Pawtucket, Ma. Robert Sherman, Printer, 1837. [2],61pp. Gathered signatures, stitched. Moderate scattered foxing, minor edge wear, corners a bit worn. A rather scarce and notable abolitionist work relating the events surrounding the attack of a pro-slavery mob on the Mansfield Anti-Slavery Society in October 1836. The work includes an account..... More

[Oakland]: Voice Publishing Company, 1946. 140pp. Original tan wrappers printed in black. Some creasing and light chipping to wrappers. Internally clean. Sixth edition, revised and enlarged, with the subtitle reading "A book discussing the problems of unity and co-operation among American Negroes in those matters concerning their betterment." Barrett's work..... More

[Buffalo: 1937]. Photo-illustrated broadside, approximately 12 x 9 inches. Tanned, darker around the edges, with minor creasing. Small manuscript note at bottom, reading "Buffalo, 1937." A striking and seemingly unrecorded broadside advertising a speech by James W. Ford, the "Outstanding Negro Leader - twice Vice Presidential candidate of the Communist..... More

Detroit: 1905. [4]pp., on a single folded sheet. Old creases and wrinkles, minor edge wear, small chip to bottom corner. A seemingly-unrecorded program detailing the events held at the eighth annual meeting of the short-lived but vitally important National Afro-American Council. The National Afro-American Council was one of the first..... More

Mahwah, N.J. [1969]. Handbill, 11 x 8.5 inches. Original folds, light edge wear. A rare handbill issued by the United Black Brothers, a labor union based in Mahwah, New Jersey, reacting against a recent episode in which a manager unfairly and arbitrarily dismissed an African American worker with the racist..... 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

[Memphis: ca. 1964]. Broadside handbill printed on orange paper, 9 x 5.75 inches. Light edge wear, short closed tear. An exceedingly-rare handbill calling for a boycott of Stag Beer in Memphis in the early-1960s. The impetus for the boycott was the lack of African American representation in A.S. Barboro Distributing..... More

[Atlanta: 1962]. Photographically-illustrated broadside, 11 x 9 inches, printed in green ink on yellow paper. Minor edge wear, old center horizontal fold, a few minor creases, mild dust-soiling. An unrecorded broadside advertising a June 6, 1962 performance by Harry Belafonte as a benefit concert for the Southern Christian Leadership Conference..... More

[Spokane]: 1938. 96pp. Quarto. Original pictorial wrappers three-ring bound into decorative wood boards. Light wear to wrapper edges; wood boards lightly scuffed. Numerous newspaper clippings tipped onto several leaves, inside wrappers, and on title page. Occasional, slightly later manuscript annotations. Light dust soiling and toning internally. A scarce 1938 Civilian..... More

[Havana: 1960]. [42] leaves, printed rectos only. Oblong 12mo. Original black printed wrappers, string tied. Minor chipping to wrapper corners, costing the original metal tips at the corners, moderate rubbing and abrading to wrappers. Minor dust-soiling and ink stamp to title leaf, small dampstain to bottom corner of last two..... More

Paris: Jean, Quai des Augustins, [1818]. Handcolored engraving, 15.25 x 11.5 inches. Hinged to a backing with archival tape and matted. Old horizontal folds, moderate foxing and spotting, minor edge wear. A nicely margined and handsomely colored example. A wonderful handcolored engraving echoing the spirit that led Napoleonic loyalists to..... More

Freeland, Md. & York, Pa. School of Living, 1970-1977. Volumes 8:11, 9:2-5, 34:3. Minor wear, toning. A few small edge tears. A small run of this journal published by the School of Living, “an educational organization that explores challenges of living, holds land in trust for present and future generations..... More

Philadelphia: American Friends Service Committee, May, 1963. 16pp. Original illustrated self wrappers, stapled. Minor edge wear, moderate toning and surface soiling to outer wrappers. Internally clean. First edition, first issue of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s Letter from Birmingham City Jail - one of the foundational documents of the Civil..... More