Circa 1855. Unbound. Sixth plate ambrotype. Image size approximately 3" x 3½". Matted with preserver in one half only of the original embossed leather case. Examined out of the case, which reveals nothing of substance about either the subject or the photographer. Our attribution of the date suggested by the..... More

[Circa 1870]. Unbound. Gelatin silver cabinet card, image measuring 4" x 5¼", on a slightly larger card mount. Uncaptioned and neither the subject or the photographer identified. Sepia-toned, very near fine. Young boy about five years of age stands at vigilant attention. More

Unbound. Oval gelatin silver photograph. Image size approximately 2" x 3.75" at widest points. Applied on a larger thick mount. Modest smudges on the mount, the image is near fine, and overall near fine. Neither subject or photographer are identified, but possibly from New England or Middle Atlantic states. A...... More

New York: The Schomburg Center, 1986. Softcover. Exhibition program. Small octavo. Single sheet folded three times to make nine pages. Hint of edgewear, else fine. A guide for an exhibition presented on the life of Arthur Schomburg issued in celebration of the 60th Anniversary of the Schomburg Center for Research..... More

[circa 1970s]. Hardcover. Oblong folio measuring 21½" x 14". Multi-ring binder with red plastic covered boards. Contains 540 mostly color photographs with a few silver gelatin black and white photos, most pasted onto colored construction paper, some loose and laid in, most measure 3½" x 4¼" or 4¾" x 3½"..... More

[circa 1900-1920s]. Unbound. Real Photo Post Card with "Cyko" back. Measuring 3½" x 5½". Verso tanned, modest general creasing, and some light silvering at the edges, very good. A nice image of an African-American woman dressed in white (or very light colors) reclining on a porch next to a potted..... More

Elizabeth, New Jersey: Alfred S. Campbell, 1896. Unbound. Stereoview photograph. Measures 3½" x 7". Just a bit of soiling and couple of tiny bumps, near fine. Depicts a group of African American children sitting on a canoe on the beach. On the verso is an advertisement for The American Tobacco..... More

Elizabeth, New Jersey: Alfred S. Campbell, 1896. Unbound. Stereoview photograph. Measures 3½" x 7". Lightly soiled and with a couple small stains, a few small bumps along the edges, about very good. Depicts an African American couple, the woman leaning through a busted out hole in a brick wall. On..... More

New Orleans: Late 19th century. Unbound. Stereoview photograph. Measures 3½" x 7". Soiling, edges rubbed and bumped, about very good. A photo of two African American men sitting on barrels, with more men out of focus in the background. From a series titled "New Orleans, Series A, The Mississippi River."..... More

Elizabeth, New Jersey: Alfred S. Campbell, 1896. Unbound. Stereoview photograph. Measures 3½" x 7". A bit soiled, lightly rubbed, very good. On the verso is an advertisement for The American Tobacco Company. More

Unbound. Slightly irregular sixth-plate tintype. Measuring approximately 2¼" x 3½". African-American woman in an arresting dark satin(?) dress, seated in a chair, posed in front of an obvious studio backdrop. Small rust spot in lower left corner, otherwise very good or better. We could find no evidence of the sitter's..... More

(New York): Thunder's Mouth Press, (1989). Hardcover. First edition. Text by Paul Carter Harrison and Bert Andrews. Introduction by Cicely Tyson. Heavily illustrated from black and white photographs by Andrews. Quarto. x, 150pp. A couple small soil marks and tiny nick on front board, near fine in a near fine..... More

New York: W. W. Norton & Co., (1974). Hardcover. First edition, clothbound issue. Oblong octavo. 112pp. Cloth spine, paper-covered boards. Illustrated reproducing photographs of inter-racial children being bused. Photographs by Carol Baldwin and Peter T. Whitney. Text by Robert Coles. Preface by Erik H. Erikson. Edited by Linn Underhill. A...... More