Boston: Published At The Anti-Slavery Office, No. 25 Cornhill, 1845. Hardcover. 7 x 4.5", blindstamped brown cloth, gilt lettering on front cover, 125pp. Covers, spine tips and corners worn and bumped, upper spine lacks small piece, ffep and frontis removed, contents have creasing and scattered foxing else good to very..... More
John B. Alden: NY, 1889. Hardcover. Illus., 8 x 5.5", gilt-lettered blue cloth with gilt seal of Mexico on front cover; teg, 311pp, covers rubbed, extremities bumped and fraying, pp toned and used, former owner's blindstamp on title page. Second Edition, but INSCRIBED AND SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR, 1890. More
Detroit, MI, 2007. Paperback. Photo, illus.; ads, 14 x 11", newsprint, 4pp, horizontal fold, edge-wear, creasing, toning, but still a good copy of this very short Detroit newspaper; whole issue present. Front page is devoted to an annual picnic for African-American Detroiters in Idlewild, Michigan "The Black Eden" More
np, nd. Paperback. 8.25 x 5", wraps, 129pp, minor cover soiling else a nice, clean copy of this SCARCE autobiography. Little is known of the author; the internet says he was born and buried in Washington County, Pennsylvania. More
Published by Author: Linden, MI, (1979). Paperback. Illus. by Dennis Jones, 8 x 5.25", pict yellow stiff wraps, 175pp, covers lightly rubbed and soiled, contents nice and clean. Second printing. Author of NEW AFRICA HIGH: A Low Comedy. SCARCE these days. More
(Dr. LaDoris McClaney: Beverly Hills, CA), (1989). Hardcover. Photos, 10 x 6.5", blue cloth, 257pp, covers with a little edge-wear else a nice, clean copy in an edge-worn dustjacket. FIRST PRINTING. More
Webb and Hunt: Liverpool, 1860. Hardcover. Frontis, 9 x 5.75", gilt-lettered embossed blue cloth, 153pp, covers quite worn, extremities bumped and fraying, some staining to rear cover, contents toned and used, but still a good, complete copy of this SCARCE title. FIRST EDITION. More
The Arena Publ. Co.: Boston, 1896. Hardcover. Illus., 8 x 5", gilt-lettered and gilt-pict purple cloth, 244pp, covers heavily rubbed, extremities bumped and fraying, front inner hinge cracked, former owner's blindstamp on title page, pp with some finger soiling/wear. SCARCE. More
Presscraft Papers: Benzonia, 1978. Hardcover. Illus., 10 x 7.5", pict boards, unpaginated. Fine. Comes with a postcard, unused, from Gwen Frostic Prints in which the customer can request a free booklet "Because You Appreciate Loveliness". SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR AND ILLUSTRATOR GWEN FROSTIC. FIRST EDITION. More
Journal Printing Company: Minneapolis, MN, 1899. Paperback. Cartoons by Bart, 9 x 8", string-tied pict wraps, unpaginated, covers quite worn, creased and soiled, spine sunned, some edge-chipping, contents toned and used; still a good copy of this SCARCE title. With "Chronology of the War" More
Allen, Lane & Scott: Philadelphia, (1890). Paperback. Mostly ads, 6.5 x 4", cloth backed wraps, 148pp, covers worn, soiled and badly chipped (especially front cover), front cover and front fly detached, pp worn and lightly soiled and stained. SWAF. SCARCE. More
Fli-Back: Detroit, MI, 1976. Paperback. Illus., 8 x 5.25", pict wraps, 84pp, a pretty nice used copy of this SCARCE literary/political journal from Detroit. Inside the rear cover is an ad for The Fifth Estate (which shared an address with Fli-Back). More
Frederick A. Stokes Co.: NY, (1898). Hardcover. Cartoons by Ch. Nelan, oblong 10 x 11", cloth backed pict boards, unpaginated, covers worn, browned and spotted, spine cover missing, boards detached (but present), extremities chipping, contents toned and used with scattered light finger soil. SWAF. SCARCE. Cartoonist in the New York..... More
np (Head of Tennessee Baptist Church), 1963. Paperback. Photos, 9 x 6", pict stapled wraps, 23pp; 12pp, covers a bit rubbed and soiled, contents nice. SCARCE history of the Head of Tennessee Baptist Church in Dillard, Georgia. More
(Hugh Scobie: Toronto), (1853). Paperback. 8.25 x 5.5", printed sewn wraps, 94pp. Lacks front cover (which is page 1 and 2), pages 3/4 lack a corner, pages 3-8 are torn at the bottom and lacking pieces, lacks pages 9-12, pages 79-80 roughly torn out and affecting text, chipping, edge tears..... More