Terre Haute, IN: 1938. 32pp. Original red pictorial wrappers, illustrated in black on front wrapper, stapled. Minor wear and toning. Gift inscription from illustrator on title page. A rare collection of "fireside stories" adapted for young African-American children by notable Indiana educator Evangeline E. Harris (1893-1950). According to the text.....

[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.....

Naperville, IL: J.L. Nichols & Company, [ca. 1907]. [98]pp., variously paginated, plus photographic frontispiece of the author, twenty doubled-sided plates, and eight pages of lined paper at rear for recording subscriptions. Original maroon cloth stamped in gilt on front cover and in more elaborate black and white floral designs with.....

New Berne, NC: Printed at the Times Office, [ca. 1862-1865]. Broadside, 10 x 8.25 inches, printed in two columns within an ornamental border. Old folds, minor foxing, light creasing and edge wear. Very good. A captivating and seemingly unrecorded Civil War-focused poem ostensibly authored by a Union soldier stationed in.....

Honolulu: 1928. [28],105,[26]pp. Original pictorial wrappers, stapled, with front cover stamped in black, orange, green, blue, and yellow. Moderate staining and chipping to wrappers. Text block detached between endpapers, fairly regular thumb-soiling to outer margins, occasional minor staining. Good condition. An informative yearbook issued for the students of Japanese High.....

Mexico City: 1888. 210,[6]pp. Contemporary quarter sheep and marbled boards, spine gilt. Spine leather scuffed in places, corners and edges with some moderate wear. Even toning and occasional foxing. First Mexican edition of this realist novel by Spanish writer Benito Pérez Galdós, published in 1888. Miau tells the story of.....

Mexico City: F. Neve, 1868. 394,[2]pp. Contemporary quarter sheep and pebbled cloth, spine gilt. Light wear to corners and spine; boards lightly soiled. Front and rear free endpapers town away. Even toning, an occasional fox mark. Rare Mexican edition of these collected philosophical and political essays and journalism by Spanish.....

[Utrecht: 1857]. Illustrated broadside, 17 x 13.75 inches, with large illustration at top printed in black, and title and body text printed in gold in three columns. Old folds, minor toning around edges, a few short closed tears, two small repairs on verso to short line separations, light surface wear.....

Paris: Aux Bureaux du Magasin Pittoresque, 1853. viii,399pp. Contemporary maroon pebbled cloth, leather backstrip, gilt spine titles. Minor wear and bumping to boards, minor soiling. Light toning to text. Very good. An early French edition of A Key to Uncle Tom's Cabin, published by Harriet Beecher Stowe in order to.....

La Haye [The Hague]: Correspondence Musicale, [ca. 1852-1855]. [3]pp., on a single folded folio sheet, lithographic illustration on front cover. Minor toning, foxing, and edge wear. Stated second edition of rare Dutch sheet music for a piano piece inspired by Harriet Beecher Stowe's Uncle Tom's Cabin. The central illustration on.....