n.p. 1964 (4/30/64). 6-page photocopied memo. Printed on one side. Stapled in upper left corner. Authorship unclear. Outlined situation in Chester, Pennsylvania, where efforts at integration and fair treatment for African Americans was being resisted by the white population. More

Ardmore, Pa. Fair Housing Council of Delaware Valley, n.d. [probably early to mid-1960s]. Single sheet folded to form a narrow 8-page brochure. 22cm. The main focus appears to have been discrimination against African Americans. More

Philadelphia: King & Baird, Printers, 1864. 2nd ed. Paperback. 43p. Disbound (removed from a bound volume). No separate wrapper present. More

[Philadelphia]: Parallelodrome, Ltd. in association with The Historical Society of Pennsylvania, (c. 1977). Paperback. illustrations, 28 unnumbered pages (including wrapper). Softcover. Oblong (28 x 22 cm. ). Francis Johnson was the first African American to have any of his compositions issued as sheet music. He was also a talented performer..... More

Philadelphia: Philadelphia Independent Publishing Company, 1955. 24p. Newsprint (center and outer leaves pink). Splitting along horizontal fold (cellophane tape repair on first leaf). Moderate browning. Headline: Pastor's Wife Kills Self; Family Bitter" in this newspaper which billed itself as "The World's Greatest Negro Tabloid." More

Philadelphia: Merrihew & Thompson, 1863. Paperback. 24p. Softcover in original wrapper. 23cm. Vertical crease. Creasing, chipping and dog-earing on outer corners on back cover and most text leaves. Prooeedings of a meeting of the Pennsylvania Freedman's Relief Association. More

Philadelphia: Published for the Trustees by Carey and Hart, 1845. 1st and presumably only edition. Hardcover. [13], [38]-236p. Original leather binding which is rather ornately stamped in gilt. 22cm. Modest cover scuffing, mostly on back cover. Former owner's name on endpaper. All edges gilt. This rather uncommon book consists of..... More

n.p. n.p., 1880. Paperback. One and one-half pages in an old notebook, most of which consists of the notes of Jacob T. Gest, a young man from Philadelphia, on the History of the English Language (Writings of Spenser) and on the History of the Public School System in Philadelphia --..... More

London: A. W. Bennett; Philadelphia: Lippincott, 1859. Hardcover. frontis, xv, 144p. Original cloth. 18 cm. Backstrip faded. Modest splitting at head of joints. Front endpaper neatly split at hinge. Almost entirely unopened. Revision of Vaux's "Memoirs of the Life of Anthony Benezet" originally published in 1817. The Indian medal pictured..... More

n.p. [1933]. Paperback. 8-page pamphlet. No separate wrapper. 21 x 10cm. Moderate wear. "Read at National Medical Assn. Convention, Aug. 16, 1933." Dr. Barnes was a prominent Philadelphia-based African American otolaryngologist. More

25cm. x 31cm. Appealing black and white photo. Pinholes at corners. Modest spotting and wear. Adam Hats, a manufacturer and retailer of low-priced hats, had dozens of stores around the United States. Adam Hats was also a sponsor of boxing matches held at Madison Square Garden and obviously used boxers..... More

Philadelphia: n.d. [1971]. Broadside handbill. 14 x 22 cm. Davis, who had purchased several of the weapons used in a fatal shooting in Marin County, fled California and became a fugitive, ending up on the FBI's "Ten Most Wanted" list. She was captured a couple months later (Oct. 1970) and..... More

CIncinnati: Robert Clarke & Co., 1876. Hardcover. 2 vols. folding plate (of the "Leaden Plate"), index, 582, 580p. Original green cloth, rebacked on Vol. I with most of original backstrip mounted on the new backstrip which has been pasted down on the spine and the and reinforced with both free..... More