600. *Mitchell, Arthur Wergs, 1883-1968. Signed Photograph and Other Material. The photograph is approx. 17.5cm. x 23cm. mounted on a larger card mount. Waist length shot of the Congressman wearing a three-piece suit. Signed on photo ("Arthur W. Mitchell M.C. May 26, 1936"). Some marring in background where photo is spotted or gouged, but the Mitchell's image is clear and unmarked. [Also included] (1) A Bill to Assure to Persons within the Jurisdiction of Every State the Equal Protection of the Laws, and to Punish the Crime of Lynching. [Washington: 1937]. 4p. pamphlet. Later folds. 75th Congress. 1st Session. H.R. 2251. [and] (2) The Democratic Party and the Negro: Speech of Hon. Arthur W. Mitchell of Illinois in the House of Representatives April 22, 1936. [Washington: n.d.]. 3p. Later folds. Reprinted from the Congressional Record. [and] (3) Lynching the Blackest Crime in America Today: Speech of Hon. Arthur W. Mitchell of Illinois in the House of Representatives Tuesday, May 19, 1936. [Washington]: n.d. 3p. Later folds. Reprinted from the Congressional Record. Mitchell was born near Lafayette, Alabama, on December 22, 1883. He attended Tuskegee Institute, and also studied at Columbia and Harvard. He founded the Armstrong Agricultural School in West Butler, Alabama. Mitchell turned his attention to the law, and after admission to the bar, eventually moved to Chicago, Illinois. He was elected as a Democrat to the U.S. Congress in 1935 and served four terms before deciding not to seek re-election in 1942. He then returned to the practice of law, and other endeavors. When he died in 1968 he was living near Petersburg, Virginia. We can't account for the "M.C" in the inscription (also written in another hand beneath the photograph) except to suggest that Mitchell may have served as Master of Ceremonies at some event, recorded or memorialized by this photograph. 750.00

601. *Mitchell, William M. The Underground Railroad from Slavery to Freedom. London: W. Tweedie; Manchester: W. Bremner; Edinburgh: J. Menzies, 1860. Second Edition. frontis [reproduced in this catalog at p. 71], ix, (1), [11]-191p. Recent quarterbinding. 16cm. This book had been substantially trimmed when rebound in the 19th century, leaving narrow but adequate margins in the text; the trimming is most evident on the portrait which is complete but appears a bit unbalanced because of the loss of margins. A very uncommon book. OCLC lists six American holdings. The Preface by W. H. Bonner gives the following details about Mitchell's life. Mitchell was freeborn in North Carolina since his mother was an Indian [presumably, but unstated, his father was a slave], but, orphaned at an early age, Mitchell was apprenticed to a planter and slave owner and spent the last five years of his apprenticeship as an overseer, ordering and superintending "flogging of men, women, and children, and in separating for life those dearest to each other". [p. iv]. He then converted and became a preacher, removed to Ohio where he was an active conductor on the Underground Railroad [1843-1855], and then became a missionary to fugitive slaves in Toronto under the auspices of the American Baptist Free Mission Society. Most of the first part of the book is devoted to the author's experiences in Ohio, with a lengthy final chapter on "Condition of the Fugitive Slaves in Canada." [pp. 128-173] 2500.00

602. A Monthly Summary of Events and Trends in Race Relations. Twenty-one issues: Vol. 1, Nos. 2, 10-11 (September 1943, June-July 1944); Vol. 2, Nos. 3-12 (October 1944-July 1945); Vol. 3, Nos. 1-8 (August 1945-March 1946); Vol. IV, No. 10 (May 1947); and Index to Vol. 1, Nos. 1-11. Nashville: Social Science Institute, Fisk University, 1943-1947. photo (in advert), 30-65p. in each issue. Wr. 26cm. Condition varies, but generally very good. Vol. 3, Nos. 1-2 is a double issue. Title of Vol. IV, No. 10 is actually "Events and Trends in Race Relations: A Monthly Summary". 500.00

603. [Exhibition Catalog] *Moore, John L. John L. Moore: March 23-June 2, 1996, Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts. [cover title]. Montgomery, Ala.: (1996). photos (some color), Single sheet folded to form a 6 page booklet. Square 22cm. Corner bumped. Text by Charlotta Kotik. At head of title: Art Now [name of exhibition series]. 24.00

604. *Mossell, Charles W. Toussaint L'Ouverture, the Hero of Saint Domingo, Soldier, Statesman, Martyr; or, Hayti's Struggle, Triumph, Independence, and Achievements. Lockport: Ward & Cobb, 1896. lst ed. frontis, folding map, photos, index, 485, x(p). Cloth. 23cm. Head of backstrip chipped. First few leaves at both ends quite brittle & browned. Free endpapers chipped & detached. Uncommon biography. 350.00

605. Moultrie (Ga.). Moultrie High and Elementary School. Miss Parker, The New Teacher: An Account of How a School Took Its First Cooperative Steps in Establishing and Maintaining Working Relationships. Albany, Ga.: Albany State College, c. 1946. photos, index, 73p. Wr. 23cm. 45.00

606. *Moutoussamy-Ashe, Jeanne, 1951-. Viewfinders: Black Women Photographers. NY: Writers & Readers, (c. 1993). photos, index, xix, 201p. Boards. dj. 28cm. Pioneering work, first published in 1986. Hardcover editions are uncommon. 75.00

607. Munro, Abby Davis, 1837-1913. Archive of Letters and Ephemera Relating to This Long-Time Principal of a School for African-Americans in South Carolina. The archive consists of about 108 items and was extracted from a larger archive of materials relating to the Bennett family of Rhode Island. Most letters, include original envelopes, many with stamps. Abby Munro was a native of Bristol, R.I. (where her grandfather had been a slave-ship captain and her father was a newspaper publisher and Justice of the Peace), and trained at the Rhode Island Normal School in Providence. She went to South Carolina in 1869, teaching for a while at the Avery Institute in Charleston and then at Laing School, a Quaker-supported orphanage and school for African-American children in Mount Pleasant, where she later served as principal for more than 30 years. In one of her letters, she quotes a student's description of her: "Miss Munro is a fat lady with small feet who loves order and the bible." Price for the Archive 4500.00

The archive has been divided into five categories.

Letters from Abby D. Munro. 25 Letters. Five letters (20 total pages) to her father (Bennett J. Munro) dated 1856-1880. One letter (4p.) to her [continued on next page]

[Item 607 continued] mother (Mrs. Bennett J. Munro) dated 1885. Nine letters (35 total pages) to her brother Lewis J. Munro, dated 1858-1862. Nine letters (60 total pages) to her sister Sarah B. Munro, dated 1869-1874 (some insect-damage to these letters, with minimal loss of text). One lengthy (18p.) letter (possibly incomplete: lacking signature) to "My dear Friends"dated 1877. In this fascinating letter, Munro describes a trip to the countryside near Charleston, including a place where a fatal "riot" involving African-Americans and whites had recently occurred during a political rally; then goes on to discuss the writing-skills of her students, local customs, and other matters. The letters to her family members deal largely with personal and family matters.

Letters to Abby D. Munro from members of her family. 48 Letters. Thirteen letter (38 total pages) from her father Bennett J. Munro dated 1876-1888. 12 of these were written in January and February 1888 as Munro's mother was dying and immediately afterward. Thirteen letters (78 total pages) from her sister Sarah B. Munro, dated 1876-1906. Two letters (9 total pages) from her brother Silas H. Munro, dated 1872-1876. Three letters (24 total pages) are from her sister Mary Munro Millard, dated 1906. One undated letter (4p.) from her sister Betsey. Two letters (8 total pages) from her sister-in-law Addie (Mrs. Lewis J.) Munro, dated 1877-1912. One 4p. letter from her brother-in-law Benjamin T. Wilbur, with addendum from her sister Isie, his wife, dated 1877. Two letters (2 total pages, plus a drawing) from her young nephew Arthur Brownell Wilbur, dated 1873-1876. Six letters (35 total pages) from her niece Abby, dated 1910. One incomplete letter (6p.) from her nephew Elmer, dated 1913. One letter (2p.) from her nephew Webster Munro, dated 1890. One letter (4p.) from her nephew Frederick B. Munro (her brother Silas's son), dated 1912. One undated letter (2p.) from her cousin Byron K. Fish. One letter (4p.) from her cousins Byron and Sarah Fish, dated 1876. The letters from her family deal largely with personal and family matters.

Other Letters to Abby D. Munro, Nine Letters. Two letters (5 total pages) are from George Dispeau, one of which is dated 1871 and the other is undated. Dispeau was apparently a rejected suitor. Two letters (3 total pages) are from Richard Gowers, Light-House Engineer at Charleston, dated 1876 and give Munro permission to secure entrance to a lighthouse by forcing open a window. One is a note (1p.) C. P. Osborne, pastor of the Memorial Chapel in Bristol, R.I., on a blank page of the order of service for the dedication of the chapel, dated 1870. One is a letter (6p.) from Carrie Phillips of Charleston, S.C., dated 1909. (80) A two-page letter is from the *Rev. W. W. Beckett of the A.M.E. Church of Charleston, S.C., dated 1902. (81) One single-page letter is in the form of a proclamation from *H. W. B. Bennet, pastor of Friendship A.M.E. Church of Mount Pleasant, S.C., dated 1903. One brief (30 word) typed note is from *Booker T. Washington, dated January 24, 1912, on Tuskegee letterhead stationery. BTW requested a copy of the catalog of the Laing School.

Letters Relating to Abby Munro. Four Letters. One letter (3p.) is from Munro's sister Isie to their brother Lewis, dated 1864. One letter (2p.) is from Munro's brother-in-law Benjamin T. Wilbur to her brother Lewis J. Munro, dated 1865. One letter (4p.) is from Munro's sister-in-law Mantie Munro (her brother Silas's wife) to her sister Sarah, dated 1894. One letter (5p.) Is from Virginia Birnie of Charleston, S.C., to Munro's sister Betsey, dated 1913, expressing condolences on Munro's death.

Miscellaneous Items. Small commercial diary for 1869, with entries by Munro. Munro began making daily entries on January 1st, a few days before her initial journey to South Carolina, but abandoned this practice on January 18th, continuing to use the book only for addresses and notes. Holograph manuscript (11p.) of hymn lyrics or long poem, clearly in Munro's hand. Two handwritten poems, apparently by Munro. Printed text of a hymn composed by Munro for the celebration of a pastor's birthday (2 copies). Leaflet distributed at a meeting of the W.C.T.U. of Rhode Island containing new lyrics composed by Munro to the tune of "The Battle Hymn of the Republic" (9 copies). Order of Exercises for bicentennial celebration of the Town of Bristol, 1880, with text of invocation by Munro on front. Folded leaflet. Holograph manuscript (short story) by Munro entitled "Conversation of a Traveller with a Statue on the Plains of Thebes. A Dream." (Possibly a high-school assignment.) One letter (9p.), apparently unsent, almost certainly in Munro's hand, to Lottie [probably Blundell], undated. Laing School Visitor, Vol. XX, No. 1 (October 1913), containing Munro's obituary. Leaf from Friends' Intelligencer (Seventh month 19, 1913), containing a short obituary note about Munro. Two newspaper clippings of articles by and about Munro (1 torn into 2 pieces). Mounted photograph of [continued on next page]

[Item 607 continued] Munro as a young woman (5cm. x 9cm. By N. Ghirardini, Providence). Mounted photograph of Munro as an older woman (6cm. x 9 1/2cm. By Arthur L. Macbeth, Charleston, S.C.). Mounted photograph of Munro and Miss Nicholson, her assistant at Laing School (3cm. x 5cm. By "Chix" Electric Light Studio [Charleston?]). Mounted photograph of Munro's house in Mount Pleasant (9cm. x 14cm. By Macbeth, Charleston. Rather heavily spotted). Mounted photograph of Anna J. Laing, probably a member of the family after whom the Laing School was named (6cm. x 9 1/2cm. By Broadbent & Phillips, Philadelphia). Three mounted photographs of Miss Nicholson (Sizes range from 5cm. x 7cm. to 14cm. x 10cm. 1 by McKecknie & Oswald, Toledo, Ohio). Brass autograph stencil reading "A. D. Munro".

608. [Bookseller's Label from an African-American bookstore] Murphy, Thomas, 1823-1900, compiler. One Hundred Years of the Presbyterian Church of Frankford. Philadelphia: 1872. 167p. Cloth. 19cm. Cover wear and spotting. Fair-good. Small label on front pastedown ("Afro-American Book Store, 916 Locust Street, Philadelphia"). 50.00

609. *Murray, Pauli, 1910-. Proud Shoes: The Story of an American Family. NY: Harper, (c. 1956). 1st ed, 376p. Cloth. dj (edgewear). 22cm. Name stamp on endpaper. Her first book--author's memoir of her own family. 75.00

610. Myrdal, Gunnar, 1898-1987. An American Dilemma; The Negro Problem and Modern Democracy. NY: Harper, (c. 1944). 5th printing. 2 vols. index, lv, 705, xii, [709]-1483p. Cloth. Moderately worn dj. 24cm. Name on endpapers. 40.00

611. NAACP. Thirty Years of Lynching in the United States, 1889-1918. NY: NAACP, 1919. maps, graphs, 105, 4, 4, 4p. Worn wr. (backstrip perished when removed from a library binder; tears in front cover partially repaired with tape). 23cm. Ex lib. Contents good. Correction-slip tipped in at page 27. Lynching records for 1919-1921 neatly glued in at end. 100.00

612. [Lynching] NAACP. We the People of the United States Address This Petition for a Federal Anti-Lynching Law to the Congress of the United States ... NY: NAACP, [1939]. (1)p. Broadside. Narrow 42cm. Folded horizontally. "1939" written in ink at bottom. Unused. 75.00

613. NAACP. Completing the Work of the Emancipator: Six Years of Struggle Toward Democracy in Race Relations. NY: N.A.A.C.P., (1916). photos, 23p. Wr. (soiling and foxing). 26cm. The NAACP's Sixth Annual Report (for 1915). Photograph of Major Charles Young reproduced on front, honoring him as the second winner of the Spingarn Medal. 250.00

614. NAACP. New Threat to Civil Liberties 1956: NAACP Annual Report Forty-Eighth Year. NY: [1957]. 72p. Wr. 22cm. 35.00

615. NAACP. Progress and Portents: NAACP Report for 1958. NY: [1959]. 96p. Wr. 22cm. Address label and forwarding information on back. 35.00

616. NAACP. New York State Conference. NAACP Annual New York State Conference 1953 Rochester. [cover title] n.p.: n.d. photos, adverts, (32)p. Wr. (scuffed) . 28cm. Program for their 17th Annual Convention. 75.00

617. NAACP. New York State Conference. 28th Annual State Convention. [cover title] n.p.: Press & Publicity Committee, n.d. [1964?]. 43p. Wr. 22cm. Charles Evers was the keynote speaker. 45.00

618. NAACP. New York State Conference. Northeastern Region. The NAACP Says "Protect Your Family" Register and Vote. Albany: n.d. [1960s--has a zipcode] Broadside. 28cm. x 36cm. Small corner chip. Printed in black on speckled paper. Not illustrated. Eugene T. Reed listed as State President & Harry A. Vodery as Regional Vice-President. 75.00

619. NAACP. New York State Conference. Northeastern Region. Protect Your Family. Register and Vote. n.p.: n.d. [pre-zipcode]. Broadside. 28cm. x 36cm. Printed in red and blue on white. Union label in lower right corner. 75.00

620. NAACP. New York State Conference. Northeastern Region. You're Locked Out Unless You Register! Register and Vote. n.p.: n.d. [pre-zipcode]. Broadside. 28cm. x 36cm. Printed in red, blue and pink on white. Union label in lower right corner. Pictures a voting booth with a chain and lock in front preventing entry. 75.00

621. National Black Nurses' Association. Nineteenth National Institute and Conference: Twentieth Anniversary ... Excelsior Hotel, Little Rock, Arkansas, August 15-18, 1991. [cover title]. [Washington]: The Association, (1991). photos, (1), 74p. Wr. 28cm. The conference program. 25.00

622. National Colored Soldiers Comfort Committee. Pledge Form. Printed in blue on white card (blank on back). 14cm. x 8cm. Unused. Good. "I hereby pledge to give $_____ per year to your committee for the relief of needy dependents of Colored soldiers..." Donations were to be sent to Ralph W. Tyler, 1105 You St., N.W., Washington, D.C. A search on the Internet found an article from the July 6, 1918 issue of the Cleveland Advocate reported that African-Americans were sending contributions to this committee. 50.00

623. National Council of Negro Youth (New York). Negro Youth: Act Now for Victory! For the Opening of a Second Front! ... [cover title]. NY: [1942]. ills, (4)p. Folded leaflet. 28cm. "1942" inked at bottom of last page. Double-columned text. Urges young African-Americans to speak out for the opening of a second front against the Nazis in western Europe as a way of ensuring the victory of democratic forces in World War II. Probably inspired by the USSR's urgent desire to divert Hitler from the Eastern front. 65.00

624. National Equal Rights League. Convention Start for 1929. "Completing of Emancipation" Object of Race Congress at Washington by League, Jan. 1-3. Broadside (22cm. x 18cm.). Mimeo. Narrowly trimmed at bottom, suggesting that something, perhaps a registration form has been cut off. Printed letter/memo announcement that the 14th Annual Race Congress and 21st Annual League meeting would be held at the Mount Carmel Baptist Church in Washington, D.C., on January 1-3, 1929. Rev. George F. Miller of New York is identified as President. Wm. Monroe Trotter of Boston was the longtime Executive Secretary of the League. Someone, probably Trotter, has written "W. M. Trotter, Sec'y" in upper right corner. Trotter (1872-1934) was much opposed to what he saw as the accommodationist policies of Booker T. Washington, the NAACP, and most other African-American organizations. Material issued by the League seems quite elusive. 200.00

625. National Equal Rights League of the Race. Sesquicentennial Rights Race Convention Call: On to Philadelphia, Delegates of All Colored America, October 20th, and the Reasons for Assembling. Boston: 1926. (1)p. Broadside. 26cm. Two vertical and three horizontal creases. Browned. Announcement of the League's 19th Annual Meeting, at the Varick A.M.E. Zion Church in Philadelphia, during the celebration of the sesquicentennial of the Declaration of Independence. 125.00

626. [National Medical Association] National Medical Association, Newark, N.J., August 26-29-1919. Clinics ... Dental Clinics ... Pharmacists ... Printed card (blank on back). 9cm. x 18cm. Corner bent. One short tear. Probably issued in connection with an annual meeting in 1919. Prints a list of Medical and Dental clinics being held on the 27th, 28th and 29th. For pharmacists, the only scheduled event was a tour of the Maltbie Chemical Co. on the 27th. 90.00

627. National Negro Business League. The Dawn of a New Day for the Negro. [cover title]. Memphis: (1949). ills, photos (portraits), (5)p. Stapled wr. (some splitting along backstrip). 28cm. Text mostly printed on one side only. Pledge card and envelope still laid in. A fund-raising publication consisting primarily of copies of letters from African-American institutions and individuals expressing their support of the League and its programs. 150.00

628. National Negro Congress (1st: 1936: Chicago). Official Proceedings of the National Negro Congress. Washington: (1936). 44p. Wr. 20cm. Browned. Cover photo is a portrait of A. Phillip Randolph, President of the Congress. 60.00

629. National Negro Congress (2nd: 1937: Philadelphia). Official Proceedings, October 15, 16, 17, 1937 ... [Washington?: 1937?]. photos, (95)p. Wr. 20cm. 75.00

630. National Negro Congress. Washington Council. The Critical Situation in the Negro Public Schools. [cover title]. Washington: 1941. graphs, 13p. Stapled wr. (soiling). 28cm. Pages yellowed. Scattered pencil markings. Mimeographed text, printed on one side. District Budget Bulletin No. 2 (February 15, 1941). 75.00

631. National Negro Congress. Washington Council. Defense Training and Jobs for Negroes: Our War-Time Responsibility and Opportunity. [cover title]. Washington: 1942. (1), 13p. Stapled wr. 28cm. Pages yellowed. Mimeographed text. 75.00

632. National Negro Congress. Washington Council. The District Budget: Your Needs and What to Do about Them. [cover title]. Washington: 1941. 8p. Stapled wr. (spotting). 28cm. Pages yellowed. A few light pencil underlinings. Mimeographed text printed on one side. District Budget Bulletin No. 1 (January 6, 1941). 75.00

633. [Photograph] National Portrait, 1865. NY: Powell & Co., c. 1865. Oval photograph. Approx. 21.5cm. x 25cm. Mounted on lightweight cardboard (35cm.). Light soiling. One corner bumped. Composite photograph made up of well over 100 small portrait photos, supposedly constitutiong all the members of the U.S. Congress who voted for the abolition of slavery, plus Lincoln at the bottom center. 185.00

634. National Urban League. Annual Report of the National Urban League for the Year 1941. NY: (1942). 23p. Wr. 23cm. 38.00

635. National Urban League. Annual Report of the National Urban League (for Social Service Among Negroes) for the Year 1943: "Freedom's Seed." NY: (1944). 31p. Wr. (name stamp). 23cm. 38.00

636. [Workshop Program] Negro American Labor Council. Negro American Labor Council Workshop and Institute on Race Bias in Trade Unions, Industry and Government, Metropolitan Baptist Church ... Washington, February 17-18, 1961. [cover title]. [Washington?]: (1961). (4)p. Folded leaflet. 23cm. Browning at extremities. Two staple-holes in upper margin. 25.00

637. _____ SAME. Browning at extremities. Fastened with staples to the upper corner of this copy of the program is a sheaf of notebook leaves (22cm.) containing (59)p. of handwritten notes taken during the various sessions, probably by Doxey Wilkerson. 100.00

638. Negro Book Club (New York). Negro Book Club's Guide to African American Books, Records, Visual Aids, Maps, Film Strips and Art: Facts. [cover title]. NY: 1969. 1st ed. (114)p. Stapled wr. 28cm. Bright purple-pink underlinings and markings on 5 leaves. Foxing on cover and a few early pages. Order-form laid in. A price-list containing bibliographical and biographical information. 65.00

639. Negro Committee to Aid Spain. A Negro Nurse in Republican Spain. [cover title]. NY: The Committee, with the Medical Bureau and North American Committee to Aid Spanish Democracy, n.d. [1938?]. [3]-14p. Wr. (some scuffing and spotting). 21cm. Good. In essence, a biographical sketch of Salaria Kee, who served as a nurse with the anti-fascist forces during the Spanish Civil War. 85.00

640. The Negro Handbook. NY: Malliet, 1942. 269p. Cloth. 23cm. Rear hinge reglued. Edited by *Florence Murray. Her first "Negro Handbook". 45.00

641. Negro History 1553-1903; An Exhibition of Books, Prints, and Manuscripts from the Shelves of the Library Company of Philadelphia and The Historical Society of Pennsylvania ... April 17 to July 17, 1969. Philadelphia: 1969. ills, v, 83p. Wrapper. 25cm. 35.00

642. Negro People Will Defend America. [cover title]. Washington: National Negro Congress, 1941. photo, 23p. Wr. (name on front). 23cm. Browned and quite brittle (high acid paper). Policy statements of the Congress regarding African-American participation in the war-effort. 35.00

643. The Negro Problem; A Series of Articles by Representative American Negroes of To-Day. NY: Pott, 1903. 1st ed. frontis, 234p. Maroon cloth. 19cm. Visible but relatively minor cover spotting. Contributions by Washington, DuBois, Dunbar, Chesnutt and others. 475.00

644. Negro Year Book and Annual Encyclopedia of the Negro, 1912. Tuskegee Institute: 1912. 229p. Later library buckram. 19cm. Ex lib. (perforated stamp on title-leaf). The first edition of this yearbook. Monroe Work edited the first nine editions (1912, 1913, 1914-15, 1916-17, 1918-19, 1921-22, 1925-26, 1931-32, and 1937-38). 200.00

645. Negro Year Book; An Annual Encyclopedia of the Negro, 1914-1915. Tuskegee Institute: (c. 1914). vii, 448p. Later library binding (1/2 buckram). 22cm. Ex library. Text browned and rather brittle. Edited by Monroe N. Work. The third edition. 45.00

646. Negro Year Book, an Annual Encyclopedia of the Negro, 1918-1919. Tuskegee Institute: Negro Year Book Publishing Company, (c. 1919). maps, viii, 523p. Cloth. 22cm. High acid paper (browned & brittle). Name on endpapers. Cover wear & soiling. Good. Edited by *Monroe N. Work. The fifth edition. 50.00

647. _____ SAME. Hinges weak. Ex library. High acid paper (browned & brittle). 40.00

648. Negro Year Book: An Annual Encyclopedia of the Negro, 1921-1922. Tuskegee Institute: Negro Year Book Company, 1922. maps, graphs, index, vii, 495p. Cloth. 22cm. Spine cocked. The sixth edition. 100.00

649. Negro Year Book: An Annual Encyclopedia of the Negro, 1931-1932. Tuskegee Institute: (c. 1931). index, xiv, 544p. Cloth. 23cm. Ex library. The Eighth edition. 50.00

650. Negro Year Book; An Annual Encyclopedia of the Negro 1937-1938. Tuskegee Institute: (c. 1937). index, xiv, 575p. Cloth. 23cm. Ex library. The Ninth edition. 50.00

651. Negro Year Book; A Review of Events Affecting Negro Life, 1941-1946. Tuskegee Institute: Department of Records and Research, (c. 1947). index, xv, 708p. Cloth. 23cm. Ex library. Edited by *Jessie Parkhurst Guzman. The tenth edition. 40.00

652. Negro Year Book: A Review of Events Affecting Negro Life, 1952. NY: (c. 1952). photos, graphs, tables, index, xxii, 424p. Cloth. Chipped dj. 23cm. Relatively minor white spotting on covers. Edited by *Jessie Parkhurst Guzman. The 11th edition. 85.00

653. *Nelson, Annie Greene. The Dawn Appears. Columbia, South Carolina: Hampton Publishing Company, 1944. 1st ed. 135p. Reddish brown cloth. dj. 20cm. Rare printed dj in only good condition )and has a photo of Nelson reproduced at top of front panel). Stain at base of backstrip on cover and dj. Second novel by this little known South Carolina writer. 500.00

654. The New England Anti-Slavery Almanac, for 1841. Being the 65th Year of American Independence. Calculated for Boston and the Eastern States. Boston: J. A. Collins, 1841. ills, 36p. Wr. Later string tie added. 19cm. Name on front. Very good copy, but with substantial foxing. Includes an illustrated article on the "Amistad Captives" (pp. 22-23), with an appeal for donations to their defense-committee. 375.00

655. New Salem Baptist Church (Warren County, Ga.). The Centennial Celebration of the New Salem Baptist Church, Warren County, Georgia, September 11-15, 1968. Warrenton, Ga.: Printed by the Warrenton Clipper, (1968). photos (mostly portraits), (27)p. Somewhat worn wr. 27cm. Gift inscription on last blank page. Good. At head of title: 1868[-]1968. African-American church. 35.00

656. New Vistas: An Interracial Digest, Vol. 1, No. 8 (March 1946). Chicago: 1946. ills, photos, 80p. Wr. 20cm. Includes "Will Joe Louis Retain the Championship?" by Henry Brown (pp. 40-46). Nine issues were published, 1945-1946. 75.00

657. [*Sleet, Moneta, 1926-] [Exhibition Press Kit] New York (City). Public Library. Moneta Sleet, Jr: Pulitzer Prize Photojournalist. NY: (1986). Includes 4 items: (1) Exhibition catalog. photos, 11p. Wr. 23cm. (2) Press-release. (4)p. Mimeographed sheets stapled in corner. 28cm. (3) Sheet with 3 glossy photos. 26cm. (4) Commercial sheet/poster from Philip Morris Companies, 43cm. x 28cm., with 7 photos and text. Vertical fold. Heading reads: "He sees the things we wish we'd seen." All 4 items in a printed paper portfolio (browned around edges). Exhibition held September 19-November 8, 1986. 150.00

658. New York Committee for Justice in Freeport. Fund-raising letter. NY: 1946. Printed one-page letter. Signed by Dorothy Langston, Executive Secretary. Dated May 24, 1946. Letterhead stationery. 28cm. 2 horizontal folds. Browned at top. Stapled attachment is a reduced facsimile of a Presidential certificate honoring PFC Charles R. Ferguson. Solicits contributions for their efforts to publicly expose members of the KKK. 35.00

659. [New York Committee to Abolish the Poll Tax] Anti-poll-tax packet. [our title]. Includes 4 items (stapled together at upper corner): (1) National Committee to Abolish the Poll Tax. To the Congress of the United States ... Washington: The Committee, (1943). (1)p. Broadside. Stamp at bottom. Unused petition. (2) Minutes of meeting of the New York Committee to Abolish the Poll Tax, June 16, 1943. NY: The Committee, 1943. 4p. Mimeographed text printed on one side only. (3) This Is What the Poll-Tax Means. Washington: National Committee to Repeal the Poll Tax, n.d. [1943]. (2)p. Broadsheet (apparently originally intended as a folded brochure). 28cm. Some double- and triple-columned text. (4) Mimeographed letter, signed, from Richard Morford, Chairman of the New York Committee, dated July 7, 1943. (1)p. Letterhead stationery of the Committee. Urges support of the Committee's efforts to get Congress to pass an anti-poll-tax bill. All four items 28cm.. Later horizontal creases. 85.00

660. [Slave Revolt in Virginia] New York Herald, No. 1488 (March 16, 1816). NY: 1816. (4)p. Folded sheet. 50cm. Edgewear. Waterstaining and spotting. Pages browned. Horizontal fold. Includes a front-page article (about 4/5 of a column) reporting the trial, in Fredericksburg, Virginia, of George Boxley of Spotsylvania on a charge of advising and exciting an insurrection among certain negro slaves" 150.00

661. The New York Messenger, Vol. 21, No. 11 (November 1947).ar Reeves Artist, 1947. ills, photos, 15p. Wr. (browning in upper margin). 30cm. Horizontal curling throughout. An African-American Baptist magazine. 30.00

662. New York State Civil Rights Congress. Beaten, Killed by Police. [cover title]. NY: n.d. [ca. 1949]. ills, (8)p. Wr. 16cm. An account of the brutal killing of *George Westray by New York City police on August 10, 1949, with information about the Congress's subsequent legal case against the police. 50.00

663. Newell, Hope Hockenberry, 1896-. Steppin and Family. NY: Oxford, (c. 1942). frontis, ills (some double-page; by Anne Merriman Peck), 198p. Cloth. Chipped dj (browning; Woolworth's stamp on flap). 22cm. Browning on endpapers and along inner margin on several pages. Good. Juvenile novel. 85.00

664. Nick's Cleaners and Dyers (Oakland, Calif.). Commercial Calendar, 1948. n.p.: [1947]. 40 x 24cm sheet with stapled calendar leaves (13cm. x 6cm.) at bottom. Color illustration tipped on) of an African-American girl wearing a pink dress and seated on a stool, with a basket containing two puppies on her knee. Caption reads: Basket of Fun. 50.00

665. *Nicholson, Alfred William, 1861-. Brief Sketch of the Life and Labors of Rev. Alexander Bettis; Also an Account of the Founding and Development of the Bettis Academy. Trenton, S.C.: Published by the Author, 1913. 1st ed. frontis (portrait), photos, index, 92p. Cloth. 22cm. Tiny bookplate. Wear at ends of backstrip (which also has a small hole). Relatively minor cover spotting. The text says that Bettis was born a slave in Edgefield County, South Carolina in 1836. The book ends with a five-page biographical sketch (written by *John R. Wilson) of the author (Nicholson) who was then President of Bettis Academy. 375.00

666. *Norman, Henry. Thoughts I Met on the Highway. Boston: The Raymond Syndicate, (c. 1892). 112p. Cloth. 17cm. Covers rather scuffed and soiled. Good. Cracker barrel philosophy and sayings. "I never saw a great stickler for creed that was great in charity. Large creed always means small love." [p. 67]. This book could be considered a 19th century poetry item since it includes two short four-line poems by Norman. This book was apparently first published in Lynn, Massachusetts in either 1888 or 1891 and then republished in the present edition, with a "Publisher's Preface" added. 200.00

667. Norris, Zoe Anderson. The East Side, Vol. I (c. 1909). NY: The author, (c. 1909). Bound volume containing 6 issues. Original wrappers bound in. ills (by William Oberhardt), photos, 32-34p. per issue. Illustrated boards. 17cm. Good. SIGNED ("Zoe"). Includes "The Lady of the South", a short piece about illicit interracial sexual relations and vengeance in the South (No. 6, p. 32). 150.00

668. Nye, Russell Blaine, 1913-. Fettered Freedom: Civil Liberties and the Slavery Controversy, 1830-1860. East Lansing: Michigan State College Press, 1949. frontis, ills, index, xiii, 273p. Cloth. dj. 23cm. Foxing on plates. 30.00

669. [Little Black Sambo] O'Day, Marie. Little Black Sambo Pictures to Build: 24 Pages of Assorted Colored and Gummed Paper. [cover title]. Racine: Whitman, (c. 1932). ills, (24)p. Wr. 30cm. Gummed leaves now stuck to backs of heavy colored leaves (otherwise complete and uncut, with all illustrations visible). Slight vertical crease throughout. Good. A brief version of the story is included on the picture-sheets. 150.00

670. *Offord, Carl, 1910-. The Naked Fear. NY: Ace Books, (c. 1954). 1st ed. 160p. Pictorial wr. (some wrinkling & wear). 17cm. Trinidad-born author's second novel. A paperback original. 25.00

671. Old Hampshire County Anti-Slavery Society (Northampton, Mass.). Hymns, to Be Sung at the Annual Meeting of the Old Hampshire County Anti-Slavery Society, at Northampton, Jan. 18, 1837. [Northampton, Mass.]: (1837). Broadside. 25cm. Edge-tears. Light foxing. Later creases. Top edge cut on a slant. Prints the words to two songs: "Sympathy and Faith" and "Prayer for the Slave." 250.00

672. Olmstead, Frederick Law, 1822-1903. Journeys and Explorations in the Cotton Kingdom: A Traveller's Observations on Cotton and Slavery in the American Slave States. Based upon Three Former Volumes of Journeys and Investigations by the Same Author. London: Sampson Low, Son, 1861. 1st English edition [of this combined edition]. 2 vols. frontis (folding map), index, viii, 376, iv, 404p. plus (8)p. publisher's adverts. Cloth; recased with new endpapers. 19cm. Hinges quite stiff. Folding map splitting along one fold. Moderate cover wear, with chipping and splitting on backstrips. An anti-slavery view of the American South based on newspaper articles written during a 14-month journey, 1852-1854. Olmstead is mainly remembered as the landscape architect who designed New York City's Central Park. 225.00

673. Opportunity: Journal of Negro Life, Vol. IX, No. 5 (May 1931). NY: National Urban League, 1931. ills, photos, (5), [134]-156p. plus (4)p. adverts. Wr. 28cm. Splitting at ends of spine. Newsstand stamp on front. Good. Includes "The Economic Crisis of the Negro" by *A. Philip Randolph, "Prodigal" (a poem) by *Arna Bontemps, and illustrations by *E. Simms Campbell and *Allan R. Crite. 40.00

674. [Tuskegee Institute] Ormond, Sidney. A Southern White Man's Impression of Tuskegee. n.p. [Atlanta?]: n.d. (4)p. Folded leaflet. 21cm. Edgewear. Two horizontal folds. Light foxing. Good. Reprinted from the Atlanta Constitution. Reported that Tuskegee was "an ideal Negro community." 65.00

675. *Ottley, Vincent L. ("Roi"), 1906-1960. `New World A-Coming'; Inside Black America. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, (c. 1943). Later printing. index, vi, 364p. Cloth. 21cm. Good. SIGNED ("Sincerely Roi Ottley") 35.00

676. Our World (Magazine) Advertising Placard for August 1951 Issue. Broadside. Approx. 26cm. x 34cm. Minor chipping. Browning on back. Full-color reproduction of the cover of this issue featuring a color photograph of a bikini-clad young woman with a smaller photo inset in upper right corner of four African-American members of the New York Giants above a caption ("Baseball's Murderer's Row"). Other titles: Your child may be a dope addict; Seattle--Goldmine for Negroes; and, A Model marries a Screen Star. 75.00

677. Owens, William A., 1905-. Slave Mutiny; The Revolt on the Schooner Amistad. NY: Day, (c. 1953). ills, viii, 312p. Blue boards. dj (edgeworn, with several small chips). 21cm. Foxing on endpapers. 40.00

678. _____ SAME. Worn dj. Foxing on endpapers. INSCRIBED ("To ... from your neighbor and friend William A. Owen"). 60.00

679. [Lynching Rarity] Palmer, Irenas J., [and *Julius Gardner]. The Black Man's Burden; or, The Horrors of Southern Lynchings. The Most Thrilling Expose of Southern Lawlessness Ever Presented to the American People ... The Methods of the Lynchers. The Frightful Experience of Julius Gardner, of Arkansas, a Man Who Was Actually Lynched. Mr. Gardner Is the Only Colored Man Who, Having Been Accused of Crime and Arrested by a Southern Mob, Has Lived to Relate His Experience. Olean, NY: Olean Evening Herald Print., 1902. 60p. plus (2)p. adverts. Worn partial wr. (front panel only; name on front). 23cm. Someone has written "1st Sgt. Co. A, 5th Regt Mass Vol. Cavalry" beneath the author's name on the title-page. Contents good. A very uncommon item. Gardner's account is found at pages 43-55. 750.00

680. Parry, Ellwood. The Image of the Indian and the Black Man in American Art, 1590-1900. NY: Braziller, (c. 1974). 1st ed. ills, photos, index, xiv, 191p. Cloth. dj (2 tears repaired on back with cellophane tape). 26cm. 50.00

681. Patterson, Betty Benton. Mammy Lou's Cook Book. NY: McBride, 1931. 1st ed. index, xiv, 307p. Cloth. dj (a few small chips). 19cm. Fraying along extremities; otherwise very good. Southern recipes. "Mammy Lou is a composite characterization of all the negro mammies we have known, loved and lost awhile." [Introduction] 150.00

682. *Payne, Daniel Alexander, 1811-1893. A Treatise on Domestic Education. Cincinnati: Printed by Cranston & Stowe for the Author, 1889. 184p. Decorated cloth. 17cm. Covers unevenly faded and rather worn. Hinges cracked (& rather stiff from later gluing). Contents good. Payne, a Bishop of the AME Church, was one of the founders of Wilberforce University. When he served as its first President (1863-1876), he became the first African-American President of a college. In this very uncommon book (first published in 1885), Bishop Payne offers guidance in the rearing and education of children and the duties of parents. 475.00

683. *Pegues, Albert Weitherspoon, 1859-. Our Baptist Ministers and Schools. Springfield, MA: Willey, 1892. 1st ed. frontis, photos & ills, 622, 18p. Cloth. 20cm. Covers dull, with some spotting & wear. Contents becoming brown and somewhat brittle. Very good. Biographical sketches of about 137 African-American ministers. The book also contains short sketches of 15 Baptist colleges and seminaries for African-Americans. 550.00

684. *Penn, Irving Garland, 1867-1930. The Afro-American Press and Its Editors. Springfield, Mass.: Willey, 1891. 1st ed. frontis (portrait), photos, index, 565p. plus (4)p. appendix and (7)p. adverts. Original mustard-colored cloth. 20cm. Covers worn, with insect-damage on some edges. Foxing. Fair-good. Pioneering history of African-American journalism. The source, in many cases, for most of what is known about many of these newspapers and their editors. 200.00

685. Pennsylvania Civil Rights Congress. Let Freedom Ring. 15 Issues: Vol. 1, Nos. 3, 4, 8-18 and one unnumbered 1954 issue; Vol. 2, Nos. 2 & 3 (1955). First two issues (4p.) identified as a monthly; all other issues on a single-legal-sized broadsheet and published on an erratic schedule. Leftist publication concerned with the Smith Act prosecution of Communists and others rather than with civil rights for African-Americans. 200.00

686. Percy, LeRoy, 1861-. The Machinery of the Ku Klux Klan Has Been Dragged from Its Grave and Revamped for Profit: Address by Senator LeRoy Percy, Greenville, Miss., March 18, 1922 ... [cover title]. n.p.: Knights of Columbus, 1922. 8p. Wr. 23cm. Reprinted from The Houston Chronicle, March 19, 1922. Below title: A gang of sleuths, spies and inquisitors. Is that the kind of an organization that stands for Anglo-Saxon liberty? An anti-KKK speech. 50.00

687. Perkins, Lucy (Fitch), 1865-1937. The Pickaninny Twins. Boston: 1931. 1st ed. ills, 153p. Contemporary cloth, with titling and illustration on cover. 21cm. Name on front pastedown. Either a publisher's library binding or a later binding on which the cover illustration and lettering have been stenciled in some fashion. Internally the book is nice and clean, although perhaps slightly smaller (narrower margins) than usual. Children's fiction. One of the scarcest of the books in the "Twins" series. 200.00

688. [Exhibition Catalog] *Perry, Regenia. Free Within Ourselves: African-American Artists in the Collection of the National Museum of American Art. Washington: (c. 1992). ills (mostly color), photos, 205p. Wr. 26cm. Catalog of an exhibition that toured the U.S. during 1992-1994. 20.00

689. *Petry, Ann (Lane), 1911-1997. Miss Muriel and Other Stories. Boston: 1971. 1st ed. (9), 305p. Cloth. dj (minor tear; price-clipped). 22cm. Minor spotting on fore edge. Bookplate (Houghton Mifflin Reference Library). Publisher's copy. 150.00

690. *Petry, Ann (Lane), 1911-1997. The Street. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1946. 1st ed. (7), 436p. Cloth. dj (edgewear). 21cm. Moderate cover fading, with some brown spotting on back cover. Her first book - an important and still quite relevant novel. 200.00

691. _____ SAME. Later printing. No dj. Good. SIGNED (on endpaper). 150.00

692. *Petry, Ann (Lane), 1911-1997. Tituba of Salem Village. NY: Crowell, (c. 1964). 1st ed. 254p. Cloth. dj (browned and lightly soiled). 21cm. INSCRIBED ("For my namesake Anna Bush with love from Aunt Ann Petry Oct 24, 1964"). Juvenile fiction. 750.00

693. *Petry, Ann (Lane), 1911-. Het Leven van Harriet Tubman. Amsterdam: C. P. J. van der Peet, n.d. ills (by Judith Valentine), 167p. Thin, flexible coated binding. 20cm. Foxing. Covers warped. Geschiedenis voor Jong Mensen, XIX de Eeuw. Dutch translation of "Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad." 35.00

694. *Petry, Ann (Lane), 1911-1997. En kvinne i Harlem. Oslo: Tiden, (1947). 1st Norwegian edition. Translated from the English by Erik Farland. 286p. Cloth-backed boards. dj (edgewear). 21cm. Foxing on endpapers and page-edges. Binding slightly cocked. Norwegian translation of "The Street", her first novel. 50.00

695. _____ SAME. Moderately worn dj (a few tears). Browning on endpapers and top edge. Binding slightly cocked. 40.00

696. _____ SAME. Oslo: Tiden, 1947. 1st Norwegian edition in paper. Pictorial Wr. 22cm. Good. Unopened. 25.00

697. *Petry, Ann (Lane), 1911-1997. Link und Camilo: Roman. Berlin: Propylaen-Verlag, (c. 1955). Translated from the English by Melanie Steinmetz. 543p. Cloth. dj. 21cm. Relatively minor foxing on covers. Binding slightly cocked. German text. Apparently the first German edition of her novel "The Narrows." 50.00

698. _____ SAME. Jacket lightly chipped at head of backstrip. Foxing on top edge of cover. Binding slightly cocked. 40.00

699. *Petry, Ann (Lane), 1911-1997. The Narrows. [By] Ann Petrie [sic]. Tel-Aviv: Amihai, n.d. Translated from the English. 496p. Cloth-backed boards. Chipped dj. 23cm. Upper edge of back cover bumped, with 2 edge-tears. Browning on endpapers and text-pages. Title also in Hebrew. Hebrew text. "The Narrows" in Hebrew. 50.00