[N.p., probably either Alton, Chicago, Springfield, or St. Louis]: 1897. Photographic montage comprised of five photographic vignettes with reproduced manuscript captions, 7 x 9.25 inches on a slightly large cardboard mount. Minor dust-soiling, small chip to lower left corner of mount not affecting image, some staining and browning on verso.....
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.....
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[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.....
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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.....
Chicago: Atwell Printing and Binding Co., 1907. 540pp., including fifty-six plates. Original blue cloth stamped in black with oval engraved portrait of Sojourner Truth inset on front cover. Edges and corners scuffed, moderate staining and soiling, spine sunned. Front hinge cracked, rear hinge tender, dampstain to fore-edge of first several.....
[Greensboro, NC: ca. 1939]. Corrected typescript on rectos only: [3],iv,[2],123pp. Occasional minor edge wear, varying levels of toning or tanning and dust-soiling throughout, some marginal chipping to a few leaves, all chapters except the first chapter individually gathered together with original paper clips, now somewhat rusted. Numerous edits and emendations.....
Paris: 1922. x,84,[2]pp. Original grey printed wrappers. Minor toning, partially unopened. An early work by noted theologian and Civil Rights activist, William Stuart Nelson. Nelson (1895-1977) was a native of Kentucky who served in World War I. He would go on to work as an university president, teaching at Howard.....
Boston: Published at the Office of the Society, 1864. 86pp. Original printed wrappers bound into modern quarter morocco over marbled boards, gilt spine titles. Light chipping and soiling to wrappers. Contemporary notation to header of title, else internally clean. Very good plus. An account of the second year of the.....
[St. Louis: ca. 1922]. Broadside, 11.25 x 14.25 inches. Tanned, short closed diagonal tear on right edge, left edge a bit frayed, tiny hip to top right corner, otherwise minor edge wear. Fragile, but in good condition. An unrecorded promotional broadside recruiting membership in the short-lived Paramount Progressive Order of.....
New York: March 2, 1847. Autograph letter, signed, [2]pp., on blue paper. Original mailing folds, very light toning along fold lines. An important manuscript letter by professor and abolitionist George Whipple regarding the activities of escaped slave and educator William P. Newman. Whipple wrote the present letter just after he.....
Nashville: February 29, 1920. 6pp., on plain paper, with original transmittal envelope. Original mailing folds, light wear. A friendly and informative correspondence written by Georgia Blakemore (later Georgia Blakemore Williams), while studying at the famed Meharry Medical College in Nashville. Georgia Blakemore Williams was born in Tennessee in 1883. She.....
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.....
[Oxford, N.C. 1937-1939]. [32] leaves, illustrated with many dozens of ephemeral items, mostly school-related printed materials, newspaper clippings, and greeting cards pasted in or laid in. Folio. Contemporary dark green cloth backstrip, light green boards with floral illustration inset into front cover, string tied. Moderate scuffing and edge wear to.....
Leesville, La: 1930-1933. 135pp. Folio. Contemporary partially-printed ledger book, bound in half black cloth over maroon cloth boards, completed to various degrees in ink manuscript. Significant wear, dust-soiling, abrading, and staining to binding, with front joint partially split. Text block separated from spine, with a few leaves detached but otherwise.....
[St. Louis: 1934]. [34] leaves, illustrated with fifty-one mounted photographs (most inscribed), with 4 loose photographs laid in, plus numerous pages containing manuscript messages by fellow students, various ephemeral items pasted in throughout, and with some ephemera laid in. Original pre-printed Girl Graduate's Journal published by Reilly & Lee of.....
New York: 1948. 19pp. Original printed self wrappers, stapled. Minor edge wear, light soiling, small chip to outer edge of first leaf, short closed tear to outer margin throughout. The very rare 1948 constitution written specifically for college or university chapters of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored.....
New York: 1950. 21pp. Original printed self wrappers, stapled. Some edge wear, creasing, and soiling to outer wrappers, small chip to top corner of front wrapper. Occasional manuscript underlinings, annotations, and emendations to text. The very rare 1950 constitution written specifically for youth chapters of the National Association for the.....
[N.p., probably Oklahoma City: Langston University, 1948]. 16pp. Original pictorial wrappers, stapled. Some abrading to the edges, minor soiling, some discoloration to rear wrapper, later three-hole punch throughout. Internally clean. An informative pamphlet touting the educational opportunities at Oklahoma's first and only HBCU, Langston University. The text opens with lists.....
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Houston: ca. 1950-1955]. [4]pp., on a single folded sheet. Some creasing, light foxing and edge wear. An unrecorded and humbly-produced brochure on the aims, activities, and accomplishments of the Texas Health, Recreation and Encampment Association (THREA), an organization created to assist African Americans in Jim Crow Texas find better health.....
[Mainly Tyler and Marshall, TX: 1928-1966]. [24] leaves, illustrated with thirty-two original photographs, plus two manuscript letters with original transmittal envelopes, numerous periodical clippings, some printed photographs, programs, and assorted ephemera. Quarto. Contemporary photograph album bound in crimson leatherette, comb-bound, with "Photographs" in white ink on front cover and the.....
Tuskegee, Al: Tuskegee Institute, [1922]. [6],17pp. Original printed wrappers, stapled. Minor even toning. Small tape repair to lower edge of first text leaf. Very good. A scarce work issued by the Tuskegee Institute's Board of Trustees in answer to "what progress the school has made since Dr. Washington's death and.....
[Chicago and New Orleans]: September, 1967. [21] leaves, illustrated with ninety-nine photographs, mostly black-and-white but some in color. All ninety-nine images with a printed caption in the margin reading, "Sep 67."Square folio. Contemporary red leatherette, stamped in gilt on front cover, string tied. Minor wear, some images loose. Very good.....
[Mainly South Carolina, but also Massachusetts and Florida: 1863-1865]. Fifteen autograph letters, signed, totaling approximately fifty-six pages, and about 7,000 words. Original mailing folds, minor overall wear. An insightful collection of original correspondence from Joshua Giddings Dodge, written to his brother-in-law Samuel Douglas Wilson, with information on family business matters.....
[New Orleans: ca. December 24, 1862]. [3]pp. on a single folded sheet. Minor creasing, a couple of short closed edge tears, light fraying and chipping to bottom edge, three small tape repairs to inner fold. An extraordinary document issued by General Nathaniel Banks in New Orleans on Christmas Eve, 1862.....
Tokyo: Dai Nihon Yubenkai Kodansha, 1933. 11, 651pp. Publisher’s tan cloth with title and floral design printed in black on front cover. Noticeable soiling and some staining to boards, minor wear to extremities. Some penciled doodles on endpapers, but otherwise clean internally. Very good. An otherwise-unremarkable second printing of a......