The Story of My Life and Work: An Autobiography
by Washington, Booker T.
Naperville, IL: J.L. Nichols, 1901. Revised edition. Twenty-FIfth Thousand. Hardcover. Very Good. frontis (portrait), illustrations, 423p. Original cloth. 21 cm. Some cover fading, mostly on backstrip. Former owner's name written lightly on a blank preliminary leaf. Internally sound and clean. No Jacket. Introduction by J. L. M. Curry of the Peabody and Slater Funds. Sold only by subscription [statement on copyright page].
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Typed Letter, Signed, to Geo. M. Jones, of Springfield, Mo., dated Feb. 10, 1902
by Washington, Booker Taliaferro, 1856-1915
1902. Very Good. (1)p. Letterhead stationery of Tuskegee Normal and Industrial Institute. 27cm. 143 words. Purple typewriter ink. One horizontal and two vertical folds (where folded for mailing). Original envelope preserved. Also preserved is a business card of Geo. M. Jones, President, Central National Bank, Springfield, Missouri. Washington, apparently responding to an invitation to speak in Springfield, Missouri, writes that "confidentially there is a possibility that I will be appointed to a position in connection with the St.... Read More
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![Negro Education Not a Failure. Address by Booker T. Washington in the Concert Hall of Madison Square Garden, New York, Lincoln's Birthday, February 12, 1904. [cover title]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/971/161/1587161971.0.l.jpg)
Negro Education Not a Failure. Address by Booker T. Washington in the Concert Hall of Madison Square Garden, New York, Lincoln's Birthday, February 12, 1904. [cover title]
by Washington, Booker Taliaferro, 1859?-1915
[Tuskegee, Ala.]: Tuskegee Institute Press, 1904. Paperback. Very Good. 12p. Softcover in original wrapper. 21cm. Double horizontal crease on back cover which also has one small missing corner, Cover splitting at both ends. Contents sound and clean. An uncommon imprint. Not located on OCLC.
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Typed Note, Signed, to Frederick Lynch, dated April 4, 1913
by Washington, Booker Taliaferro, 1856-1915
1913. Very Good. One page. Note-sized letterhead stationery of The Tuskegee Normal and Industrial Institute. 20cm. 1 faint horizontal fold. Typed in purple ink. BTW writes to accept membership on the Commission on Peace and Arbitration under the auspices of the Federal Council of Churches of Christ in America. Lynch had worked closely with Andrew Carnegie in the New York Peace Society when Carnegie served as its president.
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Typed Letter, signed, dated September 16, 1908. To G. M. Phillips of West Chester, Pennsylvania
by Washington, Booker Taliaferro, 1856-1915
1908. Very Good. One page (135 words) on a single letter-sized sheet (21.5cm. x 28cm.). No letterhead (sent from New York City). Blue type. Minor soil. Old fold marks. Minor corner chip. Phillips was Secretary of the Pennsylvania State Educational Commission. BTW is responding to a letter which apparently asked for his views on the matter of separate race schools in Pennsylvania. BTW declines to "give advice in a matter covering local conditions." Instead he suggests that prominent... Read More
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Typed letter, Signed to Dr. Charles S.Macfarland, dated April 20, 1910
by Washington, Booker Taliferro, 1856-1915
[Tuskegee, 1910. Very Good. Single sheet. Tuskegee Institute letterhead stationery. 21cm. Purple ink. Macfarland, of South Norwalk, Connecticut, was involved with the Congregational Church in that city. BTW lists his return address as Hotel Manhattan in New York. BTW tells MacFarland what time he will arrive by train in South Norwalk and states that he plans to return to New York after an undescribed "meeting," perhaps at the Congregational Church. BTW traveled the country, raising funds for Tuskegee... Read More
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![Address of Booker T. Washington, Principal of the Tuskegee Normal & Industrial Institute Before the National Educational Association, St. Louis, Missouri, June 30, 1904. [cover title]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/509/744/288744509.0.l.jpg)
Address of Booker T. Washington, Principal of the Tuskegee Normal & Industrial Institute Before the National Educational Association, St. Louis, Missouri, June 30, 1904. [cover title]
by Washington, Booker Taliaferro, 1856-1915
[Tuskegee, Ala.]: Printed by Tuskegee Institute Steam Print, 1904. Paperback. Fair. (9)p. Wrapper. 22cm. Waterstained throughout. A few edge-tears and some minor chipping.
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Team Work: Dr. Booker T. Washington's Last Sunday Evening Talk to the Teachers and Students, Institute Chapel, October 17, 1915
by Washington, Booker Taliaferro, 1859?-1915
[Tuskegee]: Typesetting ana [sic] Presswork Done by Students in the Printing Division of the Tuskegee Normal and Industrial Institute, 1915. Paperback. Fine. 12p. Softcover in original wrapper. 17 cm. Crease at lower right corner tip on three leaves; otherwise virtually as new. OCLC locates 10 holdings.
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Autograph Letter, Signed. Dated July 25, 1919 when Fredi Was only Fifteen
by Washington, Fredi, 1903-1994
[New York?], 1919. Very Good. 3 p. letter written in pencil on 3 sides of two sheets of plain white (more or less) stationery. Approx. 16 x 25 cm. 2 horizontal folds. Envelope not present. Letter to "Dearest:-" Fredii, full given name Fredericka Carolyn Washington, addresses the recipient as Einnie, perhaps a nickname, in the letter. A mostly cheery letter urging the recipient to ride on a roller coaster if she gets the chance. Fredi does mention some... Read More
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![A Wish for a Finish'd Scholar as Expressed in a Letter from Gen. Washington to the Rev. Mr. Zechiel Lewis, of Yale College, Regarding the Young Mr. Custis. Written from Mount Vernon in Virginia, April 14, 1797. [cover title]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/688/871/1745871688.0.l.jpg)
A Wish for a Finish'd Scholar as Expressed in a Letter from Gen. Washington to the Rev. Mr. Zechiel Lewis, of Yale College, Regarding the Young Mr. Custis. Written from Mount Vernon in Virginia, April 14, 1797. [cover title]
by Washington, George, 1732-1799
New Haven: Bibliographical Press; Printed by Edward Ryerson and Lew Wallace in June, 1938. on Chorobriano paper made by them, 1939. Paperback. Near Fine. 4 unnumbered pages with text of letter on first three pages and a brief colophon on the fourth page. Original gray wrapper. 20 cm. OCLC locates two copies (AAS and NYPL).
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They Knew Lincoln
by Washington, John E.
New York: E. P. Dutton & Co., Inc, 1942. 2nd printing. Hardcover. Very Good/Fair. frontis portrait, photos, 244p. plus an unnumbered appendix of 21 pages. Original blue cloth. dj. 22 cm. Spine lightly sloped. Worn jacket with backstrip heavily chipped and also split along front panel. The author, an African American, was a dentist and teacher, and a collector of Lincolniana. This scarce book, which is partly autobiographical, is mostly focused on the lives and recollections of African... Read More
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The Ring-Tum Phi, Vol. LXII, No. 9 (Oct. 20, 1961)
by Washington and Lee University [Martin Luther King, Jr.]
1961. Newspaper. Very Good. Four-page student newspaper. 51 cm. Later horizontal and vertical folds. Moderate browning. Light scuff marks along slight irregularities in paper. Two column headline on front page: Board of Trustees Squelches Request for Negro Speaker: No Reason Given for Ruling on Dr. Martin Luther King. According to the article, the University Christian Association applied for permission to invite Dr. King to lead a seminar at the school on "Christian Ethics and Non-Violent Protest in Race... Read More
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A Concert of Choral Music in Memoriam Martin Luther King, Jr. Washington Cathedral, Saturday March 13, 1971, at 8:00 o'clock
by The Choral Arts Society of Washington
Washington, DC, 1971. Very Good. 12p. No separate wrapper. 28 cm. Concert program.The first pasrt of the program featured "Once (In Memorian Martin Luther King, Jr.)" written in 1968 by Thomas Beveridge and first performed by The Choral Arts Society of Washington in 1969. This was the society's third performance of "Once.
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![B. D. Matthiae Wasmuthi Hebraismus Facilitati & Integritati suae Restitutus. I. Nova Grammatica, Compendiosa simul & absolutissima ... II. Accentuationis Hebraeae Institutione Methodica ... III. Vindiciis Sacrae Scripturae Hebraeae ... [bound with] Heinrici Opitii D. Diqduq delison sel kasdain werebanin sive Chaldaismus Targumico-Rabbinicus: Hebraismo harmonicus adeoque regulis iisdem quinquaginta absolutus ... [bound with] Beshom hatser lashon hakodesh, hoc est, Atrivm lingvae sanctae: quo exhibentur ... [bound with] Henrici Opitii ... Genaara da-lesana aramaya = Seu Syriasmus facilitati & integritati suae restitutus simulque Hebraismo et Chaldaismo harmonicus as regulis quinquaginta absolutus ... [bound with] Arabismus: h.e. Praecepta Arabicae Linguae: In harmonia ad Ebraea, eademq[ue] Universalia, nec non Chaldaeo-Syra, ... [bound with] Rabbinismus: h. e. Praecepta Targumico-Talmudico-Ranninica: In harmonia ad Ebraea eademq[ue] sufficientibus confirmata illustrataq[us] ..](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/313/551/1016551313.0.l.1.jpg)
B. D. Matthiae Wasmuthi Hebraismus Facilitati & Integritati suae Restitutus. I. Nova Grammatica, Compendiosa simul & absolutissima ... II. Accentuationis Hebraeae Institutione Methodica ... III. Vindiciis Sacrae Scripturae Hebraeae ... [bound with] Heinrici Opitii D. Diqduq delison sel kasdain werebanin sive Chaldaismus Targumico-Rabbinicus: Hebraismo harmonicus adeoque regulis iisdem quinquaginta absolutus ... [bound with] Beshom hatser lashon hakodesh, hoc est, Atrivm lingvae sanctae: quo exhibentur ... [bound with] Henrici Opitii ... Genaara da-lesana aramaya = Seu Syriasmus facilitati & integritati suae restitutus simulque Hebraismo et Chaldaismo harmonicus as regulis quinquaginta absolutus ... [bound with] Arabismus: h.e. Praecepta Arabicae Linguae: In harmonia ad Ebraea, eademq[ue] Universalia, nec non Chaldaeo-Syra, ... [bound with] Rabbinismus: h. e. Praecepta Targumico-Talmudico-Ranninica: In harmonia ad Ebraea eademq[ue] sufficientibus confirmata illustrataq[us] ..
by Wasmuth, Matthias [1st item] Heinrich Opitz [2nd 3rd and 4th items] and Andreas Sennert [5th and 6th items]
Six items bound together in a single volume. Contemporary vellum. 21cm. Moderate cover warping. Tear at head of front joint. Modest worming on a few leaves. A couple of blank corners missing, Contents generally sound with various bits of wear, etc. [1st item]: Lipsiae & Francofurti: Joh. Cap. Meyeri, 1695 for first part and Lipsiae: Joh. Casp. Meieri, 1694 for second part -- there is no third part. 7 (of 10) folding tables, [22], 279, 199p. Lacks leaf Q1... Read More
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Politics of Decolonization: Kenya Europeans and the Land Issue, 1960-1965
by Wasserman, Gary
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1976. 1st ed. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. map, index, v, 225p. Hardcover. dj. 23cm. Jacket has a bit of foxing on rear panel.
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Oh Daddy (Russell-Herbert) and Down Home Blues (Tom Delaney). Ethel Waters with Cordy Williams' Jazz Masters. A Black Swan Record (#2010)
by Waters, Ethel
New York: Pace Phonograph Corp, 1921. Very Good. 33 rpm phonograph record. Later plain white record sleeve. This record was the most successful record published by Pace under their Black Swan label before they went bankrupt only two years later. While we have no record player and haven't played this, it appears to be in playable condition.
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That Da Da Strain (Medina-Dowell) Ethel Waters and the Jazz Masters A Black Swan Record (14120-A) and Georgia Blues (Russell & Herbert) Ethel Waters and the Jazz Masters A Black Swan Record (#14120)
by Waters, Ethel, 1896-1977
New York: Pace Phonograph Corp, 1922. Very Good. 33 rpm phonograph record. The record label is slightly worn. A little visible shallow scratching. Later generic white record sleeve. We have no record player so have not attempted to play either side of this record. Ethel Waters was the star vocalist on the Black Swan label. She was "born again" after attending a Billy Graham Crusade in 1957 and often sang "His Eye is on the Sparrow" and perhaps... Read More
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Onder het teeken van den Islam: Reisherinneringen
by Waterschoot van der Gracht, Jos. M. N. Th. van
Amsterdam: Van Holkema & Warendorf, 1910. Hardcover. Very Good. frontis, illustrations, photos, ix, 203, (1)p. Original decorated cream-colored cloth. 28 cm. Minor cover scuffing and soiling. Fraying near ends of backstrip. Tear (7 cm.) in one text-leaf. No Jacket. All edges marbled. Dutch text. Account of travels in Algeria, Morocco, and Turkey.
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Native Houses of Western North America
by Waterman, T. T.
New York: Museum of the American Indian, Heye Foundation, 1921. 1st ed. Hardcover. Very Good. folding map, photo, 97p. Contemporary 1/2 leather. Original wrapper bound in. 17cm. No jacket. Indian Notes and Monographs (series).
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Watkins the Democrat for Mayor
by Watkins, Bruce R.
[Kansas City, 1979. Campaign Poster. Image area approximately 33 x 53cm. Contemporary matting added. Red white and blue poster with black and white portrait of Watkins in upper left corner. Watkins has written an inked inscription in the diagonal white stripes above and below the text: "To Bryant -- When the history of Kansas City is written you're no. 1. Support from you was my greatest boost. Bruce 2-27-79 3-27-79 We shall continue until democracy works in Kansas City."... Read More
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Historical Illustrations, Wat Phra Chetuphon Vimolmangklararm Rajvaramahaviharn (the Temple of the Reclining Buddha)
by Wat Phrachetuphon (Bangkok, Thailand)
[Bangkok]: Wat Phra Chetuphon Vimolmangklaram Rajvaramahaviharn, 1982. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. photos (almost all color), index, 179p. Original boards. dj. 26cm. Front cover bubbled in a couple of places.
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Chikubushima: Deploying the Sacred Arts in Momoyama Japan
by Watsky, Andrew M.
Seattle and London: University of Washington Press, 2004. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. illustrations (some color), index, xiv, 350p. dj.
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Economic Cooperation and Integration in the Middle East: A Literature Review with Particular Reference to Jordan, Israel, the West Bank and Gaza
by Watson, Andrew M.
Toronto: Centre for International Studies, University of Toronto & the International Development Centre, 1994. Paperback. Very Good. index, xxiii, 283p. Softcover in original wrapper. 28 cm. Dark green plastic comb binding.
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Ssu-Ma Ch'ien, Grand Historian of China
by Watson, Burton
New York: Columbia University Press, 1958. 1st ed. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. xi, 276p. Original brown cloth. dj. 23 cm. Jacket lightly soiled and and has a couple of small edge chips. Former owner's name on front free endpaper.
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Muhammad at Medina
by Watt, William Montgomery
London: Oxford University Press, 1956. 1st ed. Hardcover. Very Good. map, genealogical charts, table, index, xiv, 418p. Original dark blue cloth. 23 cm. A couple of minor spots on page edges. Bookplate and and another former owner's name on endpaper. No Jacket.
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