New York: S. Tackaberry, [1864]. Carte de visite photograph, 3.25 x 2 inches, on a slightly larger printed mount. Minor soiling and spotting, light edge wear. One of a series of CDVs featuring recently freed slaves produced in 1863-64 as part of a fundraising effort in the American South. This..... More

[New York: ca. 1920]. [4]pp., on a single folded sheet. Moderate tanning, minor chipping to edges, and somewhat brittle. A possibly unrecorded flyer published by the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) to spur interest in local chapters. The front cover touts the fact that in the..... More

Nashville: McQuiddy Printing Co., 1955. 52pp. Original printed wrappers, stapled. Moderate edge wear to wrappers, short vertical tear to top edge of front wrapper, mild soiling and rubbing. Light dampstain at bottom of gutter throughout. The rare 1955 reprint of Etienne Maxson's 1930 history of the progress of African Americans..... More

Bronx: The Bronx Conference for Racial and Religious Unity, 1944. 24pp. Original printed self wrappers, stapled. Minor edge wear, some uneven discoloration and rubbing to wrappers. Soft vertical crease throughout. A rare pamphlet on race relations published by the Bronx Conference for Racial and Religious Unity, a New York civil..... 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

Washington, D.C. Association for the Study of Negro Life and History, [1952]. 16pp. Original printed self wrappers, stapled. Minor wear and rubbing to outer leaves, else clean. An unrecorded pamphlet pertaining to the precursor of Black History Month, Negro History Week, this edition containing the first separate printing of Langston..... More

Louisville, Ky. March 26, 1967. [1],26pp., contemporary copy, printed on rectos only, stapled. Minor toning and small paperclip stain to top edge of title leaf, last leaf loose. Otherwise clean. A nice contemporary copy of the annual report for the Southern Program of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC), prepared..... More

[N.p., probably Charlestown, WV: 1931]. Handbill, 9.25 x 5.25 inches. Noticeable staining and toning, old folds, minor edge wear. An early and seemingly unique handbill advertising the activities of "Negro Advancement Week" in Charles Town, West Virginia in 1931. The event called for sermons, discussions, lectures, a parade, a "Fraternal..... 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

San Francisco: Jos. Winterburn & Co., 1886. 14pp., plus advertisement leaf. Original printed wrappers bound into 20th-century black quarter leather and marbled boards. Erased signature and small inked numeral to front wrapper. A rare California entry in the ongoing 19th-century and early-20th century debate over the prohibition of alcoholic beverages..... 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

[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

Mancos, Co. & Germfask, Mi. 1943-1944. Eight [2]pp. issues. Mostly broadsheets, one issue stapled. Previously folded and mailed, with postage and ink stamps. Light wear, a bit heavier along folds. Moderate toning and occasional staining. Nickel-sized chip at right edge of a single issue, not affecting text. An eight-issue run..... More