New York: Francis & Loutrel, 1864. First Edition. Address delivered before the senate by the clergyman and author most notably of "Guilt of Slavery and Crime of Slaveholding" (1860). LCP AFRO-AMERICANA 2242; SABIN 12404. Octavo (23cm.); self-wrappers, recent staples; 28pp. Wrappers faintly foxed, shallow loss at spine edges not approaching... More about Rights of the Coloured Race to Citizenship and Representation; and the Guilt and Consequences of...

New York: Harper & Brothers, Publishers, 1925 [but 1931]. "The poet's first book of collected poems, characterized by their youthful and romantic spirit as well as indicating a concern for black heritage and race in such poems as "Heritage" and "The Shroud of Color" (PERRY 221). One of the most... More about Color [Inscribed

[Richmond? 1858]. First Edition. Collection of pieces by and in response to Virginia Governor Henry A. Wise written between December 30, 1857, and October 13, 1858. Pagination continuous, though each section has separate drop title, including the four-part "Review of 'A Review of Gov. Wise's Tammany Letter, by an Eminent... More about Letter of Governor Wise to the New York Tammany Society

Boston: Oliver Johnson, 1844. First Edition. Slim octavo (22cm.); publisher's brown printed wrappers; 98pp. Shallow chipping and brief loss to wrapper extremities, most notably rear cover, faint stain to upper cover slightly bleeding into textblock, else Good or better, internally fresh. Makes mention of the fate of George Latimer, a.... More about Twelfth Annual Report Presented to the Massachusetts Anti-Slavery Society, By Its Board of...

Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill Company, [1925]. First Edition. Octavo (20.5cm.); publisher's red gilt-lettered cloth; [2],278pp. Boards a bit scuffed, some soil, spine gilt rather dulled, textblock a bit shaken in binding, old ink notes to front free endpaper, else a Good or better copy. The Italian-American journalist's study of the effect of... More about Race or Nation: A Conflict of Divided Loyalties

[New York]: Amistad, [2004]. First Edition. Large octavo (24.5cm.); publisher's two-toned paper-covered boards in photo-illustrated dust jacket; xxiv,[2],453pp.; illus. throughout. Some dust-soil to jacket, else Very Good to Near Fine. More about I'll Find a Way Or Make One: A Tribute to Historically Black Colleges and Universities

Bath, NY: R. L. Underwood & Co., 1844. [Second Edition]. Account of the life of Jemima Wilkinson (1752-1819), the Rhode Island-born Quaker and Evangelist who claimed after a long illness to have died and been risen from the dead. Through her preaching she became known as the "Universal Friend," creating... More about Memoir of Jemima Wilkinson, a Preacheress of the Eighteenth Century; containing an authetic...

Boston: Estes ad Lauriat, 1886. First Edition. Occtavo (21.5cm.); publisher's red pictorial cloth stamped in black and gilt; viii,[9]-240pp.; illus. throughout, many full-paged, map endpapers printed in blue-grey. Light wear, corners a bit bumped, spine gilt dulled, else a Very Good, internally sound copy. From the publisher's popular series for..... More about Three Vassar Girls in Italy. A Holiday Excursion of Three College Girls Through the Classic Lands

New York: Arbeiter Ring [aka Workmens Circle], 1910. First Edition. Souvenir book and organizational history, issued in conjunction with the tenth anniversary convention of Der Arbeiter Ring, aka The Workmens Circle, a Jewish-American labor association and mutual-aid society that formed following the massive waves of Yiddish immigration following the Russian... More about TITLE IN YIDDISH] : , 1910.[Der...

Santa Fe: Twelvetrees Press, 1994. First Edition. Quarto (31cm x 24cm). Green cloth boards (hardcover) with titling embossed in black on cover and spine; dustjacket; 180pp; illus. Near Fine copy; very slight shelf wear to extremities, else clean and tight. Near Fine dustwrapper; slight rubbing to front and back panels... More about Tchelitchev

Winchester: 1937. First Edition. Octavo (16cm.); publisher's pictorial die-cut staplebound wrappers in the shape of an apple; [4]pp.; photographic illus. Light wear, else Near Fine. More about Souvenir: Fourteenth Shenandoah Apple Blossom Festival, Winchester, VA. Spring, 1937

New York: Communist Party of the United States of America, 1937. Octavo (23.75cm.); publisher's red and white decorative wrappers; 95pp. Wrappers quite dust-soiled else Very Good, internally near fine. Includes contributions by Earl Browder and William Z. Foster. More about The Communist: A Magazine of the Theory and Practice of Marxism-Leninism, Vol. XVI, no. 1,...

[Concord, Mass: 1840]: Concord Freeman. A Massachusetts Democrat attacks Whig monetary policies including the issuance of "soft" currency and the establishment of a National Bank. Winthrop appears to have entered politics following a checkered military career which included an 1832 court-marshal for abandoning his post during a particularly long-winded election-day... More about Extra – Concord Freeman. Remarks of Mr. Grenville T. Winthrop, of Watertown, on the Currency,...