Washington, D.C. Jerusalem Baptist Church, 1993. Hardcover. First edition. Quarto. 113, [1]pp. Illustrated from photographs. Glossy photo-illustrated boards. Small ink mark on front cover else fine.Fine. Elaborate anniversary book of a black church, printing a congratulatory letter from Presdient Bill Clinton in facsimile, another from Eleanor Holmes Norton, and several..... More
Philadelphia: Mt. Zion Baptist Church of Germantown, 1996. Hardcover. First edition. Quarto. Black cloth gilt. 208pp., illustrated. Small gift inscription, still fine, issued without dustwrapper. Uncommon, despite its recent vintage. More
Pittsburgh: Renaissance Publications, 1996. Softcover. Quarto. 143, [1]pp. Photographically illustrated wrappers. Offsetting, perhaps from a clipping, inside front cover and a small tear on the edge of the front wrap, else near fine. Numbers and addresses of black owned and frequented businesses, professionals, and churches. More
Clarksburg, West Virginia: 1944. Softcover. Quarto. [8]pp. Stapled photographically illustrated wrappers. Owner's name on front wrap, staples oxidized, corner chipped but present at bottom of the front wrap, a sound and very good copy of a cheaply printed program. Program for the state championship tournament for segregated schools. The former..... More
Philadelphia: Baptist Ministers' Wives... 1983. Softcover. First edition. Quarto. Gold stapled wrappers. 92pp., illustrated. Near fine. Scarce. More
Fort Macomb, Louisiana: 1866. Unbound. A group of 57 documents mostly prepared by 1st Lieutenant G.L. Faxon, acting assistant quartermaster of the 10th U.S. Colored Heavy Artillery. All but a few are partially printed documents filled out in ink, mostly by Faxon, with a few retained copies of letters transmitting..... More
[Nashville]: The A.M.E. Book Concern, (1946). Hardcover. Revised edition. Octavo. 448pp. Publisher's cloth gilt. Moderate overall wear, ink squiggle on front fly, hinges a little tender but holding, about very good. More
![Abolitionist plaque]: How Sweet Is Liberty](/pictures/thumb/440422.JPG?v=1575648753)
[No place: circa 1825?]. Unbound. Small embossed paper mache(?) or embossed card illustration plaque of the figure of a kneeling slave painted in black, white, and blue, which is surrounded by an oval metal frame that is hand painted in gold and lavender with the sentiment "How Sweet Is Liberty"..... More
Philadelphia: African Methodist Episcopal Book Concern, 1946. Hardcover. Later printing. Rear hinge cracked, staining to the front board, a well-used, good or better copy. Surprisingly scarce - *OCLC* lists only four copies. More
[Williamsburg, Virginia; Daytona Beach, Florida: circa 1920-1965]. Unbound. Group of 175 loose silver print photographs. Measuring from 1½" x 2¼". Most are snapshot size, with seven enlargements: two are approximately 8" x 10" and five are approximately 5" x 7". Generally very good with mild curling and wear. A large..... More
[New Orleans?]: 1925. Softcover. First edition. 12mo. 9, [3]pp. Stapled printed purple wrappers. Fading mostly on the front wrap, else very good. Publication of rates of pay and terms and conditions to be maintained by the railroad lines. *OCLC* locates three copies (two in Louisiana and one in Texas). More
[No place]: American Dance Festival, 1988. Softcover. First edition. Folio. Unpaginated. Illustrated. Stapled illustrated glossy wrappers. Signature of G. Parker. More
![The American Negro [in] The Annals. Volume cxxxx. November, 1928](/pictures/thumb/424013.JPG?v=1530126412)
Philadelphia: The American Academy of Political and Social Science, 1928. Hardcover. First edition, hardcover issue. 359pp. Frontispiece woodcut. Publisher's red cloth gilt. Owner's name front pastedown, else near fine. Contributors include by Horace Mann Bond, W. E. B. Du Bois, E. Franklin Frazier, Charles S. Johnson, James Weldon Johnson, Alain..... More
Philadelphia: The American Academy of Political and Social Science, November, 1928. Softcover. Tall octavo. 359pp. Printed gray wrappers. Small tears and chips and first couple of leaves, modest dampstain tidemark on spine, very good or better. A full issue of *The Annals of The American Academy of Political and Social..... More
Montgomery, Ala. W.W.Screws, State Printer, 1875. Softcover. First edition. Octavo. [8]pp. Stapled buff printed wrappers. Lightly soiled, near fine in printed wrappers. Brief report on expenditures, births, deaths. More
(London: S. Bagster, Printer), 1833. Softcover. Octavo. 12 pages (paginated [121]-132). Stitched self-wrappers. Untrimmed. Soiling and small tears at the bottoms of the leaves, very good. Report on the condition of slaves in Antiqua and Mauritius. More
[London: The Anti-Slavery Society?], 1832. Softcover. Octavo. 12 pages (paginated [98]-108). Stitched self-wrappers. Untrimmed. Split at the spine, else very good. Reports on outrages in Jamaica. More
Los Angeles / New York: Don Mischer Productions / Summit Hotel Production Office, 1985. Softcover. Quarto. Stapled three hole-punched green photocopied leaves printed rectos only. Ten leaves. A couple of faint stains, faint vertical crease, very good. A few hand corrections (in one case replacing Luther Vandross with Stevie Wonder..... More
![Archive]: African-American Fashion Show "La Femme Politique Fashion Show"](/pictures/thumb/442216.JPG?v=1582834931)
Asbury Park, New Jersey: 1964. Hardcover. A collection of 24 black and white press photographs of a fashion show measuring 8" x 10". Additionally included is a program for the show. All items are near fine with slight curling. A collection of images and a program from an Asbury Park, New..... More
Georgia: The Atlanta University, 1919. Softcover. First edition. Octavo. 16pp. Stapled gray wrappers. Illustrated from black and white photographs. Pages partially unopened at the top edges, light foxing throughout, a near fine copy with oxidation to the staples. "Atlanta University and the War: Soldier Training." Account of soldier preparedness training..... More
Pine Bluff [Arkansas]: CFWA (Colored Farm Workers of Arkansas), 1901. Unbound. "Pine Bluff 1901" on celluloid strip in gold filigree frame with a blue, yellow, and white ribbon below, and a celluloid disk with intertwined "CFWA" suspended underneath. A bit of uniform fading on the ribbon, celluloid slightly age-toned, else..... More
St. Joseph, Missouri: 1912. Unbound. Single leaf folded to make four pages. Upper corner of first page torn away, affecting three letters only on p.[2], repaired with later paper and tissue on verso, else about very good. Under the supervision of a former slave, William Henry Jones, Bartlett - called Colored..... More
New York: Norton, 1992. Softcover. First edition, Uncorrected Proof. Edited by Ishmael Reed and others. Top corner slightly worn else fine in wrappers. Selections from the American Book Awards, with some emphasis on black and Native American writers. Contributors include J. California Cooper, Terry McMillan, John Oliver Killens, Paule Marshall..... More
New York: Norton, 1992. Softcover. Advance Excerpt. Fine in stapled wrappers. Issued to publicize both the fiction and poetry anthologies, this excerpt prints an Ishmael Reed essay. More
Gloucester City, New Jersey: Between the Covers Rare Books, 2009. Softcover. First (only) edition. Quarto. 72pp. 140 items. Illustrated. Embossed pictorial wrappers. Fine. Bookseller's catalogue, includes the manuscript of Robert Reed's *The Life and Adventures of a Haunted Convict*, The Elwood Evans Abolition Autograph Collection (including one of the only..... More