Louisville, Kentucky, Saturday Mornin. [Locofoco] 25 x 17.5", unpaginated, (4pp). Light creasing and soiling, scattered spotting, folded in half, edge tears, chipping else very good condition. Ads: "Negroes wanted. Notice to all persons having Negro property for sale can find a purchaser, at highest cash prices, by calling at the..... More
Louisville, Kentucky, Wednesday Morni. [Locofoco] 25 x 17.5", unpaginated, (4pp). Light creasing and soiling, scattered spotting, folded in half, edge tears, chipping else very good condition. Ads: "Negroes wanted. Notice to all persons having Negro property for sale can find a purchaser, at highest cash prices, by calling at the..... More
Louisville, Kentucky, Thursday Mornin. [Locofoco] 25 x 17.5", unpaginated, (4pp). Light creasing and soiling, scattered spotting, folded in half, edge tears, chipping else very good condition. Some of the articles: "Singular Case of Imprisonment. Capt. William Powell whose vessel sails between Norfolk and New York writes "I have this day..... More
Louisville, Kentucky, Tuesday Morning. [Locofoco] 25 x 17.5", unpaginated, (4pp). Light creasing and soiling, scattered spotting, folded in half, edge tears, chipping else very good condition. Ads: "Negroes wanted. Notice to all persons having Negro property for sale can find a purchaser, at highest cash prices, by calling at the..... More
Louisville, Kentucky, Wednesday Morni. [Locofoco] 25 x 17.5", unpaginated, (4pp). Light creasing and soiling, folded in half, edge tears, chipping else very good condition. Ads: "Negroes wanted. Notice to all persons having Negro property for sale can find a purchaser, at highest cash prices, by calling at the jail, in..... More
Budden & Son: Atlanta, 1891. Paperback. 36 x 52", linen backed. Stained, soiled, edges fraying, chipping else good. In 1891, John Askew Smith and others arrived in Gaston County, North Carolina to establish an town east of Whetstone Mountain which would be called Bessemer City Mining & Manufacturing Company. He..... More
New York, 1866. Illustr, 16 x 11, 129-144 pp. Removal marks, creased, soiled, stained, tears, spotted. The full-page illustr accompanying the article shows the ministers who attended the conference, the majority of whom were African-American. Other articles: "King Cotton Redivivus," "Starkweather the Murderer." An installation of Harrington's "Inside. A Chronicle..... More
Cornelius Wendell: Washington, 1857. Hardcover. Fifty plates (three in color including maps), 9 x 6", blindstamped brown cloth, gilt spine lettering, 536pp. Covers well worn, rubbed and spotted, lacks spine tips, gilt lettering almost completely gone, front inner hinge/textblock cracked, endpapers toned and one is missing a piece, toning, waterstaining..... More
Scientific American, Munn & Company: NY, 1849 and 1850. Illustr, 15.5 x 11, quarter leather, black leather spine label with gilt lettering, marbled boards, 416 pp. Covers rubbed, scratched, spotted, corners and spine tips bumped and worn, small dent on top of rear board, outer edges of spine worn and..... More
NY 1854. Illus by J.S. Cotton, 8x5", cloth, 23pp, lacks f.e.p., corners bumped, extremities frayed. More
Mostly art photos, but first is of blacksmith, last page with drawings of various stoves they sold, oblong 9 x 12", wraps, badly stained & wrinkled plus worn but scarce. Also known as The Blue Store. Sold as is. Exposition tie-in: for the Cotton Expo in Atlanta... More
Jonathan David Publishers: Middle Village, NY, 1975. Photos, 11 x 8.5, gilt lettered red boards, 160pp, covers lightly rubbed, extremities bumped and lightly fraying, hinges loose, inkstamps from former owners inside covers and throughout book else a nice but a bit loose copy in edge torn (and tape repaired), rubbed..... More
Tuskegee, 1936. Gift inscription tag oblong 2 x 5, message in brown ink written on the reverse of a Christmas and New Year gift tag, ring 1 1/4" diameter, napkin 19 x 16, cream colored, cotton or linen, the name "Carver" embroidered in brown thread. Gift tag has creasing, soiling..... More
F.W. Devoe & Co.: NY, (1883). Holt Brothers Catalogue and Label Printers, New York. Color and black and white illus., 8 x 6", maroon stiff wraps, gilt lettering and illus. on front cover, (136pp). Covers well worn, rubbed, vertical crease/fold on both covers, inner hinges cracked, front cover almost detached..... More
Fox Records: Hollywood, nd (1960s?). #fr102. Record is 78 rpm, 10" diameter, sleeve has a pict front cover, 10.25 x 10.25 and expands to 10.25 x 20.75. Interior has text and illust, record is in good condition with a few minor scratches, sleeve is toned, creased, soiling, chipping, sticker removal..... More
Scribner's: NY, 1930. Illus., 10 x 7", black buckram, gilt spine lettering, 683pp. Ex-library, bound without magazine covers and ads, covers worn and rubbed, scratched, contents have scattered light spotting and a few edge tears else good to very good. A note accompanying the story says that Hemingway is considered..... More
Np (London), 1868. 2pp, July 24, 1868. Choice and ornate vellum patent document, granted to William Robert Lake by the Queen for his "Improvements in teeth for machines for picking or separating cotton wool and other fibres." Elephant folio size bearing magnificent hanging wax seal (depicting Victoria on both sides)..... More
np, nd (c 1862). 13 x 6.5. one sheet, printed on one side, folds, uneven ink, toning and soil, paperclip rust along right side else a nicely preserved piece of Confederate Civil War ephemera. "The Army of the Confederate States has come to expel the enemy, to rescue the people..... More
(NY), 1938. Paperback. 8 x 10" semi-gloss photo, slight toning to upper and lower borders, minor corner bump else an attractive image of a smiling Lunceford in a white(?) suit. Procured at stage door, Loew's State, Wed Jan 5 1938. COA included. Jazz alto sax player, Lunceford taught at Manassas..... More
Shapiro Music Publishing Co: NY, 1912. Front cover illustr, 13.5 x 10.5, sheet music, (6) pp including covers. Removed, disbound, creasing, rubbing, light soiling, small tears (one tear repaired with cello tape). From the lyrics: " . . .It reminds me of the dear old Mississipp' when I loaded cotton..... More
Printed by Transformer Press at Wayne State University (Detroit), 1982. Illustr, 9 x 6.25, pale green wraps, unpag. Very good. Charming reminiscences, accompanied by recipes, of Pauline Melhorn's culinary life in Nova Scotia. Includes recipes for Blueberry Pie, Bienenstich, Apfelkuchen. Printed on 100% rag paper, the cover is made from..... More
Petersburg, VA Saturday April 15, 1865. 19 x 12", 4pp, worn, badly torn, soiled, spotted, creased, missing sm pieces. "PEACE Important Actions of the President", General Lee's Farewell, the decline of cotton, draft in New York, etc. More
G.P. Putman's Sons: NY, 1907. 2 vols. 8.75 x 6", original blue cloth, 281pp; 284pp with index + publisher's catalogue, covers well worn and darkened, extremities bumped and fraying, hinges loose, EX-LIBRARY with usual markings, a bit of a loose set but still usable. Much on slavery, cotton, etc. in..... More
Briere, Biblipile: Paris, 1863. Hardcover. Fine bindings by Auguste Fontaine. Frontis, 5.25 x 3.5", red leather spines, raised bands, gilt lettering, marbled boards and endpapers, teg, green ribbons, 348, 347, 435, 359, 437, 339, 391; 434pp plus table on contents in all. Covers have light rubbing and wear, shelfworn, spines..... More
Illustr, 11.5 x 8.75, cloth backed patterned boards, 60 pp, a very nice copy of THE DELUXE EDITION in slipcase. WITH SUITE OF FINELY PRINTED EPHEMERA IN A PORTFOLIO: Inspirational quotation printed at Full Moon Press; typographic broadside printed at Brown Trout Press, with fishing fly, limited and signed by..... More