Montgomery, Alabama: 1914. Four-page weekly newspaper. 41 x 28 cm. Later horizontal fold. Small split at one end of fold. Blank lower left corner torn off. Foxing in right margin of first page. Name in pencil at top of first page ("Prof. Sibley Supt of Col. Rural Schools"). Published 1907-1916..... More
New York: Ted Snyder, n.d. (ca. 1909?). Promotional card. Illustrated double-sided card, 11 x 12 cm. Minor scuffing and wear. The Alabama Comedy Four was apparently an African American quartet which performed musical comedy on the vaudeville circuit under the leadership of a bass singer named Black Prince. We don't..... More
New York: Vantage Press, (c. 1975). 1st ed. Hardcover. 39p. dj. 21cm. INSCRIBED by Allman. According to the jacket, Allman was born in Birmingham, Alabama, and was a Professor in the College of Education at Alabama State University. More
University, Alabama: Bureau of Public Administration, University of Alabama, 1941. 1st ed. Paperback. vii, [1], 111p.plus [2]- page index. Softcover in original wrapper. 21 cm. Name on somewhat worn wrapper. Modest wrinkling in upper right corner on first half on item. 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
1948. Paperback. 5 personal-sized envelopes, 16.5 x 9.5cm., each bearing one or more of the 3-cent U.S. commemorative stamps issued on the fifth anniversary of Carver's death, cancelled with the phrase "First Day of Issue" and postmarked "Tuskegee Institute, Ala., Jan 5, 9-AM, 1948". Three have one stamp; one has..... More
New York: Exposition Press, (c. 1954). 1st ed. Hardcover. 288p. dj. 21 cm. Jacket has some chipping at ends of backstrip and a little at ends of folds. Book has minor rubbing along edges. Cotton, an African American, graduated from Knoxville College and taught in Southern elementary schools in Alabama..... More
New York: Knickerbocker Press, 1914. 1st ed. Hardcover. frontis, photos, 148p. Original blue cloth. 21 cm. Top edge gilt. Some cover spotting and wear, mostly on and round backstrip which is otherwise sound. Spine lettering darkened. No jacket. Roche came from a prominent white femily in Mobile, Alabama. The first..... More
Brief one-page letter agreeing to serve on the Audubon Artists committee on admissions. Handwritten in brown ink on one side of plain sheet. 28 cm. 2 vertical and 1 horizontal folds, probably for mailing in a small envelope. Text of letter:. "Dear Ms. Wengenroth - Thank you for your letter..... More
Richmond, Virginia: Printed by Whittet & Shepperson, 1893. 1st ed. Hardcover. photos, map, musical scores, 242. Original gray cloth. Outline map on center of front cover. 23cm. A printed leaf dedicating this book to Lapsley's mother has been heavily glued in (along one side) of the blank recto of the..... More
1941. Paperback. 19, [1]p. Wrapper. Stapled. 28cm. World War II Aviation item. More
Louisville: (1906). 1st ed. Hardcover. frontis, 210p. Original red cloth. 20 cm. Cover heavily soiled with some discoloration. Good-sized piece which includes bottom half of last line of text torn from bottom of one text leaf and re-attached with archival quality tranparent adhesive paper tape. No Jacket. A scarce book..... More
New York: Vantage Press, (c. 1972). 1st ed. Hardcover. 128p. dj. Original blue hardcover. dj. 21 cm. Jacket has some minor soiling. Short novel published fifty-four years ago about about a young African American couple whose first child has sickle cell anemia. Photograph and brief biographical sketch on back panel..... More
Montgomery, Alabama. [Newspaper] 4p. Published in Montgomery, Alabama. Newsprint browned. Vertical and horizontal folds. Minor chipping on edge of horizontal fold. Subscriber's name ("Charles V. Hamilton" imprinted above title of newspaper on first page. We don't know how long this weekly newspaper for African Americans was published. More
New York: Columbia University Press, 1940. 1st ed. Hardcover. index, x, 177p. 23cm. No Jacket. INSCRIBED by Otte ("To my good friend ..."). More
(1910). 15 x 9 cm . Picture postcard appearing to show a large of African Americans at a river baptism. The river is probably the Tombigbee River which flows through or near Demopolis. The sender of this postcard has written a hard (for us) to decipher message around the edges..... More
Harper & Brothers: (c. 1882 and 1910). Hardcover. frontis, illustrations, viii, [5], 14-217p. Original pictorial green cloth. 18cm. Cover soiling. A couple of signatures pulled. Foremer owner's name and a gift insc ription. No jacket. A nostalgic Southern white Alabama author's celebration of happy Black and white plantation life with..... More
Montgomery, Alabama: National Publishing Company, 1919. 1st and only edition. Hardcover. Full page frontis portrait of Booker T. Washington, photos, index, 617, (3)p. Original black cloth. 31 cm. Minor spotting on back cover. One text leaf has a chip in right margin. No jacket (did it have one?). An appealing..... More
Nashville: R. H. Howell & Co, 1884. Hardcover. 352p. Original blue cloth. 22 cm. Cover unevenly faded. Extremities worn. Ends of backstrip chipped. Rear endpaper split along hinge. Public library bookplate ("Helen Keller Library"). Gift inscription on title-page from Mr. Cullman -- probably John G. Cullman who is named as..... More
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n.p. [ca. 1910 or earlier?]. 18 x 9 cm. Card almost entirely flat unlike most stereo cards. Light scuffing and wear. No caption front or back and no identification of publisher or date. BTW and three other African Americans eight white men are seated in two rowsseated at left end..... More
1906. Paperback. One page. Letterhead of Internal Revenue Service, District of Alabama, Collector's Office. Signed "Jos. O. Thompson." Thompson and Scott were powerful in the Republican Party in Alabama. According to the Booker T. Washington Papers, BTW was responsible for securing appointment of Thompson, who had apparently been Postmaster in..... More
Tuskegee: Tuskegee Insitute Alabama, (1962). Paperback. photos, (18)p. Softcover in original wrapper. 31 cm. Light soil and wear on cover. Printed sheet laid in listing Boosters and Patrons. More
Tuskegee: Tuskegee Institute, (1964). Paperback. photos, 12p. Original stapled wrapper. 28 cm. Modest cover soil and wear. Front cover wrinkling. Printed photographic image on front cover of eight people who were among the eleven African Americans who were allowed for the first time in the 20th century to be poll..... More
Tuskegee Institute, Ala: Tuskegee Institute, 1940. Paperback. photos, 33p. Softcover in original wrapper. 29cm. Modest cover scuffing and soiling. Some dog-earing. Published monthly, 1936-1954, and "dedicated to the men and women engaged in various fields of service." This issue Includes a 3-page article ("Work Habits for a Maid in a...... More
Approximately 16 x 7 cm. Chwck canceled by perforation and removal of a recatnguler piece.Perforated stamp Faded ink endorsement on back by Mrs. Booker T Washington below which Is again stamped ACWC followed by a "For Deposit Only" stamp and the signature of Warren Logan. AFCWC stands for Alabama Federation..... More
