New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1906. iv,436,[4, ads]pp. Modern quarter calf and marbled boards, gilt leather spine labels. Occasional minor thumb-soiling or creasing to text, but mostly clean. Untrimmed and with a few gatherings unopened. Presentation copy of the first edition of Merriam's history of African American political life..... More

[Rome, Italy: Enrico Sinimberghi, 1870]. [4]pp. Original blue-green glassine-like wrappers with titles printed in black on front wrapper. Wrappers soiled and a bit chipped and wrinkled, with noticeable chipping to bottom corners. Two ink ownership inscriptions on front wrapper. Dark stains to bottom corner of each text leaf. An unrecorded..... More

[N.p. ca. 1950s]. Sepia-toned photograph, 6.25 x 8 inches. Minor dust-soiling, a few creases. An original photograph featuring the Habegger Evangelistic Party Quintet, a missionary musical group of African Americans. The typed caption in the negative reads: "Quintet - Habegger Evangelistic Party. Go ye unto all the world and preach..... More

[St. Louis, Mo. 1948]. [40]pp. Original yellow wrappers printed in red and black. Some uneven sunning, a few ink notations, moderate dust-soiling and edge wear to wrappers, soft central vertical crease throughout. Minor dust-soiling to most of text, a few ink notations. The official souvenir program for the 1948 national..... More

[N.p., likely Buffalo, NY: 1951]. [14]pp. Original loose sheets, 11 x 8.5 inches, stapled. Uniform tanning, mild soiling, top edge chipped and with closed tears, with tears just touching text on a few leaves but not costing any text. An unrecorded radio sermon given by Elder Charles Beck, an important..... More

White Plains, NY: 1949. 24pp. Original printed wrappers, stapled. Dust-soiling and minor wear to wrappers, slight creasing to rear wrapper. Clean internally, centerfold detached but present. A scarce pamphlet issued by a concerned citizens' group called the Westchester Committee for a Fair Inquiry Into the Peekskill Violence, after white mob..... More

[N.p., probably Charlestown, WV: 1931]. Handbill, 9.25 x 5.25 inches. Noticeable staining and toning, old folds, minor edge wear. An early and seemingly unique handbill advertising the activities of "Negro Advancement Week" in Charles Town, West Virginia in 1931. The event called for sermons, discussions, lectures, a parade, a "Fraternal..... More

[N.p. 1985]. [77]pp., irregularly paginated. Original cream printed covers, bound along outer edge with long black plastic posts. Minor soiling, ex-library with some abrasions to covers from removed stickers, short closed tear to top edge. Library ink stamp on first text leaf, else internally clean. A homespun biographical celebration of..... More

Washington DC: 1961. 88pp. Quarto. Original textured padded cloth printed in gilt and black with calendar designs on front cover. Minor edge wear, rubbing, and abrading to covers. Ink gift inscription on front free endpaper, toning to endpapers, but otherwise internally clean. A rare yearbook from Veterans High School Center..... More

[Shreveport, La. 1975]. 36pp. Original cream pictorial wrappers printed in blue, stapled. Text printed in blue. Minor wear and some soiling to wrappers. A few blue pen marks to wrappers and a few text pages. An unrecorded program for a bass baritone performance by Reverend John D.V. Hamilton, Jr., hosted..... More

Tuskegee, Al. 1947. iv,62pp. Original red printed wrappers, stapled. Minor wear and soiling to wrappers. Even toning to text, first few leaves with soft vertical crease, otherwise clean internally. An unrecorded handbook issued to the student body of the Tuskegee Institute in Jim Crow Alabama. The handbook opens with a...... More

Louisville, Ky. Pentecostal Publishing Company, [1919]. 56pp. Original green cloth, white titles. Mild rubbing and very light soiling, minor bumping to top corners. Internally clean and bright. A rare work by African American poet Sterling M. Means, who dedicates the book "To the Nine Hundred Thousand Black Troops who fought..... More

Atlanta: The Foote & Davies Company, 1900. 229pp., plus two frontispiece plates. Original blue pebbled cloth decoratively stamped in blind on boards, with gilt titles to spine and front board. Minor edge wear and rubbing, very light soiling. Minor even toning to text, but really clean internally. An appealing copy..... More