Belmont: American Opinion, (1959). 4th printing. Paperback. (12)p. Softcover in original wrapper. 23cm. Robert W. Welch's view, not surprisingly, was that Communists were behind the Brown V. Board of Education decision and the modern psychology cited in the decision. More
New York: Negro World Digest, 1940. Sma;ll broadside flyer 14 x 19 cm. Later horizontal crease. Top half browned -- probably the portion exposed to light. Promotional item. Negro World Digest used the image of a globe instead of the word for World in the magazine's title. Only six monthly..... More
New York: The Library of America, (c. 2003). 1st printing. Hardcover. 2 vols. index, xvi, 996, (5), xv, 986, (6)p. Neatly rebound iin full leather by Asprey. 20 cm. All edges gilt. An attractive set. More
Paperback. Illustration mounted on card. 11 x 16.5cm.; image-size 10 x 14cm. Illustration by "Kash." Small commercial label on back (E. Borhek & Son, Opticians, No. 628 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia). Illustration shows an African American child, in ragged clothing, standing in long grass in front of the stone wall of..... More
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n.p. n.d. [ca. 1880?]. Paperback. 19p. Wrapper (singed around edges, with some chipping). 26cm. Old stain in top and bottom margins. Signed in type at end: A Sufferer. This anonymously issued pamphlet attacks the split decision of the South Carolina Supreme Court in a tax-related case (Douglass & Jackson vs..... More
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[Thompsonville]: 1945. Paperback. [52] unnumbered pages, including many advertisement. Wrapper. 26cm. Staple mark on front cover. Staining along fore-edge throughout text. The one and one-half page Class Valedictory delivered by Robert Jackson, a white eight-grader, was titled "The Negro in Medicine." More
Boston: Isaac Knapp, 1838. Paperback. 46p. Original green wrapper. 23cm. Minor foxing. Light vertical crease. INSCRIBED by Allen (as "Geo. Allen") on title-page. Cover title: Mr. Allen's Speech Before the Convention of Ministers of Worcester County, Mass. More
Hampton-Pheobus, Virginia: n.d. [1934?]. 9-page softcover pamphlet in original wrapper. 17 cm. The Summer Literary Society appears to have been an African American literary club. Twenty-nine members listed, of whom nineteen were women. William Cooper listed as President. Most or all of the members (or their spouses) appear to have..... More
New York: A.F.T.U./Bill Hodges Gallery, (1995). Paperback. illustrations (a few color), (32)p. Softcover in original wrapper. 26 cm. SIGNED by Andrews (thick black signature on title-page). More
Stlanta: Atlanta University Alumni Association, (1929). Paperback. 16p. Softcover in original wrapper. 23 cm. Modest vertical crease. Slightly darkened around edges. Published quarterly. More
New Haven: A. H. Maltby, 1833. Second Separate edition [so stated]. Paperback. 24p. Pamphlet. 23 cm. Disbound (removed from a bound volume). Foxing (fairly heavy on title-leaf, light elsewhere). Six digit number stamped at top of first text leaf. No separate wrapper present. Bacon was one of the leading lights..... More
![Historical Echo of M. & E. State Convention of Illinois. [cover title]. Baptist Missionary...](/pictures/thumb/81634.jpg?v=1654706223)
n.p. n.d. [Preface dated 1954]. Hardcover. 100 + photos (black & shite), 82p. Original blue cloth. 28cm. Gouged area on backstrip. Slightly swaybacked. Contents sound. No Jacket. Martha P. Anderson is listed as General Chairman --0presumably of the committee which produced this loosely organized history of this Illinois convention of..... More
New York: Pantheon Books, (c. 1993). 1st ed. Hardcover. photos, index, xvii, 541p. dj. 31 cm. More
San Francisco: Pomegranate Artbooks, (c. 1994). 1st ed. Paperback. frontis, illustrations (many color), index, 142p. Softcover in original wrapper. 31 cm. Lower corner creased on back cover. More
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1938. Broadside flyer. Approximately 14 x 28cm. Creased. Some wear. Church located at the corner of Bronson & 18th Streets. City and state not given but this came to us with a few other Florida items of African American interest. More
Richmond: Everett Waddey, 1889. 1st ed. Paperback. ix, 147p. Original rather fragile wrapper. 20cm. Ends of backstrip (and adjacent areas) chipped. A few archival tape repairs. Blair argued that the South would never become truly prosperous as long as African Americans were degraded and made lazy and uncooperative by segregation..... More
[Boston]: B. J. Brimmer, n.d. [1927 or1928]. Paperback. Small, undated broadside (9 x 12cm.). Light corner stain. Brimmer issued a Prospectus seeking orders for a book of poems by Braithwaite which to be issued in a Limited Autograph Edition at $5.00 per copy. This order form may have been laid..... More
Washington: (c. 1930). 1st Edition. Hardcover. photos, 121p. Navy blue cloth. 23cm. Two holes in rear joint (insect-damage?). Covers somewhat bowed. Slight cover spotting and wear. Browne, an African American, was employed at the Embassy for over 40 years. More
[Memphis: 1889]. Hardcover. 192p. Later brown library binding with call number and an abbreviated title inked in white on the backstrip. 22cm. Lacks title leaf and original wrapper. Typed title-page added. Ex lib. (card pocket, perforated stamp on added title-page, date and number stamped on first text page). Contents sound..... More
New York: Joseph H. Ladd, 1857. Hardcover. viii, 272p. Original cloth. 19cm. Chipping at ends of backstrip. Contents moderately browned. INSCRIBED -- but not signed -- in an unknown hand (presumably Cheever's) The inscription reads: "Rev. Wm. Roberts with the kindest paternal regards of the Author May 14, 1857 New..... More
n.p. The Committee, (1950). Paperback. 4 items: (1) Slip announcing an emergency meeting for the reinstatement of Dr Lorch. (2) Mimeographed letter from Rotan Lee briefly explaining the case and urging attendance at the meeting. (1)p. 36cm. 4 horizontal creases. (3) List of the Committee members. (1)p. 28cm. 2 horizonal..... More
New York: Henry Harrison, (c. 1938). 1st ed. Hardcover. frontis (portrait), 78p. Green cloth. dj. 21cm. Jacket moderately worn with some chipping, fading and waterspotting. 21cm. INSCRIBED to J. Max Bond by Cotter (in a shaky hand on the front pastedown). Signed copies of his books are uncommon. More
Chicago: Black Cat Press, 1937. 1st ed. Hardcover. 69p. Original cloth. 24cm. Backstrip and adjacent areas faded on cover. No Jacket. Poetry. Davis, an African American author, wrote three books of strong poetry in the 1930s and 1940s while he was a working journalist in Chicago. He moved to Honolulu..... More
Paris: (c. 1964). Paperback. 192p. Softcover in original wrapper. 16 cm. Cover soil. Backstrip chipped at bottom and partially reglued. Front cover beginning to split from backstrip at bottom. INSCRIBED in green ink by Hughes to Amy Spingarn ("Ma vie et mes poemes pour Amy Spingarn, Sincerely, Langston, New York..... More
(Washington, D.C. n.p., (c. 1952). Pietro Lazzari. Paperback. illustrations, (28) unnumbered pages. Softcover in original black wrapper wrapper. 21 cm. More
