[London]: (Printed by John Stevens, 153, Fleet Street), (1835?). First separate edition (?), first published in the "Quarterly Review," No. 58 (December, 1823), p. 485, under the authorship of "a Barrister". Folio. 3 pp. "The principle of the Act for the abolition of slavery is, that the negro shall be..... More
Portsmouth, VA: Somerville Printery, 1934. Printed broadside, 11 1/2 x 5 3/4 inches, employing several sizes and styles of type, the text framed on top and bottom by ornamental rules, the imprint under the bottom rule. Daniel Atkins (1866-1923), for whom the post was named, served as a steward in..... More
(Montgomery, AL: Powell Industries for the Handicapped), nd [1930s?]. Advertising flyer. Narrow 12mo. (3) pp. Portrait from a photograph of the Rev. Joseph Elbert Powell. Advertising flyer and fund raiser for Powell's "Powell Industries for the Handicapped" in Montgomery Alabama, established "to erect an Industrial Center which will manufacture useful..... More
Baltimore, MD: (Printed by David Graham, at the new Printing-Office, in Calvert-street), July 31, 1792, Vol. I, No. 242. 4to. (4) pp. [printed triple-column]. Includes two pages of ads, various goods, help wanted, passage on ships, real estate, dance instruction, a runaway indentured servant (German, “supposed to be with child”)..... More
Birmingham, AL: Jefferson County Committee for Economic Opportunity, August, 1972. First edition (?). 4to. 47, 77 pp. [printed rectos only]. An important post-integration organization fostering co-operation between white and African-American communities in the county, “searching for new approaches to old and complex problems and designed to enable disadvantaged persons to..... More
![Item #61668 Bully for Us. [caption title] Composed and sung by Harry Fox, the Popular Negro...](https://bartlebysbooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/61668.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1622559501)
New York: H. de Marsan, nd [1861?]. First edition. Broadside song sheet, 8 3/4 x 5 3/4 inches (trimmed to edge of ornamental border), printing five verses and a chorus in two columns separated by a thin rule, and enclosed within a wide ornamental and illustrated border, with pictorial scenes..... More
Boston, (MA): By Thomas Adams, printer to the Honourable, The General Court, 1792. 22 x 18 cm. 8pp. Stitched sheets, splitting across center of the first leaf where text had been folded, with loss of a word or two, edges worn. EVANS 24521. Lists what is rateable including Mulattoes, Negroes..... More
Philadelphia, PA: Johnson's No. 18 North Tenth St. nd [1863 or 1864?]. Second edition (first published by Johnson's with "July 4, 1863" appended to the title and with a slightly different publisher's address). Printed broadside, 9 x 6 3/8 inches, employing three sizes and styles of type in the title..... More
Leavenworth: Philips & Springer, general job printers, Times Printing House, 1878. This 1878 edition was the first Edwin Green Directory of Ft. Leavenworth. 8vo. 197, (1) pp. 32-page illustrated furniture catalogue for Abernathy Brothers of Leavenworth, Kansas is inserted between pp. 192 and 193; broadsheet, 12 1/4 x 7 1/4..... More
Forwarding a regimental return of “deceased soldiers” 4to. One-page, approximately 25 words. Brown (1842-1889) served as an officer in the Civil War with the 11 th Ohio, serving through the western theater to Atlanta, the March to the Sea, and the Carolinas, to surrender, mustering out with the unit in..... More
[Washington, DC]: (Daily American Telegraph, 1852). One of at least three 1852 printings. 8vo. 16 pp. [printed double-column]. Issued as Whig propaganda against the 1852 Democratic nominee for President of the United States, Franklin Pierce, "a northern Democrat who saw the abolitionist movement as a fundamental threat to the unity..... More
Raleigh, NC: C. P. Wharton, 1903. Large composite photograph, 10 x 7 inches, mounted on card stock, with the names of the 120 representatives (by number key to the small photograph of each) printed in columns to both sides, including also the hometown and county for each, and an indication..... More
Washington, DC: The university medical department (engraved by E.A. Wright, Phila.), 1882. Engraved invitation, 6 3/4 x 4 3/8 inches, on the first leaf of a bi-folium, the text printed over and within a detailed ornamental frame. Accompanied by the original mailing envelope (addressed to "B.C. Weld & family"), with..... More
![Item #61634 In Memory of Dan Webster Lindsey [cover title]. Services Sunday, April 1, 1951, Mt....](https://bartlebysbooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/61634.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1622491766)
Yazoo City, MS: The church, 1951. Program. 8vo. (2) pp. Beautiful studio photograph of Lindsey laid in (6 x 4 inches). "He had a life to give / And he gave it bravely / That freedom and truth might live." Not recorded on OCLC. Very good. Original self-wrapper, illustrated from..... More
(Norfolk, VA): Seaboard Air Line Railway (Printed by Wynkoop Hallenbek Crawford Co, N.Y.), nd [1920s]. First edition (?). Small 4to (23 cm.), folded into narrow 8vo wrappers. (8) pp., text in double columns on two of the pages. Illustrated from six full-page beautiful color lithographs by James McKell, picturing a...... More
November 15, 1908. Black & white real photo postcard, 3 1/2 x 5 1/2 in., showing groups of men, horses and buggies gathered in front of a couple of small wood framed houses, in a rural setting. Two spots are marked on the photo, with accompanying hand-written captions in white..... More
(Arlington, VA: National Genealogical Society), Vol. 89, No. 3, September 2001. (this issue only, a complete issue devoted to its subject). Small 4to (26 cm). (4), [165]-247, (5, ads) pp. One DNA genealogical chart. Feature article is “Sally Hemings’s Children: A Genealogical Analysis of the Evidence” by Helen F. M...... More
Washington, NC: The college, 1981-1987. Vol. I, No. 1 – Vol. VI, No. 2, 14 issues, complete through the first six volumes (published irregularly, 1988-2002). 8vo. 14 issues. Each 36-88 pp. Illustrated from photographs, current and historical, plates, portraits. Life around the Pamlico Sound and its rivers, hand-made furniture, trapping..... More
![Item #61656 Membership Card / This Certifies that [blank space] / Is a Member of the / Cumberland...](https://bartlebysbooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/61656.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1622491770)
[Carlisle, PA?]: The club, nd [1930s?]. Membership card for the club, 2 1/4 x 4 inches, partly printed, with spaces to be filled in by manuscript, this example unused. A "Colored Political Club" was founded in Reading (Berks County), Pennsylvania, in 1934; we've found no clues for the Cumberland Counties..... More
Oklahoma City, OK: Vanguard Publishers, [1946]. Fabrikoid (?) cover embossed with the title and an American flag. 28 cm., unpaginated [approx. 150pp.], with photo illustrations and brief biographies. Head of spine chipped, front joint starting. A separate section at the back has [5] pp. African-Americans who served, and a quote..... More
(Jackson, MS: Meredith Publishing, c1995). Prospectus for a collected edition of ten titles written and published by Meredith, including James Meredith vs Ole Miss; The Father of White Supremacy [Meredith’s white great-grandfather]; Letters to My Unborn Grandchildren; History of Attala County; Mississippi; and six others. Signed by the author on..... More
Allison Park, PA: Publishers for Conventions of Pittsburgh, 1971. 4to. Bound volume of ephemeral items relating to African-American history, Black Studies programs, etc. "The main purpose of the 'National Conventioneer' is to educate the registrants to a convention by providing them with an organized compendium of suppliers; brochures, catalogs, descriptive..... More
(Arlington, FL): Norman Studios, [1928]. Double-folio. (4) pp. Illustrated advertising pressbook for the 1926 Norman film; at head of front cover: "Coming to this Theater (This is exact reproduction of window card.)." Includes list of available ads (lobby cards, etc.), with sample illustrations, notes on production, address panel, etc., prepared..... More
(New York: Pickens & Teackle, "Advertising that Advertises"), nd [ca. 1900]. First edition (?). Oblong folio (12 1/4 x 9 1/4 inches). 12 leaves printing 14 illustrations from photographs [rectos only], 11 of the images full-page (6 x 8 inches), the other plate with a triptych (each illustration 2 5/8..... More
![Item #61651 [Portrait from a photograph, 3 x 2 inches] / Rev. Gaar M. Davis / Preacher, Singer,...](https://bartlebysbooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/61651.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1622491769)
[Ohio?]: [1940s]. Calling card, 5 1/2 x 3 1/4 inches, for this A.M.E. Church preacher, active with congregations in Newark, OH (1943), and Lima, OH (1947). A little rubbing and soiling, but very good. (8534). More
