The Alvin Ailey City Center Dance Theater
Oklahoma City: Black Liberated Arts Center, Inc., n.d. [later 1970s]. Paperback. (8)p. Original wrapper (unevenly faded). 28cm. More
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City Directory Paris Millersburg Bourbon County Kentucky 1935-1936. [cover title]
[Bourbon County, Kentucky]: n.d. [1936]. Paperback. 104p. Softcover in original wrapper. 24cm. Cover still present but chipped and rather worn. Contents sound and clean. The lists of residents in Paris and in Millersburg are divided into two lists by race (white and "colored"). The "Colored" List for Paris is found..... More
Going to Glory, Come to Jesus
n.p. (1947). Paperback. photos, illustrations, etc. on a large single sheet which has been folded to form a 16-page item. 27 x 36cm. as folded. Some splitting along folds. Minor soiling at edges. Printed in black and red. The movie ("Going to Glory, Come to Jesus") was based on a...... More
Hartford Peoples Press, No. 3 ( Friday, Oct. 23, 1970)
photos and political cartoons, 16p. Tabloid/underground newspaper format. 30 x 44 cm. Uniform browning. Later off-center horizontal fold. Ballpoint (blue ink) scribble on front page. Some wrinkling and other wear. No publication information. Leftist publication which we have not seen before. We don't know how many issues were published. Pro..... More
In Memoriam: Rev. Jeremiah Eames Rankin, D.D., LL.D.
Providence: Snow & Farnbam Printers, 1905. 1st ed. Hardcover. frontis, 28p. 22cm. No jacket. Rankin, a white Congregational minister, served as President of Howard University, 1899-1903. More
The Masonic Review, Vol. XXXIX, No. 6 (August 1871)
Cincinnati: 1871. Paperback. 60p. [325-384]. Disbound. No separate wrapper present. 24cm. Foxing. Includes an article titled, "Colored Masons, And Bro. L. V. Bierce, P. G. M." by "Cosmopolite" (pp. 325-329). More
Monthly Offering: To the Contributors and Collectors of the Weekly Contribution Plan. Vol. II, Nos. VII & VIII (July, August, 1842).
Boston: Published at 25 Cornhill [by John A. Collins], 1842. Paperback. pp. 98 - 128p. Original yellow wrapper. 19cm. Modest cover wear. Pages slightly browned. Short-lived abolitionist periodical. Collins, the editor/publisher, had served as general agent of the Massachusetts Anti-Slavery Society and had been involved in persuading Frederick Douglass to..... More
The Negro Taxpayer and Free Books (From the Lynchburg News). [caption title]
n.p. n.d. Broadside. 21cm. Two vertical folds (possibly for insertion in an envelope). White newspaper editorial, issued here as a small broadside, expressing outrage at the possibility that African African public school students in Virginia might end up using free books since 96% of the $100,000 cost might, by the..... More
Slave for Sale: Persuant to an Interlocutory Decree of the Circuit Court of Henry County [Tennessee] Made in the Cause in Said Court of Thomas P. Jernigan & wife et al Ex parte, I will offer for Sale at the Court House door in the Town of Paris on Monday the 6th day of July 1846 to the highest bidder for ready money one negro boy Slave named Ralph about 14 years of age June the 12th 1846 B. L. Brown Commr.
1846. Autograph broadside notice. 8.5 x 19cm. 7 vertical creases where at some time folded quite small. Tiny tears in the four corners (where tacked). Minor foxing. Some notes on the back in pencil and ink in what appears to be the same handwriting. One states: "Ralph sold to Tho..... More
Songs and Spirituals of Negro Composition. Also Patriotic Songs, Songs of Colleges and College Fraternities and Sororities
Chicago: Progressive Book Co., (c. 1928). Paperback. illustrations, 64p. Softcover in original wrapper. 22cm. Minor spotting on covers. Lightl water stain in bottom margin of first few pages. More
Resistance to Slavery every Man's Duty. Report on American Slavery, Read to the Worchester Central Association, March 2, 1847.
Boston: Wm. Crosby & H.P. Nichols, 1847. Paperback. 40p. Softcover in original wrapper. 24cm. Some cover soil. Short tear at top of front cover. More
Mr. Allen's Speech on Ministers Leaving a Moral Kingdom to Bear Testimony Against Sin; Liberty in Danger, from the Publication of Its Principles; the Constitution a Shield for Slavery; and the Union Better than Freedom and Righteousness
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
Slave Songs of the United States
New York: A. Simpson & Co., 1867. 1st ed. Hardcover. xliv, 115p. Original green cloth. 23cm. Relatively light fraying and wear, mostly at corners and at ends of backstrip. Some age-toning. INSCRIBED ("C. F. McKim, W. P. G. Nov. 18/67"). "W.P.G." must be William Phillips Garrison who was involved in..... More
Sale on Sept. 6, 1805 of a slave named Dick to Thomas Warfield by Alex. Warfield who had previously manumitted Dick with the manumission not to take effect until on March 5, 1811.
Holograph in a clear hand. Single partial sheet (approximately 20 x 17 cm.). Numerous sums, mostly in ink on reverse which appear to be unrelated to Dick's sale. Later folds (one vertical and two horizontal). Some uneven browning or spotting. No location given. Relation between buyer and seller not specified..... More
The Testimony of a Refugee from East Tennessee
Philadelphia: Printed for Gratuitous Distribution, 1863. 1st ed. Paperback. 24o. Softcover pamphlet in original wrapper. 24cm. Former owner's name on front cover which is a bit ragged along right edge. Ex lib. ("Brookline Public Library" stamps or embossed (or both) on cover, title-page and one other leaf). Contents sound. A...... More
The High Places; a Novel
New York: Exposition Press, 1957. 1st ed. Hardcover. 114p. dj. 21cm. Jacket has some spotting and soil, mainly on the rear panel. Written by an African American author who was born in Louisiana and moved to New York when a young man. A novel about an unscrupulous man from New..... More
My Point of View
n.p. (c. 1971). Limited Edition. Paperback. illustrations, 91p. Softcover in original blue velvet covered wrappers. 21cm. Modest wear. Printed on 1 side only. INSCRIBED by Casey on blank lpage after title-leaf ("To: Suzanne sweet sweet lady peace & love - Best wishes, Bernie Casey - 101/250"). Poetry. Illustrated with a...... More
African American Writiers and Classical Tradition
Chicago: University of Chicago Press, (c. 2010). 1st ed. Hardcover. index, 454p. Original yellow cloth. 23cm. dj. INSCRIBED by both authors on front free endpaper. More
The Collected Poetry of Joseph Mason Andrew Cox
Francestown, N.H. Golden Quill Press, (c. 1970). Hardcover. 120p. Boards. dj. 20cm. INSCRIBED inside front cover by Cox. More
A Handbook of Stories: Young People's Department of the Woman's Convention Auxiliary to National Baptist Convertion, U.S. A. Inc.
Nashville: Sunday School Publishing Board, (1951). Revised 1951 by Edna B. Bronson. Paperback. 112p. Softcover in original wrapper. 19 cm. Cover slightly soiled. Small rubber stamp with a former owner's name and address on front cover and last page of text. OCLC locates some other items by either Craig or..... More
Black Theatre. The African/Caribbean/American Experience Featuring Darryl Croxton International Dramatist Friday, October 19, 1979 8:00 P.M. The Gerald Penny Memorial Black Culbural Center Amherst College Admission Free One Nite Only! Come Early for Seats!
32 x 49 cm. Broadside poster. INSCRIBED on back ("For Owen and Edith Dodson in Peace in Love in Divinity in Greatness in 1980 Ever yours Darryl Croxton 8-25-79"). More
The Black Soldier or the Colored Boys of the United States Army
Washington: The Murray Brothers, 1918. 2nd edition. Hardcover. portrait, photos, 60p. Original red cloth. 24cm. Modest cover scuffing, Unobtrusive discoloration along top of rear cover. Former owner's name on front pastedown. A couple of stray ink markings. No jacket. This book was first published in 1915 and is focused on..... More
Azalia: The Life of Madame E. Azalia Hackley
Boston: Chapman & Grimes, (c. 1947). 1st ed. Hardcover. frontis (portrait), photos (portraits), 196p. Blue cloth. dj. 20cm. Jacket has some soiling and a couple of modest chips. Light cover spotting. Emma Azalia Smith Hackley (1867-1922) was an African American choral director who emphasized the importance of spirituals and folk-songs..... More
Joe Davis Folio of 50 Favorite Negro Spirituals: Modern Piano Arrangements with Ukulele and Guitar Chords
New York: Joe David INc. Music Publishers, 1932. Paperback. 50p. Softcover in original wrapper. 26 cm. Pages lightly browned. Edges and backstrip have modest scuffing and wear. Arrangements by Ben Garrison. More
Second Annual Report, 1945
1945. Paperback. Detroit: The Committee, 1945. 40p. Wrapper (uneven fading). 28cm. More