Boston: John P. Jewett and Company, 1858. First Expanded, Second Overall. 8vo, publisher’s blue cloth, xii, 212 pp. Some foxing and light wear, very good. This is the first expanded and the second overall edition and first edition thus of Benson’s autobiography, expanded by Henson from the 1849 edition after.....
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Atlanta: [The Student Voice, Inc.], 1964. Single page measuring 12 ¾ x 7 ¾ inches, folded. An exceptional copy, very fine with no noted flaws. Offered here is a pristine copy of a fundraising pamphlet for the Mississippi Summer Project, likely printed in in February of 1964 at the beginning.....
Tuskegee: 1915. Silver gelatin photograph, 10 x 7 inches. With mount remnants on verso, tear with loss to corner, good to very good condition overall. A portrait of the educator and activist Margaret Murray Washington, taken in 1915, the same year her husband Booker T. Washington died. Washington, who began.....
Los Angeles: 1976. Eight kodachrome slides showing Foxx, with one possibly related slide of a woman included as well. Unpublished, originally taken for the May 6, 1976 issue of Jet Magazine (Vol. 50 No. 7), which is also included here. Fine condition, magazine nearly fine with slightest tanning. Redd Foxx.....
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Cincinnati: J.P. Ball's Photographic Gallery, 1864. Carte-de-visite photograph on larger mount. Writing on verso in ink reads “No. 2. Oct 19/64 / Old Sod.” Some light toning to recto, near fine overall, quite well preserved. An uncommon folk art form, captured on film by the African-American photographer James Presley Ball.....
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Philadelphia: Self-Published [Press of I.W. Klopp & Co.], 1916-1917. 8vo, wraps, 58 + 19 pp. Some light wear, very good plus overall. Two works by the Canadian-born Theodore Henry Shackelford, both printed in Philadelphia. The second title, a supplement to the first, is unrecorded in OCLC and was likely printed.....
New Haven: Black Panther Party, 1970. Double sided broadside on newsprint measuring 17 ½ x 11 inches, with horizontal fold. Small closed tears and foxing to margin, light tanning, very good overall. An uncommon Black Panther imprint printed during the 1970 New Haven trials surrounding the death of Alex Rackley.....
Bakersfield: C.A. Nelson, 1890s. Silver gelatin photograph measuring 5 ½ x 3 ⅞ inches on larger mount. Heavy wear to mount, some staining to margin of photograph, wear and creases and a closed tear to mat, fair to good overall. An incredible image of a young African-American man, finely dressed.....
Various Places: 1957-1964. First Edition. Press photographs, various editorial marks and signs of wear, very good plus to near fine overall with excellent contrast. A collection of twenty-five photographs of desegregation and subsequent violence and protests in Little Rock, with twenty-two of the group showing events relating to the Little.....
Various Publishers, 1960s. Press photographs measuring 8 x 10 inches and smaller. Generally fine condition. A collection of press photographs of the Evers family, most taken during the period following Medgar Evers’ assassination in 1963. The group begins chronologically with a portrait of Medgar Evers taken and printed in 1962.....
Atlanta: The Student Voice, Inc., 1964. First Edition. 4to, each a single sheet folded, folded sheet measuring 8 1/2 x 11. Minimal wear, fine condition. The Student Voice was the weekly publication of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, or SNCC, during the height of the Civil Rights era. Because of.....
Kentucky? 1860s. Carte de visite and 6th plate tintype, measuring 3 ⅜ x 2 ¼ and 4 x 2 ½ inches. With Delany’s name on verso of cdv. Some wear to CDV, tintype near fine with some slight bending and fine contrast. An uncommon pair of images of Edmund Delaney.....
Reading: New York Gallery, c. 1880. Cabinet card measuring 4 x 2 ½ inches on larger mount, overall fine. An unusual cabinet card showing men together toasting, with an African-American subject in the foreground wearing medals on his jacket likely collected at GAR reunions. The men look directly at the.....
American: 1860s. An incredible portrait of an African-American soldier holding a rifle with a bayonet, highly uncommon for three reasons: the fact that it shows an African-American soldier in uniform during the conflict, the playful expression of the sitter, and the caption. The caption is of unknown origin, possibly composed.....
New Orleans and Environs: c. 1880. Includes the following images: Picking Cotton. 7 x 4 in. on cardstock mount (sunned at lower edge). Outdoor view showing many African Americans harvesting cotton. -- Outdoor view of 2 paddlewheel steamships with a crowded dock. 7 1/4 x 4 in. unmounted albumen. --.....
Pocahantas: P.W. Poff, 1860s-1870s. Albumen carte de visite photographs measuring 3 ½ x 2 ½ inches on slightly larger mounts. Some fading to some images, one in fine condition, good to very good overall. A series of images taken by P.W. Poff, who also operated a studio at Bluefield, West.....
Chicago: National Half Century Anniversary Exposition and Lincoln Jubilee, 1915. Felt pennant measuring 38 x 15 inches. Lettering slightly faded, very good condition overall. In celebration of the fiftieth anniversary of Lincoln’s death, the city of Chicago hosted the National Half Century Anniversary Exposition and Lincoln Jubilee, to celebrate emancipation.....
Florida: 1890s. Five bromide photographs measuring 4 3/4" by 4" mounted on a 13 ¾ x 10 ¾ album leaf. Excellent contrast, near fine overall. A collection of five images showing scenes along the Ocklawaha river in the 1890s. The Ocklawaha had been a popular steamboat route in the nineteenth.....
New York: Thomas Y. Crowell, 1914. First Edition. 8vo, publisher’s green cloth, 292 pp. A very near fine copy with slightest fading to cloth at spine and slight fraying to cloth at head of spine. A particularly interesting copy of Theophilus Gould Steward’s work on the Haitian Revolution, written during.....
Florida or Louisiana: c. 1900. Gelatin silver prints measuring 6 3/8" x 8 ⅜. Some light wear and foxing, large chip to one mount, excellent contrast, very good overall. A series of three photographs of logging operations in the southern United States, likely Florida or Louisiana but unidentified, during the.....
Massachusetts: 1880s-1890s. Albumen and Silver Gelatin Prints, 9 ¾ x 8 ¾ - 8 x 6 inches on larger mounts, three with credits to Conant, photographer, one credited to Benjamin Freeman and one uncredited. Varying wear, very good condition overall. The Isaac Royall house in Medford, which still exists as.....
New York: Late 1920s. First Edition. Gelatin silver print measuring 8 x 10 inches. Some editorial marks to verso, very good contrast, very good overall. The Dunbar Apartments were one of the first developments built for African-Americans, in a period in which there was a shortage of housing in Harlem.....
Rochester: 1899. First Edition. Program measuring 9 x 4 inches. Fine condition, slightest normal tanning to margins. The dedication program for the unveiling of the Frederick Douglass memorial in Rochester New York, on June 9, 1899. The statue was created four years after Douglass’ death in 1895, and was set.....
Boston: JE Farwell, 1863? Single sheet 16mo programs, double sided. Fine condition. Two programs for performances by Morris Brothers Pell and Trowbridge shows in Boston, advertising Saturday afternoon performances at their Opera House before the fire of 1864 which led to their move to St. Louis. The performances feature Thomas.....
Richmond: N.A.A.C.P., 1957. 8vo, wraps, 30 pp. Some light wear, staple holes to edge, original owner’s address and postage mark on back cover, overall very good plus. An uncommon NAACP publication, published right after the Brown vs. Board of Education decision, with a range of articles on racism and segregation.....