Detroit: 1942. 43pp. Original printed wrappers. Corners heavily chipped, lightly soiled. Pictorial title page with photogravure on verso. Minor soiling and wear to text. Proceedings for this early World War II-era civil rights conference held in Detroit. The March of Washington Movement lasted from 1941 to 1946 under the slogan..... More
Grand Rapids: 1910. [16]pp. Original green wrappers, cover gilt, string-tied. Minor wear to wrappers, small ink stamp on rear cover; small ink stamp on verso of title page. Internally clean. Unrecorded work comprised of four poems interspersed with Bible quotations. All four pieces are, unsurprisingly, religious in nature. We find..... More
Duluth: Finnish Daily Publishing Company, 1920. 175,[1]pp. Original printed wrappers. Wraps heavily chipped and detached, crudely repaired with cello tape. Contemporary ownership inscription to half title. Light chipping to initial and final leaves, otherwise light tanning internally. Scarce history of Finnish individuals, businesses, and organizations based in the Upper Midwest..... More
Detroit, Mi. [1951, 1955]. Panoramic photographs, 10 x 18.5 inches and 12 x 19.75 inches. Moderate creasing, surface and edge wear. A pair of rare small-format panoramic photographs, at least one of which was produced by a Japanese American photographer, featuring diners at two different Detroit conventions of the Japanese..... More
Hudson, Mi. 1898. 40pp. Original red printed wrappers; front cover detached. Spine and covers chipped, contemporary library ink stamps on front cover and title page. Internally clean, though a bit fragile, several leaves loosening. Poetry published in the tiny town of Hudson, Michigan, near the Ohio border. One poem, "At..... More
Detroit: 1927. 16pp. plus two return mail forms laid in. Original blue printed wrappers, stapled. Minor wear and soiling. Lengthy brochure advertising a course for women's beauty and improvement offered by Roy J. Horton of Detroit. Horton claims his course of six months can transform a woman into a vital..... More