Washington, D.C. 1970. [3] pp. stapled mimeograph program for a service commemorating King’s birthday at The Washington Cathedral, January 15, 1970. Stapled together with a [1] pp. letter from Bishop Henry C. Bunton to the Interreligious Committee on Race Relations (ICRR) notifying members of the event, and including a [1].....
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Texas: 1969-1970. Nineteen photographs, each measuring 8 x10 inches, in a leather album with title tooled among acanthus leaves, rear cover with the image of a Native American in headdress. Fine condition. Scarce photographic documentation of Texas Quarter Horse racing in the late 1960s, with nineteen photographs showing horses owned.....
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Harcourt, Brace and Howe: New York, 1920. First Edition. 8vo, black cloth, 276 pp. First edition. Recased in black cloth with rear board replaced. Personal library marks, a few marks in text in pencil, small stain to upper edge of pages, but overall very good due to an expert recasing.....
Lithograph poster in colors. Signed in the plate, l.l. Sheet: 38” x 24 ⅞. Creases to lower right quadrant, wear to top and bottom margins, pinholes to corners, very good condition overall. The Supremes were at the height of their popularity when they performed at Lincoln Center’s Philharmonic Hall in.....
N.P. 1964-1972. N.p., 1964 and 1972. Two small press photographs measuing 7 1/2 x 2 1/2 and 3 x 4 inches, minimal wear, editorial marks to versos, near fine overall. A scarce pair of period press photographs of Frankie Freeman, including a portrait used at the occasion of her appointment.....
American? 1855-1864. First. Sixth plate ambrotype, heavily hand-painted, 2 ½ x 3 inches, cased in 4 ½ x 5 inch thermoplastic hanging frame. The Haitian Revolution had a profound affect on attitudes toward slavery in Antebellum America, influencing black attitudes regarding Pan-Africanism and self-governance, stoking fear in southern slaveholding whites.....
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NP: Associated Press, 1970. First Edition. Press photograph measuring 8 x 10 inches. Minimal wear, very near fine with slightest fading. An uncommon press photograph of students with raised fists in front of the building that was damaged by gunfire during the Jackson State College shootings, which left two students.....
New York, et al. 1940s-1960s. Five 8 x 10 and two 5 x 7 inch gelatin silver prints, with Bradley’s estate marks to versos. Jack Bradley was a Cape Cod native who, after graduating from the Massachusetts Maritime Academy, fell in love with Jazz after seeing Louis Armstrong perform at.....
San Francisco? 1961. Press photograph measuring 11 ¾ x 7 ¾ inches, with some retouching. With San Francisco Examiner marks to verso and an affixed newsprint version of the image, likely from the Examiner, captioned “John Coltrane and Friend / The town should get a little hot.” Some wrinkling, excellent.....
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V.p. 1920s-1960s. Photograph measuring 8 x 10 inches, compositions measuring 9 1/2 x 12 1/2 inches. Well preserved, nearly fine with some normal toning. Maceo Jefferson was a jazz banjoist and guitarist from South Carolina who began his career in the 1920s playing with Roscoe Lee, Lucille Hegamin and Ethel.....
Massachusetts: 1950s. The Music Inn was founded on the estate of the Countess de Heredia in 1950 by a young couple from New York City who wished to bring the culture of New York to Berkshire County, where it was met with a very lukewarm response from the local residents.....
Washington: 1963. Felt pennant measuring 11 ½ x 23 inches. A particularly fine example, with two small chips to white felt at border and slightest rubbing to the “f” in “for all,” else fine. A striking, large and apparently unrecorded pennant from the 1963 March on Washington, with Lincoln’s profile.....
Washington: 1963. First Edition. Paper pennant measuring 10 1/16 × 16 7/16 inches. Tip detached and toned but easily restorable, some wear and small amount of loss at shortest side, very good minus condition overall. One of only a few known copies of this American flag-themed pennant from the March.....
N.P. 1972. . Poster measuring 14 x 22 inches. Some marks, a closed tear with tape repair edgewear and creasing, very good minus overall. After John Conyers’ efforts to create a national holiday honoring Martin Luther King, Jr. failed in congress days following his assassination, the first celebrations of Martin.....
New York: 1958. Silver Gelatin Photograph measuring 8 ½ x 11 ½ inches, with Schatt’s marks verso with his notation “Vintage ‘58” in ink. A fine example, fine contrast. A striking image of Eartha Kitt and her band performing at the 1957 Newport Jazz Festival, taken by the prolific photographer.....
Chiselhurst: 1968-1977. 8vo, stapled sheets, various paginations. Near fine to fine with very light normal tanning to some pages. Comprising issues 37, 43, 45, 47, 52-53, 55-58, 59-65, 68-79, 81-99, 101-112. An extensive collection of issues of the Shout fanzine, previously known as ‘Soul Music,’ covering American Soul and R&B.....
Boston: Oliver Ditson and Company, 1863. First Edition. Manuel Fenellosa and his brother-in-law Manuel Emilio came to the United States from Spain in 1836 aboard the SS United States. They settled in Salem, Massachussetts, first forming a band and then a music school. They were friends of the publisher John.....
New York: NAACP, 1959. Poster on heavy card stock, 13 x 10 inches. Some foxing to edges, near fine condition overall. In 1959, to commemorate the fifth anniversary of the Brown vs. Board of Education decision, the NAACP coordinated a group of celebrations in churches throughout the country to celebrate.....
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United Press Telephoto, 1956. A particularly well-preserved period press photograph of Rosa Parks and her attorney, Charles Langford, after her arrest on February 22, 1956 on boycotting charges relating to her role in the eleven week boycott. She was one of 115 people indicted on charges relating to the boycott.....
Chicago: 1940s. First Edition. 4 x 3 inch glossy silver gelatin photographs on three 6 x 11 inch disbound album leaves. A series of fifty-nine photographs taped onto three leatherette boards. A wonderfully vibrant group, showing the joyful life of an off -duty soldier in Chicago. Boards in rough shape.....
A single page document, signed by Rapier, showing collection revenue from a retail dealer in malt liquors. James Rapier was an African-American politician during the reconstruction era who served as United States Representative from Alabama from 1873-1875. After losing a re-election bid to Jaramiah Haralson in 1877, Rapier turned his.....
Boston: Ad Hoc Committee for December 14, 1974. Printed poster, 17 x 11 inches, folded. Somelight wear, crease to center, ownership marks to verso, very good plus condition overall. With the ownership stamp of J. Wesley Miller, with “J.W. Miller - duplicate” written in ink. Federal District Judge W. Arthur.....
Oakland: 1971. Press photographs measuring 11 x 7 ½ inches. Some fading and foxing, editorial marks to versos, very good condition overall. A pair of photographs taken at an event commemorating the death of Malcolm X at Oakland’s McClymends High School on May 19, 1971. The event was covered by.....
New York: H. Long, 1854. First Edition. 8vo, publisher’s brown cloth, 259 pp. The Vermont-born Chase moved to Tennessee in 1838. He was elected as a member of the Democratic Party to the Twenty-ninth and Thirtieth Congresses, serving from 1845-1849 before returning north to New York City to practice law.....
California and New York: 1960s. Silver gelatin prints on glossy stock, most 8 x 10 inches. A fine collection of press photos from an amazing period in American music, with many classic soul singers included, many of whom were represented by the William Morris Agency. Subjects include: Clyde McPhatter, Ketty.....