[Mexico: 1810]. [24]pp. Small quarto. Stitched as issued. Moderate foxing to outer leaves, even toning throughout. Minor wear and creasing. "A pastoral letter, in which the Bishop of Michoacan reproves his flock for having joined the insurgents under Hidalgo" -- Sabin. The author, Manuel Abad y Queipo, was an interesting..... More

New York: Kimball, [1863]. Carte-de-visite. Light wear, part of captioned underlined in red pencil. One of a series of CDVs featuring recently freed slaves produced in 1863-1864 as part of a fundraising effort in the American South. According to a notice printed on the verso: "The nett proceeds from the..... More

[Chicago]: 1943. 112pp. Original printed red wrappers, stapled. Light wear at corners and along spine. Even toning internally. The 1943 issue of an irregularly-published almanac aimed at uplifting the African-American community. The author, Rev. Ross D. Brown, writes rather defiantly about a host of issues important to the Black community..... More

Beijing: 1954. [4],282,[1]pp. Original pictorial wrappers. Light foxing and wear, ink stamp on rear cover and half title. Minor toning to text. Rare Chinese translation of Harry Haywood's important political work, first published in 1948. Harry Haywood (1898-1985) was an early Black activist in the Communist Party and the first..... More

Ottawa, Ks. Lynn Harris, [ca. 1890]. Cabinet card photograph. Moderate rubbing and scratching to image. Minor chips to lower corners. Light dust soiling and staining. A composed studio portrait of an African American couple, the seated man in jacket and striped tie and the standing woman in a fitted dress..... More

New York: Bogardus, [ca. 1880]. Cabinet card photograph. Slight fading to image. Light dust soiling. Scarce image of the University Singers of New Orleans, founded in 1877 as a jubilee touring group to raise money for the Louisiana Colored Orphans' Home and the LaTeche Seminary. The group had eight founding..... 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

[Ferndale, Wa.? ca. 1908]. [8]pp. Original pink pictorial wrappers, stapled. Light toning, manuscript notation and ink stamp on front cover. Faint dampstain to lower edge of text; several contemporary manuscript notations in text. Scarce work on the dwarfing of fruit trees for use on smaller lots -- thus, the "suburbanite's"..... More

New York City: Japanese Students' Christian Association in North America, 1926. 39pp. Original blue printed wrappers, stapled. Minor wear and fading to edges. A scarce pamphlet issued by the Japanese Students' Christian Association in North America (JSCA, a branch of the YMCA), and written by Roy Hidemichi Akagi, intended as..... More

[Chicago]: Poole Brothers, [ca. 1920s]. 55pp. Oblong 12mo. Original printed wrappers. Light wear. A nice copy of this photographically illustrated promotional for sights along rail and steamer lines in Alaska and Yukon owned by the White Pass and Yukon Route. With plenty of illustrations and information about points of interest..... More

[Various locations in British Columbia and Alaska: ca. 1900]. [14] leaves, illustrated with 111 vernacular sepia-toned photographs, between 2.5 x 4.5 inches and 3.5 x 5.5 inches. Mostly mounted four per page. Oblong folio. Contemporary black cloth, gilt, string tied. Minor edge wear and rubbing. Some edge chipping to a...... More

[Various locations, mostly in Canada and Alaska: 1914]. [36] leaves, illustrated with 147 vernacular photographs and real photo postcards, almost all with manuscript captions written in white pencil. Oblong quarto. Contemporary black textured cloth with "Photographs" in gilt on front cover, and with handwritten caption in white pencil, reading "1914..... More

Nome, Ak. November 1, 1900. 6pp., with original transmittal envelope. Loose octavo sheets. Previously folded; light, even tanning. In a slightly hurried, but quite legible script. Missouri natives Edwin Sherzer and his brother were two of Nome's first postal workers, while they endeavored to develop a dog sledding business on..... More