![[Photo Album Compiled by a Navy Sailor in Hawaii]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/756/681/1740681756.0.l.jpg)
[Photo Album Compiled by a Navy Sailor in Hawaii]
by Loo, Tai Sing (photographer)
Hawaii, 1944. Very good. 10 " x 13 ". Commercial "Aloha Hawaii" album, faux brown leather over boards, plastic bradbound and string-tied. 98 pages with 156 B&W photographs cornermounted mostly rectos + 3 laid in. Photos measure 2¾" x 4½" or 5" x 7" and nearly all are captioned. Album very good due to some scuffing and bits of loss; a few chips to edges of leaves not approaching images. Photographs very good plus. This is... Read More
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History of the First African Baptist Church, From Its Organization, January 20th, 1788, to July 1st, 1888 . .
by Love, Rev. E[mmanuel] K[ing]
Savannah, GA: The Morning News Print, 1888. Good. 8¼" x 6". Green cloth over boards, title gilt. Pp. [5], [A]-E, [6], iv-v, [blank page], 360. Good: Ex-library with remnants of call number to spine, bookplate, due cards and embossed stamp on title page; moderately shaken, boards moderately worn with losses at spine tips, ffep heavily notated. This is another copy of Love's History with several outstanding associations. A partially obscured inscription on the front... Read More
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![[Two Handbills of Articles on Feminism and Equal Rights for Women]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/054/966/1656966054.0.l.jpg)
[Two Handbills of Articles on Feminism and Equal Rights for Women]
by Lutz, Alma
Washington, D.C.: [National Woman's Party], 1943. Very good. 14” x 4¼”; 11” x 4¼”. Handbills. Very good: a bit of light creasing and corner wear; faint scuff to one top edge. This is a set of two handbills written by a noted feminist and leader in the fight for women's rights, Alma Lutz. Alma Lutz was born in 1890 and graduated from Vassar College in 1912. She was a writer and editor for the National Woman's... Read More
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End Marijuana Prohibition, Washington DC High Noon, Friday July 4, 2003, Lafayette Park
by Marcus, Steve (artist)
Washington DC: Fourth of July Hemp Coalition, 2003. Very good +. 14" x 8½". Small poster illustrated recto, text on verso. Very good plus: light edge and corner wear and just a hint of waviness. This quirky poster advertising the 2003 Fourth of July smoke-in at Lafayette Park in Washington DC was illustrated by artist Steve Marcus. Also known as "smarcus," his work may seem familiar as it covered a range of media, including cover art for... Read More
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Narrative of the Travels and Adventures of Monsieur Violet, in California, Sonora, & Western Texas
by Marryat, R. N. C. B. , Captain
Leipzig: Bernh. Tauchnitz Jun, 1843. Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo 8" - 9" tall; First German edition. 5 7/8" x 4 1/2". Quarter leather over marbled boards, spine decorated and stamped in gilt. 384 pages + folding map. "Incredible adventures from an imaginary Frenchman borrowed from various sources." Howes M-302; Sabin 44698; Streeter, Texas 1458B; Wagner-Camp 97-3. An exceptional copy. Condition: Near fine: light wear to boards, some flaking to spine; leaves are unmarked and strikingly bright. Please do... Read More
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Where the Shoe Pinches
by Massey, Thomas H.
Rochester, NY: Printed for Thomas H. Massey, 1951. Very good. 9” x 6”. Flexible card wrappers; internally stapled. Pp. [3], 60, [1]. Very good: several ink scribbles to verso of last leaf and a subtle few to two other spots; former owner's name inked to title page; a bit of soiling to one (blank) page; lightly toned. Inscribed by the author on title page. This is a rare and creative work showcasing Black perspectives on race and racism... Read More
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![[Autograph Books Belonging to a High School Girl in Oklahoma]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/525/226/1657226525.0.l.jpg)
[Autograph Books Belonging to a High School Girl in Oklahoma]
by McAnarney, Zela Mae
Optima, Oklahoma, 1932. Good. Each book around 4” x 6” with 58 pages and about 65 handwritten entries. Good: boards detached from textblock but attached to each other; loss to half of each wrap; pages lightly soiled and worn. This is a set of “Schoolday Memories” and class autographs compiled by a young woman from Optima, Oklahoma, documenting her high school years. Zela Mae McAnarney (later McDonald) was born in 1916 and lived out... Read More
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![Newspic: The Complete Newspicture Magazine [Vol. 6, No. 2 (Feb 1946)]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/052/642/1630642052.0.l.jpg)
Newspic: The Complete Newspicture Magazine [Vol. 6, No. 2 (Feb 1946)]
by McClarrin, Otto (editor)
Birmingham, Alabama: Newspic Publishing Co, 1946. Good +. 12¼” x 9¼”. Stapled pictorial self-wrappers. Pp. 36. Good plus: one 4” x 2” section near the rear excised, with slicing through subsequent leaves and rear cover, though all latter content extant; wrappers split at both ends, lightly worn and creased; light toning, scattered light spotting and a few small stains. This is a rare issue of an uncommon African American magazine, Newspic. Filled to the brim with... Read More
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![[Diary and Ephemera Related to Caney Junior College and the Caney Creek Community Center]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/733/681/1740681733.0.l.jpg)
[Diary and Ephemera Related to Caney Junior College and the Caney Creek Community Center]
by McIlwraith, Isa
Pippapass, Kentucky, 1936. Very good. Small journal (6” x 4”) with 60 handwritten pages; 31 loose leaves of manuscript or typescript; four items of ephemera; twelve black and white photographs each measuring 5” x 7”. All items generally very good or better. This is an amazing collection which documents one woman's experience of working with rural Appalachians in the summer of 1934. The compiler was Isa McIlwraith, an organist who was the assistant professor of music... Read More
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![[Archive of Research, Personal Correspondence and College Ephemera]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/716/170/1734170716.0.l.jpg)
[Archive of Research, Personal Correspondence and College Ephemera]
by Merrell, Ada Clark
Ripon, Wisconsin, 1917. Very good. 10½” x 7½”. Scrapbook, marbled paper over boards, with 217 pp. filled mostly to completion with 140 newspaper clippings, 23 letters, 30 notes and 38 items of ephemera (most adhered or written directly on pages, 68 items laid in) + an additional 53 letters in plastic sleeves. Generally very good: scrapbook a bit worn and overstuffed, backstrip perished; one printed speech with a large tear affecting a few letters of title but no... Read More
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![[Collection of Letters on Missionary Work in Africa and Ledger of Pastoral Work]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/748/866/1759866748.0.l.jpg)
[Collection of Letters on Missionary Work in Africa and Ledger of Pastoral Work]
by Milligan, Robert H.; Gardner, Paul D.
Mostly West Africa, Pennsylvania and Iowa, 1901. Very good. 33 loose typed and handwritten letters, a total of 152 pages (approx. 40,000 words) + 13" x 8" commercial ledger, marbled cloth over boards with 23 handwritten pages + 10 report cards, 8 notes, 12 printed materials and 17 clippings pasted down or laid in and the last 35 pages are blank. Generally very good or better: one letter neatly torn in half; some on thin paper, edge worn... Read More
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![[Business][Land Sales] S Commercial Realtor's Listing Photo Album](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/375/254/1042254375.0.l.jpg)
[Business][Land Sales] S Commercial Realtor's Listing Photo Album
by Mith, Rufus W.
South Bend, Indiana, 1938. Full limp leather bound with rivets. 32 pages with 76 black and white photographs hing mounted, several to a page, vertically overlapping. Most photos measure 2¾" x 4 ½" and most are captioned in small typescripts that are scotch taped to the pages. Album very good with moderate wear and scuffing; internally near fine or better. A working realtor's album highlighting his listings in Indiana, Illinois and Michigan. His highlights may not have been entirely... Read More
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[Collection of Panoramas Depicting Japanese American Organizations.]
by Miyatake, Toyo; Kamiyama, Frank (photographers)
California, 1960. Very good -. Eight panoramic photographs of various sizes more particularly described below. Very good minus to near fine. This is a wonderful collection of panoramic photographs depicting large groups of Japanese Americans, three of which were taken by important Japanese American photographers. To wit: Japanese American Citizens' League. First Biennial Northern California District Convention. Aug 31-Sept 1-2. Fresno, California 1935. 10" x 36". Very good plus with a couple of border stains... Read More
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![Genealogical Tables showing descent of Miss Ruth Moore (Mrs. Arthur H. Lee.) [Manuscript and watercolor title]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/320/921/1690921320.0.l.jpg)
Genealogical Tables showing descent of Miss Ruth Moore (Mrs. Arthur H. Lee.) [Manuscript and watercolor title]
by [Moore, Ruth.]; Hawley, Miss M.L. (genealogist); Abbott, W.H. (artist)
New York, 1900. Very good. 13¼” x 10”. Full leather, gilt title to front board, thin card leaves. 19 handwritten and illustrated pages. Very good due to moderate wear to boards; internally near fine with a hint of dust soiling. This is a gorgeous and strikingly illustrated genealogy commissioned by a 25 year-old New York socialite not long after the loss of her well-known father as well as her marriage to a British military officer. ... Read More
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![Success [Script for an African American Soap Opera]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/053/642/1630642053.0.l.jpg)
Success [Script for an African American Soap Opera]
by Moses, Tom
N.P.: N.P., 1982. Very good. 11” x 8½”. Thin card wrappers/loose leaves, three-hold and punched printed rectos only. pp. 61. Very good: front wrap with staining from paperclip, otherwise bright and clean throughout. This is a screenplay for an African American soap opera which never aired, Success. The title page mentions that “this story is created by the author from a true life experience, with some fictional creativity.” The author's name is too common to successfully... Read More
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![Gerry Murray Fan Club . . . [Cover title]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/329/921/1690921329.0.l.jpg)
Gerry Murray Fan Club . . . [Cover title]
by Muetze, Madalyn
Brooklyn, New York, 1960. Very good. 9¾” x 7½”. Commercial composition book, handwritten title note adhered to cover. 27 handwritten pages with 22 news clippings and 2 B&W photographs pasted down + two sleeves containing 11 clippings and 7 items of ephemera laid in; the remaining 59 pages are blank. Very good: a bit shaken, covers lightly edgeworn, reinforced with tape at spine but holding; loss of adhesion to cover note at two corners; small tear to edge... Read More
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Loose Papers: Or Facts Gathered During Eight Years' Residence in Ireland, Scotland, England, France, and Germany
by Nicholson, Asenath
New York: Sold at the Anti-Slavery Office, 1858. Good. 7 3/8" x 5¼". Brown cloth over boards. Pp. 312. Good: front cover split at joint, nearly detached but holding; light to moderate wear, spotting and small stains to covers and throughout; owner name inked to front free endpaper and penciled in two spots. This is a travelogue written by an American woman who spent several years working as a missionary, humanitarian and writer in the United... Read More
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![A Tribute to Mayor Floyd F. Green [Cover title]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/976/028/1449028976.0.l.jpg)
A Tribute to Mayor Floyd F. Green [Cover title]
by Parker, W.F.
[Columbus, Ohio?]: N.P., 1943. Good. Single sheet, folded thrice, measuring 6" x 4 1/8" folded, opens to 16½" x 12". One side contains an eight panel pamphlet, the other a small poster. Good: heavily worn with moderate dust soiling to cover panel; tiny separations at edges; a few holes at intersecting folds. This is a re-election campaign pamphlet targeted to African Americans created by either a Black author or an African American organization we cannot uncover. One... Read More
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![Mrs. L.E. Parsons. [Caption title]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/717/866/1759866717.0.l.jpg)
Mrs. L.E. Parsons. [Caption title]
by Parsons, Lucy Eldine
Chicago: Jac Maul, 1880. Very good. Cabinet card photograph measuring 5 3/8" x 3 7/8" on larger card mount. Very good with a patch of yellow coloring along the top and some staining/foxing to the photograph and mount. This is a rare cabinet card depicting an extraordinary woman, Lucy E. Parsons. Parsons was a social anarchist who was a founding member of the Industrial Workers of the World. There are different versions of Parsons' early life:... Read More
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![[Message To Troops Aboard the U.S.S. Dickman]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/752/681/1740681752.0.l.jpg)
[Message To Troops Aboard the U.S.S. Dickman]
by Patton, Major General G(eorge) S.
U.S.S. Dickman Near the Coast of Casablanca, 1942. Good. 10¾" x 7 5/8". Single sheet printed one side. Good: old folds and a couple of chips. This is an extraordinary item that's also extraordinarily rare: an inspiring message to troops aboard the U.S.S. Dickman from Major General George S. Patton, printed on ship in advance of Operation Torch. It was found years ago in a collection of documents from a sailor who served on the Dickman.... Read More
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![[Three Pictorial Maps of Los Angeles]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/551/406/1532406551.0.l.jpg)
[Three Pictorial Maps of Los Angeles]
by Pavia, Cathy
Los Angeles, California: Los Angeles Times, 1980. Very good. Three posters, each measuring 18" x 23". Very good: one tiny tear to edge of one map, light foxing in the margin of another; else minimal wear and light creasing to edges. This is a set of three pictorial maps commissioned for the Los Angeles Bicentennial celebration and originally printed in the Los Angeles Times' Home magazine in 1980. They depict 300 years of Los Angeles area history,... Read More
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Voice of Humanity: Song of the New World
by Perry, John Sinclair
Boston, U.S.A.: The Christopher Publishing House, 1952. Very good. 8” x 5½”. Cloth over boards, spine and title gilt, original jacket. Pp. 46. Very good due to several small bites and chips from backstrip and top edge of jacket; rear hinge a tad loose but holding; internally very good plus with a touch of scattered spotting. Signed by the author on ffep. This is an epic poem by an African American medical doctor and World War... Read More
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I Grattacieli ed i Loro Alleati in Terra, in Mare ed in Cielo. The Skyscrapers and Their Allies on Land, Water and in the Air
by Picasso, Renzo
Genova: Arti Grafiche Caimo & C., 1936. Good -. 11¾” x 8½”. Pictorial thin card wrappers. Pp. 188, [3, index] + 10 color plates and maps (8 folded) bound in + two 11” x 23” folded promotionals laid in. Good minus: approximately 12 pages with moderate to severe adhesion damage resulting in tears and areas of text loss; wrappers a bit sunned with a touch of corner wear; light creasing and spotting to edges; some leaves unopened. ... Read More
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Thrilling Moments on Palestine Tour
by Powell, Jacob W.
Malden, Mass: [Jacob W. Powell], 1937. Very good. 9¼” x 6¼”. Blue pebbled cloth, title gilt. Pp. xvi, 136 + 60 [of 60] photographically illustrated plates interspersed. Very good: light wear, a hint of toning to leaves. This is a detailed and heavily illustrated travelogue written by an AME Zion Elder and religious educator, Jacob W. Powell. The first three pages of the book include a detailed chronology of Powell's life, along with his numerous certifications related... Read More
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The Negro Around The World
by Price, Willard
New York: The African Methodist Episcopal Church, 1925. Very good. 7½” x 5”. Green cloth over boards, title gilt, paper jacket. Pp. 75. Book very good: gilt partially lacking; moderate dampstain to cloth; large penciled former owner notations to two pages and faint pencil marks to a few more; a bit toned with light scattered spotting and creasing. Dust jacket good, a rare survival: spine mostly perished and chipped at edges. This is, per its rare... Read More
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