Pennsylvania Anti-Slavery Society: Philadelphia, 1849. Paperback. 20 x 13.5" (folded in half 10 x 13.5"), unpaginated (4pp). Fold creases, small tears/edge tears, light staining in margins, ink name (E. Lewis) else good. From the article "The House of Representatives...passed a bill appropriating annually the sum of one thousand dollars...for free..... More

Newton County, Texas, 1860. Paperback. Lined blue paper 12 x 7.5", creases/fold creases, fold creases have tears and tiny holes, scattered spotting, notary seal extremely light. Signed by R.E. Ballau(sp?) as notary public certifying that it is a true transcript of the original record. In 1860, the slave population in..... More

The Lulu Burst Society: np, nd. Paperback. 5.5 x 4.25", stiff stapled wraps, 4pp, tiny spot on front cover else a nice, clean copy. Dan Waldron relates a memory of going to a sideshow at the Michigan State Fair in the 1950s, in which a beautiful blonde woman turns into..... More

np (by author: Birmingham, MI), 2010. Paperback. 8.5 x 5.5", string-tied pict wraps, (16)pp, a nice, crisp copy of this SCARCE short story. More

np (Robert Barker: London), nd (1613). Paperback. Two leaves, 16 x 10.5", double-sided, two columns with 72 lines each, edge-wear, some spotting, creasing near bottom of leaves, removed from bound volume; page Mmm1 Chapters (VI)-XIX of The Wisdome of Solomon, Apocrypha. In English. More

The Detroit Urban League: Detroit, MI, (1987). Paperback. 11 x 8.5", stapled pict wraps, 61pp, covers a little rubbed, some soiling (from printer) on rear cover, extremities a little worn else a nice copy of this SCARCE publication. Richard W. Thomas is a professor Emeritus in history at MSU and..... More

Corlay Publishers: Brooklyn, NY, 1968. Paperback. Photos; illus., 11 x 8", pict stapled wraps, 26pp, covers a bit rubbed and darkened, corners a little bumped else a decent copy of this SCARCE magazine. "Black Brotherhood- A Power for Good", "Black Jews in America", "The AME Church comes home", etc. More

Corlay Publishers: Brooklyn, NY, 1968. Paperback. Photos; illus., 11 x 8", pict stapled wraps, 27pp, covers a bit rubbed and darkened, corners a little bumped else a decent copy of this SCARCE magazine. "People Make Slums", "Baptists in America", "What To Do With Your Wife", etc. More

Burrelle's Media Directories: Livingston, NJ, (1983). Paperback. 11 x 8.5", wraps, 154pp with Index, covers rubbed, extremities a bit worn and bumped else a fairly nicely preserved copy of this SCARCE list of all African-American newspapers, television stations, radio stations, etc. Some of the local Detroit institutions listed include radio..... More

np (Michigan), nd. Paperback. 10 x 7.5", plastic comb bound clear plastic over pict wraps, 52 leaves printed on rectos only, a nice, clean copy of this SCARCE book; reminiscences of a life spent mainly in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan (around McMillan). More

University of Michigan: Ann Arbor, MI, c. 1920s. Paperback. 79 mounted photos (some loose), oblong 11 x 16", string-tied cloth album with gilt UofM logo on front cover, unpaginated, covers quite rubbed and soiled, extremities bumped and fraying, bottom of spine torn, intro pages toned and lightly stained along bottom..... More

H.M. Caldwell: Bonson, (1906). Hardcover. Illus. by Wallace Goldsmith, 6 x 4.5", patterned cloth with illus. front cover title label, 144pp, covers heavily worn, extremities bumped and fraying, textblock detached (but present), pp edge-toned; a very very worn and abused little book, a humorous look at alcoholism and the "Gold..... More

Center For Creative Photography: University Of Arizona, 1981-1982. Paperback. Prospectus 11 x 8.5", 42pp in clear covers; the four larger publications also 11 x 8.5", pagination varies; brochures 8.5 x 3.5", grey clamshell box 12 x 9 x 2", black lettering on spine "Center For Creative Photography", all are in..... More