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New York: African Civilization Society, 1858. Single leaf folded, 4 pp. 8 ¼ x 7 ¾ inches. The African Civilization Society was formed in 1858 by several prominent members of Brooklyn’s Weeksville community. The second article of this document, the organization’s constitution, states its goals as follows: “The objects of.....
Albany: Association for Diffusing Information on the Subject of Indian Rights, 1831. 12mo, wraps, 24; 3 pp. Heman Humphrey was the President of Amherst College, as well as a key figure in the temperance and prohibition movements. This address, on the plight of American Indians during the period following the.....
Los Angeles: 1969. First Edition. Two long mimeographed sheets, text on rectos and versos. Very good with some normal wear. An uncommon Black Panther newsletter from the Southern California Chapter of the Black Panthers, dealing with the case of Nathaniel Clark, who was killed by his wife following an altercation.....
San Francisco: A.L. Bancroft and Co., 1870. Hand colored printed invitation, 4 ¾ x 7 inches, folded. A scarce printed invitation to the Masquerade at San Francisco’s Lick House, held in 1870, and according to contemporary accounts, one of the major events of the holiday season in the city. The.....
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].....
Various Places: 1892-1894. Sammelband of thirteen reports, each with original front wrapper or wrappers bound-in; in half-calf, with gilt titles on spine. Includes: Guillouard, Louis. Rapport sur les travaux du comité départemental du Calvados. Caen: Ch. Valin, 1893. 19 pp., printed gray wrapper; Drouet, Paul. Souvenir.....
California: 1911. Single sheet measuring 8 ½ x 11 inches. Two vertical folds, two holes punched at upper margin, very good condition overall. An uncommon survival, possibly published by the Santa Clara County Sherriff’s Office, showing two wanted criminals from 1911, who were travelling together. The first, a C.K. Paullins.....
New York: UPI Roto Service, 1966. First Edition. Photocopy of a typed manuscript, 8-½ x 11 in., 12 pp., printed recto only, sl. chipping and toning at edges; together with an additional copy of the typed manuscript; a License to Use Your Head order form for Leary’s Future History book.....
Cincinnati: St. Andrews Bay Railroad and Land Company, 1886. Various Formats. An unusual collection of ephemera relating to the early development of the area of the Florida Panhandle east of Pensacola, and an interesting ephemeral window into the type of land schemes that led to the population of Florida by.....
Durham: Malcolm X Liberation University, 1969. Double sided handbill measuring 8.5 x 14 inches. Flattened folds, with dark areas of soiling in places (does not affect the text). Separations and a few small tears are present at folds where folds created weakness. Small section of tape reinforcement to folds. Very.....
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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.....
Wilkes-Barre: National Tom Mooney Molders Defense Committee of Wilkes-Barre, 1934. Single printed sheet, 8 ½ x 11 inches. Some tears and wear to edge, closed tear of about one inch at lower margin, good condition overall. An unrecorded broadside advertising an event in Wilkes-Barre for Tom Mooney, who had at.....
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.....
Richmond, Virginia, and Milton, Massachusetts: 1960s-1970s. Various formats, generally near fine with light normal wear. Throughout his career, Martin Luther King, Jr. had to defend himself repeatedly over allegations of Communist-related activities and sympathies. His associations with several alleged communistes led the FBI to open an investigation in 1962, and.....
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.....
Peterboro: Self-Published, 1855. First Edition. Single sheet folded, 10 x 10 inches. One of several public letters by Smith to Seward, this one discussing the Fugitive Slave Law. Smith, by the mid-1850s, had grown increasingly frustrated by the abolitionist movement’s willingness to compromise. Seward, an early figure in the Republican.....