[New York: Haven Press, 1947]. 190pp., plus four pages of photographic portraits preceding the text. Original blue cloth lettered in gilt. Minor rubbing and spotting to boards. Text lightly toned but clean. A scarce collection of poetry and prose by Frank B. Coffin of Little Rock, Arkansas. Coffin, an African-American.....
[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.....
Little Rock: Central Printing Company, 1924. 291pp., plus thirty-one photographic portrait plates. Publisher's green cloth with titles stamped in black. Considerable wear and staining to boards, edges worn. Hinges partially separated but holding by mull cloth. Latter portion of text dampstained. A well-worn copy of a rather scarce book. An.....
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Camp Pike, Ar. Ewing Incorporated, Official Photographers, Sept. 30, 1918. Regularly-spaced heavy creasing, center crease almost split through, some small chips and tears, minor soiling. A wonderful image but will require preservation. A captivating panoramic photograph featuring the African American members of the 74th and 94th "casual" companies of the.....
[N.p., but likely Little Rock, Ar. ca. 1920s]. Albumen photograph, 7.75 x 9.25 inches, matted and framed. Minor surface wear to photograph. Short tear to mat at bottom right. Frame backed in renewed paper, but preserving most of the original framer's label from "W.H. Bray Co., 702 Main Street, Little.....
[Washington, D.C.]: U.S. Government Printing Office, March 10, 1932. 2pp., printed on a single sheet. Light dust-soiling, minor creasing. A seemingly unrecorded broadsheet communicating a proclamation by President Herbert Hoover, calling for the formation of a three-person board to investigate and report to him on a dispute between a pair.....
Batesville, AR: January 11, 1840. [1]p., 4 x 5.5 inches, docketed on verso. Old horizontal fold, toning. Very good. An interesting manuscript record of slave care in Arkansas in the 1830s. The short but impactful document reads in full: "Recd of William McNight Admin. Of Hiram West Decd three dollars for.....
[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.....