A. Philip Randolf - Baldwin

1. *Rembert, Winfred (with Charles & Rosalie Baker). Don't Hold Me Back: My Life and Art. Chicago: Cricket Books, 2003. 1st ed. Color ills, 40p. Pictorial cover. dj. 26cm. A beautiful children's book which is illustrated by eleven of Rembert's paintings on leather and also features a poem ("Don't Hold Me Back") by Nikki Giovanni.. Rembert, a self-taught African American artist who was born and raised in Southwestern Georgia, uses these pictures and the accompanying text to share his recollections of his difficult early years. This is a new book, just published. If you have never seen a Rembert painting, this book will introduce you to a remarkable talent. 19.95

2. A. Philip Randolph Educational Fund. Negro Pioneers in the Chicago Labor Movement. Chicago: A. Philip Randolph Institute, n.d. [1969?]. ills, 37p. Wr. 23cm. Ex lib. Good. Extra sheet with title and contents laid in. 25.00

3. Abyssinia Baptist Church (Norfolk, Va.). Souvenir Journal, 1967 1992: Twenty-Fifth Anniversary of the Abyssinia Baptist Church ... [cover title]. Norfolk, Va.: (1992). photos, (60)p. Wr. 28cm. African American church. 25.00

4. [Order of Service] Abyssinian Baptist Church (New York, N.Y.). A Memorial Service in Memory of the late Dr. A. Clayton Powell, Sr., Sunday, May 6th, 1956. NY: 1956. one illustration, 3p. Leaflet. 22cm. Browning at edges. Horizontal crease. 45.00

5. [Souvenir Program] Abyssinian Baptist Church (New York, NY). Sesquicentennial Celebration and Salute to Dr. A. Clayton Powell, Abyssinian Baptist Church, 132 West 138th Street, New York City, Friday, November 21st, 1958 at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel. NY: Printed by Patane Press, 1958. photos (portraits), unpaged [84p.], Wr. (gold background). 28cm. Includes numerous advertisements. 125.00

6. Abyssinian Baptist Church (New York, NY). Silver Anniversary, 1929-1954, of Dr. Adam Clayton Powell, Jr. and 146th Reunion and Anniversary of The Abyssinian Baptist Church. [cover title] NY: 1954. portraits, 72p. Silver wr. with oval cut-out allowing portrait of Dr. Powell to show through. 28cm. At head of title: 1808-1954. 50.00

7. Abyssinian Baptist Church (New York, NY). Twentieth Annual Report of Subscribing Members and Friends of Abyssinian Baptist Church, 242-46 West 40th Street, Rev. A. Clayton Powell, D. D., Pastor, From Jan. 1, 1917 to Dec. 31, 1917. NY: n.d. [1918]. 16p. Wr (soil). 19cm. Creased. A list of contributors and amounts contributed. 125.00

8. *Acrey, Autry. A. Philip Randolph and the 1941 March-On-Washington Movement. [Fort Worth]: 1972. 107p. Photocopy. Buckram. 28cm. Master's thesis at T.C.U. Autry identified on the title-page as a 1970 graduate of Jarvis Christian College, an historically black institution. Autry Acrey is the name of the current registrar at Jarvis. 48.00

9. [African American Newspaper in Detroit] Activities, Vol. 1, No. 1 (Feb. 9, 1933). Detroit: Waterfield-Heath Printing Co. 4p. Newspaper. 28cm. x 21cm. Browned & rather fragile. Short edge tears along previous folds. Edited by Fred'k M. Waterfield. Motto in upper left corner: Buy American, All you can from a Colored Man. Frederick M. Waterfield listed as having been an Alternate Delegate to the 1936 Republican National Convention. 100.00

10. *Adams, Alger Leroy. Taffy: A Novel, by Philip B. Kaye [pseud.]. NY: (c. 1950). 1st ed. 258p. Tan cloth. dj (soiling). 22cm. African American author's only book. 35.00

11. Adams, C. C. and Marshall A. Talley. Negro Baptists and Foreign Missions. Philadelphia: Foreign Mission Board of the National Baptist Convention, U.S.A., 1952. Revised. 94p. Worn wr. (shabby and spotted). 22cm. Fair. The first edition was published in 1944. 35.00

12. Adams, Edward Clarkson Leverett, 1876-1946. Potee's Gal: A Drama of Negro Life Near the Big Congaree Swamps. Columbia, SC: State Company, 1929. 49p. Cloth. dj. 20cm. Copy No. 103 of an edition limited to 250 Numbered & Signed copies. 90.00

13. *Adams, J. Q. Benefits and Power of Racial Co-operation. Washington: n.d. [ca. 1920]. 7p. Wrapper (browned at edges, chipped). 22cm. Two printer's errors corrected by hand. Good. 85.00

14. [Broadside] *Adams, Lawrence L. Recital, Lawrence L. Adams, Tenor Soloist and Reader, at the Odd Fellows Hall, Cranston St., corner Dexter Street, Thursday Ev'ng, April 19, '17, at 8.15 o'clock, assisted by Mr. Ralph Howard, The Accomplished Violinist, Miss Ruth Harrison, Accompanist, Reception, Music by the Bell Orchestra. n.p.: 1917. Card stock, 28cm. x 36cm. A few light drip marks. Penciled in both top and bottom margins: Tickets for sale 33 Camp St. A semi-waist length portrait of Adams appears beneath the word "Recital" toward the top of the poster. We think Providence, Rhode Island was the city in which this concert was to be performed. 75.00

15. *Adams, Olive Arnold. Time Bomb: Mississippi Exposed and the Full Story of Emmett Till. NY: Mississippi Regional Council of Negro Leadership, (c. 1956). 2 photos, 36p. Wr. 21cm. 75.00

16. [Adams, Robert Witt]. [Freedom Now]. Los Angeles: Pacifica Gallery, n.d. [mid-60s]. Glossy eight-page booklet which prints Howard Thurman's "On Viewing the Coast of Africa" and is illustrated with bronzed scenes from Ames's "Freedom Now" mural. 32cm. Laid in are (1) a promotional broadsheet (28 x 22cm.) for the mural and (2) "The Mural came to Richmond" (stapled nine-page photocopy) about display of this mural in Richmond, Indiana (Summer 1967). The title is ours -- the brochure is essentially untitled, bearing on its front a moving quotation from Thurman's poem. We believe that the mural was eventually acquired by the DuSable Museum of African American Art in Chicago. 45.00

17. Advice to Farmers and Cotton Planters on the Use of F. W. Devoe & Co's Yellow Label, C. T. Raynolds & Co's Green Label, Pure - Paris - Green: The Only Practical Exterminator of the Potato Bug, Cotton Worm and Kindred Pests. [Cover title]. NY: 1894. 12th ed. ills (in text), 11, 4p. Wr. 19cm. Light staining at spine. Creased. Splitting along two later horizontal folds (perhaps where folded for insertion in a mailing envelope). Good. One illustration shows an African American mounted on a donkey and holding the center portion of a pole which is extended over a row on either side -- demonstrating the recommended manner of applying "Paris Green" to kill the "Cotton Caterpillar." 40.00

18. African Aid Society. Circular of the African Aid Society, Organized in Syracuse, Sept. 8, 1857. [Syracuse]: 1858. 1p. Single sheet (26cm. x 21cm.) folded to make four-pages, the last three of which are blank). 21cm. Soft crease. Proposed to establish an Industrial Refuge and Hospital in Ontario, 12 miles from Buffalo, for fugitive slaves. Officers of the society are identified as Guy Davis, President & Treasurer; Benjamin Perkins, Shepard Blair, N. T. Shepard and Oliver Rice, Vice Presidents; Caleb Brown and P. McDonald, Auditors; and Wm. Brown, Agent. 275.00

19. [Conference Program] African Heritage Studies Association. Africanism: Toward a New Definition. [Washington]: 1970. 8p. Wr. 28cm. Good. From back cover: African Heritage Studies Association Second Annual Conference, Howard University, May 1 thru May 3, 1970. Soyinka, Baraka, C. L. R. James and other notables spoke at this conference. 25.00

20. African Methodist Episcopal Church. A. M. E. Year Book 1918. Philadelphia: A. M. E. Book Concern, n.d. [1917?]. 68, (4)p. Lacks wr. Two staples along left side. 22cm. Browned and fragile. Fair. Compiled by Bishop *John Hurst, *R. C. Ransom and *J. R. Hawkins. 100.00

21. African Methodist Episcopal Church. Quarterly Ticket. n.p.: n.d. [1800s]. Small broadside (thin paper, 6cm. x 9cm.). Printed within a fancy border: [dotted blank] Member, African Methodist Episcopal Church, Founded A. D. 1816, Quarterly Ticket [dotted blank] 18 [short dotted blank], [dotted blank] Minister. And a Bible verse and 4 lines of a poem. The blanks for Member and Minister are filled-in (in pencil). 25.00

22. African Methodist Episcopal Church. Conferences. Michigan. Souvenir Program of the 37th Session of the Michigan Annual Conference of the African Methodist Episcopal Church Held in Ebenezer A.M.E. Church, Detroit, Michigan, Rev. M. C. Wright, D.D., Pastor, September 19-23, 1923. [Cover title]. [Detroit]: 1923. photos (portraits), 19p. Wr. (browned). 24cm. 75.00

23. African Methodist Episcopal Church. Conferences. New York. Minutes of the Fifty-Fourth Session of the New York Annual Conference of the African Methodist Episcopal Church, held at Binghamton, N.Y., May 20th to 25th, 1874. [Cover title]. Philadelphia: W. H. Hunter, at the A. M. E. Book Room, 1874. 18p. Wr. 24cm. Substantial brown staining on wr., which remains quite readable. Contents sound. Good. 200.00

24. African Methodist Episcopal Church. Conferences. Northwestern. Young People's Congress. [Program for Congress held in Saint Paul's African Methodist Episcopal Church ... Des Moines, Iowa, July Sixth, Seventh and Eighth, 1937]. Eight-page pamphlet. No separate wr. 22cm. Some wrinkling. Good. 40.00

25. [Program] African Methodist Episcopal Church. Conferences. Philadelphia. Programme and Directory: One Hundred and Thirtieth Annual Session, Philadelphia Annual Conference, African Methodist Episcopal Church, Convening Wednesday, May 8, to Sunday, May 12, 1946, Jones Tabernacle A.M.E. Church, 2021 Diamond Street, Philadelphia. Philadelphia: 1946. ills, 24p. Wr. 30cm. 85.00

26. African Methodist Episcopal Church. Conferences. Southwest Missouri. Minutes of the Twenty-Ninth Annual Session of the Southwest Missouri Conference, Fifth Episcopal District, of the African Methodist Episcopal Church Held in Ebenezer A. M. E. Church, Kansas City, Mo., November 1 to 5, 1939. Los Angeles: Printed by Western Christian Recorder, n.d. photo (portrait), 60p. Moderately worn wr. 23cm. 100.00

27. African Methodist Episcopal Church. Conferences. West Virginia. Official Journal of the Seventeenth Annual Session of the West Virginia Conference of the African Methodist Episcopal Church Held in ... Parkersburg, West Virginia, November 11-15, 1925. index, 71p. Wr. 22cm. Stained. Small tears, chips, and creases. Spine fold worn. Contents sound. Fair. 65.00

28. African Methodist Episcopal Church. Women's Missionary Society [and] AME Church. Young People's Division. Yearbook, 1990-1991: The Themes: Central Africa, Central America, Gospel Culture and the Media, Empowerment for God's Deliverance. Nashville: (1990). 223p. Wr. 23cm. 40.00

29. African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church. Christian Education Department. Official Program of the General Convention on Christian Education, General Assembly and National Council of Christian Youth, African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church ... Broadway Temple, 13th Street and Broadway, Louisville 3, Kentucky, July 31 - August 6, 1954. Nashville: Parthenon Press, 1954. 82p. Wr.(unevenly browned). 22cm. Name on title-page. 65.00

30. African American Schools in Monroe County, Georgia: 16 Exterior Photographs. Each photo approx. 8.5cm. x 13cm. Corner mounted, usually two to a side on loose album pages. General statement at the top of one page: Schools of Monroe County, [Super]visor - J. H. Benjamin Feb. 26, 1934 - June 30, 1935. Another leaf containing two photos is captioned: Demonstration School Forsyth, Georgia -- "Grades 1-7" written under one photo and "Part of the First Grade" written under the other. Tiny blue ink marks on two photos. Generally clear with good detail. Album leaves browned & brittle (with some chipping). Most are unpainted wooden buildings in rather dilapidated condition. In most photos, students are in formal groups outside the school. One photo is of what appears to be the remnants of an outhouse. Two newspaper clippings mounted on another loose album leaf suggest (to us) the possibility that the Demonstration School might have had a connection to the Georgia Normal School in Albany, Georgia, since one of the clippings refers to "The Model One Teacher School" (the other is about a teacher who graduated from Clarinda (Iowa) High School and then "took educational courses" in Iowa City and Cedar Falls. 600.00

31. Afro-American Council. Philadelphia Branch. A Public Meeting to Discuss Some Phases of the Negro Problem Will be Held Under the Auspices of the Philadelphia Branch, Afro-American Council, At Covenanters' Reformed Presbyterian Church, ... Thursday, May 17th, 1900, 8 P.M. The Principal Address will be Delivered by Hon. George H. White, of North Carolina, the Only Negro Representative in Congress of the Ten Million of His Race. Philadelphia: Odd Fellows' Journal Print, 1900. 4p. Leaflet. 24cm. Re-creased at fold. Edge tears. Corners creased. Good. 200.00

33. *Akin, Emma E. Gifts. Oklahoma City: Harlow, 1938. 1st ed. photos, ills, 142p. Cloth. 19cm. Ex library but otherwise nice and clean. Negro American Series, Book One. Elementary school reader for African American schools. 65.00

34. _____ SAME. Not ex library. Some cover soil. Good. 125.00

35. *Akin, Emma E. Ideals and Adventures. Oklahoma City: Harlow, 1938. 1st ed. photos, ills, 251p. Green cloth. 19cm. Cloth bubbled along side of (now-bumpy) backstrip. Negro American Series, Book Four. A 4th-grade reader for African American schools. 125.00

36. *Akinyela, Makungu. The Women of the Black Nation: Griot-Poetry. Los Angeles: Griot/Poet Productions, c. 1979. ills, 20p. Wr. 22cm. Browned. Good. Poetry. 35.00

37. Alabama Agricultural and Mechanical College. Catalogue of the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Atlanta for Negroes. Formerly State Normal and Industrial Institute. Normal, Alabama: 1901-1902. Normal: [1901]. frontis (portrait), folding panorama, photos, 95p. Somewhat stained and worn wr. 23cm. Corner of pages 1-48 chewed, with no loss of text. Good. 125.00

38. Alabama Christian Movement for Human Rights, Inc. Newsletter (August, 1961). Birmingham, Ala. Broadsheet. 21.5cm. x 31cm. Text double-columned. Slightly rippled. Includes a one-column article on Rev. F. L. Shuttlesworth with small photo. 100.00

39. *Allen, Samuel W., 1917-. Elfenbeinzahne: Ivory Tusks, Gedichte Eines Afroamerikaners [von] Paul Vesey. Heidelberg: (c. 1956). 1st ed. 47p. White boards. dj (some soiling). 24cm. Twenty poems in English with German translation. Allen's first book, published under his pseudonym (Paul Vesey). 85.00

40. *Allen, Samuel W., 1917-. Ivory Tusks and other Poems. Millbrook, N.Y.: Printed at Kriya Press: (c. 1968). 30p. Wr. 22cm. Edition limited to 200 unnumbered copies. 22 poems, most of which did not appear in Elfenbeinzahne. 40.00

41. *Allen, Will W. Banneker: The Afro-American Astronomer: From Data Collected by Will W. Allen, Assisted by Daniel Murray, An Assistant Librarian of the Library of Congress. Washington: 1921. portrait, 80p. Lacks wr. 17cm. Contents sound (with relatively minor chipping and soil). Fair. An uncommon pamphlet. 100.00

42. *Allman, Reva White. I've Known Love: Poems. NY: Vantage Press, (c. 1975). 1st ed. 39p. Hardback. dj (minor soil). 21cm. Allman,born in Birmingham, Ala., was a Professor in the College of Education at Alabama State University. [from the jacket]. 35.00

43. _____ SAME. dj. INSCRIBED (by Allman). 45.00

44. Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority. Ivy Leaf.< Bound volume contain five quarterly issues: Vol. 23, No. 3 Sept., 1945); Vol. 24, Nos. 1-4 (Mar., June, Sept. & Dec., 1946). Cloth. 28cm. Name on endpaper. Staining and slight adhesion damage to some leaves. Good. African American Sorority. 85.00

45. [Program] Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority. Xi Omega Chapter (Howard University). Fashions & Dancing Presented, Xi Omega, Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, November 11th, 1954, Willard Hotel, 8:30 P.M. n.p. [Washington]: 1954. 14p. Wr. 24cm. 40.00

46. [Program] Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity. Seventh Annual Southwest Regional Convention, Philander Smith College, Little Rock, Arkansas, April 17, 18, 19, 1953. [Cover title]. [Little Rock?: 1953]. photos, 16p. Wr. (some creases & a little foxing). 28cm. 50.00

47. Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity. The Sphinx, Vol. 9, No. 1 (February, 1923). Convention Number. Baltimore. photos (portraits), 32p. Wr. (soil). 29cm. Hand inked mailing label on cover addressed to: Congressional Library, Washington, D.C. "Sample" stamped at top of front cover. Periodical published five times yearly (at least in 1923). 40.00

48. [Program] Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity. Thirty-Ninth Annual Convention, Alpha Phi Alpha Incorporated, Detroit, Michigan, December 27th through 31st, 1953. [Cover title]. [Detroit]: [1953]. photos, 56p. Wr. 28cm. Center leaves detached. Good. 60.00

49. Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity. Thirty-Third General Convention, Tulsa, Oklahoma: "Oil Capitol of the World", December 27 - 28 - 29 - 30 - 31, 1947. [Tulsa]: [1947]. photos (portraits), [44p.]. Wr. 28cm. 60.00

50. [Catalog] Alta California Bookstore. Unusual Books, Manuscripts, Broadsides & Pamphlets Relating to the American Negro. Catalogue 28. Berkeley: n.d. [early 1960s? -- no zip code]. 20p. Wr. 23cm. John Swingle was the owner. An eclectic offering of 128 items. There were some rarities, such as a Civil War recruiting poster (Men of Color, To Arms! Now or Never!) priced at $185, Hallie Q. Brown's Pen Pictures of Pioneers of Wilberforce priced at $1.50, and a first edition of Wheatley's Poems on Various Subjects for $100. Some of the prices were actually regarded as pretty stiff at the time. 25.00

51. American Anti-Slavery Society. The Slave's Friend, No. 1. [Caption title]. NY: Published for the American Anti-slavery Society by R. B. Williams, n.d. [1836]. One illustration, 12p. Booklet. Lacks wr. 11cm. Light staining and some brown spotting. Rare first issue of this tiny publication, issued for young readers. A total of 32 issues were published (1836-1838) in New York for the Anti-slavery Society by R. G. Williams. There is a strong Christian orientation to the little tales and essays, all of which are aimed at showing the inhumanity of slavery and the humanity of the slaves. 350.00

52. American Baptist Publication Society. The John P. Crozer Memorial. Philadelphia: 1866. 44p. Cloth. 18cm. Clean ex library copy. Good. Pages 21-29 cover the terms of the John P. Crozer Memorial Fund for Missions Among the Colored People of This Country which appears to have been a fund to provide books and Sunday School missionaries to African Americans and to train African Americans for the Gospel ministry. 50.00

53. American Church Institute for Negroes. The Rebirth of an Ancient Race. [Cover title]. NY: n.d. [1928]. photos, 16p. Wr. Oblong 21cm. Stained & wrinkled. Fair. Fund-raising brochure for this Episcopal Institute's college (St. Augustine's College in Raleigh, NC) and schools for African Americans, all of which were located in the Southern states. 65.00

54. American Federation of Teachers. Changing Education, Vol. 1, No. 3 (Fall, 1966). 48p. Wr. 28cm. "Photo inside" inked on front. Special issue on "The Negro and American Education." 30.00

55. American Freedmen's Inquiry Commission Signature Page. Single sheet (either the end of a letter or something sent to an autograph collector. 12.5cm. x 20.5cm. Letterhead of Office of The American Freedmen's Inquiry Commission, No. 143 Second Avenue, Cor. of East 9th St. New York. Dated Oct. 20, 1863 below the letterhead, followed by signatures of Commissioners: Robert Dale Owen, J. McKaye, & Saml. G. Howe. 40.00

56. American Missionary Association Division of the Board of Home Missions of the Congregational and Christian Churches. Who's Who: A Directory of Workers, 1938-1939. [Cover title]. NY: n.d. 26p. Wr. (soil). 23cm. Foxing on edges. Good. Most of the workers were (or had been) teachers and administrators at various southern schools and colleges for African Americans. 40.00

57. American Negro Emancipation Centennial Authority. Participation Prospectus for the Transportation Theme Exhibit in A Century of Negro Progress Exposition, McCormick Place, Chicago, Aug. 16 - Sept. 2, 1963. Chicago: n.d. [1962]. ills, 8p. Mimeo. Printed on one side. Stapled at top. In ANECA portfolio Wr. 32cm. Good. 75.00

58. [Ribbon] American Negro Exposition. Chicago (1940). Tri-Color Ribbon. 4cm. x 13cm. Lettered in gold (over three vertical red, white and blue stripes): American Negro Exposition, Chicago, July 4th - Sept. 2nd, 1940. Straight pin with U. S. Flag in shape of a bow stuck through top of ribbon. 75.00

59. [Program] American Negro Music Festival. 4th Annual American Negro Music Festival, Comiskey Park, July 24, 8:00 P.M., 1943. Chicago: 1943. 20p. Wr. 28cm. Browned, with some soiling & minor chipping. Fair. The Chicago Defender estimated attendance at 35,000. Paul Robeson and Joe Louis were the major celebrities in attendance. 75.00

60. [Program] American Negro Music Festival. Harmony, July, 1944: Magazine of the 5th Annual American Negro Music Festival. 52p. Wr. 28cm. Tear at bottom corner front cover. All leaves stained near fore-edge with significant damage to last four leaves and back cover from adherence. Fair. The 1944 Music Festival was to be held in three cities: Chicago, St. Louis, and Detroit. 45.00

61. American Tract Society. Sambo and His Bible. [Cover title]. NY: ATS, n.d. [19th century]. 2 ills, 16p. Wr. (soil). 13cm. On front: No. 31. Contains two short religious tales: "Sambo and his Bible" (about a slave in Jamaica) and "The Persian Girl" (about a Nestorian girl in Iran). 60.00

62. Ames, Jessie Daniel, 1883-1972. The Changing Character of Lynching: Review of Lynching, 1931-1941, With a Discussion of Recent developments in This Field. Atlanta: Commission on Interracial Cooperation, 1942. photo, map, charts, xi, 70p. Wr. 23cm. Author was Executive Director of the Association of Southern Women for the Prevention of Lynching. 175.00

63. Ames, Jessie Daniel, 1883-1972. Southern Women and Lynching. Atlanta: Association of Southern Women for the Prevention of Lynching, 1936. Revised and reprinted. Four-page leaflet. 23cm. 100.00

64. *Ammi, Ben. God, the Black Man and Truth. Chicago: Communicators Press, (c. 1982). map, 242p. Wr. 22cm. 28.00

65. _____ SAME. (c. 1990). 2nd revised ed. map, 274p. Wr. 23cm. 28.00

66. *Anderson, Garland, 1886-1939. The Success Principle: and How I Used It to Raise $30,000.00: An outstanding chapter reprinted from the author's book Uncommon Sense. n.p.: n.d. [1930s?]. unpaged [46p.]. Wr. 19cm. SIGNED. 250.00

67. [*Anderson, Marian, 1897-1993] Carnegie Hall Program for December 18, 1944 War Bond Concert by Anderson. 13p. Wr. 27cm. Good. Franz Rupp, accompanist. 25.00

68. Anti-Slavery Society of Salem & Vicinity (Mass.). Constitution of the Anti-Slavery Society of Salem and Vicinity. The Society Organized January 27 A. D. 1834.--Salem, Mass. [Cover title]. Salem: Printed by W. & S. B. Ives, 1834. 8p. No separate wr. 23cm. Substantial but light stain at bottom left. Crease. Wrinkled. Foxing. Strip (which appears to have contained an ink annotation) sliced off bottom margin of one leaf. Good. Printed slip tipped offering this copy of their Constitution and asking for support. 150.00

69. Aptheker, Herbert, 1915-. American Negro Slave Revolts. NY: Columbia, (1945). 3rd printing. index, 409p. Green cloth. 22cm. Important study. 85.00

70. Aptheker, Herbert, 1915-. Nat Turner's Slave Rebellion. NY: Humanities Press, (c. 1966). 1st ed. iv, 152p. Cloth. dj (browned). 21cm. INSCRIBED (by "Herbert"). Thomas Gray's "The Confessions of Nat Turner" reprinted in appendix. 75.00

71. [*Armstrong, Louis] Thirteen Louis Armstrong Photographs. 13 professional photos (including AP Wire photos and publicity shots). Size rages from 16cm. x 19cm. to 19cm. x 24cm. Six are shots of "Satchmo" with his horn (one originally taken in 1929 and reprinted in 1971, the others undated). One is a photo of Louis and his wife, Lucille, being greeted with leis in Honolulu. The other six are of mourners filing past the open casket during Armstrong's wake July 8, 1971 at Manhattan's 7th Regiment Armory. One of these photos is of Mrs. Armstrong and Louis's sister. 275.00

72. [High School Yearbook] Armstrong Technical High School (Washington, D.C.). Reflector. Washington: 1946. photos, [96p.]. Cloth. 28cm. Substantial spotting on front cover (as if something had been stuck down). Name on endpaper. Good. 60.00

73. *Arnett, Benjamin William, 1838-1906. Centennial Thanksgiving Sermon, Delivered by Rev. B. W. Arnett, B.D. at St. Paul A. M. E. Church, Urbana, Ohio. 1876. [Urbana]: [1876]. 75p. Attractive recent quarterbinding. Leather title-label on front cover. 23cm. Library stamp embossed on title-leaf. Some leaves wrinkled. Scarce book. 375.00

74. *Asher, Jeremiah, 1812-1865. An Autobiography, With Details of a Visit to England: And Some Account of the History of the Meeting Street Baptist Church, Providence, R. I., and of the Shiloh Baptist Church, Philadelphia, Pa. Philadelphia: Published by the Author, 1862. frontis (portrait), x, 227, 15p. Modern quarterbinding. 17cm. Moderate foxing and some relatively minor staining. Internal library markings. Bound in at the end, as should be the case, are Articles of Faith and Covenant of the Shiloh Baptist Church. Philadelphia. 1861. Reverend Asher was born in North Branford, CT in 1812. Asher's father was an African American and his mother a Native American born in Hartford. This is a very scarce item, almost all of which is devoted to Asher's religious labors. We had a long delayed e-mail and telephone correspondence with the institution whose stamps appear within before they finally confirmed that this was an item that they must have discarded at some unknown time in the past. We had the library marking preserved when we had this item rebound. 750.00

75. Ashley, James Monroe, 1824-1896. Duplicate Copy of the Souvenir from the Afro-American League of Tennessee to Hon. James M. Ashley of Ohio. Philadelphia: A.M.E. Church, 1894. 1st "Library" edition. [so stated on half-title]. frontis (portrait), ills (portraits), 851, (54)p. Cloth. 24cm. Moderate soiling. Extremities rubbed (one small hole on cover edge). Very Good. Small red label mounted on front pastedown: With Compliments of the Afro-American League of Tennessee." Edited by *Benjamin William Arnett, a bishop of the AME Church. INSCRIBED ("With compliments of J. M. Ashley"--probably not in Ashley's hand). The Afro-American League compiled a book of anti-slavery speeches and letters by Congressman (later Governor) Ashley of Ohio for presentation to Ashley at the Emancipation Day celebration on September 22, 1893 at Chicago's Art Palace in Columbian Hall of the World's Parliament of Religions. Twelve copies of the "Duplicate Copy" [with an added appendix covering the Emancipation Day proceedings] were specially bound and presented to Ashley's family. The book is an impressive late 19th century tome. Ashley's speeches are fine examples of congressional speechmaking at its best. Perhaps more interesting are the Introduction by Frederick Douglass (at pages 3-7) and the lengthy speech (21 pages in the unnumbered appendix) delivered by Bishop Arnett at the Emancipation Day celebration. 650.00

76. [Advertising Item] Associated Publishers. Eight Valuable Books for $9.98: A Useful Library of Negro Literature ... Washington: Associated Pub., n.d. Broadsheet. 26cm. x 21cm. Later folds, perhaps for mailing. Very Good. The reverse is titled "Colorful Books of the Season." It offers "The Miseducation of the Negro," George Washington and the Negro," Women Builders," The Negro Wage Earner," and "The Rural Negro." 25.00

77. [Advertising Item] Associated Publishers. Large Pictures for Assembly Halls and Offices ... Washington: n.d. [1930s?]. photos. Broadside. 27cm. x 18cm. Later folds. One small hole. Good. Promoted purchase of large (19x24 inch) prints (portraits of Frederick Douglass, Booker T. Washington, Abraham Lincoln, Paul Laurence Dunbar, Phillis Wheatley, and Toussaint Louverture). Prints were priced at $1 (all six for $5). 40.00

78. [Publisher's Catalog] Associated Publishers. Valuable Books on the Negro: The Publications of the Associated Publishers, Inc. [cover title]. Washington: Associated, n.d. [1936]. 16p. Booklet. No separate wr. 23cm. Scattered foxing on outer leaves. A catalog of books, journals, and pictures, most of which were published by Associated Publishers, Inc. Associated apparently issued various editions of these catalogs over a number of years, without dating them (this issue refers to the 6th edition of Woodson's "Negro in Our History" which was published in 1931 (the 7th was published in 1941). One could buy a bound set of the first 21 volumes of "The Journal of Negro History" for $110 (with the 21st volume listed as "available in November, 1936"). 50.00

79. _____ SAME. Washington: Associated, n.d. [ca. 1948]. 16p. Booklet. 23cm. Very Good. This issue advertises Quarles' "Frederick Douglass" (published in 1948) as "ready in March.". It also has one page listing out of print books that are "sometimes available" and gives estimated prices -- Still's "Underground Railroad" is estimated at $5 and a first edition of "The Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass" at $7.50. 50.00

80. Association for the Study of Negro Life and History. The Journal of Negro History, Volume V, No. 3 (July, 1920). [261]-389p. Wr. 25cm. The Journal of Negro History, the most important periodical on African American history and culture, began publication in 1916 and was edited for over thirty years by Carter G. Woodson. Most of this issue is devoted to "Slavery in Canada" by William Renwick Riddell [pages 261-377]. 25.00

81. [Program] Association for the Study of Negro Life and History. A Mammoth Mass Meeting Opening the Nineteenth Session of the Association for the Study of Negro Life and History at the Odd Fellows Temple, Louisiana and Prairie Avenue, at 3:30 P. M., Sunday, Nov. 11, 1934. [Cover title]. n.p.: 1934. 2p. Leaflet. 18cm. Carter Woodson & John Hope listed as the principal speakers at this meeting held in Houston, Tx. 40.00

82. Association of Friends for the Free Instruction of Adult Colored Persons. History of The Associations of Friends for the Free Instruction of Adult Colored Persons in Philadelphia. Philadelphia: Friends' Book Store, 1890. 31p. Wr. 24cm. Five digit numeral stamped in upper right corner. Soft vertical crease. Good. 150.00

83. Association of Southern Women for the Prevention of Lynching. "Feeling Is Tense". Atlanta: 1938. folding plate of maps, 19p. Wrapper (splitting at fold). 23cm. Its Bulletin No. 8. 150.00

84. Association of Young Writers & Artists. Prospectus of the Association of Young Writers & Artists, Affiliated With the Southern Negro Youth Congress. Birmingham, Alabama: Southern Negro Youth Congress, n.d. [WWII era]. 5p. Stapled mimeo. Printed on one side only. Wr. 28cm. Good. 85.00

85. [Atlanta University] Bulletin of Atlanta University, No. 48 (July, 1893). Exposition Number. Includes 2 group photos (senior College class and senior Normal class), 8p. No separate Wr. 33cm. Small edge tears and chips. Good. Prepared for distribution at the World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago in connection with the exhibit of Atlanta University. [see page 2]. 125.00

86. [Poster] Atlanta University Summer Theatre, America's Oldest Afro-American Summer Stock Company, Celebrates Its 40th Season 1973. June 21-23 Joint production with The Black Image Theatre "Black Terror" by Richard Wesley; July 5-7 "Wine in the Wilderness" by Alice Childress; July 19-21 "Idabell's Fortune" by Ted Shine. No admission charge, Rockefeller Arts Building Spelman College, Thursday, Friday, Saturday 8:00 p.m., Matinees 2:00 p.m. Fridays only. 1973. Horizontal layout. Black & white. Background photo: "Divine Comedy" by Owen Dodson, Atlanta University Summer Theatre, 1938. 28cm. x 43cm. Crease in middle wherefolded in half. 45.00

87. Atlanta's Public Schools for Negro Children. [cover title]. n.p [Atlanta?]: Citizen's Committee on Public Education, n.d. [1943]. (4)p. Folded leaflet. 22cm. Minor wrinkling at bottom. Facts on the unequal funding and quality of Atlanta's segregated schools for African Americans. 45.00

88. *Attaway, William. Let Me Breathe Thunder. NY: Doubleday, Doran, 1939. 1st ed. (7), 267p. Cloth. dj (edges chipped). 19cm. Endpapers browned. Minor spotting on back cover. Tiny stain on top edge of pages. Good. His first novel. 150.00

89. Atwater, Wilbur Olin, 1844-1907, and Charles D. Woods. Dietary Studies With Reference To The Food Of The Negro In Alabama In 1895 and 1896. Conducted With the Cooperation of the Tuskegee Normal and Industrial Institute and the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Alabama. Washington: GPO, 1897. ills, 69p. Wr. (backstrip browned and somewhat worn). 24cm. U. S. Department of Agriculture. Office of Experiment Stations. Bulletin No. 38. 100.00

90. B Culture, Vol. 1, No. 1 (1986). NY: Just Above Midtown, Inc. Quarterly. 24p. Tabloid format. 41cm. "There is no such thing as white ink." 25.00

91. [*Baker, Josephine, 1906-1975]. Folies-Bergere Programme. [Cover title]. Paris: Folies-Bergere, Maison Rapide, n.d. [ca. 1926/27]. photos (most portraits), 40p. Wr. 22cm. Small diagram inked on last page. Good. Includes a small oval b&w head shot of Baker, a b&w photograph titled Fatou which includes Baker wearing her girdle of bananas and some necklaces, and a b&w advertisement for the official 1926-1927 album featuring Baker on the front. 150.00

92. [78rpm Record] Baker, Josephine, 1906-1975. Sans Amour - Slow-Fox Chante de la Revue du Casino de Paris. [and on the flip-side] Ram - Pam - Pam. London: Columbia Graphophone Co., Ltd., n.d. Contemporary RCA paper sleeve. Appears to be in playable condition. DF 1071 (WL4082 & WL4084). 125.00

93. [Program] *Baker, Josephine, 1906-1975. Sherman S. Krellberg Presents Direct From Paris Josephine Baker and Her Company. NY: n.d. [mid-1960s]. ills, 16p. Red wr. 31cm. Creased. Cellophane tape marks inside back cover. Good. 30.00

94. Baker, Josephine, 1906-1975. Un Vent de Folie. Cinquieme Album, 1927. Paris: Folies-Bergere, 1927. ills, 16p. Wr. 32cm. Bottom edge ragged. Some internal soiling and stains. Other wear. Fair. Features a semi-nude Josephine, clothed only in jewels, peeking through a cut-out in the front cover. A captivating image, even in this otherwise rather worn copy. One of the interior black & white pages also features Baker in the same jeweled costume. The rear cover has an advertisement for Chez Josephine Baker. 200.00

95. [*Baker, Josephine] Programme Officiel: Folies Bergere. [Cover title]. Paris: n.d. [1937 stamped on 2 laid in ticket stubs for balcony seats]. photos (portraits), 48p. Wr.(splitting at fold). 23cm. Bottom left corner worn. Good. Includes a full-page, full-length photo of an evening-gown clad Baker, the star of the show. 85.00

96. *Baldwin, James, 1924-1987. Blues for Mister Charlie. NY: Dial, 1964. 1st ed. xv, 121p. Cloth. dj. 24cm. SIGNED (by Baldwin). His third play. 250.00

97. *Baldwin, James, 1924-1987. Blues For Mr. Charlie. NY: Actors Studio Theatre, n.d. [1963-64?]. 6, 69, 38, 58p. Printed playscript in Fabricord Binder (worn). 28cm. Leaf edges browned. Extensive pencil annotations and revisions by Cheryl Crawford. Good. Six page introduction by Baldwin analyzes the actions and motivations of the major characters. Several people were interested in doing this play, initially 5 1/2 hours long. Baldwin was determined that the play be performed as a polemic against the white race. Cheryl Crawford, a member of the Board of the Actor's Studio, tried to blue pencil Baldwin's raw language and otherwise suggested numerous cuts and revisions, as did others. Frank Corsaro, the first director, was fired as a result of his artistic differences with Baldwin. Burgess Meredith took over and directed it on Baldwin's terms. The Board preserved Baldwin's profanity. We don't know how seriously Crawford's suggested cuts and revisions were considered, but suspect that few, if any, showed up in the final script. The play opened April 23, 1964 and got good reviews. The cast of 27 actors included Pat Hingle, Diana Sands, and Rip Torn. Ticket prices were set unusually low, too low to be profitable even with large (mostly African American) audiences. It closed August 29, 1964. 900.00

98. *Baldwin, James, 1924-1987. Go Tell It on the Mountain. London: Michael Joseph, (1954). 1st English edition. 256p. Cloth. dj. 21cm. Spine lettering slightly dulled. Modest chipping at ends of backstrip. 200.00

99. *Baldwin, James, 1924-1987. Notes of a Native Son. Boston: Beacon Press, (c. 1955). 1st ed. ix, 175p. Cloth. dj (First State). 21cm. Jacket chipped at ends of backstrip and somewhat browned. 150.00