Washington, D.C. Buell & Blanchard, 1848-1858. Twelve issues, each 4pp., printed in seven columns. Large folio. Old folds, varying levels of chipping, fold separations, foxing, and edge wear. Occasional minor loss of text from wear at crossfolds and in one case a tobacco burn. Some issues with ink notations at.....

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.....

Boston: February 18, 1841. [4]pp., numbered [209]-212, on a single large folio sheet of newsprint, removed from a binding, with some fraying along spine edge. Center horizontal fold, minor foxing. A rare issue of the Massachusetts Abolitionist, "Published Every Thursday, by J.C. Beman, for the Massachusetts Abolition Society" and edited.....

New York: S. Tackaberry, [1864]. Carte de visite photograph, 3.25 x 2 inches, on a slightly larger printed mount. Minor soiling and spotting, light edge wear. One of a series of CDVs featuring recently freed slaves produced in 1863-64 as part of a fundraising effort in the American South. This.....

London: Camera Press, 1969. Black-and-white photograph on glossy paper, 6.5 x 4.75 inches. Minor wear. Production ink stamps and printed descriptive label on verso. Small crease to upper left corner. Near fine. A striking press photo of Shirley Chisholm, described on the printed label here as "Democrat; Representative from the.....

New York: Verna, 1965. Panoramic photograph, 10 x 20 inches. A few heavy creases, two closed edge tears, small puncture at bottom left of image area. A striking panoramic photograph featuring the attendees of the national banquet of the Epsilon Nu Delta Mortuary Fraternity in New York City on August.....

[N.p. N.d., likely 1950s or 1960s]. Black-and-white photograph, 12.5 x 9.5 inches, mounted to tan backing board with manuscript title and photographer's credit in pencil at bottom. Minor surface wear to image, moderate foxing to board. A large-format and striking photograph of legendary African American contralto singer Marian Anderson. The.....

San Antonio: 1938. Two black-and-white photographs, each 2.75 x 4 inches. Light edge wear. Developer's stamp on verso of each. A pair of contemporary photographs featuring a neatly-dressed young Black woman with eight of her pupils. The first pictures the teacher and her students seated on the steps of a......

[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.....

Philadelphia: 1956. 64pp. Original pictorial wrappers, stapled. Light wear. A rare work highlighting the achievements of dozens of notable African Americans and the larger African-American community in the mid-1950s. The work opens with a prologue which begins: "As the American Negro stood at the gate of 1956, his flag of.....

[N.p., probably Chicago: 1949]. 112pp. Original red printed wrappers, stapled. Very minor wear. The 1949 issue of an irregularly-published almanac aimed at uplifting the African-American community. The author, Rev. Ross D. Brown, writes rather defiantly about a host of issues important to the Black community, such as white supremacy, the.....

Pittsburgh: Committee to Defend the Pittsburgh Five, 1953. 24pp. Original pictorial self wrappers, stapled. Minor toning and handling wear. Very good. A scarce pamphlet pertaining to the controversial legal battle pertaining to one of the Pittsburgh defendants in a notable Smith Act case. Careathers, a longtime Communist activist, was accused by.....

[N.p., but likely Washington, D.C. 1947]. 5pp. mimeo typescript on legal-sized sheets, stapled four times at top left. One center horizontal fold, minor wear. A typed document containing the text of a speech delivered by Dr. William Montague Cobb on July 3, 1947 before a subcommittee of the Senate Committee.....