Nashville: National Baptist Publishing Board, 1900. [120]pp. Original quarter brown cloth and decoratively-printed paper-covered boards. Front board a bit soiled, rear board significantly soiled and rubbed, corners worn, spine ends a bit frayed, short tear near spine tail. Rear hinge a bit overopened, text somewhat toned but clean. A very..... More
Nueva Orleans: Imprenta de la Indiana, 1844. [6],25,[1]pp. Contemporary floral-stamped red cloth, gilt titles on front cover. Boards scuffed, soiled, and a bit chipped. Noticeable toning to two later leaves, occasional thumb-soiling. Contemporary ink presentation inscription on front free endpaper. A very rare biographical treatment of Rafael del Riego y...... More
Nashville: National Baptist Publishing Board, [ca. 1938]. 8pp. Original printed wrappers, stapled. Wrappers a bit dusty, mild rubbing and edge wear. The rare first edition of Dr. E.H. Borden's impassioned personal history and essay on why he identifies as a Baptist. At the time he wrote the present essay. Dr..... More
[Mostly Quincy, Il. ca. 1860s to 1880s]. Twenty-two CDVs and tintypes, plus one postal cover, all housed in a contemporary brown cloth CDV photograph album, gilt spine titles, brass clasp on fore-edge. Minor edge wear, a few short tears to spine, spine sunned, minor soiling to boards. Occasional wear and..... More
Mexico City: Imprenta y Litografia de Ireneo Paz, 1886. 164pp. Modern full leather, gilt titles stamped on front cover. Minor even toning to text. A rare commercial guide to Mexico City intended for business owners and visiting businesspeople. The subtitle translates to "The Golden Book for Businessmen, with the Most..... More
Nueva York: Imprenta de "El Correo de Nueva York" 1874. [4],xi,430,[1]pp., plus five plates (three folding). Early-20th century quarter black calf and blue textured cloth, gilt spine titles, by Mexican binder Saul A. Alva with his binder's ink stamp on front free endpaper. Edges and spine ends scuffed, minor soiling..... More
[Mullins, S.C. 1908 or 1914]. Broadside, printed in black on green paper stock, 12 x 8.75 inches. Old folds, minor loss to edges and crossfolds, noticeable soiling and staining. An unrecorded broadside advertising land for sale specifically to African American residents on Smith Street in the city of Mullins, South..... More
Camden, Ar. August 5, 1860. [2]pp. on blue lined paper. Old folds, minor edge wear. An interesting pre-Civil War letter sent from Arkansas settler Lawrence P. Speck to his cousin Jennie back in Tennessee. Speck moved from Tennessee to Arkansas to pursue business opportunities, and writes that he "likes it..... More
New York: 1874. 7pp. Original printed self wrappers, sewn. Minor soiling to front wrapper, significant browning to final leaf. A rare circular focused on the education of Native American youth in the early years of the Yankton Agency in the Dakota Territory. The work was written by William Hobart Hare..... More
![Item #4073 A Forgotten Duty of the Church [cover title]. African Americana, Joel King, Georgia](https://mcbriderarebooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/McBRB4073.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&v=1685280385)
Macon, Ga. Macon Printing Co., [ca. 1920]. 32pp., including portrait photographic frontispiece. Original printed wrappers, stapled. Noticeable wear and soiling, minor fraying to wrappers, some pencil scribblings. Moderate occasional dust-soiling to text, middle gathering sprung but present. An unrecorded Macon, Georgia imprint containing fifteen poems, sketches, lectures, and sermons from..... More
Auburn: William J. Moses, 1859. 418pp. 12mo. Publisher's cloth, spine chipped with minor losses. Provenance: Henry Jackson (signature and inscription to:); Rev. F. J. Peck; Rev. D. G. Hill (booklplate). Third edition, with provenance to a Native American minister and two noted ministers of the African Methodist Episcopal church. Chippewa..... More
Alton: Published by George Holton, 1838. 159pp. 12mo. Publisher's cloth, rebacked. Minor wear. Presentation copy of the first edition, inscribed by the author, Edward Beecher. Beecher was the brother of Harriet Beecher Stowe, and like all of his family, a passionate opponent of slavery. He was president of Illinois College..... More
Atlanta: J.L. Nichols, 1897. Irregularly paginated, as usual, including numerous photographic plates and a promotional leaf and several pages of blank lined paper intended for subscribers' names. Publisher's red cloth with titles printed in black on front cover, alternate binding style affixed to rear pastedown. Heavily worn and scuffed, boards..... More
Buenos Aires: Imprenta "Fenix" 1931. 293,[11]pp., plus photographic portrait frontispiece of the author, signed in ink by him. Original gray wrappers printed in black. Minor creasing, light chipping, a few small tape repairs to wrappers, spine ends a bit frayed with short tears to joints near spine tail. Occasional foxing..... More
Chicago: The Assyrian National Association, Inc. of Chicago, 1960. [4],iii,189pp., extensively embellished with photographs and advertisements. Original printed wrappers. Minor wear and rubbing to extremities. Light toning to text. A very rare directory of Americans of Assyrian ancestry; Assyrians are an ethnic group in West Asia whose homeland includes parts..... More
![Item #3978 [Manuscript Manifest of Chinese Laborers Bound for Havana]. Cuba, Chinese Labor](https://mcbriderarebooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/McBRB3978.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&v=1685280734)
Macau: April 6, 1867. [6]pp., on large folio partially-printed forms, printed in two columns, completed in manuscript. Old folds with minor losses at a few spots along the horizontal fold. Five hundred and fifty Chinese laborers bound for Cuba aboard the Spanish galley "Cervantes" are listed by name, with their..... More
[Bossier, Caddo Parish, La. 1933-1940]. 97; 95; 95; 95; and 95pp. Six single-entry ledger books, each in matching or complementary gray or tan cloth, designs and titles printed in black, consecutively numbered from one through five in ink on front cover. Moderate soiling and some chipping and fraying to cloth..... More
[Various locations, mainly in Kansas, Kentucky, Missouri, and Texas: 1847-1969]. Approximately fifty-five original manuscript letters and documents, plus 150 photographs, most on studio mounts, and several dozen ephemeral items, including newspaper clippings, photocopies of manuscript documents, business cards, and much more. A handful of photographs with minor chipping, but overall..... More
San Antonio: 1881-1904. [140]pp. of manuscript text. Contemporary red leather, gilt titles on front cover reading, "Day Book." Substantial scuffing to edges and boards, minor soiling, top panel of spine almost detached, spine ends chipped. Minor occasional soiling to text. An absorbing personal ledger and daybook kept by John Darragh..... More
Wood County, Va. April, 1833. [4]pp., folio, approximately 1,000 words. Old folds, with short separations and darkening along fold lines, old dampstaining, minor chipping and soiling along edges, one corner chipped with loss of a few words. An absorbing manuscript transcript of a notable Virginia (now West Virginia) legal case..... More
Hampton, Va. Normal School Press Print, 1886. viii,75pp. Original green printed wrappers. Some chipping to spine and edges of wrappers, a handful of earnest cello tape repairs. Internally rather clean. A rare session catalogue for the Hampton Institute printed at the school during the middle portion of the school's second..... More
[Washington, D.C. 1938-1939]. Six items. Some marginal chipping to documents, otherwise in nice shape. A small archive consisting of half a dozen items retained by Howard University graduate Patricia Lacey from her time at the school in the late 1930s. In addition to the university-related items, the present collection includes..... More
![Item #3719 National Staff of the W.W.O.W. [caption title]. Texas, African American Photographica](https://mcbriderarebooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/McBRB3719.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&v=1685281027)
Houston: Teal Portrait Studio, [early 1920s]. Sepia-toned silver gelatin photograph, 6 x 8.25 inches. Removed from an album, with paper remnants around edges, bottom left corner chipped, two short closed tears to edges, minor surface soiling and light creasing. One inked name in image area. A striking photograph of the..... More
![Item #3445 [Vernacular Photograph Album Assembled by an African-American Family in the 1970s]....](https://mcbriderarebooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/McBRB3445_01.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&v=1685280787)
[Livermore, Ca. 1970s]. Nine leaves, illustrated with 104 color photographs. Quarto. Contemporary self-stick photograph album spiral-bound in brown snakeskin patterned paper-covered boards with central design on front cover. Minor wear to covers. Images largely in vibrant condition. An eclectic collection of photographs featuring an unknown African American family and their..... More
[Kansas and Germany: early 1960s]. Twenty-two leaves, illustrated with 167 photographs, most mounted and captioned in white ink, with a handful of loose images and one cloth nameplate. Some images removed. Oblong folio. Contemporary dark blue leatherette, triple-ruled gilt borders on front cover, string tied. Faint manuscript title on front..... More