[Japan: 1932-1940]. Seven textbooks, between 36 and 136pp., with four bound in color-printed pictorial wrappers with cloth backstrips, two bound in full brown cloth with gilt titles on spine and front cover, one in quarter tan cloth and plain boards with gilt titles on front board. Minor soiling and light..... More
Washington DC: Beresford, 1904. viii,228pp., plus photographic portrait frontispiece. Publisher's maroon cloth, gilt spine titles. Small chip at spine head, minor edge wear. Clean internally. A tight, square copy. The rare first edition of W. Bishop Johnson's excellent collection of twenty-six orations delivered by the African-American Baptist minister from the..... More
Mexico City: Tipografia de Rafael y Vila, 1851. 184pp. One signature misbound. Contemporary quarter black calf and black paper boards, spine gilt. Corners heavily worn, boards a bit scuffed; spine ends rubbed. Text lightly tanned. A series of twelve didactic letters written to "dear sister" outlining the various important types..... More
[Various locations around New York City: Chester Studios and others, 1950-1960]. Eighty-eight black-and-white photographs, most approximately 8 x 10 inches, with five in slightly smaller format. Minor wear, some with adhesive remnants on versos, a few with editorial markings in the image area, most with photo credits and other information..... More
![Item #3956 Sherman Institute U.S. Indian School. Riverside, Calif. [cover title]. Native...](/pictures/thumb/McBRB3956_01.jpg?v=1678722400)
[Riverside, Ca. 1909]. [82]pp., including [13]pp. of text, the remainder comprised of photographic views, including one folding image. Original light tan illustrated wrappers printed in dark tan. Moderate edge wear and soiling to wrappers, a handful of short closed edge tears unobtrusively reinforced on verso with cello tape. Light bump..... More
![Item #3517 Parent and Teachers' Rally. Alto Negro High School... [cover title]. African...](/pictures/thumb/McBRB3517.jpg?v=1678125602)
Alto, La. 1952. [3]pp., on a single folded sheet. Old folds, minor soiling, moderate chipping, not affecting text. A seemingly-unrecorded program for a fundraising rally by the parents and teachers of an African-American high school in Alto, Louisiana during the late Jim Crow period. The program prints the schedule of..... More
Hempstead County, Ar. 1917-1918. Three separate quarto reports, each [4]pp. on single folded pre-printed sheets, completed in manuscript. Light chipping to edges, discoloration and chipping along top edge of November report. A collection of three reports on rural education in Arkansas, produced under the aegis of the Negro School Fund..... More
Utica, Ms. 1911. 8pp., accompanied by a single-page fundraising typed letter, signed, and original transmittal envelope. Original mailing folds to pamphlet and letter, minor wear and toning. A very rare annual report from the Utica Normal & Industrial Institute of Utica, Mississippi, issued by the school's founder and principal, William..... More
Mexico City: Imprenta de Juan R. Navarro, 1851. 256,iv,[2]pp. Small quarto. Contemporary calf and marbled boards, spine gilt. Light wear to spine, corners and boards rubbed. Some minor foxing and toning to text. Later ownership inscription on rear endpapers. Rare guide for teaching English to Spanish-language speakers, printed in Mexico..... More
[Campo, San Diego County, Ca. 1934-1935]. [10] leaves, illustrated with eighteen silver gelatin photographs, newspaper clippings, two typed letters, signed, original artwork and typed classwork, all mounted, most with manuscript captions. Oblong folio. Contemporary plain cardboard, brown cloth backstrip, string tied. Minor edge wear and rubbing, light soiling, a few..... More
Lucena City: Garcia's, 1968-1969. Fifteen sepia-toned photographs, most 5 x 7 inches, a couple slightly smaller, all but one captioned in the negative. Minor wear, otherwise very nice condition. A collection of fifteen photographs featuring the participants in the 1968 Division Science Workshop in the Philippine city of Lucena. The..... More