Doniphan, Ks. Printed at the Crusader of Freedom Office, 1858. Single sheet, 3.5 x 7.5 inches. Minor foxing, light edge wear. An uncommon form, printed at James Redpath's Crusader of Freedom office in Doniphan, Kansas. The Scottish-born Redpath originally worked for Horace Greeley's New York Tribune where he published a series.....

[Various locations in Louisiana: 1952-1968]. [81] leaves, illustrated with 701 photographs, some in color but mostly in black-and-white. Oblong folio. Contemporary green cloth, screw-bound. Moderate soiling and wear to album, both covers and a few internal leaves detached. Album leaves with varying levels of chipping and wear, a handful of.....

[Des Moines, Ia. Robert E. Patten, 1951]. Broadside, 8 x 6 inches, printed in brown ink within a decorative border. Mild toning. A rare sample copy of an original promotional certificate offering a loan to prospective members of a "Co-operative movement" in Iowa. African-American publisher, printer, and Co- operative movement.....

Nashville: February 29, 1920. 6pp., on plain paper, with original transmittal envelope. Original mailing folds, light wear. A friendly and informative correspondence written by Georgia Blakemore (later Georgia Blakemore Williams), while studying at the famed Meharry Medical College in Nashville. Georgia Blakemore Williams was born in Tennessee in 1883. She.....

[San Francisco: National Poetry Association (S.F.), 1995]. Small broadside, 8 x 11 inches, printed in brown and black on light tan paper. Light wear. Near fine. A small but striking broadside advertising a September 1995 performance by legendary poet Maya Angelou in Oakland. Angelou performed on this occasion with her.....

[N.p., likely Pine Bluff, Ar: 1904]. [12],238pp., including numerous photographic portraits. Original blue wrappers printed in black and gilt. Some chipping, fraying, and insect damage to wrappers. Old dampstain on last leaf and rear wrapper, the two partially adhered together. Good only. A rare record of the proceedings of African-American.....

Los Angeles: Black Business Directory, Inc., 1970. ii,66pp. Square quarto. Original illustrated peach wrappers printed in black, stapled. Minor edge wear and rubbing, uneven toning to wrappers. Text toned but clean. Very good. A rare business directory intended for use by the African-American community of Los Angeles at the outset.....

San Diego: [ca. 1966]. 16pp. Oblong quarto. Original pictorial self wrappers, stapled. Printed entirely in blue ink. Some staining and wrinkling to covers, waterstain and minor chipping at bottom of gutter throughout, occasionally affecting a few words. A seemingly unrecorded and ephemeral souvenir program published to coincide with the dedication.....

Oakland: Marquette Press, 1971. Photographically-illustrated handbill, printed in blue ink, 11 x 8.5 inches. Minor creasing. A seemingly-unrecorded handbill or flyer advertising a revival meeting at the Golden Gate Baptist Church in Oakland. The revival was presided over by Reverend James Coffee, pastor of the Community Baptist Church in Santa.....

[Los Angeles or Chicago: ca. 1926]. Single sheet, 9.25 x 16 inches, folded three times vertically to form a slim 8pp. pamphlet. Dampstain to top margin throughout, moderate soiling throughout especially along bottom margin, slight biopredation to one panel. About very good. A rare pamphlet touting the advantages of Eureka.....

[San Francisco: ca. 1940s]. Printed handbill, 8.5 x 6 inches, illustrated. Minor handling wear, horizontal crease. Very good. An unrecorded handbill advertising the Bay-Area radio broadcasts by Bishop Ezra Nero, leader of the Landmark Spiritual Temple in San Francisco. The work includes a photographic portrait of Bishop Nero in his.....

[N.p., but perhaps Oakland or Berkeley: 1944]. Printed broadside, 5.25 x 8 inches. Minor foxing and staining, light edge wear, penciled note covering most of verso. A small and apparently unrecorded broadside calling for African Americans interested in working as bus drivers and street car operators in the San Francisco.....

Los Angeles: 1977. [108]pp. Original silver pictorial wrappers printed in white and gray, stapled. Minor wear and dust-soiling. A profusely-illustrated souvenir program celebrating the twenty-fifth anniversary of the Las Fidelas Matrons of the Apostolic Faith Home Assembly, a notable African-American Christian women's organization. The organization was formed in Los Angeles.....