Provident-Smith

900. Provident Hospital (Baltimore). Provident Hospital Bulletin, Vol. II, No. 6 (June, 1939). Monthly. Folded four-page bulletin. 29cm. Good. African American hospital. Includes an article on pulmonary tuberculosis and an article on "The Negro in Medicine," by *John A. Kenny (former president of the National Medical Association). 50.00

901. Pruter, Karl. The Strange Partnership of George Alexander McGuire and Marcus Garvey. Highlandville, Missouri: St. Willibrord Press, 1986. 47p. Wr. 22cm. McGuire served for a time as Chaplain General of the Universal Negro Improvement Association and was also the founder of the African Orthodox Church. 25.00

902. [Early Baseball cartoon] Punchinello, Vol. I, No. 4 (Saturday, April 23, 1870). ills, 16p. [49-64]. 34cm. Largely unopened. Moderate foxing (mainly on outer leaves). Some splitting at folds. Published in New York. On one of the center leaves (page 57) a full-page cartoon has a strong black man standing at bat about to hit a star-covered ball. His belt says "41st Congress" and his bat says "15th Amendment". To one side, awaiting their turn to bat, are a woman, an Eskimo, and a Chinese. The caption: The Great National Game. Our Colored Brother. "Hi Yah! Stan' back dar; it's dis chile's innin's now." 250.00

903. Purcell, Leslie Harper. Miracle in Mississippi: Laurence C. Jones of Piney Woods. NY: (c. 1956). 1st ed. photos, x, 252p. Cloth. dj. 20cm. INSCRIBED (by Jones). 50.00

904. Queen, Robert. Jersey Justice in the "Duck Island" Murders. Trenton: Prepared for Clarence Hill Defense Committee, n.d. [1940s?]. 29p. Wr.(browned). 23cm. Good. The "Duck Island" murders were a series of murders and rapes between 1938 and 1943. Clarence Hill, an African American, was convicted and spent almost 20 years in prison before being paroled in 1964. He died in 1973. 100.00

905. *Ragland, James Farley. A Little Slice of Living: Selected Poems. Richmond, Va.: Quality Printing, (c. 1953). 1st ed. portrait, 47p. Wr. 23cm. His 4th book of poems. 125.00

906. [Lobby Cards for an African American Film]. Ralph Cooper in "Gangsters on the Loose". 3 [probably out of 4] lobby cards. 28cm. x 36cm. Re-titled re-release by Toddy Pictures of a 1937 African American film originally titled "Bargain with Bullets." 75.00

907. Rampersad, Arnold. The Art and Imagination of W. E. B. Du Bois. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1976. frontis (portraits), index, viii, 325p. Cloth. 24cm. Covers scuffed. Backstrip faded. Spine sloped. Good. INSCRIBED (by "Arnold"). 35.00

908. *Randolph, Paschal Beverly, 1825-1875. After Death: The Disembodiment of Man. The World of Spirits, Its Location, Extent, Appearance; The Route Thither; Inhabitants; Customs; Societies; Also Sex and Its Uses There, Etc. Etc.; With Much Matter Pertinent to the Question of Human Immortality. Boston: Randolph and Company, 1870. 3rd ed. revised, corrected, and enlarged. 6, [9]-260p. plus (8)p. adverts for other books by Randolph. Cloth. 21cm. Ends of backstrip chipped. Front hinge-paper cracked. Name on endpaper. Scattered pencil markings and annotations. Randolph was a spiritualist, Rosicrucian, sex-magician, and mail-order sex therapist and adviser. He wrote numerous exotic and obscure books and pamphlets and may also have been the first commercially successful importer and promoter of hashish (though he later repudiated the use of hashish). His writings are likely to strike most earth-based readers as the zany theories of an entertaining and largely harmless oddball, but he had a real following in his lifetime and some of his books have been reprinted from time to time for those who have a continuing attachment to parts of his mystical thinking. Randolph's mother was an African American. Randolph's mixed racial background was not unknown during his lifetime, though it seems to have been largely forgotten after his death until publication of Deveney's book [Deveney, John Patrick. Paschal Beverly Randolph ... Albany: SUNY Press, (c. 1997)]. Deveney's biography is the source for virtually everything we know about Randolph, apart from his own texts. This book ("After Death") first appeared as a series of articles in the "Religio-Philosophical Journal" in 1866 under the title "Sequel to Dealings with the Dead." A second edition was published as a hardcover book in 1868 under the same, but slightly shorter, title as our 3rd edition. Our 3rd edition is little changed from the second although some new material is added at the ends of chapters and it lacks a Table of Contents (which probably explains the gap in pagination between 6 and 9. Deveney lists the 3rd ed. as appearing in 1869 so our copy is possibly the 2nd printing of the 3rd ed. 750.00

909. _____ SAME. Covers chipped and rather shabby, with ends of backstrip heavily chipped. Name on endpaper. Text slightly browned. Good. 375.00

910. [*Randolph, Paschal Beverly, 1825-1875] Dealings with the Dead: The Human Soul, Its Migrations and Its Transmigrations. Penned by the Rosicrucian. Utica, N.Y.: M. J. Randolph, 1861-62. 1st ed. 268p. plus (4)p. adverts for other works and curatives sold by Randolph. Cloth. 18cm. Backstrip faded. Large portions of text quite browned. Scattered pencil underlinings. Good. Randolph's writings contain occasional and sometimes veiled references to his racial identity. Randolph, at one point, improbably stated that his mother was of royal descent from Madagascar, with not a drop of blood from the continent of Africa, but this was only one of several explanations by Randolph of his mother's ancestry. Deveney says of "Dealings with the Dead": "This is Randolph's greatest work, giving his visions of the "soul world" -- the "state" that underlies both the material world and the "aetherial" world inhabited by the spirits." [Deveney p. 350]. 1200.00

911. *Randolph, Paschal Beverly, 1825-1875. The Wonderful Story of Ravalette. Also, Tom Clark and His Wife, Their Double Dreams and the Curious Things that Befell Them Therein; or, The Rosicrucian's Story, by P. B. Randolph. NY: Sinclair Tousey, 1863. 249, 146p. plus (6)p. publisher's adverts. Original green cloth. 18cm. Moderate staining in margins of first fifteen text leaves. Top corner of rear free endpaper torn off. Extremities worn. Tear in front free endpaper reinforced with archival tape. Name on endpaper. Good. While not found in any standard bibliographies of African American fiction, these two novels are among the earliest novels by an African American. "Tom Clark" has no apparent African American content or characters. "Ravalette" begins with a young man whose background and complexion parallel Randolph's -- he resided in lower Manhattan, was named Beverly (Randolph's middle name), was of "tawny" complexion, and had a mother whose complexion was that of a "New Orleans octoroon" (the fictional mother's complexion was due to Indian and Spanish ancestry). Randolph often attributed his tawny complexion to Spanish ancestry. In fact, a local Toledo newspaper (Toledo Blade) reported that Randolph's suicide in 1875 was probably due to a combination of drinking and unreasoning jealousy attributable to Randolph's Spanish ancestry [Deveney at p. 240].

The publishing history of these novels is confusing. Deveney's biography states that "The Rosicrucian's Story" was first published in 1863 by M. J. Randolph in Utica and then by Tousey in New York, though he goes on to say that it now survives only in copies such as ours that are bound with "Tom Clark" (some with a title-page listing M. J. Randolph as publisher; some with a title page listing Tousey as publisher; and some with both title-pages). Deveney identifies Tousey as a New York wholesaler rather than a publisher. It is unclear why he thinks the Utica imprint has priority. Deveney speculates that there may have been a separate edition of "Tom Clark," but found none. [See Deveney at pages 350-351 for the bibliographic history of these two books.] 1000.00

912. *Rasmussen, Emil Michael, 1893-. The First Night. NY: Malliet, 1947. 1st ed. 278p. Boards. 23cm. Name on endpaper. Good. Uncommon novel. Rasmussen was born in the Virgin Islands and moved to the U.S. as a teenager. 100.00

913. *Ray, Emma J., 1859-, and *Lloyd P. Ray Twice Sold, Twice Ransomed. Chicago: Free Methodist Pub. House, (c. 1926). 1st ed. frontis (portrait), photos, 320p. Cloth. 20cm. Minor cover spotting. Gift inscription & small blank label on endpaper. The Rays were slaves at birth (she in Missouri; he in Texas). A religious autobiography which focuses on experiences in the state of Washington, with brief mention of their earlier life. 90.00

914. Read, Vol. 2, No. 2 (Feb., 1948). Albany, New York. photos, 15p. Wr. 30cm. An uncommon, and, presumably, short-lived African American publication. 75.00

915. *Reason, Arthur Wesley. Poems of Inspiration for Better Living. NY: Exposition, (c. 1959). 1st ed. 97p. Cloth. dj. 21cm. St. Louis educator (born in Florida). 45.00

917. *Reddix, Jacob L. The Negro Seeks Economic Security Through Co-operation ... An Address Delivered Before the National Seminar on Consumers' Co-operation of the Federal Council of Churches of Christ in America, Indianapolis, Ind., January 1, 1936. Chicago: Central States Co-operative League, 1936. 24p. Wr. 19cm. Name and several words inked on front cover. 45.00

918. *Reed, Ishmael, 1938-. The Free-Lance Pallbearers. Garden City: 1967. 1st ed, 155p. Cloth. dj. (price-clipped, backstrip slightly browned). 20cm. His first novel. 40.00

919. Republican Party. West Virginia. Documents for the People. The Registration of Voters Under the Act of Congress to Enforce the Fifteenth Amendment. n.p.: n.d. [circa 1870]. Uncut single sheet folded to form an 8-page booklet. 24cm. Later folds and soiling. Several small insect holes. Good. Main issues were the 15th Amendment (which the Democratic platform abhorred) and limiting the right of former Rebels to vote. Includes the text of the platforms of the West Virginia Democratic and Republican parties. 225.00

920. Repudiation in South Carolina. [cover title]. n.p.: n.d. [1880?]. 19p. Wrapper(singed around edges, with some chipping). 26cm. Old stain in top and bottom margins. Good. Signed in type at end: A Sufferer. Anonymously issued pamphlet which attacks the split decision of the South Carolina Supreme Court in a tax-related case (Douglass & Jackson vs. P. C. Gaillard, County Treasurer). The decision appears to have turned in part on a concurring opinion by Justice McIver who felt that the question had been settled by a previous case (State vs. County Treasurer). Our anonymous writer attacks that earlier opinion, both on its merits and as an opinion rendered by a carpetbagger (Justice Willard) and an ignorant Negro (Associate Justice Jonathan Jasper Wright). Wright was born in Pennsylvania, attended Lancasterian University at Ithaca, NY, taught school and studied law privately. In 1866 he was the first African American admitted to the bar in Pennsylvania. Sent to South Carolina in 1865 by the American Missionary Society, Wright later returned to South Carolina and was elected to the State Senate from Beaufort, SC in 1868 and to the State Supreme Court in 1870. He served as Associate Justice from 1870 to 1877. [facts taken from his entry in Dictionary of American Biography] 450.00

921. La Revue du Monde Noir, No. 1 (October?, 1931). Paris. ills, 64p. Wr. 28cm. Browned. Front cover has a long jagged tear which has been repaired. Minor cover soil. Good. Text double-columned (one column in French and the other in English. First issue of this short-lived and now quite uncommon French periodical. Claude McKay contributed a short poem ("A l'Amerique" [or] "To America"). Also includes an illustration ("Forge Foundry") by Aaron Douglas. We date this issue as October because the last leaf contains a list of articles announced for the next issue which was to appear in November. 200.00

922. *Richardson, Harry Van Buren. Dark Salvation; The Story of Methodism as It developed among Blacks in America. Garden City: Doubleday, 1976. 1st ed. index, viii, 324p. Boards. dj. 21cm. 45.00

923. Robb, Frederic H. H., editor. 1927 Intercollegian Wonder Book; or 1779 - The Negro in Chicago - 1927. Volume I. Chicago: Washington Intercollegiate Club of Chicago, (c. 1927). photos (portraits), index, 232p. Text printed on coated sepia-toned paper. Blue cloth. Printed in gilt at bottom of front cover: Exact Reproduction of Library Edition 1927. 27cm. Extremities rubbed. Hinges cracked. A second volume was projected and published in 1929. OCLC lists both volumes under the general title: The Negro in Chicago, 1779-1927. 400.00

924. *Roberts, Walter Adolphe, 1886-1962. Brave Mardi Gras: A New Orleans Novel of the '60s. Indianapolis: (c. 1946). 1st ed. 318p. Cloth. dj. 21cm. Edges browned. Backstrip darkened. "Stars and Bars Edition" with signed leaf inserted prior to title-page. Roberts denied being an African American. He certainly did not honor that alleged ancestry in this second-rate, pro-confederate novel of the Creole aristocracy of New Orleans. 40.00

925. *Roberts, Walter Adolphe, 1886-1962. The Haunting Hand. NY: Macaulay, (c. 1926). 1st ed. frontis, 309p. Cloth. 19cm. Minor white streaking at base of front cover. White lettering on spine chipped and indistinct. Very Good. A mystery and a romance. Roberts is often regarded as an African American author, although he emphatically denied having any African ancestry. 100.00

926. *Roberts, Walter Adolphe, 1886-1962, and Paul R. Milton. Mayor Harding of New York. By Stephen Endicott [pseud.]. NY:1931. 1st ed. xiii, 271p. Cloth. 21cm. Browning on endpapers. Good. Detective novel on which Roberts and Milton collaborated. 35.00

927. *Roberts, Walter Adolphe, 1886-1962. The Mind Reader; A Mystery. NY: Macaulay, (c. 1929). 1st ed. 277p. Black cloth. 19cm. One of his scarcer titles. 100.00

928. *Roberts, Walter Adolphe, 1886-1962, and Paul R. Milton. The Strange Career of Bishop Sterling; A Novel by Stephen Endicott [pseud.]. NY: Meteor Press, 1932. 1st ed. xiii, 271p. Red cloth. 21cm. Detective novel on which Roberts and Milton may have collaborated, as they did on "Mayor Harding of New York" (the other mystery novel to appear under this pseudonym). 85.00

929. [Robeson, Paul, 1898-1975] Somerville (N.J.) High School. The Valkyrie, 8 Issues: Vol. X, No. 78 (Nov., 1913); Vol. X, No. 79 (Dec., 1913); Vol. X, No. 80 (Jan., 1914); Vol. X, No. 82 (March, 1914); Vol. X, No. 84 (May, 1914); Vol. XI, No. 87 (Oct., 1914); Vol. XI, No. 88 (Nov., 1914); and Vol. XI, No. 93 (April, 1915). Condition varies from Good to Very Good. Robeson was in the class of 1915. He is mentioned in the Athletics Notes in all but one of these eight issues. One photo of Robeson on the football team. The March 1914 issue has a 2-page play by Robeson ("The Singers"); the November 1914 issue has a short story ("A Trial of Patience") of almost 2-pages by Robeson. 2500.00

930. [Book Store Display Sign] [Robeson, Paul, 1898-1975] Paul Robeson's Book: an inspiring best-seller! Now Only $1 Popular Edition. Here I Stand. Paul Robeson. On Sale Here. n.p.: n.d. [ca. 1958]. Mounted on this display sign is a copy of the front cover (a portrait of Robeson in front of an indistinct row of books) of the paper edition of Robeson's "Here I Stand." Card stock. 18cm. x 29cm. Minor glue stain peeking out from one corner of mounted cover reproduction. 75.00

931. [Photograph] *Robeson, Paul, 1898-1976. Formal Seated Waist-Length Portrait of Paul and Eslanda Robeson, ca. 1930? Professional photo (20cm. x 25cm.). Slightly bubbled at edges. Residue on back where mounted (perhaps in a scrapbook). Clear and clean. He is three-quarters view and she is full face. The backdrop behind him is dark, while the backdrop behind her is light. 225.00

932. [Photograph] *Robeson, Paul, 1898-1976. Photograph, 1940. Photo (12cm. x 18cm.). Crossed out with black ink on back of photo is the following stamped legend: Paul Robeson Archives, Inc., 157 West 57th Street, Suite 403, New York, N.Y. 10019. Printed in the same black ink: Still from the film "Proud Valley" 1939 [and] From the collection of Paul Robeson, Jr. Bust shot of Robeson shot from slightly to Robeson's left. "Proud Valley", in which Robeson played a singing coal miner in Wales, was released in 1940. 150.00

933. [Photograph] *Robeson, Paul, 1898-1976. Photograph of Paul Robeson and a Man Who Could Be Nikita Khruschev, Yalta, Summer 1958. 15cm. x 24cm. In pencil on the back: N.....[?] O...[?], Yalta, Summer 1958. Clear. Good detail, but background is just a sea of black with one tree trunk visible at right. Robeson and the man we think is Khruschev are sitting on a park-style bench. Khruschev is wearing a white suit and holding a white hat in his right hand. Eslanda Robeson, in a striped dress, and an unidentified man are sitting on the other side of Robeson; two rather grim-faced women (also unidentified) are standing behind Robeson. 100.00

934. [Photograph] *Robeson, Paul, 1898-1976. Portrait, 1941. Photo (12cm. x 16cm.) with "1941 Portrait" inked on the rear. Clear with good detail. A waist-length view of a seated Robeson in tie and white shirt. The photographer was standing to Robeson's right perhaps through a window or other opening since there is a line across the very top of Robeson's head. 75.00

935. [*Robeson, Paul, 1898-1976] [Passport Case] Boudin, Leonard B. and James T. Wright. Brief For Appellant in the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. No. 12983. Paul Robeson, Appellant, vs. John Foster Dulles, Secretary of State, Appellee. Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Columbia. n.p.: n.d. [1956]. xiii, 56, ix(p.). Wr.(stained along edge & spotted). 24cm. Good. Appeal of the U.S. State Department's denial of a passport to Paul Robeson. His passport was lifted in 1950 and not restored until 1958. 150.00

936. [*Robeson, Paul, 1898-1976] [Passport Case] Friedman, Milton H., *William L. Patterson, and Ralph E. Powe. United States Court of Appeals. District of Columbia. Paul Robeson, Plaintiff-Appellant. against John Foster Dulles, Defendant-Appellee. Motion for Leave to File Brief and Brief Amici Curiae. NY: (1956). ii, 25p. Wr. 24cm. Included is a mimeographed form letter (printed signature) from Eslanda Goode Robeson asking the unnamed addressee to allow their name to be used as an amicus curiae, together with a permission statement to be signed, and a return envelope. All slightly browned at edges. Appeal of the U.S. State Department's denial of a passport to Paul Robeson. Named as Amici Curiae: W.E.B. DuBois, Alphaeus Hunton, Herbert Aptheker, Eslanda Goode Robeson, Charles Hill, and Samuel Sillen. 150.00

937. [*Robeson, Paul, 1898-1976] Davis, Lenwood G., compiler. A Paul Robeson Research Guide: A Selected Annotated Bibliography. Westport: Greenwood, (c. 1982). 1st ed. frontis, index, xxv, 879p. Cloth. 24cm. 35.00

938. [Robeson, Paul, 1898-1976] Westchester Committee for a Fair Inquiry into the Peekskill Violence (N.Y.). Eyewitness: Peekskill, U.S.A., Aug. 27; Sept. 4, 1949. [White Plains, NY]: 1949. photos, unpaged [24p.]. Wr.(soiling). 27cm. Moderate rippling. Leftist committee trying to counter police lies about what happened at Peekskill. 60.00

939. [Robeson, Paul, 1898-1976] American Civil Liberties Union. Violence in Peekskill: A Report of the Violations of Civil Liberties at Two Paul Robeson Concerts near Peekskill, N.Y., August 27th and September 4th, 1949. NY: 1949. 51p. Wr.(somewhat soiled). 20cm. 65.00

940. [*Robeson, Paul, 1898-1976] The Immortal Negro Melodies: These are Songs Paul Robeson Sings. [Cover title]. London: Printed by the Amalgamated Press. 24p. Wr. 23cm. Newsprint. Some foxing. Several reasonably short edge tears. Good. Printed at bottom of front cover: Free Supplement to The Family Journal, November 6th, 1937. Photo (somewhat grainy) on front of Robeson who has his arms crossed and is wearing a bush hat and a work shirt with rolled-up sleeves. 45.00

941. [Robeson, Paul, 1898-1976] Timely Digest: Current Events in Review, Vol. 1, No. 1 (April, 1931). ills, 24p. Wr.(soil). 30cm. Partial "Library of Congress" stamp on front (also separately stamped is the word "Sample"). An uncommon African American monthly published briefly (11 issues??) in Minneapolis. Robeson's photo appears on the front cover of this inaugural issue -- there is a single-page article about him inside. 125.00

942. [*Robinson, Jackie] Time: The Weekly Newsmagazine, Vol. L, No. 12 (September 22, 1947). 112p. Wr. 29cm. Mailing label on front cover. Good. Cover illustration of Jackie Robinson (accompanying story at pp. 70-76). Interestingly, Joe Garagiola is identified as one of the white players who spiked Jackie Robinson when Robinson first played in the major leagues. 45.00

943. *Roby, Jessie. Scrapbook from the late 1950s and the 1960s. Tied scrapbook. 30cm. Letters, clippings, and 2 large photos mounted on 25 pages. Other items (mostly letters) laid in. A teacher in the Rock Island Public Schools. The scrapbook is full of letters and clippings relating almost entirely to her school activities. Roby sponsored a Duke Ellington concert to raise money for a school trip. The concert was successful, but made no money for the trip. Her class went anyway on money raised by selling candy. Mounted on the last page is a 1959 letter from her superintendent apologizing for using a racial epithet in a public speech. 175.00

944. [*Pippin, Horace, 1888-1946] Rodman, Selden, 1909-. Horace Pippin; A Negro Painter in America. NY: Quadrangle, 1947. 1st ed. frontis, ills (some color), 88p. Cloth. 31cm. Minor fading. The first major study of this important African American artist. 175.00

945. ______ SAME. Cloth soiled. Ringmarks & other spotting on covers. Name whited-out on endpaper. Good. 75.00

946. *Robinson, Milton B. Meet These People of The African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church. Charlotte, N.C.: (c. 1975). 1st ed. photos (portraits), xiv, 79p. Cloth dulled (or slightly splotchy). 23cm. SIGNED. 79 single-page biographical sketches. 50.00

947. *Rollin, Frances Anne, ca. 1845-1901. Life and Public Services of Martin R. Delany ... by Frank A. Rollin [pseud.]. Boston: Lee and Shepard, 1883. 367p. plus (4)p. publisher's adverts. Attractive recent quarterbinding. 19cm. Some browning on two text leaves (probably from an old newspaper clipping). A very uncommon biography which was first published in 1868. Title-page a cancel leaf. Delany was a journalist, reformer, physician and politician, as well as the first African American to attain the rank of Major in the U.S. Army (as a recruiter). This is the major contemporary book about Delany and is regarded as the first full-length biography of a freeborn African American man -- there were shorter biographical sketches of figures such as Benjamin Banneker. Sometime after this book was first published, Rollin met and married William Whipper, with whom she had five children. She died in 1901. 750.00

948. Rood, John, 1902-1974. This, My Brother. Chicago: Midwest Federation of Arts and Professions, 1936. ills (by *Charles Sebree), 101p. Wr.(edge tears and creases). 23cm. Browned. Good. Poetry. Includes three small full-page black & white illustrations by Charles Sebree, a talented African American artist. One of the illustrations is reproduced in a copper hue on the front of the wr. 75.00

949. [Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919] The Negro Question: Attitude of the Progressive Party Toward the Colored Race: Colonel Roosevelt's Reply to a Query at the Progressive National Convention: His Letter to Julian Harris, of Atlanta. [Cover title]. NY: Mail and Express Job Print, Stoddard-Sutherland Press, (1912). 15p. Wr. 23cm. Purple stamp at top of cover with the words, "To Vote For Theodore Roosevelt and His Party Mark Your Ballot in The Bull Moose Square", and a square line framing a moose above the words, "Progressive Party". Very Good. 250.00

950. _____ SAME. No purple "Bull Moose" stamp. Inner margin partially gone on front leaf. General wear. Fair-Good. 75.00

951. [Slave Narrative] *Roper, Moses. Narrative of the Adventures and Escape of Moses Roper, from American Slavery. London: Harvey and Darton, 1843. 4th ed. frontis (portrait), xii, 120p. Cloth. 15cm. Hinges weak. Cover bumped and has some uneven fading. No titling on cover. Contents clean but somewhat shaken. Good. The first edition was published in 1837. Roper was a light-skinned slave born in North Carolina's Caswell County. Roper says that the slave owner was his father. 600.00

952. *Rosborough, William. Celestial Showers, No. 1 A Collection of Gospel Songs used in Rev. I. Toliver's Meetings. Adapted to the use of Churches, Sunday Schools and the Home by William Rosborough. Nashville: Nat'l Baptist Publishing Bd, (c. 1895). index, (176)p. Paper covered boards. 21cm. Minor cover soil and wear. 170 songs. 150.00

953. Royall, William Lawrence, 1844-1911. Reply to "A Fool's Errand, By One of the Fools." NY: E. J. Hale & Son, 1880. 1st ed. 95p. Modern buckram (worn original wr.bound in). 18cm. Ex lib. (stamped several places, including top edge of pages). Good. Former confederate defends Southern racists and the KKK, while also personally attacking the character and ethics of Judge Tourgee, author of "A Fool's Errand." 150.00

954. _____ SAME. 1881. 3rd ed. 160p. Soiled wr. 19cm. Bookseller's name stamp (twice in purple) on front. Contents sound. The 3rd ed. contains a response (64p.) by Royall to Tourgee's Review and Answer refuting Royall's original attack on Tourgee. 150.00

955. *Rudd, Daniel Arthur, and *Theophilus Bond. From Slavery to Wealth: The Life of Scott Bond: The Rewards of Honesty, Industry, Economy and Perseverance. Madison, Arkansas: Journal Printing, 1917. 1st ed. ills, 383p. Cloth. 23cm. Extremities frayed. Name blacked out on endpaper. Good. Bond was a prominent member of the National Negro Business League and delivered an address at the 10th anniversary convention of the NAACP in Cleveland. 225.00

956. Ruffin, James, editor. The Sioux City Negro Year Book, 1962. [Cover title]. Sioux City, Ia.: James Ruffin, n.d. [1962]. photos (portraits), unpaged [24p.]. Wr. 28cm. 100.00

957. *Russell, Sandi. Render Me My Song: African-American Women Writers from Slavery to the Present. NY: St. Martin's Press, (c. 1990). 1st ed. index, xii, 230p. Boards. dj. 22cm. INSCRIBED (by "Sandi"). 35.00

958. [Yearbook] Saint Philip School of Nursing. The Light, 1939. Richmond, Va.: 1939. photos (portraits), 32p. Cloth-backed boards. 27cm. Circular stains on front cover. Extremities rubbed. Some staining at top edge. Inked annotations. Fair. The Saint Philip School of Nursing trained African American women and operated from 1920 to 1962. The school graduated a total of 688 nurses. The faculty, at least in 1939, appears to have been entirely white. 100.00

959. Salvador, George. Paul Cuffe, the Black Yankee, 1759-1817. New Bedford: (1969). frontis, photos, bib, 76p. Cloth. dj. 23cm. The scarce hardcover edition. Emphasis is on Cuffe's "Back to Africa" efforts. 28.00

960. [African American Magician] *Sanders, Fetaque, 1915-1992. Small Archive of Broadsides, Posters and Photos Relating to this African American Magician. Archive includes: 10 broadsides (black & white with red or blue, one b & w only) for his performances -- 4 about 30cm. x 41cm., another 4 half that size, and 2 a quarter that size; 2 photos; blank sheet of his letterhead stationery; Christmas greeting card (including photo of Sanders and daughter); printed post card; ticket to a midnight magic show; program for his mother's memorial service; and a leaflet by him "What Cha Bet? Fetaque Sanders Magician Explaining 10 Secrets..." Some items browned, but all Very Good. Sanders was born in Nashville in 1915 and attended Tennessee A & I State College. He spent most of WWII with USO shows entertaining African American troops. He made his living after the war as a magician, mostly as a solo act performing at black schools. A stroke in 1958 affected his peripheral vision and he retired from performing in 1962 at the age of only 47. His career is outlined at pages 102-155 in "Conjure Times: Black Magicians in America," by James Haskins and Kathleen Benson. 400.00

961. Savage, Horace C. Life and Times of Bishop Isaac Lane. Nashville: National Publication Company, 1958. frontis (portrait), index, 240p. Cloth. 19cm. Good. Lane was a bishop of the Colored Methodist Episcopal Church and the founder of Lane College in Jackson, Tennessee. 85.00

962. *Savage, William Sherman. The History of Lincoln University. Jefferson City, Missouri: Lincoln University, (c. 1939). 1st ed. photos, index, xi, 302p. Cloth. 23cm. Savage was a Professor of History at Lincoln University. 75.00

963. *Schomburg, Arthur Alfonso, 1874-1938, compiler. A Bibliographical Checklist of American Negro Poetry. NY: Charles F. Heartman, 1916. 57p. Cloth. 25cm. Minor wear at extremities. Pioneering work by a celebrated collector. 275.00

964. Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, New York Public Library. The Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture: 60th Anniversary Tribute. NY: NY Public Library, c. 1986. photos, 47p. Wr. 28cm. Title on wrapper: Remaking The Past To Make The Future. 35.00

965. [Science Fiction] *Schuyler, George Samuel, 1895-. Black No More: Being an Account of the Strange and Wonderful Workings of Science in the Land of the Free, A.D. 1933-1940. NY: Macaulay, (c. 1931). 1st ed. ix, 250p. Cloth. 19cm. Spine sl. sloped. Crease in backstrip. Cover lettering smudged. Light stains on back cover. Contents sound. Good. Scarce novel. 65.00

966. *Scott, Anne. Case 999 - A Christmas Story. Boston: Meador, (c. 1953). 1st ed. 27p. Cloth. dj. 20cm. Front endpaper stained (bookseller's stamp in the corner). Jacket soiled with light stain on front panel and fold, and chipped at ends of backstrip. Edges stained on a few leaves (with some mildew). Scarce short story of modest merit. 100.00

967. *Scott, Anne. Case 999 - A Christmas Story. Boston: Meador, (c. 1953). 1st ed. ill, 27p. Cloth (soil). 20cm. Stains on foredge and first dozen pages. Good. SIGNED (in pencil by Scott in October 1953). 150.00

968. *Scott, Anne. George Sampson Brite. Boston: Meador, 1939. 1st ed. 154p. Cloth. dj (backstrip faded). 20cm. Ms. Scott is identified as an elementary school teacher. The blurb on the jacket of this seldom seen book about a fifth grader describes it as "a delightful and unusual group of stories about a mischievous little colored boy, George Sampson Brite and his doings at school." 675.00

969. Security Loan and Investment Association. The Security Loan and Investment Association, 918 East 21st Street, Kansas City, Mo.: What You Need and What You Want: 1. What it is. 2. What its purpose is. 3. How it loans its money. 4. Its place of business. 5. Its certificate's value. 6. How its stock is sold. 7. Who its officers and directors are. [Cover title]. Kansas City: 1921. 7p. Booklet. 16cm. An African American investment bank looking for African American investors. 45.00

970. *Sejour, Victor, 1817-1874. Le Fils de la Nuit: Drame en trois journees et un prologue. Paris: Michel Levy Freres, 1856. [First edition]. 127p. Wr. 20cm. Largely unopened. Minor scattered foxing. German institutional stamp on title-page and last page. French text. Sejour was a Louisiana born African American writer some of whose poetry appeared, along with that of 16 of his Louisiana compatriots, in the first American anthology of African American poetry, the excessively rare "Les Cenelles: Choix de Poesies Indigenes" (New Orleans: 1845). Sejour, supported by his parents, had moved to Paris when only 19. In 1837, which appears to have been only a year after leaving America, he wrote "Le Mulatre" ["The Mulatto"] which is sometimes referred to as the first short story written by an African American. He remained in France for the rest of his life and became a successful and popular playwright. Because Sejour wrote in French in France, having had the temerity to leave our segregated shores, he is often excluded from the canon of African American writers. Only recently have Americans begun to translate some of his plays into English. The French editions of his works are quite scarce. 4500.00

971. *Sejour, Victor, 1817-1874. Les massacres de la Syrie: drame en huit tableaux. Paris: Barbre, n.d. [1861]. [Presumed first edition]. 136p. (Bound with) Sardou, Victorien, 1831-1908. La famille Benoiton: comedie en cinq actes, en prose. Paris: Michel Levy Freres, 1866. 3rd ed. 212p. Contemporary French quarterbinding. 18cm. Covers scuffed. Extremities rubbed. Good. Original wrappers were not preserved. French text. Sardou, author of the other play, was a popular French writer of light comedies and a member of the French Academy. 4500.00

972. [Angelo Herndon] Seymour, Whitney North. In the Supreme Court of the United States, October Term, 1934. No. 665, Angelo Herndon, Appellant, v. The State of Georgia. On Appeal From the Supreme Court of Georgia. Brief for the Appellant. n.p.: n.d. ix, 63p. Wr. 24cm. Some general wear & soiling.. 125.00

973. [Cookery Item] *Shabazz, Lana. Cooking For The Champ. NY: Jones-McMillon, (1979). ills (color), index, 126p. Wr.(soil). 28cm. SIGNED. On cover: Muhammad Ali's favorite recipes. Shabazz apparently prepared meals for Ali at his training camps. 85.00

974. *Shackelford, Jane Dabney. My Happy Days. Washington: Associated Pub., 1946. 3rd printing. photos (by Ms. Cecil Vinson), 121p. Cloth. dj. 27cm. Photographic story about an African American boy. 45.00

975. *Shackelford, Otis M., 1871-. Seeking the Best: Dedicated to the Negro Youth. Kansas City: Franklin Hudson Publishing, 1909. 1st ed. frontis (portrait), 177p. Cloth (soil). 20cm. Backstrip and edges of cover darkened. Extremities worn. Name on endpaper. Good. The first half of this book is autobiography; the second half contains essays and poetry. There were later printing (or editions), including one or more which combined this book and his novel Lillian Simmons [see next two items] into a single volume. Shackelford was from Missouri. 250.00

976. *Shackelford, Otis M. Lillian Simmons or the Conflict of Sections. Kansas City: (c. 1915). 1st ed. ills, 204p. Cloth. Illustration of Ms. Simmons on the front cover. 20cm. Lacks front f.e.p. Extremities frayed. Some wear to illustration & cover lettering. Good. Probably issued without a jacket. Uncommon novel set in Chicago. The illustrations were drawn by William Hamilton, an African American artist from Missouri. 225.00

977. _____ SAME. 2nd ed. [so stated]. Moderate cover soiling but otherwise sound. Good. Seems unchanged from the 1^st -- probably just a second printing. 150.00

978. *Shadd, Mary Ellen. Negro Business Directory of the State of Wisconsin, 1951-1952. [Cover title]. Milwaukee: M. E. Shadd, n.d. [1951?]. photos (in advertisements), 163p. Wr. 23cm. Cover soil (with minor bubbling). Foxing on first and last few leaves. Good. Apparently the 2nd ed. of this uncommon directory (the first was for 1950-1951). 200.00

979. *Shakur, Assata. From Somewhere in The World: Assata Shakur Speaks - Message to the New Afrikan Nation. [Cover title]. NY: New African Womens Organization, (1980). 15cm. Wr.(light soil). 22cm. 35.00

980. *Sharp, Saundra, 1942-. In the Midst of Change. NY: Togetherness Productions, (1972). 2nd ed. photos, 40p. Wr. 27cm. INSCRIBED. Poetry. 35.00

981. Shaw, James, 1830-. Our Last Campaign and Subsequent Service in Texas. Providence: Soldiers and Sailors Historical Society of Rhode Island, 1905. frontis (portrait), 52p. Wr.(split at fold and reattached). 22cm. Browned. Good. Personal Narratives of events in the War of the Rebellion, being papers read before the Rhode Island Soldiers and Sailors Historical Society. Sixth Series, No. 9. Colonel Shaw served with the Twenty-Fifth Army Corps, and commanded several regiments including the 7th U. S. Colored Troops during the Civil War and for a short period in Texas after the war (1864-1866). 200.00

982. _____ SAME. Back cover of wrapper detached; chipping on backstrip and along fore-edges. Good. Partially unopened.. 175.00

983. Shaw University. Shaw University, Raleigh, North Carolina, 1902. Boston: Frank Wood Printer, 1902. ills (including photos), unpaged [20p.]. Wr. Oblong 15cm. Fund-raising brochure. Mostly pictorial. Two railroad advertisements inside wrapper. Shaw University, founded in 1865, was the oldest historically Black university in the South. 75.00

984. *Shepperd, Gladys Byram. Mary Church Terrell; Respectable Person. Baltimore: Human Relations Press, 1959. 1st ed. frontis (portrait), photo, x, 125p. Cloth. dj. 23cm. Two small pieces torn from fore-edge of first blank leaf. INSCRIBED. 100.00

985. [California "Negro" Directory] Shivers Quality Printing Co. Shivers' West Coast Business Directory and Professional Guide, Mid-Year 1948-49 Edition for Los Angeles and Southern California. Los Angeles: Shivers Quality Printing Co., 1948. photos, 96p. Wr. 21cm. Text browned but otherwise. Loosely organized, with many advertisements. Text is mainly narrative rather than lists. 300.00

986. *Simmons, William Johnson, 1849-1890. Men of Mark: Eminent, Progressive and Rising. Cleveland: Geo. M. Rewell, 1890. frontis, ills, 736p. Decorated cloth. 22cm. Text leaves sl. browned. Cover lettering dulled. All edges red. Introductory sketch of the author by Bishop *H. M. Turner (pp. 25-49). A marvelous compendium of biographical sketches of past and present men of African heritage, almost all of whom were African Americans. Many of the sketches were written by their subjects. The first edition, published in 1887, contained 177 biographical sketches. This [Second?] edition contains 90 of the original biographical sketches, presumably those then regarded as most important (among those omitted is that of Henry Ossawa Tanner). Simmons was an important African American educational and religious leader, serving as President of the State University of Kentucky at Louisville and first President of the American National Baptist Convention. His death in 1890 at the age of only 41 thwarted his plan to write a companion volume on African American women. 450.00

987. Showers, Susan H. The Proper Use of Certain Words. Hampton, Virginia: Hampton Institute Press, 1907. 16p. Wr. 23cm. Hampton Leaflets, New Series Vol. III, No. 1 (January, 1907). English Leaflet. We know nothing about the author. 35.00

988. *Simmons, Herbert, 1931?-. Corner Boy. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1957. 1st ed. 266p. Cloth. dj. 21cm. Small spot (erasure?) on front cover. His first novel. 90.00

989. *Simms, James N. Simms Blue Book and National Negro Business and Professional Directory. Chicago: James N. Simms, 1923. 1st ed. photos, ills, 305p. 24cm. Somewhat worn and faded blue cloth. Good. An uncommon directory. 400.00

990. Simpson, George Eaton. The Negro in the Philadelphia Press. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 1936. index, xix, 158p. Cloth (soil). 23cm. Good. Simpson went on to become a professor at Oberlin College. 50.00

991. Sims, Mrs. R. T. Baby's Happy Days. Nashville: Sunday School Publishing Board, n.d. [1930s?]. frontis, 64p. Cloth (soil). 20cm. A blank baby book intended to be given to new parents by their local church. We've not seen this before. The frontispiece is an illustration of an African American mother and child. 150.00

992. *Singleton, George A. The Romance of African Methodism; A Study of the African Methodist Episcopal Church. NY: Exposition Press, (c. 1952). ills (portraits), index, xx, 251p. Cloth. 22cm. Signatures of Bishop Frederick D. Jordan and someone else on endpaper. 75.00

993. Skidmore College and New York Council for the Humanities. The Black Middle Class: Proceedings of the Conference on the Black Middle Class, April 21-22, 1979, Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, New York. Saratoga Springs: (c. 1980). iv, 74p. Wr. 22cm. Cover creased. Edited by Mary C. Lynn & Benjamin D. Berry. 30.00

994. [Slave Document] Colonial Receipt for 60 Pounds Received for Cuff (?), a Negro Man. Holograph document dated March 18, 1763. Being one page in a pocket notebook, of about 46 leaves, vellum, with a brass clasp, 15.5cm. x 8cm., containing also other later notes and financial records. A partial draft of the receipt is found on the prior page. The receipt was signed by Elisha Hammond and witnessed by Ephraim Haskell. The purchaser was Moses Swift. According to records we found on the Internet, three men with those names lived in or near Rochester, Massachusetts in 1763. Receipt page in Very Good condition, Notebook itself Fair. March the 18th 1763 Received of Mr. Moses Swift Sixty Pounds Lawful Money it being for a Negro Man which I do warrent from the Lawful Clames of all persons During his Natural life as witness my hand: S/Elisha Hammond :his name being Cuff (?) Testo S/Ephraim Haskell. 850.00

995. [Auction Sale of Slave] Slave for Sale: Persuant to an Interlocutory decree of the Circuit Court of Henry County [Tennessee] made in the Cause in Said Court of Thomas P. Jernigan & wife et al Ex parte, I will offer for Sale at the Court House door in the Town of Paris on Monday the 6th day of July 1846 to the highest bidder for ready money one negro boy Slave named Ralph about 14 years of age June the 12th 1846 B. L. Brown Commr. Autograph notice. 8.5cm. x 19cm. Seven vertical creases where, at some time, folded quite small. Tiny tears in the four corners (where tacked). Minor foxing. Good. Some notes on back in pencil and ink in what appears to be the same handwriting. One states: "Ralph sold to Tho P Jernigan for $485.00 which has not been paid." Not as rare or fancy as a printed auction notice, but this is a notice for the auction sale of a slave. 375.00

996. *Small, John Bryan, bishop, 1845-. Code on the Discipline of the African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church. [York, Pennsylvania]: York Dispatch Print., 1898. 1st ed. 197p. Cloth. 17cm. Covers spotted and rather worn. Contents sound (some scattered foxing and small stains). Fair-Good. 450.00

997. *Smiley, Portia. Folk-Lore From Virginia, South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, and Florida. n.p.: n.d. [1919]. 27p. [357-383]. Wr.(chipping & soil). 25cm. Good. Offprint from The Journal of American Folk-Lore, Vol. 32, No. 125 (July-September, 1919). Editor's footnote at bottom of first page: "Miss Portia Smiley's early home was in Boston, Mass. She was a student of Hampton. She was a teacher at the Calhoun Colored School, Alabama; at Haines Institute, Augusta, Ga.; and at the Industrial training school of Daytona, Fla. Since 1917 she has been a corn-meal demonstrator for the National Civic Federation, Boston Section." 75.00

998. *Smith, Amanda (Berry), 1837-1915. An Autobiography: The Story of the Lord's Dealings with Mrs. Amanda Smith, the Colored Evangelist: Containing an Account of Her Life Work of Faith, and Her Travels in America, England, Ireland, Scotland, India and Africa, as an Independent Missionary. Chicago: Meyer & Brother, 1893. frontis (portrait), ills, 506p. Cloth. 20cm. Lower right corner of covers chewed along edge. Spotting on front cover (including one quarter-sized spot that is heavily discolored). Gift inscription. Contents sound with just a little light staining in the margins on some pages. Good. An interesting religious autobiography which has finally become scarce. When we started buying and selling African American material in 1970, we soon accumulated a large number of copies of Smith's book, all purchased from the shelves of our fellow dealers. Oversupplied, we reduced our catalog price to $7.50. Bill French of University Place Bookshop called us in Des Moines to chide us for giving the book away. He was probably right. We sold them all. 40.00

999. *Smith, Joseph R., 1894-. Sin Corner and Joe Smith: A Story of Vice and Corruption in Chicago. NY: Exposition, (c. 1963). 1st ed. 119p. Cloth. dj (rubbed). 21cm. 40.00