[Magazine]: The Black Perspective in Music. Fall 1974. Volume 2, Number 2
(New York): (The Foundation for Research in the Afro-American Creative Arts), 1974. Softcover. Printed wrappers. Very near fine. Single issue of a cholarly journal. More
(New York): (The Foundation for Research in the Afro-American Creative Arts), 1974. Softcover. Printed wrappers. Very near fine. Single issue of a cholarly journal. More
[No place - Oakland? no publisher, circa 1970]. Softcover. Edition unknown. 16mo. [8]pp. Illustrated. Stapled illustrated orange wrappers. Fine. Single poem about the martyred black leaders with no publication or author information. Searches of the first lines and last lines and a few other random lines returned no additional information..... More
[Gabon: 1889]. Octavo. 12 loose manuscript pages written in ink on the rectos of twelve sheets of stationary blind stamped “Lake Shore”. The first leaf is titled “Africa Mission Work”. A small contemporary clipping (regarding the sultan of Zanzibar’s decree to abolish slavery throughout his domains) is pinned to the..... More
Okmulgee, Indian Territory: 1905. Unbound. Two documents as follows: Folio. One page. Folded and showing some edgewear, but very good. A holograph copy of a petition of approximately 100 words. Signed (possibly secretarially) by 10 men it was sent to. Accompanied by a similar manuscript, addressed to the Sub-Committee of..... More
North Hollywood, California: Brandon House, (1968). Softcover. Reprint, first by this publisher. Paperback. Grease pencil price on front wrap, small crease on rear wrap, very good or better. More
Washington / (Boston): Colonization Society Building / (Cornhill Press), 1867. Softcover. First edition. Octavo. 191, [1]pp. Glazed and printed green wrappers. Faint pencil note on front wrap, small chips and erosion on the paper along the spine and edges of the wrappers, corners of some pages a little bumped, overall..... More
Mexico: 1843. Unbound. Oil on tin retablo painting depicting San Benito de Palermo, also known as "The Holy Black," who was the patron Saint of Negro Slaves in America and the Saint invoked against smallpox. Measuring 10½" x 8¼". It is signed "B.J. Mexico Marzo 10 de 1843" on the..... More
Talladega: Alabama Federation of Colored Women's Clubs, 1948. Softcover. Octavo. 82pp. Stapled printed yellow wrappers. Creases on corners of a few pages, slight staining on the front wrap, very good. Minutes, lists of members and officers. The theme of the annual meeting was "Evaluating Our Heritage and Looking Forward to..... More
Talladega: Alabama Federation of Colored Women's Clubs, 1944. Softcover. Octavo. 39pp. Stapled printed green wrappers. About fine. Minutes, lists of members and officers. The theme of the annual meeting was "Save the Youth Today to Build a Better World Tomorrow." *OCLC* locates only four runs of this serial publication. More
Clanton, Alabama: The Banner Print Shop, (1930). Softcover. First edition. 8pp. Original salmon-colored wrappers, stapled. Slightly soiled and creased, some misspellings corrected with pen, still very good. Rev. A. W. Wood as pastor. More
Atlanta: Morris Brown College, 1950. Softcover. First edition. Octavo. 132pp. Printed purple wrappers. Foxing to preliminary pages, small stain at the edges of the first few pages, spine a little sunned, very good or better. Catalogue of the HBCU. More
Arlington, Florida: Norman Studios, [1926]. Softcover. Very large folio. Measuring 14" x 22". One page folded to make four. Cover printed in orange and blue. Old folds, possibly as issued, chips on the bottom corners affecting a few letters, large stain at bottom a fair only example of this pressbook..... More
Salem: Tri-Weekly Gazette Office, 1849. Softcover. First edition. 40pp. Light dampstaining to several leaves, else a near fine copy in saddlestitched yellow wrappers. An attractive and nicely printed pamphlet by the abolitionist Upham. More
New York: Military Publishing Co., [circa 1917]. Hardcover. First edition thus. Small octavo. 255pp. Illustrated with graphs, diagrams, and from photographs. Beige cloth titled in black. Stamp of the Harding Uniform and Regalia Co. (Boston) on title page. Light exterior wear, about near fine. This copy notable for the ownership..... More
New York: National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, 1952. Softcover. First edition. Small octavo. 19pp. Stapled printed wrappers. Ex-LOC copy, with a few neat rubberstamps on front cover, else a very good copy. Lists "Resolutions adopted by the Forty-Third Annual Convention of the NAACP at Oklahoma City, June..... More
Washington, D.C. Washington, D.C.: ssociation for the Study of Negro Life and History, Inc., 1940. Softcover. Tabloid format. P.81-96. Horizontal fold, one short tear at the fold on one leaf, near fine. Feature article on African-American scientists. More
[New York]: (Educational Department, New York State Communist Party), 1953. Softcover. First edition. Slim quarto. 31, [1]pp. Illustrated in black and white from photographs and drawings. Wrappers a trifle worn else fine. Heavily illustrated and full of information, a 1953 Communist publication inspired by Negro History Week. Beginning "The Communist..... More
New York: Board of Education, (1964). Softcover. Third printing. Octavo. 160pp. Ex-library copy with stamp marked over, and the ownership stamp of jazz historian Harrison A. Ridley, Jr., with his shelf number on the front wrap in marker, small tear on the edge of several pages, and with Ridley marginal..... More
Newark: New Jersey Conference of Social Work, 1932. Softcover. First edition. Quarto. 116pp., charts. Printed brown wrappers. Handlettered paper label at the top of the spine, small tear at the foot, and modest age-toning, a sound very good copy. More
New York: Harold Flammer Publisher, 1938. Softcover. Concert version by Noble Cain. Octavo. 8pp. Decorated wrappers. Tiny tear on front wrap, modest foxing on rear wrap, very near fine. More
Burlington, New Jersey: The New Day, 1935. Unbound. Vol. II, No. 18. Bifolium. Measuring 9" x 12" folded. [4]pp. Illustrated. A little browned, and a small stain in the upper margin, a very good example. A single issue of this African-American newspaper, with "News and Chit Chat," local ads, and..... More
Philadelphia: Paid for by Republican City Committee, (1968). Unbound. First separate edition, issued as a Supplement to *The Crusader* newspaper. Folio. 8pp. Pictorial wrappers. Illustrated. Folded as issued; two-inch edge tear is archivally mended, else near fine. More
Scranton, Pa. Eureka Sportstamps, 1949. Softcover. First edition. Small oblong quarto. 40pp. Stapled pictorial wrappers. A little thumbed at the corners, slight scratches on the front wrap, else near fine. Features player biographies and spaces to affix postage-style stamps of then-current players in action poses, including Jackie Robinson, Roy Campanella..... More
Newark: Mosque Theatre, October 26, 1947. Softcover. Black stapled wrappers. Slight crease to front wrap, a couple corrections in pen to the text, thus very good. Program for a performance by this Black choral group. Of interest is a long list of boosters from the local Black community. Ephemeral and..... More
[New York]: American Church Institute for Negroes, [1940]. Unbound. Original printed invitation for a Mass Meeting of the American Church Institute for Negroes, Oct. 17, 1940. Single sheet of cardstock measuring 5" x 3.75". Printed on recto only. A fine copy. The American Church Institute for Negroes was incorporated in..... More