[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.....

[Philadelphia: A.M.E. Book Concern], 1928. 104pp., plus four plates. Original blue cloth, gilt titles on front cover. Some rubbing to cloth and titles, minor edge wear, spine end a bit scuffed. Ownership ink inscription on front pastedown, ownership initials on fore-edge. Internally clean. Scarce in any condition. The scarce second.....

Cleveland: Wilfred-Gardner Pub. Co., 1925-1926. Two pamphlets: 80; 80pp. Each in original printed wrappers, stapled. Wrappers of earlier volume chipped and detached, with old tape repairs along spine. Minor toning to text of later volume. Both volumes internally clean. A pair of conference programs published in the wake of the.....

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.....

[Los Angeles]: California Eagle, [1934]. Broadside, 14.5 x 9 inches. Moderate toning, old folds, very minor loss at two crossfolds, a few short splits along fold lines, some small marginal chipping. A highly ephemeral broadside touting the message of Father Divine and denouncing a recent fraud by "a Set of.....

Newark: Starbuck & Dunham, Book and Job Printers, 1883. 24pp. Octavo. Original printed wrappers. Moderate wear and soiling, some tape residue along spine of upper wrapper, spine chipped. Ex-General Theological Library, with small ink stamp in upper margin on verso of title page. Overall, still very good. Following swiftly on.....

[N.p., likely Georgia. ca. 1940]. [4]pp. on a single folded sheet. Illustrated portrait. Old folds, minor wear and soiling. Former owner's pencil inscription and notations on front and rear covers. A seemingly unrecorded and intriguing ephemeral item, presumably handed out during a preaching tour of Georgia around 1940 by an.....

[Prairie View, Ks. ca. 1890s]. Albumen photograph, 8 x 10 inches, on a decorative mount measuring 11.5 x 13.5 inches. Bottom right corner of mount chipped, moderate staining, soiling, and foxing, minor surface wear to image. A striking large-format photograph memorializing an African American religious service inside the spacious First.....

[Shreveport, La. 1964]. 48pp. Quarto. Original pictorial wrappers, stapled. Noticeable staining and edge wear, head of spine chipped. The very rare, if not unrecorded, program issued by the Shiloh Baptist Church "celebrating the completion of a new house of worship and sixty-four years of service for God 1900-1964." The work.....

[Shreveport, La. 1975]. 36pp. Original tan wrappers printed in black, stapled. Moderate toning to wrappers, minor edge wear. Contents a bit toned but clean. A rare program printing the schedule of events for the "First Annual Banquet" of the Neighborhood Advisory Councils of Caddo Parish, Louisiana. The present work prints.....

[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.....

Detroit: Bolar Printing and Publishing Co., 1957. 20pp. Folio. Original orange printed wrappers, stapled. Minor wear and light foxing. Former owner's signatures on inside front wrapper and rear wrapper. A rare directory of laypersons for the Michigan African Methodist Episcopal Church, listing hundreds of congregants, their addresses, and phone numbers.....

Cleveland: B. Johnson Publishing Company, 1952. [40]pp. Original red pictorial wrappers, stapled. Mild wear. Light uniform toning to text. A very rare directory listing the members of the St. John A.M.E. Church in Cleveland, edited by Josephus F. Hicks. The editor's preface states that the work was produced "to present.....