New York: The Alliance Publishing Co., 1900. 40pp. Original printed wrappers, stapled. Some discoloration along front wrapper, minor dust-soiling to wrappers. Thin dampstain along outer margin of first few leaves, otherwise internally clean. A rare report compiled by noted African-American educator, author, and businessman George Allen Mebane of North Carolina..... More

Birmingham, Al. April, 1936. [4]pp., on a single folded folio sheet. Minor edge wear and creasing, short closed tear to first leaf. A very rare and ephemeral newsletter issued by an African-American funeral home system in Birmingham, Alabama, owned and operated by E.A. Bradford. The newsletter prints articles about new..... More

Speigner, Al. 1952. Volume 1, Number 6. [6],82,[1]pp. Folio. Original pictorial wrappers, linen spine. Light wear and soiling, contemporary presentation inscription on front cover. Internally clean. Scarce prison periodical published at Draper Prison and representing “the entire inmate body of the Alabama penal system.” The magazine began publication in September..... More

[Alabama: March 6, 1838. [1]p., docketed on verso. Old folds, a small area of loss at the middle-left only touching a few letters, uneven discoloration and tanning to left portion. A tender document but still highly readable. A striking Alabama legal document concerning plantation economics related to James Dellet, a...... More

[N.p., but perhaps Selma, Al.]: 1945. 87pp. Original red textured wrappers printed in black. Minor edge wear and rubbing to wrappers, spine head slightly frayed. Internally clean. A decidedly rare collection of poetry written by an African-American woman from Alabama, Jennie Douglass Moore. According to her nicely-detailed five-page introduction entitled..... More