![Top Flight [Vol. I, No. 17 (Oct 29 1949)]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/331/921/1690921331.0.l.jpg)
Top Flight [Vol. I, No. 17 (Oct 29 1949)]
New York City: N.P., 1949. Very good -. 10 7/8” x 8½”. Bifolium, printed all four sides. Pp. 4. Very good minus: moderately creased at old folds; a bit toned. This is an issue of a seemingly forgotten periodical that was created by and for high school- and college-aged African Americans in New York City, Top Flight. The issue covers two young men who went on to notable careers, one in business and one in music,... Read More
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![Mungin, Horace (editor-in-chief). Black Forum [Vol. 1, No. 2 (Winter 1977)]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/773/814/1671814773.0.l.jpg)
Mungin, Horace (editor-in-chief). Black Forum [Vol. 1, No. 2 (Winter 1977)]
Bronx, NY: Black Forum, 1977. Very good. 10” x 7”. Stapled pictorial wrappers. Pp. 48. Very good: front wrap lightly spotted with moderate coffee stain to side, corner dogear and small bite to bottom edge, all extending to first few leaves; several leaves with faint stains at edges. This is a heavily illustrated issue of an uncommon African American poetry and literary journal, Black Forum (BF). BF was founded in the mid-1970s by Horace... Read More
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![New York Pride Guide: The Official Guide to Lesbian & Gay Pride and History Month. [1993 edition]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/195/156/1299156195.0.l.jpg)
New York Pride Guide: The Official Guide to Lesbian & Gay Pride and History Month. [1993 edition]
New York: Susan Horowitz, 1993. Very good. 10¾" x 8¼". Wrappers. pp. 176. Very good minus with moderate wear and some creasing to wrappers. The theme this year was a call to action addressed to anyone, not just members of the LGBTQ community, who were supportive of the movement: "Outlaw Outrage Outright Outspoken Outrageous Outstanding." These words were meant to remind others that, "coming out...is a continual process that will engage us our entire lives...we have never... Read More
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![[Fantastic Photos of New Mexico]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/765/170/1734170765.0.l.jpg)
[Fantastic Photos of New Mexico]
New Mexico, 1930. Very good +. 12” x 9”. Gathering of 14 construction paper pages side-stapled with 30 B&W photographs corner-mounted. Most photos 2½” x 4¼”, two slightly smaller, typed captions adhered to every page. Gathering good: seemingly removed from a larger book; one leaf detached, remainder partially so. Photos very good plus or better. This is a brief but wonderful collection of photographs showing what appears to be a tour through the southwest on a... Read More
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Gay Forum. Vol. 1 No. 3. December 1-15, 1971
Washington DC: Guild Press, LTD, 1971. Near fine. 17½" x 11¼". Bifolia printed on regular paper stock. pp. 24. Near fine: folded horizontally at center as issued, fresh with minimal wear. This is an issue of a short run gay periodical that signaled the downfall of a gay publishing empire. Its publisher, the Guild Press, was founded by H. Lynn Womack, who had turned a small printing plant purchased in 1957 into a major operation which... Read More
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![Defending America [First Leaf Title for a High School Yearbook with Original Photographs Mounted In].; Education](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/055/966/1656966055.0.l.jpg)
Defending America [First Leaf Title for a High School Yearbook with Original Photographs Mounted In].; Education
North Powder, Oregon: North Powder High School, 1942. Good. 10½” x 8”. Two-hole punched leaves, plastic brad-bound within thin orange folder. Pp. [48]. Good: front cover and first page(s) lacking; rear cover detached but present; offsetting and edge wear to first present page with a small patch worn away; several photographs loose or detached but present in original locations; a bit spotted throughout. This is a rare yearbook for a small high school in Oregon, issued... Read More
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Gay Pride Week 79 Calendar of Events
Dallas, Texas: Dignity/Outreach Dallas and Concerned Americans for the Preservation of Human Rights, 1979. Very good. 11" x 8½". Single sheet flyer, printed both sides. Very good: creased at old center fold; a few other faint creases; lightly toned with a bit of spotting. This is a double-sided flyer announcing the many and varied events scheduled for Gay Pride Week 1979 in Dallas, Texas. Though not explicitly stated, the calendar came from the collection of longtime... Read More
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![By-Laws. Storm King Lodge No. 441. I.B.P.O.E.W. [Cover title]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/437/586/1693586437.0.l.jpg)
By-Laws. Storm King Lodge No. 441. I.B.P.O.E.W. [Cover title]
Highland Falls, N.Y.: [Improved, Benevolent, Protective Order of Elks of the World], 1924. Very good. 5¼” x 3½”. Stapled thin card wrappers. Pp. 12. Very good: wrappers with small tears to corners and top edge, lightly soiled with one small spot to front; slight faint crease throughout. This is a rare early book of bylaws from a New York Lodge of the world's largest African American fraternal organization, the Improved, Benevolent, Protective Order of Elks of... Read More
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Clark University Courier Catalogue Edition 1899-1900
South Atlanta, Georgia: The Faculty and Students of Clark University/Clark University Printing Department, 1900. Good. 8 ” x 5 ”. Stapled wrappers. Pp. 58 including 4 plates + publishing slip laid in. Good due to wrappers detached; internally very good with light foxing to a few leaves and two plates, some small chips at edges, offsetting to last page and light scattered spotting. This is a rare issue of an early publication out of Clark University,... Read More
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![Foreign Workers in Germany. A Report Based on Official German Sources [Cover title]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/725/406/1532406725.0.l.jpg)
Foreign Workers in Germany. A Report Based on Official German Sources [Cover title]
[London, England]: United Nations Relief & Rehabilitation Administration European Regional Office, 1944. Very good +. 6 3/8" x 4". Stapled thin card wrappers. Pp. iv, 85. Very good plus: minimal wear, lightly toned, prior owner penciled name to front wrap. This is a handbook created by the Displaced Persons Division No. 3 of the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration (UNRRA) for its staff who were assisting refugees residing and/or working in Germany during World War II.... Read More
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![[Collection of 32 Meeting Minutes of the Steuben Baptist Association]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/057/966/1656966057.0.l.jpg)
[Collection of 32 Meeting Minutes of the Steuben Baptist Association]
Dundee, New York: Various Printers/Publishers, 1869. Good. Most around 9¼” x 5½”, three around 6” x 4”. Self-wrappers. Most pp. 8-16, one pp. 26. Generally good or better: a few with partially or fully detached wrappers or leaves; some edge wear, chipping, dust-soiling and spotting; a few with inked notations or signature. This is a collection of minutes from yearly meetings of a religious organization in Upstate New York, the Steuben Baptist Association (SBA). They are... Read More
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Marines' Guide to North China
N.P.: Reproduction Section First Marine Division, 1945. Good -. 6” x 4”. Stapled wrappers. Pp. 25. Good minus: lacking rear wrapper, front wrapper heavily worn and soiled. This is a densely packed little guidebook to North China, issued to Marines entering the country around September 1945. The purpose of the book is contained in a brief note from the First Marine Division's Commanding Officer, Major General D. Peck: “We are entering China. This small... Read More
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![[Photo Album Compiled for a Noted Leader of Asian and Asian American Student Associations]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/746/681/1740681746.0.l.jpg)
[Photo Album Compiled for a Noted Leader of Asian and Asian American Student Associations]
Several locations in Japan. Near fine. 13" x 11". Commercial photo album, decorated cloth over boards, post-bound with tassels. 38 stiff card pages with 130 B&W photographs adhered and the last 10 pages are blank. Photos range from 2" x 3" to 5 " x 7¾" and nearly all are captioned. Near fine: album corners bumped; dedication page lightly toned; the rare faint spot, typically avoiding images. This is a lovingly crafted album of photographic memories... Read More
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Disneyland 1961 Original 35mm Slide Images Photos Photographs (Lot 3)
1961. Fine. This listing is for a group of original 35mm slides which are in red letter Kodachrome Transparency mounts date stamped July 1961 and in fine condition. This group includes an image the Tomorrowland Rocket, the Indian Village at Yesterland, a dining area, the Main Street Depot area, and the monorail with the Matterhorn in the background.
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Photo Album with Mt. Rushmore, Cowboys and Travels in Midwest
Very good. This photo album has 18 pages and 92 total B&W photographs. The photos contain images of old cars and the vast nature of the Midwest. It has photos of a man posing along the roadside sights and standing in front of more nature. There are photos of the construction of Mt. Rushmore, where the workers are seen suspended in the air working on the faces. Other photos show a cowboy doing tricks on his horse and... Read More
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![[Set of 20 Training Slides for a "Girl Friday"]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/480/644/1531644480.0.l.jpg)
[Set of 20 Training Slides for a "Girl Friday"]
N.P.: N.P., 1960. Very good. 20 film slides, each measuring 1½" x 1½" in mounts measuring 2" x 2". Very good plus with minor wear. This is an anonymously produced set of slide transparencies on hand-colored film that were likely used to train female secretaries. The first slide has a cartoon image of a young woman with a stack of papers and the words "Girl Friday," a known colloquialism for a female helper or office assistant. The... Read More
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Syracuse University Yearbook the Onondagan of '97
Syracuse, N. Y.: Junior Class of Syracuse University, 1896. Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo 8" - 9" tall; The Onondagan of '97. Volume XIII. Spring Term, 1896. Oblong, 7 5/8" x 9 3/4". Bold purple linen, decorated in gilt. 16 pages of advertisements "numbered" a-p, followed by 219 numbered pages, followed by 5 unnumbered pages, followed by 18 pages of advertisements numbered i-xviii + 20 plates of engraved illustration interspersed throughout the text. An outstanding early Syracuse University yearbook... Read More
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![[Photographs of an Annual Texas Beauty Pageant]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/743/681/1740681743.0.l.jpg)
[Photographs of an Annual Texas Beauty Pageant]
Corpus Christi, Texas: Blackwell Photography, 1968. Very good. 36 8" x 10" B&W photographs, including 9 duplicates. Very good or better: a few slightly wavy with mild corner wear. This is a great group of photos revealing the 1968 "New Year's Day Swim and Beauty Pageant," an event held in Corpus Christi, Texas, for over 20 years. Articles in local papers told us all about the day: "Approximately 400 persons braved goosebump weather yesterday... Read More
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United States Department of the Interior Annual Report, Division of Extension and Industry: Rosebud Jurisdiction, Rosebud Reservation and Yankton Sub Agency
Rosebud, South Dakota: United States Department of the Interior, 1936. Very good. Large three-ring binder with mylar sleeves holding 307 leaves with text and photos on versos only. Pages hold 320 black and white photographs inserted into corner mounts, all of which have typescript captions and measure from 2½" x 3½" to 2¾" x 4½". Generally very good or better with toned leaves and near fine photographs. This is an enormous and comprehensive report on the... Read More
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M. G. P. C. News
Boston, Massachusetts: Massachusetts Gay Political Caucus, 1981. 14" x 8½". Two sheets, each printed both sides, stapled in upper left corner. Very good: old folds and light creasing. The Gay Pride Week edition of the newsletter for the Massachusetts Gay Political Caucus ("MGPC"). Founded in 1974 as the Boston Advocates for Human Rights, it changed its name in 1976 to Massachusetts Caucus for Gay Legislation and again to the MGPC in 1987. It employed a full time lobbyist and... Read More
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![DODDS Celebrates Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and Black History Month 1989 [Caption title]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/726/836/1544836726.0.l.jpg)
DODDS Celebrates Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and Black History Month 1989 [Caption title]
[Department of Defense Dependents Schools], 1989. Good. 22" x 17". Poster. Good: folded twice, moderate to heavy creasing throughout. This is a rare poster produced by the Department of Defense Dependents Schools (DODDS) which celebrated the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and Black History Month in 1989. It features sketches of King as well as several African American luminaries such as Jesse Jackson, Frederick Douglass, Thurgood Marshall, Count Basie, Willie Mays, and Walter Payton.... Read More
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Constitution and By-Laws Of The Grand and Subordinate Lodges Improved Benevolent, Protective Order of Elks of the World . .
New York, N.Y.: Grand Lodge/Mooney's, 1925. Very good -. 6” x 4½”. Stapled thin card wrappers. Pp. 64. Very good minus: wrappers moderately worn and soiled; leaves toned; a couple instances of staining in text; inked owner name on two blank pages. This is a rare printing of the constitution and by-laws of the Improved, Benevolent, Protective Order of Elks of the World (IBPOEW). IBPOEW was established in Ohio in 1897 when the white... Read More
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Nostrand's Map New York City
New York. Very good. This is a listing for Nostrand's Map of New York City, likely from the 1930s. The cover has a photo of New York and on the bottom are details that will be found on the map like house numbers, subways and parks. There is a map on each side of a sheet measuring approximately 31¾” x 16½”, folded into the booklet which measures 4¼” x 8½”.
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![[Archive on Japan Film Week]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/741/866/1759866741.0.l.jpg)
[Archive on Japan Film Week]
Japan and New York, 1957. Very good. 13¼" x 10¾". Two-ring scrapbook of 78 black construction paper pages with 104 photographic film promotionals, 121 clippings and 14 photographs (most around 4" x 6") adhered + approx. 65 items (about 225 pp.) of film ephemera, typed and manuscript research and lists, most organized in two- or three-ring binding, a few loose. Very good or better: several scrapbook pages partially detached; chipped at edges and susceptible to more; a few... Read More
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![[Collection of Promotional Ephemera for Movie Book Publishers]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/904/378/1688378904.0.l.jpg)
[Collection of Promotional Ephemera for Movie Book Publishers]
Mostly New York, NY; also Oklahoma City, OK and Chicago, IL, 1931. Good. 11½” x 9” string-tied commercial album, faux leather over boards, embossed “Treasures” to front. 48 leaves with 90 items of ephemera adhesive mounted both sides + one 8” x 10” B&W photograph and 18 items of ephemera laid in. Good: front cover detached with moderate loss; covers and leaves with light chipping. Contents generally very good or better, most items folded with light (to occasionally... Read More
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