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1100. [*Marcus Garvey] Universal Negro Improvement Association and African Communities' League. Constitution and Book of Laws: Made for the Government of the Universal Negro Improvement Association, Inc., and African Communities' League, Inc., of the World. In Effect July 1918 Revised and Amended Aug. 1920. [Cover title]. [NY: 1920?]. 40p. Wr. 16cm. The UNIA was at the peak of its popularity in the early 1920s before concerted government attacks and bad business decisions and practices undermined the organization. 750.00

1101. _____ SAME. Wrapper worn along the bottom edge. 500.00

1102. [Sojourner Truth] Vale, Gilbert, 1788-1866. Fanaticism; Its Source and Influence: Illustrated by the Simple Narrative of Isabella, in the Case of Matthias, Mr. and Mrs. B. Folger, Mr. Pierson, Mr. Mills, Catherine, Isabella, &c., &c.: A Reply to W. L. Stone, With Descriptive Portraits of All the Parties, While at Sing-sing and at Third Street. - Containing the Whole Truth - and Nothing but the Truth. NY: G. Vale, 1835. 2 Vols. in 1. 84, 128p. Cloth-backed boards (worn at edges). 18cm. Minor scattered foxing. Defective: lacks pages 13-24 of Part 1 (pages 25-36 provided in duplicate). Good. Isabella was later known as Sojourner Truth. 300.00

1103. Valmor Products Co. Valmor and Sweet Georgia Brown: Beauty Secrets: Catalog No. 27. Chicago: n.d. ills (some in color), 44p. Wr.(soil). 20cm. Valmor, owned by Mort and Rosie Neumann, a Jewish couple from Chicago who became well-known for their collection of modern art, marketed a line of beauty products to African Americans. 60.00

1104. *Van Dyke, Henry. Ladies of the Rachmaninoff Eyes. NY: (c. 1965). 1st ed. 214p. Cloth-backed boards. dj (price-clipped). 21cm. His first novel. 30.00

1105. *Van Peebles, Melvin. Le Chinois du XIVe. Paris: (c. 1966). 1st ed. ills, 173p. Wr. 19cm. Good. French text. His second published work of fiction. 70.00

1106. *Van Peebles, Melvin. Bold Money: A New Way to Play the Options Market. NY: Warner Books, (c. 1986). 1st ed. index, xi, 193p. Cloth-backed boards. dj. 23cm. INSCRIBED on dedication page (by "Melvin"). Van Peebles moved away from writing and film making into investments and options trading. 60.00

1107. Vance County Colored Fair Association. Premium List: Vance County Colored Fair 1936: To be Held Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday, October 26, 27, 28, 29, 30 and 31, 1936, Henderson, North Carolina. [Cover title]. n.p.: 1936. 40p. Wr. 21cm. Moderate stains in right margin and on wr. Scattered foxing. Good. 65.00

1108. [Program] Vine Memorial Baptist Church (Philadelphia, Pa.). Dedicatorial Souvenir Program of the Vine Memorial Baptist Church, 56th Street and Girard Avenue, Rev. Leonard George Carr, Minister, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Sunday, April 22nd to Sunday, June 17th, 1945. Philadelphia: 1945. photos, 16p. Wr. 28cm. Soiling on wr.and title-page. 60.00

1109. Virginia State College Gazette, Vol. 41, No. 2 (June, 1936). Ettrick, Va. index, 130p. Wr. 23cm. Contains the Catalog for 1935-1936 and announcements for 1936-1937 for Virginia State College for Negroes (now Virginia State University) in Ettrick. 45.00

1110. The Voice of the West: An Illustrated Negro Magazine of Western Civilization, Vol. 1, No. 3. (June 1912). photos, 15p. Wr. 30cm. Browned around edges and somewhat wrinkled. Visible but still minor staining on back. Good. Published monthly in Los Angeles. *Rev. J. Gordon McPherson is identified as editor. This issue endorses the candidacy of Theodore Roosevelt at the upcoming Republican convention and prints a letter from Roosevelt thanking McPherson for his help in California. A portrait of Booker T. Washington appears on the cover, along with "The World's Greatest Negro Dr. Booker T. Washington The Sage of Tuskegee." A letter from BTW occupies page 5. 275.00

1111. [*W. E. B. Du Bois] The Voice of The Negro, Volume II, Number 6 (June, 1905). Atlanta, Georgia. ills, [367]-426p. plus 10p. adverts. Wr. 26cm. Contains 4 page article by Du Bois titled, "The Beginning of Emancipation." 175.00

1112. Voorhees Normal and Industrial School (Denmark, S.C.). The Southern Voice, Vol. 25, No. 7 (September 1928). 4p. Leaflet. 25cm. A few horizontal creases. Edge chips and tears. Good. An Episcopal-controlled institution for the education of African Americans. Lead headline in this issue: Voorhees begins 31st year in its history. 30.00

1113. *Walker, Margaret, 1915-1998. How I Wrote Jubilee. Chicago: Third World Press; Atlanta: Institute of the Black World, (c. 1972). 1st ed. 36p. Wr. 22cm. 30.00

1114. *Walker, S. G. Thomas Memorials: Comprising the Biography, Death, Funeral Service, Burial Rite and Reminiscences of Rev. Spencer Thomas and Sketches of His Churches. Burlington, N.C.: [Press of the Southern Christian Pub. Co., Elon College], n.d. [ca. 1913]. 1st [and presumably only] edition. frontis (portrait), ills, 74p. Cloth. 19cm. Covers soiled and worn. Contents shaken. Name on endpaper in heavy pencil. Stain on front pastedown. Front hinge cracked. Poor-Fair copy of a rare title. Thomas was born a slave near Raleigh, N.C. in 1840 and worked as a craftsman for the N.C.R.R. Co. for many years. He also became a Baptist minister and, at his death, appears to have been the Moderator of the High Point Educational and Missionary Baptist Association. Thomas died on Nov. 20, 1912. [all facts taken from the book]. 250.00

1115. *Walker, William, poet. Poems for All Occasions. Chicago: (c. 1941). 32p. Wr.(a few minor grease marks). 22cm. Cover title: "No. 1 All Occaision [sic] Poem Book." Statement on wrapper: "Send all orders to Wm. Walker, 520 E. 40th St., Chicago, 15, IL." Walker produced at least ten books and pamphlets filled with his poetry. This particular pamphlet is not among those listed in French's Afro-American Poetry and Drama, 1760-1975. French does list an item with a title similar to our cover title which was published by Exposition Press in 1940 (and also contained 32 pages). 200.00

1116. Wallace, Henry Agard, 1888-1965. Ten Extra Years. [Caption title]. n.p. [NY]: [Wallace for President Committee], [1948?]. 8p. Booklet. 21cm. SIGNED ("Henry A. Wallace" written at top -- it may be genuine since it has many points of similarity with other Wallace autographs we have seen). Address to the National Convention of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Tulsa, Ok., Dec. 28, 1947. The title referred to the fact that African American children had a life expectancy ten years shorter than white American children. 85.00

1117. *Walls, William Jacob, bishop, 1885-. The Romance of a College: An Evolution of the Auditorium. NY: Vantage Press, (c. 1963). frontis (portrait), ills, photos, 64p. Cloth-backed boards. dj. 21cm. Address delivered at the dedication of James Varick Auditorium, Livingstone College, Salisbury, N.C., on May 29, 1963. 45.00

1118 *Walter, Mildred Pitts (text) and *Leonora E. Prince (illustrations). Lillie of Watts: A Birthday Discovery. Los Angeles: Ward Ritchie Press, (c. 1969). ills, 61p. Hardback. dj. 26cm. INSCRIBED (by author and illustrator). Children's book about an African American family and a missing cat. 50.00

1119. *Waring, Laura Wheeler, 1887-1948, and *Betsy Graves Reyneau. Portraits of Outstanding Americans of Negro Origin painted by two Women Artists. NY: Harmon Foundation, n.d. 23 unbound prints (plus 1 more sheet with photos of the two artists). Approx. 8 x 10cm. Worn original envelope present. Our first copy of this small-format version. This diminutive version is exactly the same as the larger format portfolio that we have had several times. 125.00

1120. _____ SAME. Large format edition. 9 (of 23) unbound prints (plus 1 more sheet with photos of the two artists). Approx. 31 x 26cm. Original portfolio envelope (tear; a few stains). Defective - lacks 14 of the prints. 30.00

1121. *Waring Robert Lewis, 1863-. As We See It. Washington: Press of C. F. Sudwarth, 1910. 1st ed. frontis (portrait), 233p. Cloth (darkened). 22cm. Corners worn. Ends of backstrip heavily chipped. Fair-Good. INSCRIBED to a prominent Men's Club in Washington (their institutional stamp is lightly embossed on the title-page). An uncommon novel which seems to be found mainly around the Washington, D. C. area. 300.00

1122. _____ SAME. Cloth (recased). Spine lettering dulled. Ends of original backstrip chipped. Some cover spotting. Scattered foxing. Former owner's name and address on back of frontis. Good. Not signed. 180.00

1123. Warner, Robert Austin. New Haven Negroes: A Social History. New Haven: Yale University Press for the Institute of Human Relations, 1940. 1st edition. frontis, photos, maps, index, xiv, 309p. Cloth dj. 23cm. Jacket backstrip darkened. Minor cover spotting and rubbing. This scarce book is thorough, well-done and still quite useful. Quite scarce with a jacket. 350.00

1124. *Washington, Booker T., 1856-1915. Address of Booker T. Washington, Delivered at the Alumni Dinner of Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass. June 24, 1896. After Receiving the Honorary Degree of "Master of Arts". Tuskegee, Alabama: Tuskegee Institute Steam Print, 1901. 7p. No separate wr. 17cm. Rusty staples. Minor soil on cover near spine. Harvard was the first New England university to confer an honorary degree upon an African American. See Washington's account at pages 295-302 in "Up From Slavery." 500.00

1125. *Washington, Booker Taliaferro, 1859?-1915. Black-Belt Diamonds: Gems from the Speeches, Addresses, and Talks to Students. NY: Fortune and Scott, 1898. 1st ed. frontis (portrait), xii, 115p. Green cloth. 15cm. Chipped corner at base of backstrip, with a corner crease and evidence of an old sticker on endpaper; otherwise fresh and attractive. Introduction by *T. Thomas Fortune. Selected and arranged by *Victoria Earle Matthews. His elusive second book. 2000.00

1126. *Washington, Booker Taliaferro, 1859?-1915. Quotations of Booker T. Washington. [Tuskegee]: Tuskegee Institute Press, (1938). photo (portrait), 37p. Wr. 23cm. Some stains and brownspotting on front cover. Good. Compiled by *E. Davidson Washington (who has INSCRIBED this copy). 60.00

1127. *Washington, Booker Taliaferro, 1859?-1915. Selected Speeches of Booker T. Washington. Garden City, NY: Doubleday, Doran, 1932. 1st ed. frontis, xvi, 283p. Cloth. 20cm. Spine lettering gone. Head of backstrip torn & glued down. Good. Edited by *E. Davidson Washington. Laid in is an envelope containing an April 24, 1939 autograph letter, signed, from Booker T. Washington, Jr. to a romantic interest in Birmingham, Ala. (1 1/2 pages on both sides of a single sheet of letterhead stationery). 125.00

1128. *Washington, Booker Taliaferro, 1859?-1915. Twenty-five Years of Tuskegee: The Building Up of the Negro, As Shown by the Growth and Work of This School Managed Wholly by Negroes - The Record of Its Graduates. NY: World's Work Press, (c. 1906). photos, 18p. Wr.(soil, uneven fading). 27cm. Wr.torn at bottom of spine. Short tear at fore edge of one leaf. Good. Offprint from The World's Work (April, 1904). 275.00

1129. *Washington, Booker Taliaferro, 1859?-1915. Holograph Notes for an Emancipation Address in Montgomery, Alabama on January 1, 1895. A keyword/phrase outline written entirely in Washington's hand. Four scrap sheets of irregular size (8 1/2" x 5 1/2" or smaller) held together with a straight pin in the upper left corner. One sheet has part of the Tuskegee letterhead on the back. Approximately 200 words (with a few more in pencil on verso of last page).

The following is an incomplete list of words and phrases from the outline (with dashes added): "Two frogs - Ahead of all Negroes - Ignorance costs more than ed. - Intelligence rules (Indians) - Old man reasoning - Indiana farmer - City wedding - Old German - Must produce something - Foundation for Political rights - Live as though white - every right will come - no one can degrade self - cast down bucket - separate as fingers - praise efforts - defend own self - Brooklyn Bridge." [continued on next page] [Item 1129 continued] Louis R. Harlan ("Booker T. Washington: The Making of a Black Leader, 1856-1901") cites this speech, which preceded Washington's famous address at the Cotton States Exposition by several months, for his use of the "cast down your buckets" metaphor (which Washington borrowed and adapted from an 1893 speech by a young Washington, D.C. teacher). Harlan's footnote for this speech cites a short article about the speech that appeared in the January 26, 1895 issue of the Indianapolis Freeman under the heading "Montgomery Special." This Montgomery speech, delivered to an African American audience, was probably one of Washington's earliest speeches (if not the first) to include both the "cast down your bucket" and the "separate as fingers" metaphors that resonated so successfully with white Americans when he spoke at the Cotton States Exposition in Atlanta and was anointed as the spokesman for African Americans. Incidentally, Harlan notes that Washington first employed his "separate as fingers" metaphor in an 1885 letter to the Montgomery Advertiser in reference to railroad discrimination.

It is possible that Washington used these notes to prepare a finished text before delivering his speech, but we'd guess that he stood before the Montgomery audience and spoke directly from these notes. In either case, a fascinating find relating to one of the most important and popular African American leaders. 6500.00

1130. *Washington, Booker Taliaferro, 1859?-1915. Manuscript Notes for Eulogy to Bishop Charles Betts Galloway. Holograph notes written in BTW's characteristic hand on one side of a single half-sheet. 14 x 22cm. Dated May 23, 1909. 69 words. The eulogy may have been delivered at Tuskegee since that is the first word (preceding the date). A keyword/phrase outline, some of which we haven't deciphered. While it is possible that Washington used these notes to prepare a finished text before delivering this speech, we believe that he stood before his Tuskegee audience and spoke about the departed Bishop directly from these notes. In either case, a fascinating find relating to one of the most important and popular African American leaders. The outline begins with "Fitting Time and Place" followed by "Privilege to know and love him," "Two visits to Tuskegee" and "Best type of Christian citizen" and other complimentary phrases. It ends with "Believed that education will help all Slater Board" and "Gammon Theological Seminary." 850.00

1131. *Washington, Booker Taliaferro, 1859?-1915. Typed Letter, signed, dated June 18, 1910. To George A. Finch, Solicitor's Office, State Department, Washington. Two pages (102 words) on a single note-sized sheet (17.5cm. x 29.5cm.) folded once. Letterhead: Booker T. Washington, Tuskegee Institute, Alabama. Typed below heading: Huntington, Long Island, N.Y. June 18, 1910. Personal and Confidential. Purple type. Minor soil. Horizontal crease. Paper-clip mark at top. The letter refers to a matter concerning the State Department and a Dr. Crum. BTW writes that he had telegraphed the substance of "your telegram" to Dr. Crum and that Washington had not consulted with Crum prior to suggesting Crum's name to President Taft, partly because Washington did not want to falsely raise Dr. Crum's expectations. The letter presumably deals with a diplomatic appointment for Dr. William Crum, a Harvard graduate and pioneering African American physician who served as the Collector of Customs in Charleston, appointed by Theodore Roosevelt circa 1903. According to the BTW papers, BTW's first task upon the election of Taft in 1908 was to persuade Crum to resign before Taft fired him. As a consolation prize Crum, a member of the Mt. Zion AME Church in Charleston, was appointed Minister to Liberia in 1910. He served Aug. 25, 1910 to Sept. 17, 1912. 1500.00

1132. *Washington, Booker Taliaferro, 1859?-1915. Typed Letter, signed, dated September 16, 1908. To G. M. Phillips of West Chester, Pennsylvania. One page (135 words) on a single letter-sized sheet (21.5cm. x 28cm.). No letterhead (sent from New York City). Blue type. Minor soil. Old fold marks. Minor corner chip. Phillips was Secretary of the Pennsylvania State Educational Commission. BTW is responding to a letter from Phillips which apparently asked for BTW's views on the matter of separate race schools in Pennsylvania. BTW declines to "give advice in a matter covering local conditions." Instead, BTW suggests that prominent Pennsylvania African Americans be consulted and suggests the names of four editors of African American journals or newspapers. Also included is a carbon copy of a short letter from Phillips thanking BTW for his letter. 900.00

1133. *Washington, Booker Taliaferro, 1859?-1915. Typed Letter, Signed, to Albert Bushnell Hart, of Harvard University. Brief letter (two sentences). Dated April 14, 1901. Letterhead stationery of The Tuskegee Normal and Industrial Institute. 27cm. 37 words. Usual folds. Washington tells Hart that he is welcome to make any extract from "The Future of the American Negro" that Hart desires;, and that Washington will "count it a rare privilege to be represented in the series of volumes which you are preparing." 500.00

1134. [*Washington, Booker Taliaferro, 1859?-1915] Advertising Flyer for "The Story of My Life and Work", Revised Edition. Naperville: J. L. Nichols, n.d. [ca. 1901]. ills, 4p. Leaflet. 28cm. One horizontal and 2 vertical creases (where folded for mailing). A few reasonably short tears. Splitting along later folds. A fragile flyer. Fair. 100.00

1135. [*Washington, Booker Taliaferro, 1859?-1915] Lincoln Centennial Association (Springfield, Ill.). Banquet Given on the One Hundred and First Anniversary of the Birth of Abraham Lincoln by the Lincoln Centennial Association February the Twelfth Nineteen Hundred and Ten, The St. Nicholas Hotel, Springfield. [Springfield]: 1910. portrait, [24]p. Limp red suede binding. 20cm. Outer text leaf browned, with some chipping along edges. Washington was the speaker at the banquet, delivering an address titled "Some Results of Abraham Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation." He was introduced by Charles S. Deneen, Governor of Illinois. Half of this program consist of a lengthy poem "The Heroes of Time" by Nicholas Vachel Lindsay. The last leaf was a blank leaf titled "Autographs." There are eleven autographs, all but one in pencil, on the final page. We did not identify any notables among the names. 175.00

1136. [*Washington, Booker Taliaferro, 1859?-1915] Four Items from or Relating to the Booker T. Washington Birthplace Memorial, Booker Washington Birthplace, Virginia. Includes: (1) Letter-size envelope with 3 cent BTW stamp from Famous American series. First day cancellation and cachet of Booker Washington Birthplace, VA.; (2) Broadsheet flyer. 15cm. x 26cm. urging purchase of BTW Birthplace Memorial half-dollars. Wrinkled at bottom; (3) Gems of Wisdom, Thoughts From Booker T. Washington's Philosophy That Have Rendered Invaluable Service To Mankind. n.p.: n.d. [1940s?]. 4p. Leaflet. 15cm. Published by BTW Birthplace Memorial ; and (4) Atlanta Exposition Address, Delivered by Booker T. Washington, September, 1895, Atlanta, Georgia. n.p.: n.d. [presumably 1940s]. 6p. Leaflet (single sheet folded twice). 17cm. 65.00

1137. [Sheet music about Booker T. Washington] Clint, H. O'Reilly. At Sorrow's End. Detroit: H. O'Reilly Clint Co, (c. 1930). Large photo of Booker T. Washington inside front wr. 5p. Wr.(included in pagination). 31cm x 24cm. At head of title: Dedicated to the Booker T. Washington Memorial, Detroit, Mich. 95.00

1138. [*Washington, Margaret James Murray, 1861?-1925] The Outlook, Vol. 76, No. 5 (Saturday, January 30, 1904). NY: Weekly. 50p. [p241-290] plus 12p. adverts. Wr.(unevenly faded). 25cm. Good. Article on pages 266-274 by Eleanor Tayleur and Mrs. Booker T. Washington titled: "The Negro Woman: Two Views". Tayleur spouts racist nonsense: "As she exists in the South to-day the Negro woman is the Frankenstein product of civilization, a being created out of sectional hate and revenge, and set in motion by wild exprimentalists who knew not what they did; and within the length and breadth of Christendom there is no other figure so forlorn and pathetic as she." Washington writes more thoughtfully. 65.00

1139. *Waterman, Charles Elmer, 1858-. Carib Queens. Boston: Chapple Publishing, 1932. 1st edition. viii, 198p. Cloth. dj. 19cm. Approx. 2cm. x 4cm. chip and surface tear at top rear jacket panel. SIGNED. Fictional accounts of Napoleon's Josephine, Dessaline's Defilee and Henri Christophe's Marie-Louise. 400.00

1140. Watson, Sydney. His Love for His Race. Crewe, England: Thrilling Stories' Committee, Holmes Chapel, n.d. [1800s]. ills, 16p. Wr. 27cm. Thrilling Life Stories for the Masses. No. 36. Religiously-oriented tale of an ex-slave who becomes wealthy and goes to South Africa where he finds a bride. Attractive block print on cover which shows a strong and independent (and fully clothed) black couple (man and woman) standing against a background of palm trees. 150.00

1141. [Anti-Catholic] Watson, Thomas Edward, 1856-1922. The Religion You Don't Want. Thomson, Georgia: Tom Watson Book Company, n.d. Four-page leaflet. 16cm. Foxing. Good. Last of his good reasons given for not becoming a Roman Catholic: "... among the negroes, it [the Catholic Church] preaches the miraculous virtues of the BLACK VIRGIN - the negro Mary, and THE NEGRO CHRIST." 25.00

1142. [Lynching] Weatherford, Willis D., 1875-1970. Lynching, Removing Its Causes: Address Delivered Before the Southern Sociological Congress, New Orleans, La., April 14, 1916. [Nashville]: Southern Sociological Congress, 1916. 12p. Wr. 16cm. Rust marks around staples. 125.00

1143. Weiss, Myra Tanner. Vigilante Terror in Fontana: The Tragic Story of O'Day H. Short and His Family. [Cover title]. Los Angeles: Socialist Workers Party, 1946. photos (portraits), 20p. Wr.(minor soiling & wear). 20cm. Cowardly vigilantes fatally burned out an African American family. 25.00

1144. *Wells-Barnett, Ida B., 1862-1931. "The Negro's Case in Equity." This listing is for a copy of the April 26, 1900 issue of The Independent. vi, [977]-1038, [vii]-xviii(pages). Wr.(spotted and worn). 25cm. Contents Good. The Wells-Barnett article is found at pages 1010-1011. Contemporary material by Well-Barnett is incredibly elusive. Her pamphlets are all rare. If you want something by this courageous woman that was published during her lifetime, this magazine, with her two page article, may be your best chance. 75.00

1145. *Wesley, Charles Harris, 1891-1987, and *John C. Dancy. A Brief History of 75 Years of Negro Progress: Souvenir of the 75 Years of Negro Progress Exposition, Detroit, 1865 - May - 1940. [Cover title]. Detroit: 1940. 43p. Soiled wr. 23cm. Good. Includes Program of Events of the Exposition (6p.), "The Story of Negro Progress in United States," (pp. 7-28) and "The Negro People in Michigan." (pp. 29-43). 95.00

1146. *Wesley, Charles Harris, 1891-1987. The Changing African Historical Tradition. n.p.: n.d. [ca. 1960]. 22p. [323-354]. Wr.(minor chipping & some foxing on front). 23cm. Offprint from the Journal of Human Relations, Vol. VIII, Nos. 3 and 4. 45.00

1147. *Wesley, Charles Harris, 1891-1987. Neglected History: Essays in Negro History by a College President. Wilberforce, Ohio: Central State College Press, 1965. 1st ed. index, 200p. Wr. 23cm. Browned at spine. 75.00

1148. *Wesley, Charles Harris, 1891-1987. Richard Allen: Apostle of Freedom. Washington: Associated Publishers, (c. 1935). 1st ed. frontis (portrait), index, xi, 300p. Cloth. 20cm. Name on endpaper. Poem inked on back of frontis. Biography of one of the founders of the African Methodist Episcopal Church. 100.00

1149. Wesson, William H. Negro Employment Practices in the Chattanooga Area. Washington: National Planning Association, n.d. [1954]. pp. [385]-483. Wr. 23cm. Large stain in upper right corner in last two thirds of text; otherwise sound. Fair. National Planning Association Committee of the South Report No. 6.5. 40.00

1150. West Virginia. Bureau of Negro Welfare and Statistics. The Negro in West Virginia: Report of T. Edward Hill, Director, Bureau of Negro Welfare and Statistics of the State of West Virginia to Governor Ephraim F. Morgan, 1923-1924. Charleston: Tribune Printing Co., [1924]. index, 102, iii(p.). Cloth. 23cm. Covers frayed along edges with a number of small holes in joints and elsewhere (insect damage?). Good. The second biennial report issued by this bureau. 50.00

1151. *Wheatley, Phillis, afterwards Phillis Peters, 1753?-1784. Poems and Letters. First Collected Edition. NY: Heartman, n.d. [1915]. frontis (portrait), 111p. Recent 3/4 leather (very closely resembling the original binding). 24cm. Brown spotting on a few pages. An attractive copy.. Edited by Chas. Fred. Heartman. With an Appreciation by Arthur A. Schomburg. Edition limited to 400 copies of which 9 were printed on Japan vellum and 40 were printed on Fabriano Handmade Paper. Copy No. 3 of 9 on Japan vellum. 1500.00

1152. [*Wheatley, Phillis, 1753-1784] The Annual Register, Or a View of the History, Politics, and Literature, For the Year 1772. London: Printed for J. Dodsley, 1773. 256, 246p. plus 9p. table of contents. Recent quarterbinding. 21cm. Internal library markings (perforated stamp on title-page). Scattered light stains and foxing. In the poetry section, at pages 214-215, "Verse by a young African Negro Woman [Phillis Wheatley], at Boston in New-England; who did not quit her own country till she was ten years old, and has not been above eight in Boston." The poem of 58 lines is titled "Recollection" and begins: "Mneme, begin; inspire, ye sacred Nine! Your vent'rous Afric in the deep design." 375.00

1153. [Uncorrected Page Proofs] *White, Edgar. The Crucificado: Two Plays. NY: W. Morrow, 1973. 146p. Wr. 22cm. "Ed. White" and a phone number written at top on one leaf. 50.00

1154. White, Edmund Valentine, 1879-. Senegambian - Sizzles: Negro Stories. Dallas: Banks Upshaw, 1945. ills, 128p. Cloth pebbled (to simulate leather). 25cm. Slightly sloped. Bookplate. A book full of stereotype jokes about African Americans. 60.00

1155. *White, Sol, 1868-. Sol. White's Official Base Ball Guide. Mattituck, New York: Amereon House, n.d. ills (portraits), 118p. Cloth. 22cm. Reprint of the original 1907 edition which is regarded as the first book on African Americans in baseball. This undated, but obviously modern, reprint states that it is limited to 80 copies. 35.00

1156. *White, Walter Francis, 1893-1955. The Fire in the Flint. NY: 1924. 1st ed. 300p. plus (2)p. adverts. Cloth. dj. 19cm. Jacket has a little chipping at ends of backstrip, a small scuffed & browned area on front panel, and a light stain on front flap fold. SIGNED (on half-title). An attractive copy in an attractive jacket. His elusive first book. 1600.00

1157. *White, Walter Francis, 1893-1955. Flight. NY: 1926. 1st ed. 300p. Cloth. dj. 19cm. Jacket price-clipped and heavily chipped (mainly along top edge). Front free endpaper creased. Second and final novel by this African American writer and activist. Quite uncommon in jacket. 975.00

1158. _____ SAME. No jacket. Former owner's name & a short tear on half-title. 75.00

1159. *Whitman, Albery Allson, 1851-1901. Twasinta's Seminoles; or, Rape of Florida. St. Louis: Nixon-Jones Printing, 1885. Revised edition. frontis, 970. 12mo. Poetry. Corners frayed. Several dark spots (or stains) on front cover. Good. Fairly scarce book of poems by this African American writer. 275.00

1160. Who's Who in Colored America: An Illustrated Biographical Dictionary of Notable Living Persons of African Descent in the United States. Yonkers-on-Hudson: Christian E. Burckel, 1950. Seventh Edition. photos in text, index, xvi, 648p. Green cloth. 23cm. Spine slightly sloped. Edited by G. James Fleming and Christian E. Burckel. The final edition of this useful reference work. 150.00

1161. _____ SAME. Tear at head of backstrip. Front hinge reinforced with old masking tape. Good. 80.00

1162. Wiley College (Marshall, Texas). Three Items. (1) Typed letter (8 lines), dated October 20, 1936. Letterhead of Wiley College, M. W. Dogan, President (28cm.). Signed M. W. Dogan. (2) Typed letter (17 lines), dated April 12, 1937. Letterhead of Wiley College, Office of the Registrar, Nettie L. Bradford (28cm.). Signed H. L. Bradford. (3) List of events for Wiley College Commencement Week, May 26 - June 1, 1937. Broadside. Card stock. 8cm. x 16cm. All items have browning and foxing. Letters creased where folded for mailing. Both letters have notes written by the addressee at the bottom. Good. The letters are addressed to a former student in Ozan, Arkansas. The President's letter expresses his pleasure on learning that the former student is now a teacher and says that he will visit the former student's school. The registrar's letter claims that the student has not paid all his tuition or paid for his diploma to be ordered for the June class. The presence of the Commencement schedule may indicate that the financial problem was settled. 40.00

1163. Why Colored People In Philadelphia Are Excluded From The Street Cars. Philadelphia: Merrihew & Son, 1866. 1st ed. 27p. Wr. 23cm. Soft crease. Minor soil and chips. Text browned (some tiny white spots in text). 700.00

1164 *Wideman, John Edgar, 1941-. A Glance Away. NY: Harcourt, Brace and World, (c. 1967). 1st ed. 186p. Cloth. dj (minor wear at ends of backstrip). 20cm. Some rubbing at corners and on ends of backstrip. An attractive copy of his first novel. 175.00

1165. *Wilkins, Roy. Typed Letter, Signed (March 1, 1946). 52 words. Letterhead of N.A.A.C.P., signed by Wilkins as Assistant Secretary. Addressed to Rev. J. M. Tindley in Troy, New York. 28cm. 2 horizontal creases. Wilkins tells Rev. Tindley that he has enclosed a copy of a memo the N.A.A.C.P. sent out regarding "the Reed Lawton version of Uncle Tom's Cabin." The memo is absent and we were unable to locate any information about this Lawton version. 100.00

1166. [Poetry & War] William Washington. A four-page leaflet on stiff paper, approximately 16.5cm. x 9.5cm. On the front: a photo of a black man in a WW I uniform captioned "William Washington". On the rear: an uncaptioned photo of a black man in similar uniform wearing dark glasses, with a cane, and seeming to have lost his lower legs. On the inside: a brief statement telling that Dr. Washington joined the Army in 1917, fought in France, and was "severely wounded." The rest of the inside two pages is occupied by a poem (by Washington?) titled, "The United States Song" which is a rather simple poem about the horrors of the war. 150.00

1167. *Williams, Chancellor. The Raven. Philadelphia: Dorrance, (c. 1948). 1st ed. 562p. Cloth. 23cm. Cloth bubbled on back cover. Scarce first novel (about Edgar Allan Poe) by this writer who is better known for his writings about the glories of ancient African civilizations. 300.00

1168. *Williams, Connie, compiler. 12 Songs from Trinidad. San Francisco: Panpipes Press, (1958). photo (portrait), ills (by Grace West), scores, 15p. Wr. 19cm. Williams was born in Trinidad and came to the U.S. when she was 16 [See Page 3]. 30.00

1169. [Broadsheet] *Williams, George Washington, 1849-1891. Advertising Flyer for the "Popular Edition" of "A History of the Negro Race in America from 1619 to 1880." NY: G. P. Putnam's Sons, n.d. [ca. 1885]. Broadsheet. 27cm. Horizontal crease. Lower right corner creased. A list of contents on one side, press comments on the other. The first edition in two volumes was published in 1883. This "Popular Edition" was published in 1885. 100.00

1170. *Williams, Lacey Kirk. "Lord! Lord!": Special Occasion Sermons and Addresses of Dr. L. K. Williams. n.p.: Historical Commission, National Baptist convention, U.S.A., 1942. 1st ed. portrait, iv, 188p. Cloth. 20cm. Covers spotted and heavily discolored. Fair. Edited by *Theodore S. Boone. 100.00

1171. *Williams, Paul R., 1894-. New Homes for Today. Hollywood: Murray & Gee, 1946. 1st paper edition. ills (by Frank W. Jamison), plans, 95p. Wr. 28cm. Red pencil revisions/additions on several plans. Modern house-designs (mostly 2-bedroom) by this California architect. Also published in hardcover. 60.00

1172. [Postcards] *Williams & Walker. Eight Williams & Walker Cakewalk Postcards. NY: Franz Huld, ca. 1900. Standard size. The postcards, which are captioned: Cake Walk (Negro Dance) Nos. 1-8, show photos of Bert Williams, George Walker, Aida Overton, and Stella Wiley doing various cakewalk steps. In No. 5 there is also a little girl. The dancers' clothes have been colored: Nos. 1-4 colored differently than Nos. 5-8 although the clothes are the same. On the address side, a man (Williams?) appears to be holding the rectangle where the stamp was to be pasted. Unused. These 8 photos were taken for the American Tobacco Company around 1896 and used for a series of trading cards advertising Old Virginia Cheroots cigars. The photos were re-issued as lithographs and later as postcards. A complete set of all eight postcards in nice condition. 500.00

1173. Willis, Thomas Deborah, 1948, editor. Early Black Photographers, 1840-1940: 23 Postcards. NY: New Press, (c. 1992). 1st ed. 23 black and white oversized postcards, perforated for removal from this booklet. One side had a photo and the other a brief caption about the photographer and room for address and stamp. Wr. Approximately 13cm. x 20cm. INSCRIBED (by Willis). "The photographs in this postcard book previously appeared in "Black Photographers 1840-1940: a Bio-Bibliography." 40.00

1174. *Wilson, Butler, R. What I Saw at Calhoun. n.p.: [1932]. photos, 10p. Wr.(soil & a small chip). 26cm. Good. Offprint from The Southern Workman (January 1932). Description of the Calhoun Colored School, Calhoun, Alabama. Wilson, of Boston, was the first African American member of the American Bar Association. 75.00

1175. [Concert Program] Wings Over Jordan. n.p.: ca. 1948. photos (portraits), 8p. Booklet. 28cm. Mimeo list of songs sung at concert laid in. At head of title on cover: Personnel Album - History and Featured Music: World's Greatest Negro Choir. 30.00

1176. *Winston, Henry, 1911-1986. Collection of Eight Items Pertaining to Henry Winston. Collection includes: Two pamphlets by Winston, "Henry Winston Discusses Cuba Today" and "The Meaning of San Rafael"; Two newspaper clippings, "Blind Red Chief Winston Freed by Kennedy Action" and "Red Wins Plea To Sue U.S. on His Blindness"; One leaflet issued by Mrs. Winston urging her husband's freedom; One printed FBI Identification Order seeking Winston as a convicted fugitive (and showing Winston's finger prints and photograph); one flier advertising a Winston speech in Boston on "The Frame-up of Angela Davis"; and one memorial tribute leaflet. Winston, an African American communist imprisoned under The Smith Act, became blind while in prison and later served as National Chairman of the Communist Party, U.S.A. until his death in 1986. 175.00

1177. Wisconsin. Governor's Commission on Human Rights. Negro Families in Rural Wisconsin: A Study Of Their Community Life. Madison, Wisconsin: 1959. photos, 72p. Wr.(minor soil). 23cm. Study of 150 African American families, which, according to the Foreword, represented a "large sampling of all the known families." 40.00

1178. Woman's Board of Home Missions of the Presbyterian Church. The Home Mission Monthly, Vol. 30, No. 6 (April, 1916). Published in New York. photos, 24p. [133-156]. Wr. 25cm. Address label. Soft vertical crease. A "Freedmen Number" which includes a four-page article titled "Negro Child Life" by Mary C. Jackson, an African American and a member of the faculty of Haines Institute, Augusta, Georgia. 40.00

1179. Woman's Board of Home Missions of the Presbyterian Church. The Home Mission Monthly, Vol. 34, No. 6 (April, 1920). Published in New York. photos, 24p. [121-144]. Wr. 25cm. Address label. Vertical crease. Short split at bottom of fold. Good. This issue on "Negro Americans" includes a two-page article on "The New Day for the Negro Woman" by Mary Jackson McCrorey. 40.00

1180. *Wood, Lillian E. Let My People Go. Philadelphia: A.M.E. Book Concern Printers, n.d. [1922]. 1st ed. 132p. Black cloth (rubbed). 22cm. Extremities worn. Hinges cracked. Good. A very scarce novel. Bob McComb, an African American boy from Mississippi, is befriended by white benefactors and sent to college in the north. He enlists in the army during World War I, rising to the rank of Captain. When he is wounded, he is nursed back to health by his true love from college. After the war, Bob witnesses a lynching in Mississippi, studies law in Chicago, goes back to the South, becomes involved in politics, and is elected to Congress on the Race Equality Party ticket, whereupon his eloquence causes Congress to pass an anti-lynching bill. 675.00

1181. [Brochure]. *Woodson, Carter Godwin, 1875-1950. The Negro in Our History. Washington: Associated Publishers, [ca. 1931]. Folded four-page brochure. 18cm. Advertising leaflet for the Sixth edition which was published in 1931. 25.00

1182. *Work, Frederick Jerome, 1871-1925, editor. Folk Songs of the American Negro. Number One. Nashville: Work Bros. & Hart, [1907]. music, index, 63p. Wr.(name written on front cover). 22cm. Introduction by *John Wesley Work. Statement on wrapper: Number One Revised. 90.00

1183. [Theater Program] Works Progress Administration. The Federal Theatre Presents Haiti by William Du Bois. NY: [1938]. Four-page leaflet. 23cm. Soil and foxing. Chip from bottom left corner. Later folds. 3 initials inked at top of cover. Fair. Louis Sharp appeared as Toussaint, Rex Ingram as Christophe and Canada Lee as Bertram. The play opened at the Lafayette Theatre March 2, 1938 and was produced by James R. Ullman. 30.00

1184. [Theater Program] Works Progress Administration. The Federal Theatre: USA Work Program WPA Presents The Negro Unit in "Macbeth". [Caption title]. n.p.: Works Progress Administration, n.d. [1930s]. 4p. Leaflet. 23cm. Later horizontal fold. In this production the story appears to have taken place in Africa rather than Scotland. Macbeth was played by Maurice Ellis. Canada Lee played Banquo. Lady Macbeth was played by Edna Thomas. 45.00

1185. Works Progress Administration. Twenty-two Federal Theatre Photographs Relating to African American Actors and Productions.. 1930s. 20 photos Approx. 20cm. x 24cm. and 2 photos Approx. 16cm. x 21cm. Many are by Martin Harris. Two photos have brown oblongs in the image where label glue bled through. One photo torn and creased at corners. Five photos show theatergoers in the lobby or just outside a theater. In one shot, a poster for "Haiti" is in the background. Two photos show marionettes portraying Blacks. Two photos show cast members on stage in "Run Little Children". The rest are portraits of individuals: Wardell Saunders and Arthur Wilson (from "The Show Off"); Leola Crosby and Genora English (from "Sing For Your Supper"); and Alberta Lowery, Milton Reddie (song writer), Nat Wilson, Olena Hunter-Williams, Joe Loomis, Grace Driver, Blanche ("Billie") Young, and an unidentified male from "Swing It." There is one portrait of an unidentified female with no production identified. 750.00

1186. Wormley, Beatrice F. and Charles W. Carter, compilers. An Anthology of Negro Poetry by Negroes and Others. Newark: Work Projects Administration, New Jersey, [ca. 1937]. 1st edition. (3), 140p. (Printed on one side only.) Wr. (2 metal fasteners thru 4 holes punched in left side). 28cm. Browned & rather worn. Name on front. Defective: lacks Page 69. Fair. Poetry by over fifty writers - all but five are African American. 100.00

1187. *Wright, Louis T. and Robert S. Wilkinson. The use of Alkyl-Dimethyl-Benzyl-Ammonium Chloride in Injury. NY: 1939. 5p. [626-630]. Booklet. 26cm. Offprint from The American Journal of Surgery, New Series, Vol. XLIV, No. 3 (June, 1939). In 1920, Dr. Wright became the first African American physician on the staff of Harlem Hospital (or any other New York City hospital). In 1934 he was the first African American to be admitted to membership in the American College of Surgeons since Daniel Hale Williams had been admitted in 1913 as the only African American among the 100 founding members in 1913. Wright became Director of the Department of Surgery at Harlem Hospital in 1943. 85.00

1188. *Wright, Richard (Nathaniel), 1908-1960. Uncle Tom's Children: Four Novellas. NY: Harper & Brothers, 1938. 1st ed. 317p. Cloth. 21cm. Visible but relatively light waterstain on upper left corner of front cover. Half-title browned. Good. Four lengthy short stories. His first book. 50.00

1189. *Wright, Richard Robert, 1878-. Allen Day Address: Richard Allen, 1760-1831: Greatest Negro Born in America. [Cover title]. n.p.: Published by the author, n.d. [after 1948]. 31p. Booklet. 15cm. Rust-stains near staple. Allen was the founder and first bishop of the African Methodist Episcopal Church. This address was delivered at the Philadelphia Preachers' Meeting in 1924. 45.00

1190. [Yearbook] Xavier University of Louisiana (New Orleans, La.). The Senior Class of 1951 Presents PAX: Silver Jubilee Issue. [New Orleans]: 1951. photos (portraits), 180p. Cloth. 31cm. Name on rear endpaper. Foxing. Extremities rubbed. Good. 50.00

1191. *Yancey, Bessie Woodson. Echoes from the Hills: A Book of Poems. Washington: Associated Publishers, (c. 1939). 1st ed. vi, 62p. Cloth. 19cm. Backstrip faded. Review slip laid in. Yancey was Carter G. Woodson's sister, which may have influenced the publisher's decision to publish this book. 300.00

1192. *Yearwood, Gladstone Lloyd, editor. Black Cinema Aesthetics: Issues in Independent Black Filmmaking. Athens, Ohio: Center for Afro-American Studies, Ohio University, (c. 1982). ills, 120p. Wr. 23cm. Inked editing in one article (probably by the author of that article). Good. 30.00

1193. *Yeiser, Idabelle. Faith That Moves Mountains. Los Angeles: Scrivener, 1954. 1st ed. 60p. Wr.(relatively faint tapemarks on front). 20cm. Religious self-help and faith --includes a few poems. 50.00

1194. *Yeiser, Idabelle. Lyric and Legend. Boston: Christopher Pub. House, (c. 1947). 1st ed. 77p. Cloth. 20cm. Bookplate. Minor foxing on endpapers. INSCRIBED. Poetry. 95.00

1195. *Yeiser, Idabelle. Moods: A Book of Verse. Philadelphia: Colony Press Publishers, 1937. frontis, small ills (by Lindsey B. Murdah), 88p. Cloth-backed boards. 21cm. Bookplate. Initials on endpaper. Corners rubbed. Tiny tears at ends of backstrip. A tired copy in Good condition. Says Copy No. 3 [of an unstated number] and is SIGNED on the back of the frontispiece. 150.00

1196. *Young, Al, 1939-. Geography of the Near Past. NY: Holt, Rinehart & Winston, (c. 1976). 1st paper edition. x, 84p. Wr. 21cm. INSCRIBED ("For ... with fond memories of our firelit Friday night session in Woodside"). Poetry. 30.00

1197. Young, Martha Strudwick, 1862-1941. Behind The Dark Pines. NY: Appleton, 1912. 1st ed. frontis, ills, xiv, 287p. Cloth (extremities rubbed). 20cm. Black dialect animal folktales written by a white author from Alabama. Young is not well-known today, but, in her day, Young and her stories were often compared to Joel Chandler Harris and his Brer Rabbit stories. 100.00

1198. *Young, Rosa, 1890-. Light in the Dark Belt; The Story of Rosa Young as told by Herself. St. Louis: Concordia Publishing House, 1930. 2nd printing. photos, 148p. Cloth. 19cm. Covers quite mottled and shabby. Blue ink stains on fore-edges of pages. Contents sound. Fair. SIGNED (by "Rosa Young") on title-page. Autobiographical account by a Lutheran missionary worker in Alabama. While this book is not particularly scarce, signed copies, even when shabby, are quite uncommon. 65.00

1199. Young Women's Christian Association. Detroit. Lucy Thurman Branch, Detroit Y.W.C.A., Fall Activities - 1937. [Cover title]. [Detroit]: [1937]. 2 photos, 12p. Booklet. 17cm. The Lucy Thurman Branch for Colored Girls and Women was established in 1927; a Lucy Thurman Branch building was built in 1932 on Elizabeth Street. 40.00

1200. [Program] Zeta Phi Beta Sorority. Kappa Zeta Chapter. Finer Womanhood Week, February 25 - March 3, 1945. Dallas: 1945. photos (portraits), unpaged [12p.]. Wr. 28cm. 50.00

ADDENDUM

1201. [*Rembert, Winfred]. Footsteps: African American History, Vol. 5, No. 3 (May/June 2003). color illustrations, 48p. Wr. 23cm. New. Children's magazine. Issue on folk art which features a Rembert painting on the cover and an illustrated article (at pages 24-28) about Rembert by Jock Reynolds, director of the Yale University Art Gallery. 5.00