a few small nicks or tears, a couple of minor losses along folds. Overall very good condition. A striking and seemingly unique surviving broadside advertising.....
Laredo, TX: 1925. [118]pp. of content of various types, including thirty-six photographs (most once in mounting corners but now loose), plus 41pp. of manuscript inscriptions to Gonzalez, an original drawing, and various kinds of mounted ephemeral items. Contemporary scrapbook, 8.75 x 6 inches. Ownership signature on early page. A well-used personal.....
[New York]: C.D. Fredricks & Co. Theatrical Portrait Gallery No. 2, [ca. 1880s]. Cartes-de-visite photograph, 3.5 x 2.25 inches, on a slightly larger studio mount. Minor wear and dust-soiling. Very good. A charming photocollage incorporating tiny headshots of a hundred women of the American theater in the late-19th century into.....
Colorado Springs: 1956-1957. Twenty-five scripts, totaling 335 pages, each between seven and twenty-three pages, each with a pictorial title leaf, all stapled, plus two ephemeral items, totaling nine pages. Minor edge wear and light toning. Ephemeral items folded. A complete run of transcripts for all twenty-five episodes of DelVina Wheeldon's.....
[Various locations, mainly Texas, Oklahoma, and Arkansas]: 1945. Two albums. Album I: [24] leaves, illustrated with twenty-four original photographs, over two dozen postcards (mostly photographic), original letters and military documents, and a large quantity of ephemeral items. Folio. Contemporary cream cloth decoratively stamped on front board in gilt and silver.....