[Various locations. 1958-1962]. Approximately twelve typed letters and sixty printed publications. General toning and minor wear. An interesting collection of letters and publications relating to Dr. Josephus Coan's work in Africa. Dr. Josephus Roosevelt Coan (1902-2004) was a noted minister, educator, missionary, and administrator born to sharecropper parents in Spartanburg.....

New York: Immigrant Publication Society, 1916. 64pp. plus fifteen photographic plates, and two maps (printed on one sheet). Original light green wrappers printed in dark green. Ex-NYPL, with typical discard markings and library remnants. Spine reinforced on spine with cloth tape. Front cover partially split. Presentation inscription from author on.....

[Brooklyn, NY: 1868-1913]. 121pp. plus assorted ephemeral items tipped in or pinned in throughout. Folio. Contemporary three-quarter black calf and marbled paper-covered boards, gilt leather spine label on front board. Moderate scuffing and edge wear to boards, binding tender, with front cover and first twenty-or-so leaves partially detached. Minor occasional.....

Paris: Ladvocat / Chez Beguin, 1819. viii,247,[10],135pp., plus a folding plan. Contemporary French tree calf, expertly rebacked, preserving original gilt leather spine label. Boards noticeably scuffed, with minor losses to boards, edges worn. Tiny wormtracks in lower right margin of a handful of leaves, not approaching text, a few scattered.....

St. Louis: John S. Swift Co., [1925]. 64pp. Original pictorial wrappers, string-tied. Some creasing and wear at wrapper edges. Light toning. First edition of this attractive promotional for the virtues of the Lower Rio Grande Valley, published by the Missouri Pacific Railroad in 1925. Chief among the attractions are the.....