1866-1944 Souvenir Program Celebrating Mortgage Burning.... [cover title]
[Washington: 1944]. Paperback. photos, [24]p. Original blue wrapper. 28cm. A couple of partially erased pencil notes. Some soiling and wear. More
[Washington: 1944]. Paperback. photos, [24]p. Original blue wrapper. 28cm. A couple of partially erased pencil notes. Some soiling and wear. More
King Features Syndicate, Inc. copyright label added along bottom of illusstration portion of cartoon, c. 1963. Original signed pen and ink drawing on white paper. Approximately 30 x 31 cm. (including margins). Pinholes in corners where this was probably tacked up. Whiteout here and there to remove some shading and..... More
London: William John Johnson, 1861. 1st English ed. Hardcover. double-page map (tipped in along inner edge of page 12), 116p. Original printed boards, rather crudely rebacked with a strip of black leather. 17cm. Cover partially detached at title-page and also rather scuffed. Rear endpaper splitting along hinge. Large piece gone..... More
Tuskegee Institute: Tuskegee Institute Press, (c. 1936). 1st ed. Hardcover. frontis (photo of the author), photos, xiv, 170p. Original red cloth. dj. 23 cm. Jacket somewhat soiled with some small chips on backstrip and a couple of much larger chips on back panel. Short tear in top margin on one..... More
Philadelphia: Dorrance, (c. 1973). 1st ed. Hardcover. 91p. dj. 21cm. Small gift label on endpaper. Poetry. African American author who was born in Woburn, Massachusetts. More
[San Francisco?]: 1946. Paperback. Folded softcover item in original plain envelope (15 x 9cm.). Printed -- red ink on white paper. A club for African American women in and around San Francisco which appears to have been founded in 1929. More
Chicago: Lindsey Publishing, (c. 1995). Cortrell J. Harris. 1st ed. Hardcover. color illustrations (by *Cortrell J. Harris), 30p. No jacket (as published). 28cm. Still in the publisher's shrinkwrap. The book is accompanied by a cassette tape on which the story is read by Isiah Robinson, Jeff Morrow and Michelle McKinney..... More
Typed one-page letters, dated between 1937 and 1942. All were signed for Carver by his secretary (initialed H or A). Generally creased from having been folded to fit into envelopes, and slightly browned in places. All of the original envelopes, in somewhat browned condition, are included. Nos. 1 and 3..... More
Chester, Pennsylvania: 1957. Paperback. photos (portraits), 12-page program. Softcover in original wrapper. 26 cm. According to the program, this African American social club for men had 113 members. More
n.p. n.d. [2016. Hardcover. color photos, 39, [1]p. Black hardcover binding. 28 cm. No jacket (presumably as published). Program for the 50th anniversary convention and tournament of this organization of African American bowlers (ten pin). "Central States Bowling Guild was created out of the desire of African American Bowlers to..... More
Arlington, Va. (1983). Paperback. photos (color photo of the predominantly female choir mounted on the first blank leaf), (87)p. Plastic-strip binding. 28cm. An African American church. More
New York: Ramdom House, (c. 1974). 1st ed. Hardcover. 112p. Original cloth backed boards. dj. 21 cm. Former owner' name ("Yvette E. LeRoy" who was then operatin Liberty House, a bookstore in Harlem). Some browning on rear endpaper from an old New York Times clipping about Chase-Ribaud's jewelry being exhibited..... More
New York: Viking Press, (c. 1979). 3rd printing. Hardcover. 348p. Originial cloth-backed boards. dj. 23 cm. Numerous hevvy pencil underlining. Ends of backstrip and edges of cover slightly discolored and rubbed. Top edge of pages spotted. Jacket soiled and missing a good-sized piece at bottom backstrip panel (some staining around..... More
New York: Doubleday, Page, 1905. 1st ed., 2nd state of binding. Hardcover. ix, 294p. Original red cloth, lettered in gilt. 20 cm. Ends of backstrip slightly indented. Just a hint of cover rubbing. Former owner's Name ("Mable E. Raimey" in pencil on front free endpaper. No jacket. Laid in is..... More
London: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co., (1899). 1st English ed. Hardcover. frontis portrait, 141p. Original blue cloth. 14 cm. Ex lib. (Victoria South Library and later Bridgewater College Library in Virginia), Markings include call number on backstrip, library stampings (on front pastedown, half-title and margin of at least one..... More
Boston: Houghton, Mifflin, 1901. 1st ed. Hardcover. vi, 329p. Original light orange/yellow cloth. No jacket. 20 cm. Cover somewhat soiled. Spine lightly sloped. Backstrip now at least a few shades lighter than rest of binding. Former owner's name neatly written on front free endpaper. No jacket. Chesnutt produced six books..... More
Washington, D.C. National Headquarters, 1983. Paperback. 94p. Softcover in original yellow wrapper. 14 cm. Cover has moderate cover soil and spotting. Minor scribble on last blank page. A few names or telephone numbers added or corrected by an unidentified former owner.. An African American professional organization founded in 1932 for..... More
Washington, D.C. Chi Eta Phil Sorority, INc., 1973. Third edition. Paperback. index, 72p. Softcover in original wrapper. 22cm. Penciled and inked notes on title page and throughout text which appear to be aimed at revising this for a Fourth edition in 1977. Cover foxing, mostly on back cover. Printed address..... More
New Orleans: Xavier University, 1941. 1st ed. Hardcover. illustration, (probably their recently constructed Administration Building), x, 85p. Original black boards backed in golden yellow cloth. 21 cm. Soiling on backstrip. No jacket. Poetry by current and former students at this historically Black, Catholic iuniversity. Clark, the editor of this volume..... More
New York: Avon Books, (c. 1997). 1st ed. Hardcover. 244p. Original boards. dj. 21 cm. Green marker mark on bottom edges of pages. SIGNED on title-page by Cleage. Her first novel. More
Two sentence letter from Clement dated July 15, 1947 and written on the letterhead of North Carolina Mutual Life Insurance Company of Durham, N. C. where Clement, an African American, was employed. Also included are two unsigned and undated typed drafts of what appear a possible reply by Stoney to..... More
[Philadelphia?]: n.d. [1964?]. Paperback. Spreadable three-section fan with a mountain scene on the front. "For Bishop Rev. James A. Clement" followed by some statements of endorsement from four Philadelphia area residents. More
Columbia: University of South Carolina Press, (c. 2014). 1st ed. Hardcover. frontis, photos, index, xix, 355p. Original boards. dj. 25 cm. INSCRIBED on title-page by Clyburn ("To Yvette E. Leroy -- Be blessed! Jim Clyburn"). Yvette Le Roy, the inscribee, was a New York librarian librarian who had owned Liberty..... More
n.p. n.d. [1947]. Paperback. 48p. Carbon copy in thin gray cardboard binder (stapled numerous times along left edge). 29 cm. Lacks back cover and last leaf is detached but present. Cobb's report on the Health Needs and Health Status appears to have been included in "A Study of the Economic..... More
[Washingon, DC (generally): 1951-1958. Paperback. 8 separately, and often partially, paginated and dated softcover report which appear to have been typed and photocopied for distribution to Board members (and perhaps others): (1) Interim Report for Interim Meeting Feb. 25, 1951 [4 pages]; (2) Interim Report for Annual Interim Meeting Feb..... More