Bullins - Cullen

200. *Bullins, Ed. The Reluctant Rapist. NY: Harper & Row, (c. 1973). 166p. Cloth backed boards. dj. 21cm. INSCRIBED (in 1975 by "Ed & Trixie Bullins"). A novel. 75.00

201. *Bullock, Henry Allen. Pathways to the Houston Negro Market. n.p.: (c. 1957). map, 232p. Wr. Plastic comb binding. 23cm. Covers browning at edges. A market-research study of the buying-habits of African American consumers in Houston. Contains extensive statistical tables and graphs. 45.00

202. *Bunche, Ralph Johnson, 1904-1971. Equal Justice--Under Law: Challenge to the American Conscience. n.p.: (1951). portrait, 4p. Leaflet. 28cm. 2 horizontal creases. Browned. Good. Reprinted from The Survey (March 1951). 35.00

203. *Bunche, Ralph Johnson, 1904-1971. A World View of Race. Washington: Associates in Negro Folk Education, 1936. 1st paper ed. 98p. Wr. 21cm. Gift inscription. Names in pencil on last text page. Bronze Booklet Number 4. Also published in hardcover. 75.00

204. *Bunche, Ralph Johnson, 1904-1971. Signed Photograph. Undated but probably late 1960s. Approx. 11cm. x 16cm. Signed ("With best wishes, Ralph J. Bunche") in a rather shaky hand in the bottom margin. Bust-length portrait with a hazy image of a New York skyscraper in the background on the left. 150.00

205. *Bunche, Ralph Johnson, 1904-1971. Typed Letter, Signed (November 24, 1952). 8 Lines. Letterhead of the United Nations, signed by Bunche as Director, Department of Trusteeship. Addressed to the head of a Temple Men's Club in Cleveland. 28cm. Envelope present (with UN stamp). 2 horizontal creases (with small edge tears and soil on rear) and some crinkling at the left side. 4 small tan stickers on the rear upper third of letter and on rear of envelope (probably for mounting in an album). Bunche regrets that he is unable to accept an invitation to speak in Cleveland on February 19, 1953. 125.00

206. Burleigh, Charles Calistus, 1810-1878. Anti-Slavery War-cry. By E. D. H. or C. C. Burleigh. ca. 1840. Autograph submission to N. P. Rogers, Editor of The Herald of Freedom, Concord, NH. 1 sheet, 19.5cm. x 25cm. Originally folded twice horizontally and then twice vertically to form a self-mailer. Remains of sealing wax on back. Later vertical crease in center, a couple of moderate tears in the blank lower margin, and a paper clip mark at the top. At head of title: For The Herald of Freedom. The text is a six stanza, 48 line abolitionist poem. The Herald of Freedom was published from 1835 to 1846. Burleigh was active in the anti-slavery movement and also on behalf of a number of other causes (anti-Sabbatarian, temperance and women's suffrage). He wrote for Garrison's Liberator and, at one point, was one of the editors of the Pennsylvania Freeman. We don't know whether this poem was ever published in Herald of Freedom or elsewhere. 200.00

207. [Burleigh, William Henry, 1812-1871] The Charter Oak. 24 four-page issues: Vol. I, Nos. 3, 4, 6, 8, 9, 14, 15, 19, 22-26, 28-32, 36, 40, and 43-46 (1846). Several later folds (for storage). Moderate soiling & wear. "C. Lemoyne" written in upper margin of most issues. Abolitionist newspaper edited & published by Burleigh, a well known abolitionist, poet and temperance advocate. Burleigh later (1855-1870) served as Harbor Master of New York. The Charter Oak, a renamed successor to the Connecticut Anti-Slavery Society's Christian Freeman, was published from 1846 to 1848. Lemoyne, whose name is written on these newspapers, was an active abolitionist in Washington County, Pennsylvania. 750.00

208. [Blacks in the Union Army] Burlington Hawk-Eye (Saturday, August 1, 1863). Burlington, Iowa daily newspaper. Four pages. Foxing. Torn where folded in quarters. Good. Includes an article which occupies almost a full column on the second page titled: Progress of Negro Enlistments. Dateline: Washington, July 25 which appears to have first appeared in the Cincinnati Gazette. 50.00

209. *Buster, Greene B. Brighter Sun: An Historical Account of the Struggles of a Man To Free Himself and His Family from Human Bondage. NY: Pageant Press, (c. 1954. First edition. xi, 282p. Cloth. dj (ends of backstrip panel chipped). 23cm. SIGNED. Fictional account of the author's grandfather freeing himself and his family from slavery in Kentucky. 125.00

210. _____ SAME. dj (edgewear). Not signed. 85.00

211. *Butler, William H. Letter seeking position of Governor's Private Messenger. Three pages. Autograph letter. Letterhead of the State of New York Assembly Chamber, 27cm. Dated New York, July 12, 1907. To Hon. Fredrick C. Stevens (addressed as "Mr. Superintendent" in body of letter). Minor light soil. Creased where folded for mailing. Paper-clip mark at top left. Included is a clipping of a newspaper article from The Colored Republican, William H. Butler, Editor. The date Nov. 3, 1906 is written on the clipping. Butler mentions this clipping in his letter. Butler says he is currently the Janitor of the Assembly but would like to be the Governor's private messenger, asking that the Governor move his current private messenger "up a peg." Butler says he should get the job because: (1) he is a long time Republican worker who has influence with 47,000 colored Republicans in NY; (2) he is a supporter of Hughes for President; and (3) all of the other Republican governors have colored private messengers. We don't know if Butler was successful in securing one of the few patronage crumbs then available to African Americans. 400.00

212. Byars, Joseph Cloyd, 1898-, editor. Black and White. Washington: Crane, (c. 1927). 1st ed. 96p. Tape-backed wr. 24cm. Limited to 1000 copies. From the cover: An Anthology of Washington Verse. Among the District of Columbia poets were several African Americans (*Angelina Grimke, *Georgia Douglas Johnson, *Lewis Alexander, etc.). This anthology is also found in cloth with the same limitation statement. 50.00

213. [Scarce World War I Account] *Cade, John Brother, 1894-. Twenty-Two Months With "Uncle Sam": Being the Experiences and Observations of a Negro Student Who Volunteered for Military Service Against the Central Powers from June, 1917 to April, 1919. Atlanta: Robinson-Cofer Co., Printers, 1929. 1st ed. frontis (portrait), ills, 128p. Cloth. 23cm. Moderate cover soil & wear. Browned. Later gift inscription. Good. Program for author's 1961 retirement as Dean of Southern University laid in. 300.00

214. Caldwell, Arthur Bunyan, 1873-, editor. History of the American Negro: Georgia Edition. Volume II. Atlanta: A. B. Caldwell Publishing Co., 1920. Volume II Only (of 2). photos, 415p. Cloth. 23cm. Cloth. 23cm. Title-page partially detached. Moderate cover spotting & wear. Light streak of gray paint along front joint. Good. Caldwell edited and published several volumes of a state-by-state Who's Who among African Americans. Seven volumes were published under the general title "History of the American Negro." While we don't know why more volumes were not published, their extreme scarcity suggests that the series was not a financial success. Volumes I and II were on Georgia (1917-1920); Vol. III on South Carolina (1919); Vol. IV on North Carolina (1917); Vol. V on Virginia (1921); Vol. VI on Washington, D.C. (1922); and Vol. VII on West Virginia (1923). We've never had a complete set; individual volumes are a cause for celebration when found. The first volume on Georgia appeared three years earlier and included "and His Institutions" in the title after the word "negro," but that phrase was omitted on all subsequent volumes. 1200.00

215. Caldwell, Arthur Bunyan, 1873-, editor. History of the American Negro: [Volume VI], Washington, D. C. Edition. Atlanta: A. B. Caldwell Publishing Co., 1922. photos, 303p. Cloth. 23cm. Some relatively minor cover wear and spotting. The Washington, D. C. volume is thinner than earlier volumes. In the Preface to this volume, Caldwell laments that: "Others equally prominent and useful, misunderstanding or disapproving of the work, have either ignored the request for data or flatly refused to furnish same." 1500.00

216. *Caldwell, Lewis A. H. The Policy King. Chicago: New Vistas, (c.1945). 1st ed. 303p. Cloth. dj (price-clipped, some chipping & soil). 22cm. INSCRIBED (to "Mrs. Hazel M. Hartman, outstanding business woman of Atlantic City"). Scarce novel about the "numbers" racket in Chicago. 250.00

217. [Music] *Calloway, Cab, 1907-. Cab Calloway's Jive Jubilee of Songs: Includes Cab Calloway's Original Jive Dictionary. [Cover title]. NY: Mills Music, c. 1942. music & words for 18 songs, photos, 48p. Wr. 31cm. Old prices erased on front. 48.00

218. [*Campbell, Elmer Simms, 1906-1971] Judge: The National Magazine of Humor, Vol. 113, Whole No. 2707. (Oct. 1937). 32p. Wr. 29cm. Good. Humorous cover illustration (color) by Simms (shows a Chinese laundry worker holding an iron & smiling at the iron-shaped scorch mark on a white shirt which is clearly labeled "Imported Japan"). 30.00

219. Candid, Vol. 1, No. 3 (Aug. 1938). Wilmington, Delaware. black & white photos, 23p. Wr. 31cm. Describes itself as "The Negro Photo-News For All The People." 100.00

220. *Cannon, David Wadsworth, 1910-1938. Black Labor Chant and other Poems. NY: National Council on Religion in Higher Education, (c. 1939). 1st ed. frontis (portrait), ills, 56p. Cloth (soil). 23cm. Minor staining. Cannon graduated from Hillsdale College in 1931 and later received a Master's degree from the University of Michigan. 45.00

221. *Cannon, Elizabeth Perry and *Helen Adele Whiting, 1885-. Country Life Stories: Some Rural Community Helpers. NY: Dutton, 1938. 1st ed. 29 full-page illustrations (10 in color, including frontis), 95p. Blue cloth. 19cm. Covers shabby & rather worn. 19cm. Good. "Charming little stories and their captivating pictures for the teaching of Negro children in rural communities of the South." [from the Introduction by Mabel Carney]. Cannon is identified as an Instructor, Department of Education, Spelman College and Atlanta University. The appealing illustrations in this very uncommon children's book are by African American artist Vernon Winslow. 150.00

222. *Cannon, Steve. Groove, Bang and Jive Around. NY: Olympia Press, (c. 1969). 1st ed. 216p. plus (4)p. adverts. Pictorial Wr. 17cm. Text browned and rather brittle. Good. Sexually-explicit novel. 35.00

223. [Flyer] Capital Co-Operative Burial Association. Do You Know That the Capital Co-Operative Burial Association Of the District of Columbia, Organized June 19, 1896, Exists... ? Washington: n.d. 4p. Leaflet. 15cm. African American organization. Presumably pre-1910 since Rev. Geo. W. Lee identified as President of the Ass'n. & Pastor of Vermont Avenue Baptist Church (which he served until his death in 1910). 85.00

224. *Carnegie, Amos Hubert, 1885-. Faith Moves Mountains: An Autobiography. Washington: (c. 1950). 1st ed. frontis (portrait), xii, 114p. Cloth. Moderately worn dj. 20cm. INSCRIBED. According to the text, Carnegie was born in Jamaica, imprisoned as a conscientious objector in Canada during World War I, attended Lincoln University in Pennsylvania for three years, and later became involved in building schools in the south (toward the end of the book this was done as a Methodist minister). 65.00

225. Carnegie, Andrew, 1835-1919. The Negro In America: An Address Delivered before the Philosophical Institution of Edinburgh, 16th October, 1907. Cheyney, Pa.: Committee of Twelve for the Advancement of the Interests of the Negro Race, n.d. [1907?]. portrait, 32p. Wr. 21cm. Two soft vertical creases. Unevenly browned. 90.00

226. Carroll, Charles, 1849-. The Tempter of Eve: or, The Criminality of Man's Social, Political, and Religious Equality with the Negro, and the Amalgamation to Which These Crimes Inevitably Lead. Discussed in the Light of the Scriptures, the Sciences, Profane History, Tradition, and the Testimony of the Monuments. St. Louis: Adamic, 1902. 1st ed. frontis (portrait), ills, index, xvi, [17]-503p. Dark blue cloth. 22cm. Hinge paper partially cracked. Carroll decries the "cheap-jack" appearance of his previous book ("The Negro a Beast") and then proceeds to make the same racist arguments in this book, which is less notorious, but just as rabid & much scarcer than the earlier book. 350.00

227. *Carter, Randall Albert, 1867-. Feeding Among the Lilies. Cincinnati: Printed for the author, The Caxton Press, (c. 1923). 290p. Cloth (minor streaking and spotting). 20cm. Scattered foxing. Sermons, speeches and occasional writings by a Bishop of the Colored Methodist Episcopal Church. 275.00

228. *Carver, George Washington, 1864-1943. Experiment Station Bulletins 3-11 and 24-38, A Total of 24 Reports. Tuskegee: Tuskegee Normal and Industrial Institute, 1899-1925. 1st eds. except No. 24 2nd ed. Wrappers. Size varies (21-23cm.). All are ex library discards from a State Library. No. 4 has "with the respects of the author" written faintly on front and No. 8 has a brief typed letter mounted inside. Two holes punched near spine on most--they were probably kept in a two hole notebook. Some chipping, especially on the few issues that were printed on high acid paper. A few wrs.are detached. General condition varies but most are Good or Very Good. Includes: No. 3 - [continued on next page] [Item 228 continued] Fertilizer Experiments on Cotton; No. 4 - Some Cercosporae of Macon County, Ala.; No. 5 - Cow Peas; No. 6 - How to Build Up Worn Out Soils; No. 7 - Cotton Growing on Sandy Upland Soils; No. 8 - Successful Yields of Small Grain; No. 9 - The San Jose Scale in Alabama; No. 10 - Saving the Sweet Potato Crop; No. 11 - The Relation of Weather and Soil Conditions to the Fruit Industry of Southeastern Alabama; No. 24 - The Pickling and Curing of Meat in Hot Weather; No. 25 - A Study of the Soils of Macon County, Alabama, and Their Adaptability to Certain Crops; No. 26 - When, What, and How to Can and Preserve Fruits and Vegetables in the Home; No. 27 - A New and Prolific Variety of Cotton; No. 28 - Smudging an Orchard With Native Material in Alabama; No. 29 - Alfalfa; No. 30 - Possibilities of The Sweet Potato in Macon County, Alabama, Revised and Reprinted; No. 31 - How to Grow the Peanut and 105 Ways of Preparing It For Human Consumption, 2nd Edition; No. 32 - Three Delicious [Sic] Meals Every Day For the Farmer; No. 33 - Twelve Ways to Meet the New Economic Conditions Here in the South; No. 34 - 43 Ways To Save the Wild Plum Crop; No. 35 - How to Grow the Cow Pea and 40 Ways of Preparing It As a Table Delicacy, 2nd Edition; No. 36 - How to Grow the Tomato and 115 Ways to Prepare It For the Table; No. 37 - How to Make Sweet Potato Flour, Starch, Sugar, Bread and Mock Cocoanut [Sic]; No. 38 - How the Farmer Can Save His Sweet Potatoes and Ways of Preparing It for the Table. 4000.00

229. *Carver, George Washington, 1864-1943. Teachers' Leaflet No. 2: Nature Study and Children's Gardens. Tuskegee: n.d. [ca. 1908]. photos, unpaged [16p.]. Wr. 21cm. Ex lib. (library stamp embossed on detached front cover of wrapper). Two holes punched at left side. Fair-Good. Tuskegee Normal and Industrial Institute. Agricultural Department. Extension Division. Teacher's Leaflet No. 2. 100.00

230. [*Carver, George Washington, 1864-1943] Dr. Carver: How a Genius raised the Peanut to National Fame. Lance, Inc. of Charlotte, NC & Greenville, TX, (January, 1954). (7)p. Wr. 16cm. Lance, Inc. was a seller of peanuts and peanut-based snacks. 25.00

231. Case of the Slave Isaac Brown: An Outrage Exposed. [Caption title]. n.p.: 1847. 8p. Leaflet. 23cm. No separate wr. Account of Philadelphia legal proceedings seeking to return Brown, a fugitive slave, to Maryland to face a charge of assault & battery. 100.00

232. [Spanish-American War] *Cashin, Herschel V. [et al]. Under Fire with the Tenth U.S. Cavalry being a Brief, Comprehensive Review of the Negro's Participation in the Wars of the United States ... Chicago: American Publishing House, (c. 1902). frontis, photos, xv, [17]-361p. Pictorial gray cloth. 20cm. Contents sound. Covers grubby, with staining & soil. Name on endpaper. Good. Mostly about the 10th Cavalry in the Spanish-American War. It also has chapters on the Spanish-American War exploits of three other African American units (Ninth Cavalry, 24th Infantry, and 25th Infantry) and on the Indian Wars in the West where the Black regiments had been stationed prior to the Spanish-American War. This book was first published in 1899 by F. Tennyson Neely. 250.00

233. [Broadside] Celebration of the Seventy-fourth Anniversary of the Emancipation Proclamation at St. Mark's M. E. Church, 137th Street and Edgecombe Ave., Rev. L. H. King, D.D., Pastor, Friday, January 1st, 1937 ... NY: 1937. Thin paper. 15cm. x 23cm. Browned and rather brittle. Three initials inked at top left. Good. The five members of the Emancipation Day Committee were Rev. King, Cleveland G. Allen, Bessie Bearden, Arthur Schomburg, and Robert T. Bess. Among the scheduled speakers were Lyman Beecher Stowe and Dr. Willis N. Huggins. 85.00

234. [Program] Central Rest Recreation Club (Philadelphia, Pa.). Twenty-Fourth Annual Banquet of the Central Rest Recreation Club, Wednesday Evening, March 6, 1957, 8:00 P.M., held at the Abruzzi-Molise Hall, 3rd and Fulton Streets, Chester, PA. Chester, Pennsylvania: 1957. photos (portraits), 12p. Wr. 26cm. According to the program, this African American social club for men had 113 members. 30.00

235. *Chambers, Valois G., compiler. The 55th Anniversary of the Senior Choir of Macedonia Baptist Church ... June 5, 1983. Arlington, Va.: (1983). photos (color photo of the predominantly female choir mounted on the first blank leaf), (87)p. Plastic-strip binding. 28cm. African American church. 28.00

236. [Color Print] Charge of the 24th and 25th Colored Infantry and Rescue of Rough Riders at San Juan Hill, July 2nd, 1989. n.p.: n.d. [probably circa 1900]. Approx. 50cm. x 65cm. Some light stains or browning in sky portion. A small piece of the sky extending up under the frame appears to have been replaced. Colors clear and unfaded. An attractive print. Recently framed (with glass). One the largest and most colorful of the contemporary prints which memorialized this event for proud African American households. 950.00

237. *Chesnutt, Charles Waddell, 1858-1932. Frederick Douglass. Boston: Small, Maynard, 1904. 2nd ed. portrait, 141p. Cloth. 15cm. Name on endpaper. Beacon Biographies of Eminent Americans. This little biography may be Chesnutt's scarcest book. 200.00

238. *Chesnutt, Charles Waddell, 1858-1932. The Wife of His Youth and Other Stories of the Color Line. Boston: 1899. 1st ed. 4 ills (including frontis), 323p. Cloth. 20cm. Moderate cover soil & wear, especially on backstrip. Fraying at ends of backstrip. Minor lightened spot on backstrip where a piece of wax may have been. A sound copy. Good. 400.00

239. [*Chesnutt, Charles Waddell, 1858-1932] The Southern Workman. Vol. XXXI No. 3 (March, 1902). Hampton: Hampton Institute Press. photos, pp. 131-174. Wr. 26cm. Lacks most of backstrip and top corner of front cover; otherwise Very Good. Includes "The Free Colored People of North Carolina" by Chesnutt (pp. 136-141). 125.00

240. Chicago Urban League. Research Department. Negroes in Policy-Making Positions in Chicago: "A Study in Black Powerlessness". Chicago: n.d. [1967?]. [18]p. Mimeo. One side only. Cover sheet. Staple top left. 28cm. Institutional stamp first & last leaf. 25.00

241. Child, Lydia Maria Francis, 1802-1880. Isaac T. Hopper: A True Life. Boston: Jewett, 1853. frontis (portrait), portrait, xvi, 493p. Cloth. 20cm. Ends of backstrip chipped. Cover corners frayed. Scattered foxing. Good. He was a Quaker and an abolitionist. 60.00

242. *Chisolm, William Mason. Splintered Darkness. Brooklyn, NY: Trilon Press, 1953. portrait, 86p. Hardcover (soil). 20cm. Good. INSCRIBED. Poetry by the founder of the Chisolm Institute in Rock Hill, South Carolina. 50.00

243. The Christian Herald (November 29, 1924). NY: Bible House. 20p. [979-998]. 36cm. Published weekly. Cover illustration of an African American boy standing amid mature cotton plants in connection with a two-page article by Willard Price titled, "Black is a Beautiful Color". The article includes three black & white photos of early 1920s Harlem -- one is titled: "A group of bright pickaninnies bound for school in Harlem"). 60.00

244. [African American Preacher in Kentucky] The Christian Instructor, New Series, Vol. 11, No. 10 (October, 1855). Philadelphia. 48p. [pps. 433-480]. Wr.(wrinkles, soil). 24cm. Soft crease. Dog-earing. Scattered foxing. Edited by John B. Dales. Includes "A Sketch of the Life of a Noted Minister" (pp. 443-445) which is a sketch of the life of Rev. London Terrill who was born a slave and, after becoming free, served as minister of the African Baptist Church in Lexington, Ky for about 45 years before his death in 1854. 50.00

245. Chubb, Ida M. Little Pickaninnies. [Cover title]. Racine, Wisconsin: Whitman, (c. 1929). color illustrations, 19p. Wr.(illustrated). 32cm. Spine rubbed. Short tear at bottom of spine and front cover. Dialect poetry for children. 185.00

246. [Souvenir Program] Chuckles: Philharmonic Auditorium, Los Angeles, California, Benefit St. Philip' Episcopal Parish Fund, Monday Eve, October 30th, 1922. [Cover title]. [Los Angeles]: 1922. 12p. Wr. 25cm. African American play produced in Los Angeles. Book and lyrics by William E. Pierson. 75.00

247. Church of God In Christ (Asheville, N.C.). The Asheville District Magazine, Vol. 2, No. 1 (1944-1945). photos, [36p.]. Wr. 31cm. Good. From the cover: Celebrating the Nineteenth Year of The Church of God In Christ in Asheville, N. C., 1926 - 1945 ... Celebration at Macedonia Church of God in Christ, 292 Southside Avenue, Rev. E. J. Perkins, Pastor. A good deal of the news in this issue relates to their men and women serving in the Armed Forces. 85.00

248. Cissna, William Everett, 1877-. Keep Racial Security. [Lakeland?]: 1958. 8 sheets. Mimeo (one side only), 28cm. 2 horizontal creases. Very good. Racist tract - segregation forever but with somewhat better treatment of African Americans. Cissna is identified in type at end as a former Methodist pastor and President of Henderson Settlement in Kentucky who resided at 2221 Burns Street in Lakeland, Florida when this was written. 50.00

249. City of Detroit Business and Professional Guide. 8th Edition. Detroit: 1948. photos, 224p. Soiled and worn wr. 23cm. Contents well-used but sound. Good. A guide to African American businesses and professional people in the Motor City. 275.00

250. *Clark, Mamie Phipps. Changes in Primary Mental Abilities With Age. NY: 1944. 30p. Wr. 26cm. Largely unopened. Short tear on title-leaf. Archives of Psychology, Columbia University, No. 291. Clark earned her doctorate at Columbia. Dr. Clark's pioneering studies on self-esteem among African American children were an important part of the research that she and her husband (Kenneth B. Clark) provided for the plaintiffs in the Brown v. Board of Education case. 65.00

251. Claspy, Everett. The Negro in Southwestern Michigan: Negroes in the North in a Rural Environment. Dowagiac, Mich.: 1967. 1st ed. iii, 112p. Wr. 22cm. 45.00

252. *Cobb, William Montague, 1904-. The First Negro Medical Society; A History of the Medico-Chirurgical Society of the District of Columbia, 1884-1939. Washington: Associated Publishers, 1939. 1st ed. index, x, 159p. Green cloth. 20cm. Pioneering and still quite useful. Cobb was Professor of Anatomy at Howard University. 200.00

253. *Cobb, William Montague, 1904-. Progress and Portents for the Negro in Medicine. NY: NAACP, 1948. photos, map, graph, 53p. Wr. 22cm. 75.00

254. [Sheet Music about Teddy Roosevelt] *Cole, Bob, 1868-1911, and *John Rosamond Johnson, 1873-1954. You're All Right, Teddy (Republican Campaign Song). NY: Jos. W. Stern, (c. 1904). 3p. Wr. 34cm. Uneven browning. Tiny edge tears and corner creases. Piano score. 6 verses. An uncommon political song -- hardly a classic but still quite interesting. Here's the chorus: "All right Teddy! You're the kind we remember; Don't you worry! We are with you! You're all right Teddy! And we'll prove it in November Teddy! We're going to keep you in the White House ..." 200.00

255. [Freemasons] Coleman, William. Introductory Statement of Facts Explanatory of the Beginning of Free Masonry Among and by Colored People in the United States of America and in Texas. n.p.: n.d. [circa 1941?]. 7p. Wr. 23cm. Vertical crease. Stain in lower margin. Fair. 60.00

256. [Sheet Music] *Coleridge-Taylor, Samuel, 1875-1912. Deep River: American Negro Melody. Boston: O. Ditson, (c. 1916). 5p. Wr. 35cm. Publisher No. 5-146-71916-4. Arranged by William Arms Fisher. Text on front bordered with blue lines and designs. Later printing. 40.00

257. *Coles, Howard W. Cradle of Freedom: A History of the Negro in Rochester, Western New York and Canada, Volume One. Rochester, New York: Oxford Press, (1943). 2nd printing. ills, 163p. Wr.(corner creased on back cover). 23cm. Small chip in blank margin of last leaf. Apparently the only volume ever published of this scarce book. 200.00

258. Color, Vol. 6, No. 10 (December, 1950). Charleston, West Virginia. ills, 50p. Wr. 35cm. One lead article in this African American magazine is titled "Sex in Football." 45.00

259. The Colored American Publishing Company. The Colored American Republican Text Book. Washington: The Colored American Publishing Company, (n.d.). [1900?]. ills, 47p. Soiled and tattered wr. 47p. 20cm. Text pages browned and quite brittle. Rice paper repair along fore edge of front cover. Cellophane tape repair on back cover (which is heavily chipped, with some loss of text). A fragile copy in Poor condition. A rare book. Illustration of Frederick Douglass on the front. Issued to support the reelection of President McKinley. 350.00

260. [Wichita, Kansas] Colored Directory - - 1936. Wichita: Empire Publishing Company, Colored Directory Service, [1936]. 92p. Wr. 23cm. Browned. Scattered pencil annotations. Stains at the three rusty staples along spine. Good. An uncommon directory. According to the Introduction, African Americans constituted about 8% of the population in Wichita and included more than 1500 families. 375.00

261. [Commencement Program] Colored Training School, Baltimore. Fifth Annual Commencement ... The Lyric. Thursday Evening, June Twenty-seventh, Nineteen Hundred and Eighteen at Eight o'clock. [Cover title]. [Baltimore: 1918]. 4p. Wr. 24cm. Crease. Browned. Tiny nick in fore edge. Good. Teacher training school in Baltimore. Fifteen students graduated at this commencement. 40.00

262. *Colter, Cyrus. The Beach Umbrella. Iowa City: University of Iowa Press, (c. 1970). 225p. Cloth. dj (minor scuffing). 22cm. INSCRIBED (by Colter). Short stories. 45.00

263. [Lynching] Commission on Interracial Cooperation. The Mob Still Rides: a Review of the Lynching Record, 1931-1935. Atlanta: n.d. [1936?]. 24p. Wr. 23cm. Sticker removed from corner of front cover. Archival document repair tape on scuffed spots on back cover. Good. 75.00

264. [Lynching] Commission on Interracial Cooperation. Southern White Women on Lynching and Mob Violence: Excerpts from Pronouncements from Different Woman's State Committees on Race Relations. Atlanta: n.d. [1920s?]. 7p. Booklet. 23cm. 85.00

265. Commission on Religion & Race Reports, Vol. I, No. 3 (Spring 1965). NY: National Council of the Churches of Christ in the U.S.A. photos, 14p. Wr. 28cm. A short-lived periodical report (published 1965 to May 1966). 50.00

266. [Illinois] Concerned Community Coalition of Bloomington-Normal [and] Community for Social Action. On the Battlefield: Cairo, Illinois. Bloomington, Illinois: n.d. [1970]. photos, 36p. Wr. 25cm. Minor staining and page rippling. Good. A Civil Rights boycott and march. 35.00

267. [Confederate Imprint] Confederate States of America. Laws, statutes, etc. The Statutes at Large of the Confederate States of America, Passed at the Third Session of the First Congress; 1863. Carefully Collated With the Originals at Richmond. [Cover title]. Richmond: R. M. Smith, Printer to Congress, 1863. index, 209p. Wr. 24cm. Wr.chipped and slightly soiled at edges. Some light scattered foxing. Purple oval stamp on cover and title-page: Adjutant General's Office, Jul 14 1888, Division Confederate Archives. "LC Duplicate" stamp on wr. Edited by James M. Matthews. 375.00

268. Conference on All-Harlem Independent Political Action. Continuations Committee. A Call to a Convention to Establish the All-Harlem Peoples Party (Name to be decided on at the convention.), Renaissance Hall, 138th Street and Seventh Avenue, Saturday, June 20th and Sunday, June 21st, 1936. NY: 1936. 4p. Leaflet. 26cm. Minor cover soil. 2 horizontal creases with tiny edge tears. The committee chairman is listed as *Donelan J. Phillips, President Consolidated Tenants League and the vice-chairman as *Ashley Totten, Secretary-Treasurer, Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters. 200.00

269. Congress of Racial Equality. Northeast Regional Conference, April 23-24, 1966, Adelphia Hotel, Philadelphia, Pa. n.p.: [1966]. photos (portraits), 16p. Wr. 28cm. Consists mainly of a chairman's statement and several pages of advertisements--they seem to have neglected to include any program listings. 50.00

270. Conneau, Theophile. Captain Canot; or, Twenty Years of an African Slaver. Being an Account of His Career and Adventures on the Coast, in the Interior, on shipboard, and in the West Indies. NY: Appleton, 1854. 1st ed. frontis, vignette on second title, ills, xvii, 448p. plus 12p. publisher's adverts. Cloth. 20cm. Spine sloped. Small chips at ends of backstrip. Foxing (largely in margins and on illustrations). Good. Compiled by Brantz Mayer from Conneau's letters, journals, etc. 125.00

272. [Rare Cookery Item] The Cooks, Porters and Waiters, Purchasing Guide. [Cover title]. [Wilmington,Delaware??]: Published for the Afro-American Cooks, Porters and Waiters League, 1903. decorations, unpaged, [20p]. Cloth-backed boards (scuffed). 26cm. At head of cover: Special Edition 1903. This rare cookery item includes two pages of advertisements (12 Wilmington establishments, took small advertisements). The remaining contents are mostly recipes but including poems, postal rates, and a copy of the Emancipation Proclamation. The Hartmann & Fehrenbach Brewing Company has a full-page ad on the rear cover. S. B. Sexton & Son (which seems to have sold kitchen stoves) has a drawing of a stove and its name on the front cover. We know nothing about the Afro-American Cooks, Porters and Waiters League. 1500.00

273. Cooley, Rossa B., 1873-. Homes of the Freed. NY: New Republic, 1926. ills, xiv, 199p. Wr. 19cm. Wr.and first and last few leaves chipped along fore-edge and rather fragile. Some tears in margins. Fair-Good. Cooley was head of Penn School of Saint Helena Island (South Carolina). Anecdotal account of African American life and customs. 75.00

274. Cooper, Richard Watson, 1866-, and Hermann Cooper. Negro School Attendance in Delaware. Newark, Del.: University of Delaware Press, 1923. 1st ed. frontis, photos, diagrams, xxxii, 389p. Cloth. 27cm. Extremities rubbed. Spine sloped. Good. 50.00

275. *Cooper, William Arthur, 1895-. A Portrayal of Negro Life. Raleigh, N.C.: State Department of Public Instruction, Division of Cooperation in Education and Race Relations, 1936. 1st ed. ills, xi, 110p. Green cloth. 24cm. Name on corner-clipped endpaper. Contains twenty-seven portraits by Cooper, an African American artist from North Carolina, with explanatory material on facing pages. 250.00

276. *Cooper, William Arthur, 1895-1974. Thank God for a Song: A Novel of Negro Church Life in the Rural South. NY: Exposition Press, (c. 1962). 1st ed. 121p. Cloth. dj. 21cm. A few ink margin marks. Light foxing on top edge. Cooper is best known for his art and his 1936 book (listed above as item 275). Cooper was also an AME Zion minister. 90.00

277. [Broadside] Coordinating Committee for the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom. An Appeal to You from James Farmer, Congress of Racial Equality, Martin Luther King, Southern Christian Leadership Conference, John Lewis, Student Non-violent Coordinating Committee, A. Phillip Randolph, Negro American Labor Council, Roy Wilkins, National Association of Colored People, Whitney Young, National Urban League, to March on Washington, Wednesday, August 28, 1963. n.p.: [1963]. Broadside on blue paper. 28cm. Distributed in an unnamed city (probably Philadelphia) where CORE's address was 2229 North Broad Street and its telephone number was POplar 5-2229. Roundtrip bus to the march was $5.00 and train $7.00. 150.00

278. *Coppin, Levi Jenkins, 1848-1923. The Key to Scriptural Interpretation: or, Expository Notes on Obscure Passages. Philadelphia: A.M.E. Publishing House, 1895. 1st ed. vii, 209p. Recent quarterbinding. 20cm. Coppin was a Bishop of the AME Church. 300.00

279. *Coppin, Levi Jenkins,bp., 1848-1924. In Memoriam. Catherine S. Campbell-Beckett. n.p: 1888. 1st edition. frontis (portrait), illustration, 109p. Cloth. 19cm. Scuffed & shabby. Many short tears, soiling & foxing. Fair. An uncommon memorial volume. Introduction by Bishop B. T. Tanner. Campbell-Beckett, the daughter of an A.M.E. bishop, married an A.M.E. minister who served parishes in Maryland, Delaware and Pennsylvania. 300.00

280. Cornhill Company. Six Order forms and Promotional Flyers for Books by African-Americans published by Cornhill. Included: (1) detached order form for "Songs of My People" by Charles Bertram Johnson; (2) detached order form for "Twenty-five Years in the Black Belt" by William J. Edwards; (3) folded promotional flyer & order form for "The Message of the Trees" by Maud Cuney Hare (4p.); (4) promotional broadside for "The American Negro Soldier with the Red Hand of France" by Monroe Mason & Arthur Furr; (5) promotional broadside for "The Band of Gideon" by Joseph Seamon Cotter, Jr. (order form present but detached); and (6) promotional flyer titled "Buy Books by Race Authors" (brief blurbs for these six items & one other). Good-Very Good. 75.00

281. *Cortez, Jayne. Mouth On Paper. NY: Bola Press, (c. 1977). 1st ed. ills, 63p. Wr. 22cm. Very Good. INSCRIBED (in 1989). Poetry. 100.00

282. *Cortez, Jayne. Scarifications. NY: Bola Press, (c. 1978). 2nd edition. ills, 63p. Wr. 22cm. Very Good. INSCRIBED (in 1989). Poetry. 45.00

283. [African American Military History] *Coston, William Hilary. The Spanish-American War Volunteer: Ninth United States Volunteer Infantry Roster and Muster, Biographies - Cuban Sketches. Middletown, Pennsylvania: 1899. 2nd ed. Revised and enlarged. frontis, photos, maps, index, 224p. Cloth (soil, substantial waterspotting, extremities worn). 25cm. A couple of pages with some brownstreaking and a couple of page corners chipped. Good. Coston served as Chaplain of the Ninth Regiment. 300.00

284. *Cotter, Joseph Seamon, 1861-. Caleb, the Degenerate: A Play in Four Acts: A Study of the Types, Customs, and Needs of the American Negro. NY: Henry Harrison, (c. 1940). 1st Harrison ed. 67p. Cloth. 21cm. Endpapers browned near cracked hinge paper. Moderate cover wear & spotting. Good. INSCRIBED. First published in 1903. 250.00

285. *Cotter, Joseph Seamon, 1861-1949. Collected Poems. NY: Henry Harrison, (c. 1938). 1st ed. frontis (portrait), 78p. Cloth. dj (rather worn -- chipping, fading, waterspotting). 21cm. INSCRIBED (on the front pastedown in a shaky hand by Cotter) 300.00

286. *Cotton, Donald J. Sore Foots. Washington: Libratterian Books, 1972. 260p. Cloth. dj. 22cm. Minor foxing on jacket, cloth, and edges. Laid in is the Publisher's form letter to a potential reviewer, a photograph and other publicity material. A novel. 85.00

287. [Stereoscopic Card] [Cotton States Exposition, Atlanta, Georgia] Interior of Negro Building, Exposition, Atlanta. Littleton, N.H.: B. W. Kilburn, c. 1896. Approx. 9cm. x 18cm. Card browned. Some wear at rounded corners. Photos clear with good detail. Preceding the title: 10684. This section of the exhibit appears to show domestic objects. The photo includes two uniformed African American men (probably exhibition guards) and a small boy sitting on a bed frame in the exhibit. 100.00

288. [Program] Court Square Theatre, Inc., Springfield, Mass. Lew Leslie's "Blackbirds". [Caption title]. 16p. Darkened wr. 24cm. Crease. Light stains at bottom of leaves and around staples. Program for Entire Week October 29,1928. The cast featured Gertrude Saunders, Harriet Calloway, and Cecil Mack's Blackbird Choir. 50.00

289. [Campaign Literature] *Craigen, Joseph A. An Odious Comparison: of 80 Years of Republicanism, with 30 Years of Fitzgerald's Republicanism, and 3 1/2 Years Democratic with 1 1/2 Years of Murphy's Democracy.[Cover title]. n.p. [Michigan]: Democratic Campaign Committee, Negro Division, n.d. [ca. 1939?]. 4p. Leaflet. 23cm. Governor Frank Murphy's re-election campaign points out (with numbers) that the Democrats in a much shorter time have given many more state jobs to Negroes than the Republicans have. A report of the 1924 convention of the Universal Negro Improvement Association identifies Craigen as a delegate from Michigan. Craigen was later an unsuccessful primary candidate for the Democratic nomination in the 13th congressional district in the 1938 election. 50.00

290. [NAACP] The Crisis: A Record of the Darker Races, Vol. 8, No. 6 (October, 1914). [264]-310. Wr. 25cm. Moderate cover soiling and wear (tear on back cover). Good. "The Children's Number" with numerous photos of African American children. 125.00

291. *Crite, Allan Rohan, 1910-. All Glory: Brush Drawing Meditations on the Prayer of Consecration. Cambridge: Society of Saint John the Evangelist, 1947. 1st ed. ills, (24)p. Blue cloth. 24cm. Backstrip area scuffed. Extremities rubbed. Former owner's name. Good. SIGNED (dated July 4, 1951). Crite has filled most of the front endpaper in this copy with a sketch of an angelic figure in blue ink (above his signature). 250.00

292. *Crite, Allan Rohan, 1910-. Is it Nothing to You? Boston: Department of Social Service, Episcopal Diocese of Massachusetts, (c. 1948). 6 ills (plus one on wr.), (16)p. Sl. worn wr. 23cm. SIGNED (beneath his printed name at the bottom of the Introduction) and dated 29 June 1952. The "Passion of Christ," illustrated in "modern" times. 200.00

293. *Crite, Allan Rohan, 1910-. Three Spirituals From Earth To Heaven. Illustrated by Allan Rohan Crite. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1948. 1st ed. (83)p. Cloth. Worn dj (a large chip on front panel and several small chips along the edges). 28cm. SIGNED by Crite on the front free endpaper in 1953 above which he has drawn the head of a woman/girl within a circle which is surrounded by angel wings and garment. 300.00

294. Crosswaith, Frank Rudolph, 1892-1965. The Negro and Socialism. Chicago: Socialist Party of America, n.d. [1930s?]. 6p. leaflet (one sheet folded in thirds). 23cm. Reference is made to the unwillingness of both Republican and Democrats in Congress to enact the Dyer Anti-lynching Bill. 35.00

295. [Cruikshank, George, 1792-1878, illustrator] Slavery in the West Indies. [Caption title]. London: Re-published from Westminster Review, No. XXII, on 1st Jan. 1830; by Robert Heward, 1830. 8p. Disbound. 22cm. Stain at right edge. Old repair of edge tear on first leaf. Soil. Good. Modern cloth portfolio (bookplate removed inside front flap). Cruikshank illustration of a master whipping a slave on top half of the first page. 125.00

296. *Crummell, Alexander, 1819-1898. A Defence of the Negro Race in America from the Assaults and Charges of Rev. J. L. Tucker, D.D., Of Jackson, Miss., In His Paper before the "Church Congress" of 1882 on "The Relations of the Church to the Colored Race." Prepared and Published at Request of the Colored Clergy of the Prot. Epis. Church. Washington: Printed by Judd & Detweiler, 1883, 2nd ed. 36p. No separate wr.present. 21cm. Loosely stitched. Former owner's stamp heavily embossed on first leaf. Moderate chipping around edges of title-page. Good. 400.00

297. *Cullen, Countee, 1903-1946. The Ballad of the Brown Girl; An Old Ballad Retold. NY: Harper & Brothers, n.d. [1927]. Copy No. 276 of the Special Edition of 500 numbered & SIGNED copies issued by Opportunity: Journal of Negro Life. ills (by Charles Cullen), 11p. Cloth-backed boards. Original spider-web patterned glassine dj. Slipcase. 25cm. Slipcase scuffed and somewhat worn. Jacket chipped and a bit tattered. Book is Fine. Largely unopened. A poem. 500.00

298. *Cullen, Countee, 1903-1946. Color. NY: (c. 1925). 1st ed. xvii, 108p. Cloth-backed decorated boards. 19cm. An attractive copy of his first book (poetry). 40.00

299. *Cullen, Countee, 1903-1946. Copper Sun. NY: 1927. 1st trade edition. ills (by Charles Cullen), xi, 89p. Cloth-backed marbled boards. Mounted title-labels. 19cm. Extremities slightly rubbed. Poetry. An attractive copy of his second book. 35.00