![Item #4314 Groveland U.S.A. [wrapper title]. African Americana, National Association for the...](https://mcbriderarebooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/McBRB4314.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1699656066)
New York: NAACP, 1949. 8pp. Original pictorial self wrappers, stapled. Minor wear and bumping to edges. A familiar tale of racist woe and deep injustice from the swamps of central Florida in 1949, when four African American youths were falsely accused of raping a young white woman, and "the torch..... More
[Fort Lauderdale, Fl.]: 1943. 77pp. Original green pebbled cloth, gilt titles on front cover. Minor spotting to boards. Ownership signatures on pastedowns, occasional minor thumb-soiling to text. An uncommon work of the nature of the Christian religion by a noted African-American preacher from Florida. In his Preface, Dr. Thomas decries..... More
Palatka, Fl. 1947. [5]pp., typed on folio sheets, stapled. Old folds, minor wear and creasing, light dust-soiling. An unsigned petition from the Hattie Q. Brown Club, asking "The Honourable City Commission of the City of Palatka, Florida...to recognise its status as the 'Hattie Q Brown Club which the Commission gave..... More
[Way Key, Fl. 1865]. Partially-printed muster roll completed in manuscript, approximately 21 x 31 inches. Old folds, some separations at crossfolds (as usual), minor wear and soiling. A rare muster roll recording details of the service of an African-American infantry company while stationed in Florida during the final year of..... 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
[Various locations in Florida]: 1901. [16] leaves, illustrated with thirty-two original vernacular photographs, all 3.5 x 3.5 inches, most with manuscript captions in ink above the images. Oblong octavo. Contemporary gray paper wrappers, white titles on front cover. Spine mostly split, a few shallow chips to edges. Internally clean. A..... More
![Item #2653 Our Trip of 1925 [manuscript caption title]. Florida, Early Automobile Travel](https://mcbriderarebooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/McBRB2653_01.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1646857804)
[Various locations including Florida, Missouri, and South Dakota]: 1925. Forty-five leaves, encompassing approximately fifty pages of manuscript narrative written in white ink, interspersed with 108 photographs and a handful of ephemeral items. Oblong octavo. Contemporary red cloth photograph album, black letters on front cover, string tied. Minor edge wear. A...... More
Gainesville, Fl. Daily Advocate Job Print, ca. 1884-1890]. [4]pp., on a single folded sheet. Mild soiling, minor toning, old folds. A seemingly unrecorded real estate promotional leaflet issued by Louis A. Barnes and Watson Porter, local land attorneys working in and around Gainesville, Florida. The pair is seeking prospective purchasers..... More
Jacksonville, Fl. March 15, 1858. [4]pp., on a single folded sheet. Old mailing folds. An informative dispatch from antebellum Florida from A.C Scranton to "Friend Barton" in 1858. In his letter, Scranton reports that despite some problems, he is enjoying southern people and general life in Florida: "The people generally..... More
Los Angeles: Free Tract Society, [ca. 1935]. 112pp., plus sixteen pages of illustrations. Original orange printed wrappers. Moderate scuffing and staining to covers. Minor occasional foxing, even toning to text. A normally-uninteresting imprint, being a simple pocket-sized printing of the Gospel of John intended to be given away, but the..... 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