Decoration: In Paintings, Sculture, Architecture & Art Manufactures. New Series. Volume I (January to June, 1881)
London: Sampson, Low, Marston, Searle & Riviingston, 1881. Hardcover. Good. frontis, 24 p text plus many full page illustrations and several pages of advertisements at the end. Original green cloth. 38 cm. Covers somewhat soiled. Cover wear along extremities modest loss of cloth. Small green sticker with "35" in white in upper right corner of front cover. Contents sound and clean.
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The Optical Journal and Review of Optometry, Vol. XXVII, No. 23 (June 1, 1911)
New York: The Optical Publishing Company, 1911. Paperback. Near Fine. photos, pp. 1233-1312. Softcover in original wrapper. 27 cm.
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![29th [Annual] American Indian National, May 5 to June 2, 1974](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/859/007/1502007859.0.l.jpg)
29th [Annual] American Indian National, May 5 to June 2, 1974
Tulsa: Philbrook Art Center, 1974. Paperback. Near Fine. black & white illustrations, (24)p. Softcover in original wrapper. 28 cm. 3 pages blank, as published.
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![Aperture, [Volume] 10, [No.] 2, (1962)](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/584/984/1278984584.0.l.0.jpg)
Aperture, [Volume] 10, [No.] 2, (1962)
New York, 1962. Paperback. Good. photos, [40] pages some pages numbered between 50 and 77). Softcover in original wrapper. 24 cm. Modest rippling (probably from damping) along bottom edge. Some curling at corners. Quarterly journal specializing in photography. This issue Includes an intriguing article ("Focus on Store Front Churches: Buffalo, N. Y." at pages 62-84) which features photographs by Milton Rogovin accompanied by text by *W. E. B. Du Bois, some of it original but mostly taken from... Read More
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Artists from the People's Republic of China
New Haven: John Slade Ely House, 1991. 1st ed. Paperback. Near Fine. 4 black & white illustrations, [12]p. (including wrapper). Softcover. 21 cm. Works by four artists: Min Wang (graphic design); Tong Wang (painting); Liang Wei (painting and calligraphy); and Yumei Zhang (printmaking). According the the brief Introduction by Raymond W. Smith, 1942-2021, alll four artists had gotten fine arts degrees in China in the early 1980s and come to the USA to pursue "further educational and career... Read More
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Tic-Tac-Too: Round Table Stories and Pictures
New York: F. M. Lupton Publishing Co, 1903. Hardcover. Fair. color frontis, b & w illustrations, unnumbered pages. 26cm. Printed on high acid paper which browned and rather brittle. Title-page creased and beginning to split along crease. Pictorial front cover spotted. Paper covering on back cover bubbled. in spots. No Jacket. Uncommon children's book.
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![Did Christ Have Negro Blood in Him? [cover title]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/849/995/1472995849.0.l.jpg)
Did Christ Have Negro Blood in Him? [cover title]
n.p., n.d.. Paperback. Poor. [3]-28p. Softcover in original wrapper. 13 cm. Front wrapper and several pages detached. General soiling and wear. No separate title-page present. no publication information. OCLC locates one copy at Howard University of an item of unstated size and length which is titled "Did Jesus Christ Have Negro Blood in Him? Wonder of the Century" by Archer W. Brown and published in Newark, N. J. in 1908 so it is possible that this item lacks... Read More
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Injunction against Fraudulent Bryan Books
[Chicago]: W. B. Conkey Company, 1897. Paperback. Very Good. Folded four-page leaflet. 29cm. Creased horizontally and vertically where folded. Light browning & soil along some folds. Conkey reports on their apparently-successful effort to persuade the court to enjoin the Hubbard Publishing Company and other defendants from publishing their own versions/editions of the material appearing in "The First Battle" by William Jennings Bryan.
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![Japanese Customs. Marriage Ceremony. Sixteen Assorted. Coloured by Hand [title on envelope]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/497/688/853688497.0.l.jpg)
Japanese Customs. Marriage Ceremony. Sixteen Assorted. Coloured by Hand [title on envelope]
n.p., 1930. Very Good. This envelope contains 16 uncaptioned colored prints,. The prints are numbered 1-16 and each measures approximately 15 x 12cm. The envelope is intact but is splitting along one side and shows some wear. The first 13 prints show various scenes associated with preparing to get married. The last three show mother and new baby, father and new baby and mother and father and new baby.
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Revista del Museo Nacional. Tomo V, No. 2 (II Semestre 1936)
Lima: Museo Nacional, 1936. Paperback. Good. Softcover in original wrapper. 25 cm. Large piece chipped from back cover. Spanish text.
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![Grand National Allegory and Tableaux Written Expressly for J. M. Hager's Grand Entertainments. [cover title]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/440/714/1400714440.0.l.0.jpg)
Grand National Allegory and Tableaux Written Expressly for J. M. Hager's Grand Entertainments. [cover title]
Springfield: Samuel Bowles & Co, 1868. Paperback. Very Good. 32p. Softcover in original green wrapper. 15 cm. A few minor creases. Light to moderate foxing throughout. Hager began producing this pro-Union musical entertainment in 1863 and continued presenting versions until 1885. This Springfield printing includes a heavy dose of advertisements and testimonials, some dated 1867 or 1868, for Steinway pianos -- Steinway material is found on the back cover, the inner side of both front and back covers... Read More
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Le Cantique du Soleil de St Francois d'Assise Suivi du Cantique des Trois Enfants dans la Fournaise. Textes Italien et Latin avec la Traduction Francaise de A. Perate et Des Bois de Marchand
Paris: A l'Art Catholique, 1918. Hardcover. Very Good. 31p. Contemporary 1/2 leather with marbled boards. Original wrapper bound in. Slipcase. 19cm. Spine scuffed. Slipcase has a short split along one edge. Bookplate (of a Catholic organization). French text.
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First African Baptist Church 1864-1978 -- Dedicatorial Year
Goldsboro, North Carolina, 1978. Hardcover. Near Fine. photos, 192p. Gold decorative boards. 28 cm. No jacket (probably as published). Located at Harris and Poplar Street in Goldsboro, North Carolina. Rev. Isaac B. Horton, 1928-2013, was Pastor of the church.
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China Review, Vol. VI, No.3 (March, 1924)
New York: China Trade Bureau, Inc, 1924. Paperback. Very Good. [1], 66-95, [1]p. Text double-columned. Softcover in original wrapper. 31 cm. Later horizontal and vertical creases. Modest cover scuffing and wear. Includes George Henry Danton's report on page 70-71 about Tsingtao (now Qingdao) and its abundance of Russian Jews.
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Wait and Hear!! Black Prince's Alabama Comedy Four Singing "My Dream of the U.S.A.
New York: Ted Snyder, 1909. Very Good. Promotional card. Illustrated double-sided card, 11 x 12 cm. Minor scuffing and wear. The Alabama Comedy Four was apparently an African American quartet which performed musical comedy on the vaudeville circuit under the leadership of a bass singer named Black Prince. We don't know whether the group had Alabama roots. A brief item in the New York Age for May 27, 1909, reports that William Powell, a buck and wing dancer... Read More
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Voks Bulletin, No. 7-8 (1949)
Moscow: U.S.S.R. Society for Cultural Relations with Foreign Countries, 1949. Paperback. Very Good. 84p. Original wrapper. 27cm.
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Landscape Architecture: A Quarterly Magazine. Volumes 39 and 40 (October, 1948 to July, 1949) -- each containing 4 quarterly issues
Boston: American Society of Landscape Architects, 1950. Hardcover. Good. photos, vii, 204, [1], viii, 196p. Rebound in red library buckram. 27cm. Ex lib. (bookplate and perforated stamp for St. Joseph's Public Library). Internally sound and clean. Text generally double-columned. Original wrappers not preserved.
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La Captura de Solis. Entremes en un Acto y Tres Cuadros. Es Copia de la Original y Propriedad del Archivo de Armando Fernandez
[Cuba], [191-?]. Paperback. Good. [30]p. This appears to be a holograph copy in an unknown hand. Written on one side in a lined softcover copybook. Brown wrapper. 23 cm. A few chips at corners. Manuscript leaves show some modest browning. Spanish text. Mounted on the front cover is a printed label: Compania de Zarzuela Cubana, Dirigida por el Primer Actor Armando Fernandez.
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Club Women of New York 1905-1906: Directory of Members of Women's Clubs, Societies and Associations of New York City and Vicinity Descriptive Sketches Showing Purpose and Government of the New York City Organizations also Registry of Clubs Belonging to the General Federation of Women's Clubs of the United States
New York: Club Women of New York Company, 1905. Hardcover. Very Good. 400p. Original Violet cloth. 24 cm. Call number inked in white on backstrip (but we see no other library markings). Minor cover soil. No Jacket.
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Catalogue of the Australian Exhibition February 1---26, 1938 Held on The Lower Ground Floor of the Commonwealth Bank Martin Place Sydney February 1-26, 1938.. Open from 10:30 A.M. to 9:30 P.M.
Sydney, 1938. Paperback. Very Good. 4 photos (on 2 leaves), 63p. Softcover in original wrapper. 22 cm. Some cover fading and spotting. At head of title: Austrailia's 150th Anniversary Celebrations. Exhibition catalog. 679 items are listed, including numerous painting and other works of art.Broadside sheet laid in which lists short lecturettes which were scheduled to be delivered at about 8:15 pm each day of the exhibition.
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The Southern Patriot. Five issues: Vol. 22, No. 9 (November, 1964); Vol. 24, No. 8 (September, 1966); Vol. 24, No. 9 (October, 1966); Vol. 24, No 10 (November, 1966) and Vol. 24, No. 11 (December, 1966)
Louisville: Southern Conference Educational Fund, Inc, 1966. Very Good. Five miscellaneous 4-page issues of this monthly newsletter/newspaper. 42cm. Minor foxing. Later folds, probably for mailing or storage. The Southern Conference Educational Fund (SCEF), regarded by many as Far Left, was dedicated to ending racism, poverty and other injustices in the South and opposed war as an instrument of national policy. It was supportive of SNCC and other Civil Right efforts. The Southern Patriot, appearing 10 times a year... Read More
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The Black Scholar. 3 issues: Vol. 2, No. 8-9 (April-May 1971); Vol. 2, No. 10 (June 1971) ; and Vol. 4, No. 10 (July-August, 1973)
Sausalito: Black World Foundation, 1973. Paperback. Very Good. Sausalito: Black World Foundation. illustrations, 63, 64, 63p. Softcovers in original wrapper. 26 cm. Nathan Hare listed as published and Robert Chrisman as Editor.
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![[Two Posters] You Saw James Meredith Sept 24 Now See Dick Gregory Nov 14 Then See Govenor Wallace of Miss. Nov 25 and Govenor Barnette of Ala. Jan 7 [and] Big Freedom March Bring Your Sheet and Join the Klansmen at the Torchlight Parade and Bonfire Homecoming 63' Oct. 25 7:00 PM](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/941/719/1335719941.0.l.0.jpg)
[Two Posters] You Saw James Meredith Sept 24 Now See Dick Gregory Nov 14 Then See Govenor Wallace of Miss. Nov 25 and Govenor Barnette of Ala. Jan 7 [and] Big Freedom March Bring Your Sheet and Join the Klansmen at the Torchlight Parade and Bonfire Homecoming 63' Oct. 25 7:00 PM
n.p.: No printer or publisher listed, 1963. Good. Each poster approximately 36 x 57 cm. Modest soiling and wear (a corner tear, a few small scraped areas, etc.) Both stamped in lower right corner: Approved for Bulletin Boards [only the first letter of last word visible on second poster]. Both posters have gun safety messages handprinted in large letters on back side with a black marker: [First poster] "Colorado Hunting Accidents A. Intentional Discharge -- 53% 1. "Sight"... Read More
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![Archaeologia: or Miscellaneous Tracts Relating to Antiquity. Published by the Society of Antiquaries of London, Second Series, Volume LV. [Part 1]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/483/805/1282805483.0.l.jpg)
Archaeologia: or Miscellaneous Tracts Relating to Antiquity. Published by the Society of Antiquaries of London, Second Series, Volume LV. [Part 1]
London: Nichols and Sons, 1896. Hardcover. Very Good. 2nd title-page, illustrations, a few large folding plans, 256p. Original brown cloth. 30cm. Stain in lower left corner, heaviest on endpapers and adjacent outer leaves. Volume identifed as Part 1 of Volume 55 on backstrip and as Second Series, Volume V on Second title-page.
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Council Negri Centenary 1867 - 1967. Sarawak, Malaysia
Kuching: Borneo Literature Bureau, 1969. Paperback. Very Good. photos, xi, 43p. Yellow wrapper. 31cm. Minor crease near edge of cover. First published in 1967.
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