The Southern Workman, Vol. XLVIII, No. 4 (April, 1919)
Hampton, Va: Hampton Institute, 1919. Paperback. Very Good. photos, pp. [161]-208. Softcover in original wrapper. 26 cm. Partially unopened. Among the contents: "Negro Troops in France," by R. R. Moton, Principal of Tuskegee Institute (pp. 219-224 with no photos); "Keeping Up Morale at Camp Alexander, Virginia," by Irving J. Hart about two African American Labor Battalions stationed at this army camp near Newport News (pages 225-230 with 7 photos); and "A Wrong to Be Righted" by Matthew K.Sniffen,... Read More
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Studio Light, Vol. 12, No. 5., (July 1920)
Rochester: Eastman Kodak Company, 1920. Paperback. Very Good. frontis, photos, 32p. Softcover in original wrapper. 19 cm.
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The Non-Slaveholder. 11 issues: Volume IV, Nos. 4-5, 7-8, 1849); New Series. Volume 1, Nos. 1, 2, 6, 7, 10-12 (First, Second,Sixth, Seventh, Tenth, Eleventh and Twelfth Month, 1853)
Philadelphia, 1853. Paperback. Good. Softcover issues. Volumes were consecutively paginated. Each of our 1849 issues contains 24 pages. The 1853 issues are mostly 8 pages except for No. 8 which contains 16 pages. No separate wrappers. 28-29 cm. Issues generally sound with some combination of spotting, staining, soiling and creasing. Various former owner's names on a few issues. Volume IV was edited by Samuel Rhoads; New Series, Volume 1 was edited by Willim Allison. THe Non-Slaveholder was a... Read More
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Printed "Recognizance" Form. Columbia County, ss. Partlyptinted document. Filled out by someone in dark ink and signed by Kent as Justice
Columbia, NY: P. Dean Carrique, Printer, 1830. Very Good. 20 x 12 cm. sheet of paper. Modest browning. "Recognizance. Columbia County, ss. Be it Remembered, That on the 17 day of June 1830 came before me James Kent, Esq. Justice of the Peace in and for said county Columbia New York Insp. and acknowledged - sel - indebted to the People of the State of New York, in the sum of $25. Dollars, under condition that if he... Read More
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A Reply to Rev. Alonzo Wheelock on the Atonement
New York: G. A. C. Van Beuren, Printer, 1843. Paperback. Very Good. 24p. Softcover in original wrapper. 28 cm. Foxing (heaviest on title-page).
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Vietnam: Viewpoints of I. F. Stone, Dean Rusk, Jean Lacouture ... [and thirteen others]
New York: Experimental Education Program, Center for War/Peace Studies, 1967. Paperback. Good. not consecutively paged. Original warpper. 28cm. Bound with three brass fasteners. Some soil and wear but still quite sound.
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Happy Hour: or, Holiday Fancies and Every-Day Facts for Young People
New York: Appleton, 1874. Hardcover. Good. Illustrated. Ends of backstrip and cover corners worn. Institutional stamp (stamped withdrawn) on title-page. Former owner's label on endpaper.
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Ilimi asarlar: izhtimoii fanlar va uzbek filologiiasi = Uchenye zapiski obshchestvennye nauki i uzbekskaia filologiia. t. 43, vyp. 1
Toshkent: Nizomii nomidagi Tashkent davlat pedogogika instituti, 1963. Hardcover. Good. This volume (or issue) only. 264p. Original hardcover binding. 22 cm.Text browned. Title-page partially detached. No jacket. Uzbek or Russian text.
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Wonders of Japan: A Portfolio of Views in the Enchanted Bamboo-Land
New York: Hobart Company, 1904. Hardcover. Near Fine. illustratons, photos, (80)p. Original bluish green cloth. Oblong 14cm. Ends of backstrip slightly rubbed. No jacket. Three introductory pages of text; balance of book consists entirely of black and white photographs with dsescriptive captions.
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Pacific Stars and Stripes, Vol. 2, No. 92 (April 3, 1946)
Tokyo, 1946. Paperback. Very Good. Four-page full-sized newspaper on reasonably good-quality newsprint. Later folds. Published daily for U.S. Forces in Japan and Korea. Major headline is "Giant Tidal Waves Whip U. S., Hawaii. Monster Walls of Water Sweep across the Pacific at 300 Miles per Hour. The tsunami, caused by an massive earthquake near the Aleutian Islands killed 159 people when it struck Hawaii about five hours later. It is described online as the largest wave to hit... Read More
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The Traveller's Handbook for the Riviera (Marseilles to Leghorn) and the Pyrenees (Biarritz to Marseilles), with Maps
London: Thomas Cook & Son, etc., 1923. 7 double-page maps and plans, index, viii, 296p. Original maroon cloth. 17cm. Minor cover scuffing and wear. No jacket. Travel guide.
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The Kourier Magazine, Vol. 3, No. 8 (July, 1927)
Atlanta: KKK, 1927. Paperback. Near Fine. (KKK) 66p. Softcover in original wrapper. 26cm. Minor chipping and wear on right edge of front cover; otherwise as new. Special Catholic Number. This issue seems to be entirely focused on the Klan's anti-Catholic views. Pages 48-54 contain a lengthy essay/letter from Al Smith, the Catholic Governor of New York and soon to become the Democratic nominee for President of the United States. Smith sought to refute the argument that there was... Read More
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A Memorial for the 105th Anniversary of Second Baptist Church Sunday, July 5, 1987 3:30 P.M.
Olathe, Kansas: Second Baptist Church, 1987. Paperback. Very Good. 34 (p). Softcover in original wrapper. 28 cm. First of the two pages about the Pastor has three short underlinings with an orange marker. The exact chronology of this African American church's early history had become vague by 1987 according to the one-page "Partial History.
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Niva, Nos. 11 & 12 for 1911
S. Peterburg: Marks, 1911. Hardcover. Good. Old soiled buckram with original wrappers preserved. 23 cm. Ex lib. (Boston Public Library, including a letter to a former owner in which BPL advises that this volume was legitimately discarded although not so stamped). Russian text. Bound volume containing two issues of a popuklare Russian magazine (published 1870-1918).
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Paradise of the Atlantic, Vol. I, No. I (Summer 1936)
San Juan, Puerto Rico: Jack Vandermeyer, 1936. Paperback. Very Good. illustrations (some color), photos and 2 maps, 47, [1]p. Softcover in original wrapper. 31 cm. Some cover soiling scuffing and wear. Internally sound and clean with some minor corner curling. Not found in OCLC although the Universidad de Puerto Rico at Rio Piedras seems to have a copy. The New York Times Book Review of July 5, 1936 gave a paragraph to the English language magazine's debut. We... Read More
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Orlando Sentinel: Central FLorida Negro Edition, Monday, May 10, 1965
Orlando, FL, 1965. Fair. photos, Six pages (numbered 1-4, 3C, 4C). Newsprint. 38 x 58 cm Paper moderately browned. Later vertical fold in addition to reguler horizontal fold. Modest splitting where fols intersect. The Orlando Sentinel newspaper was still segregating news about African Americans into a separate section like this when this issue appeared. We don't know how often such sections were produced or just when this newspaper stopped segregating news about African Americans. The Reverend Canon Nelson... Read More
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![IUnyi chitatel. [Issues 2, 4-11, 13-15, and 17-24 for 1926]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/238/848/1031848238.0.l.jpg)
IUnyi chitatel. [Issues 2, 4-11, 13-15, and 17-24 for 1926]
Riga: Izd-vo "Salamandra, 1926. Paperback. Good. Softcover in original wrappers. 27cm. Cover browning. Mostly modest wear although some issues are rather worn. A twice-monthly Russian-language periodical published 1925-1926 in Latvia while the Baltic states were independent between the two World Wars. Short stories ranged from science fiction to Christmas tales. Other regular features included Stamps, Boy Scouts, Projects around the House, What's on the Radio, Photography, Contests and Puzzles. Each issue also contained a few pages of advertisements... Read More
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![Observations Generales sur le Gouvernement Actuel, et sur Proclamation de Napoleon au Peuple Francais du 1er Mars 1815. De la Convocation des Colleges Electoraux en Champ de Mai. [caption title]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/619/105/396105619.0.l.jpg)
Observations Generales sur le Gouvernement Actuel, et sur Proclamation de Napoleon au Peuple Francais du 1er Mars 1815. De la Convocation des Colleges Electoraux en Champ de Mai. [caption title]
n.p., 1815. Hardcover. Very Good. 31p. Later cloth quarterbinding (marbled boards backed in green cloth). 21 cm. Cover corners rubbed and rounded. Contents sound and clean with only minimal foxing and browning. French text.
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The Chicago Jewish Forum, Vol. 1, No. 1, (Fall, 1942)
Chicago: Benjamin Weintroub, 1942. Paperback. Good. illustrations, 100p. Softcover in original wrapper. 28 cm. Text double-columned. Cover lightly spotted. Edited by Benjamin Weintroub. First issue of this quarterly magazine which ceased with Vol. 27, No. 3 (Spring, 1969). This inaugural issue includes "Nazi Science," by David P. Boder at pages 23-29.
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Jewish Frontier. 11 monthly issues: Vol. VI, Nos. 1-11 (January-November, 1939)
New York: Jewish Frontier Association, 1939. Paperback. Fair. Issues generally 31-32 pages (with cover generally included in pagination; the June issue dedicated to Albert Einstein contains 71 pages and includes an analysis of a British White Paper on Palestine by David Ben Gurion. 31 cm. All issues printed on high acid paper that is not a lot better than newsprint so all issues have some browning and at least a little chipping in margins. Covers are usually split... Read More
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Index to Record and Guide for Manhattan and the Bronx Auction Sales, Conveyances, Leases, Mortgages and Projected Buildings. Vol. LXXXV. (Nos. 2181 to 2206) January - June, Inclusive. 1910
(NY), 1910. Hardcover. Fair. illustrations, 1397p. Contemporary 1/2 leather. 34 cm. Front and back covers detached.. Rear joint weak. Contents sound and clean. Published weekly.
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Byloe. No. 20 (1922)
S-Peterburg, 1922. Paperback. Fair. 318p. Softcover in original wrapper. 27cm. Covers heavily chipped. Contents unopened but browned and brittle because printed on high acid paper. A fragile original copy of one of the post-1917 issues which focused mostly on the early 20th century revolutionary movements in Russia.
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Miles Chapel C. M. E. Church Presents Midwest Wonder Quartet, Friday, March 15, 1946, Arkansas Municipal Auditorium, 8:00 P.M. [Texarkana, Arkansas]
1946. Paperback. Very Good. 6p. Softcover in original wrapper. 23 cm. Browned. The members of the quartet were Nathan Gentry, Marion Crockett, Oliver Neal, and John Reagans.
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The Colored Alabamian, Volume VIII, Number 14. (Saturday, May 30, 1914)
Montgomery, Alabama, 1914. Good. Four-page weekly newspaper. 41 x 28 cm. Later horizontal fold. Small split at one end of fold. Blank lower left corner torn off. Foxing in right margin of first page. Name in pencil at top of first page ("Prof. Sibley Supt of Col. Rural Schools"). Published 1907-1916.
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Personnel Management on the Railroads; a Study by the Policyholders'; a Study by the Policyholders' Service Bureau Metropolitan Life Insurance Company
New York: Simmons-Boardman, 1925. Hardcover. Good. xv, [17]-227p. 19cm. Ink marks along portions of joint creases. Backstrip browned and slightly frayed at top. No Jacket. An uncommon book promoting better industrial relations and more insurance.
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