New York City: 1898. Unbound. One of the advertising envelopes is from the Booking Office of John W. Isham’s Oriental America and Octoroons and features ornate lettering and an oval half-tone portrait of Isham. The other cover is from Howley, Haviland & Company, the publishers of the Octoroons’ hit song... More
Missouri. Includes two Heroines of Jericho, Missouri Jurisdiction convention programs (1951 and 1970) and a collection of 18 unidentified photographs from the 1960s-1970s ranging in size from 8" x 10" to 3.5" x 3.5". The 1951 program has some water damage to the lower right corner. Some of the photographs... More
[Philadelphia]: 1863. 1st Edition. Wraps. Complete, 32 pages plus the illustrated wrapper. Cover and title page both feature the famous illustration of “Whipped Peter” Gordon, an escaped slave who enlisted in the Union Army. Sound binding. The reverse of the title page contains a preface by Stroud dated “Philadelphia, Sept... More
Manchester: William Irwin, 1848. First Edition. Leather. 8vo. Deluxe edition with two extra (twelve total) full-page engravings with tissue-guards. xxv, 564 pp plus 2 pages of advertisements. Black morocco with gilt decorations and lettering. All edges gilt. Text printed within an engraved border. Expertly rebacked with original spine laid down... More
Philadelphia: International Printing Company, 1948. First Edition. Hard Cover. 8vo. Complete. 97 pages plus frontispiece. Signed by the author on the title page. Sound binding with intact hinges. Clean pages. Gift inscription on the front free endpaper. Almost no wear to cover. Somewhat scarce biography about a staunch supporter of... More
![Abraham's Daughter, or Raw Recruits [Sheet Music]. Dan Bryant.](/pictures/thumb/007954.jpg?v=1465418748)
New York: Firth, Pond & Co. 1861. First Edition. Sheet Music. Complete: 6 pages including the cover. Early Civil War music with a terrific cover showing five black misfit volunteers in various milita and zouave uniforms. Slightly trimmed and with nice corners and old tape binding so probably from an... More
Boston: Henry Tolman & Co. Circa 1860. First Edition. Sheet Music. From Buckleys Comic Songs as sung by R. Bisop Buckley [and] Buckleys Serenaders. 5 pages including the front cover. Cover includes five b/w vignettes showing members of the Serenaders. One of the vignettes shows R. Biship Buckley, and the... More
[Vicinity of Saigon]: 15 October 1968. This eight-page mimeographed fact sheet with typewritten cover was prepared for the Commanding General of the 199th Infantry Brigade. It is dated 15 October 1968 and was written while the unit was responsible for defending the northern approaches to Saigon. Its stated purpose was... More
Taylor County, Kentucky. 1860. Unbound. Three one-page Taylor County, Kentucy documents regarding the sale of two slaves, Ann and her son John, as part of an inheritance lawsuit following the death of their owner, James F. Campbell of Taylor County, Kentucky. All three documents are in nice shape. After James... More
[Philadelphia]: T. M. Scroggy, 1855. _. Broadside. Songsheet lyrics for a popular minstrel song originally published as sheet music several years earlier. 6" x 8". African-American dialect.Light wear and marginal toning. Very faint vetical crease. Five stanzas recounting a slave's surreptitious trip to Charleston to visit a woman while his... More
Duluth, Minnesota: Duluth Superior Milling Co, 1909. Unbound. The multi-color illustrated advertising cover (envelope) features a African-American baker, dressed in a spotless white suit with red tie, resting his right elbow on a sack of Duluth Flour while holding a sliced loaf of white bread in his left hand. The... More
Philadelphia: George W. Taylor, 1853-1854. Half leather. 24 monthly issues bound together. Complete; each volume contains 104 text pages. Half-leather with marbled boards; 6.75” x 10.25”. Sound binding. Clean pages with light intermittent foxing. Old pencil annotation at top of the first title page. Light dampstain to the first six... More
Alabama and Virginia: 1834. Unbound. This four-page folded letter measures 8” x 10”. It is stamped with a red circular “TUSKA A.T.” postmark dated May 1 and has a manuscript “25” indicating postage was paid for delivery over 400 miles away. Dampstains, some minor marginal splits, and what appears to... More
New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1881. Church, Frederick S. and James H. Moser. First Edition, 1st State. Hard Cover. 12mo. Meets all BAL 7100 first state points. 232 pages. 8 pp. advertisements. Frontispiece and 7 plates inserted; other illustrations in text. Last line of p. 9 shows the word... More
New York: E.P. Dutton, 1939. Hogan, Inez. First Edition, 1st Printing. Hard Cover. 12mo. Complete with dust jacket. Sound binding with intact hinges. Clean pages. Cover has light wear and soiling; a split along the spine is just starting. Minor wear to most of the dust jacket, but missing about... More
Philadelphia: Obtained by J. Frank Knight, 1872. Framed. The letter, cdv, and button are all arranged and matted in an 11” x 12” frame. The letter is written on Howard University stationery and dated Nov. 26, 1872; it reads: “Mr. J. Frank Knight / My Dear Sir / Your kind... More
Forest City, Arkansas: 1900. Unbound. This cabinet card photograph, measuring 4.25” x 6.5”, shows the Forest City Calaboose and City Hall shortly after it was destroyed by fire on 2 March 1900. A nattily dressed African-American man stands in the building’s former doorway holding an indecipherable sign. A group of... More
![Sweet Memories of Dixie [Sheet Music]. Laurence C. Jones.](/pictures/thumb/007591.jpg?v=1465418728)
Piney Woods (Braxton), Mississippi: Piney Woods School, 1924. Sheet Music. The front cover is illustrated with black sweethearts in a rowboat and a photograph of Jones. There are numerous photos of the Piney Woods School and its students on the rear cover. Very nice shape. Clean with no tears or... More
Bo-Peep Series, 1900. Soft Cover. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. An uncommon edition of this classic racist nursery rhyme. Complete with twelve colorful lithographs (one double-page) along with music and lyrics. Old, neatly done, thread and paper reinforcement to the spine. Minor wear and light soiling; faint dampstain... More
Lancaster County, Virginia: 1814. Paper Wrapper. Handmade, string-bound 4" x 6" booklet with 24 pages, ten of which have been used. Worn cover. Binding holding, but slightly loose. Several leaves have been clipped from the rear of the book. The rear cover is titled "Memorandum Book" in ink, the book... More
Philadelphia: John C. Winston, 1941. MacKnight, Ninon. First Edition. Hard Cover. 4to. Complete with dust jacket. Sound binding with intact hinges. Clean pages. Light wear to cover. Slight spine slant. Price-clipped dust jacket is edge-worn, heaviest at top of spine; closed tear on front cover. Child's name on front free... More
![Bella Rosa [Sheet Music]. The Campbell Minstrels.](/pictures/thumb/008439.jpg?v=1465418835)
New York: Wm. Hall & Son, 1848. First Edition. Sheet Music. Complete with 5 pages including the front cover. Wonderful black, white, and tan cover illustration with six vignettes, five of which show the Campbells performing both male and female roles in blackface.Once bound in a private album, so the... More
New York: Jos. W. Stern, 1902. First Edition. Sheet Music. 8 pages including the cover. Clean; no splits or tape. Some minor cover wear including tiny closed marginal tears. Owner's name on front cover. Long before he wrote the classic fictional autobiography, "The Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man," James Weldon... More
Louisville, Kentucky: 1929. This small 2” x 3” typewritten advertisement was enclosed in the accompanying envelope with a printed return address that reads, “Presbyterian Colored Missions, Incorporated, 314 South Hancock Street, Louisville, KY.” The advertisement reads, “EXTRA ****** WANTED—TEACHERS At the Presbyterian Colored Missions, 314 S. Hancock St. Won’t YOU... More
Probably printed in Philadelphia: No publisher identified, May 5, 1870. Unbound. This striking handbill printed in a variety of fonts and measuring 6” x10” is in very nice condition. It reads, in part: "Hedgehog's grand combination of the powers of darkness, will exhibit at Jake Key's Roost, Thursday evening, May... More
