[Philadelphia: A.M.E. Book Concern], 1928. 104pp., plus four plates. Original blue cloth, gilt titles on front cover. Some rubbing to cloth and titles, minor edge wear, spine end a bit scuffed. Ownership ink inscription on front pastedown, ownership initials on fore-edge. Internally clean. Scarce in any condition. The scarce second..... More
![Item #4159 Biography of Morris Brown [cover title]. African Americana, Bishop Daniel A. Payne](https://mcbriderarebooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/McBRB4159.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1686921995)
[Atlanta: The Print Shop on Morris Brown College Campus, ca. 1940s]. [8]pp. Original cream wrappers printed in black, stapled. Moderate foxing to wrappers, light foxing to text. A brief but notable biography of the namesake of Morris Brown College, written by a legendary bishop of the A.M.E. Church, Bishop Daniel..... More
Lexington, Ky. August 16, 1884. [1]p., on Southern Exposition pictorial letterhead. Quarto. Very minor edge wear. A unique manuscript letter written by the fifth Bishop of the Colored Methodist Episcopal Church, Isaac Lane (1834-1937). The main thrust of Lane's letter, written while he was attending the 1884 Southern Exposition in..... More
![Item #3135 Elect J.O. Wyatt County Commissioner 5th District He Knows - He Cares [caption title]....](https://mcbriderarebooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/McBRB3135.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1651607284)
[Atlanta, Ga. late 1970s]. Three-color photographic portrait broadside, 11 x 28 inches, respectively. Left edge chipped and stained into the image area, old folds and creases. A campaign broadside touting the candidacy for J.O. Wyatt, Jr. Wyatt attended Morehouse College, earned a law degree from Emory, and worked for the..... More
Milledgeville, Ga. 1947. [43]pp., printed on rectos only. Illustrated. Original red textured wrappers, screw bound. Minor edge wear, a few short closed tears. Gift inscription to title leaf from the school's principal, otherwise clean internally. A humbly-produced yearbook for George Washington Carver High School, an African American segregated school in..... More
Macon, Ga. March 20, 1914. [1]p. typed form letter, on Burden, Smith & Co. stationery, stamp-signed by the president of the firm, R.F. Burden, with purple ink stamp at bottom reading, "Please Return This Letter to Georgia Colored Industrial & Orphans Home Address Macon Ga." Old folds, light toning. A..... More
[Mainly Georgia and Tennessee: ca. 1896-1897]. 102 miniature cabinet card photographs, each 1.75 x 2 inches, each mounted on card measuring 2 x 3 inches, all sequentially numbered 1-105 (with no #44, 62, 98, or 100, but with an additional image numbered 51 1/2) and all but five with short..... More
[Various locations in Georgia, Tennessee, Alabama, and Texas: 1862-1866]. About 200 autograph letters, signed, totaling over 600 pages, including both war-date letters and manuscript letters dated before the Civil War, mostly written in ink, with a few in pencil, most with original transmittal envelopes; plus five photographs and several other..... More
[Various locations, mostly in Georgia and Florida: mainly 1856-1876]. Sixty manuscript letters and documents, totaling approximately 110pp., plus a handful of drawings and a manuscript architectural sketch. Some wear and occasional chipping and minor losses to letters. Occasional minor repairs. An eclectic and wide-ranging archive containing unique reportage of antebellum..... More
Atlanta: 1933. 24pp. Original printed self wrappers, stapled. Some thumb-soiling and ink stamp on front cover, small typed notice affixed to top of front cover, minor edge wear. Internally clean. Fourth edition of a scarce pamphlet printing extracts from reports of an Atlanta race relations conference, distributed "for class in..... More
Savannah, Ga. September 18, 1838. [2]pp. of manuscript on integral leaf of a printed circular, addressed on verso of printed circular. Original mailing folds, minor foxing, marginal loss from removed wax seal. A detailed letter from John J. Maxwell, agent for William Gibbons, a Georgia plantation owner, reporting on crop..... More
[N.p. 1937]. [3],53pp., rectos only, including fifty-nine vernacular sepia-toned photographs measuring 2.5 x 3.5 inches and a few maps and manuscript diagrams. Typed self wrappers, brad-bound. Minor creasing and dust-soiling to wrappers. Clean internally. A profusely illustrated report, with a few hand-drawn diagrams and numerous manuscript emendations, focused on various..... More