Paris: Gallimard, 1947. First French Edition. Wright's fourth book, a moving and shocking autobiography of race relations, growing up in the South, and his eventual move to Chicago at age 19, where he established his writing career and became involved with the Communist Party. He moved to Paris in 1946..... More

Jersey City, N.J. [n.d. but ca.1935-1945]. In 1867, Chicago industrialist George Pullman revolutionized rail travel with his famous Pullman Cars - essentially a hotel on wheels. When Pullman Cars were leased to a railroad, they came "equipped" with highly-trained porters to serve the travelers, most of them recently-freed slaves who..... More

New York: Grove Press, Inc., 1963. First American Edition. First appearance in the U.S. of the French West Indian political philosopher's third book and most enduring work. "Fanon demonstrates how violence in the colonized countries in the Cold War World reflects the violent relations that develop between capitalism and socialism..... More

New York: Venanzi Memorial Committee, 1921. First Edition. Octavo (21cm). Later cloth, titled in gilt on spine; xxiii,304pp. Very Good, with mild wear to board edges and the rear board mildly pulled. Ex-libris Alfredo Verrico, Italian-American film producer and exporter, with his engraved bookplate and blind-embossed stamp. Memorial anthology of..... More

Chicago: Charles H. Kerr, 1925. First Edition. A signal work of the American labor movement and one of the great contrarian memoirs by an American woman. "Mother" Mary Harris Jones, co-founder of the I.W.W. and scourge of mine operators from Colorado to West Virginia, marched on the front lines of..... More

[New Mexico: 1939-40]. Oblong quarto souvenir album (8" x 12"); 20 leaves, of which 11 used. Contents include 48 original photographs and two printed postcards. Most of the photos are small-format Brownie snapshots, 2-3/4" x 2"; a few larger (up to 3" x 5"); two are captioned in the image..... More

Oklahoma City: The American Guardian, N.d. [ca 1936?]. Original double-sided brochure, printed in black on coated newsprint, 14cm x 9cm (5-1/2" x 3-1/2"). Verso is an order form, with an endorsement from Carl Sandburg. In fine condition. Small brochure advertising the July 4th issue of Ameringer's socialist newspaper The American..... More

San Francisco: Bay Area A.F. of L. Committee for the Freedom of Mooney and Billings. Original single-sided handbill, printed in brown on cream cardstock, 14cm x 9cm (5-1/2" x 3-1/2"). Brief note in ink to verso. In fine condition but for a small ink stamp at upper right corner: "Mooney..... More

Sausalito, CA: The Black World Foundation, 1973. First Edition. Small quarto (26cm); pictorial card wrappers, stapled; 64pp. Modest wear and dustiness, some oxidation to staples; contents clean; Very Good+. Contents include contributions by Shirley Chisholm, David G. Du Bois, Richard Hatcher, Earl Ofari, John Oliver Killens, and others. DANKY 1003..... More

Sausalito, CA: The Black World Foundation, 1972. First Edition. Small quarto (26cm); photo-illustrated card wrappers, stapled; 64pp; illus. Original recipient's address label to front wrapper, light wear to extremities; Very Good+. Contents include contributions by Charles C. Diggs, Jr., Robert Allen, Sidney Walton, Jr., Paul King, and reviews of books..... More

Sausalito, CA: The Black World Foundation, 1971. First Edition. Quarto (26cm); pictorial wrappers, stapled; 80pp; illus. 63,[1]pp; illus. Light wear and dustiness to wrappers, original recipient's address label to lower rear wrapper; Very Good+. Contents include contributions by Adolph L. Reed, Jr., Hortense Spillers, T.B. Smith, Billy "Hands" Robinson, Dennis..... More

Detroit: Broadside Press, 1972. First Edition. First Printing. Slim octavo (21.75cm); original printed card wrappers, stapled; 32pp. Generically inscribed on the title page to Puerto Rican editor, translator, and literary critic Roberto Marquez: "As it will BE – Write on / Yr. sister / Lyn." Some toning along the spine..... More

A curious archive, consisting of the equipment trunk of working photographer William F. Hayden, of East Arlington, VT, with material from the late 1900s and early 1910s. (Dated items range from 1906 to 1914.) The collection includes an array of photographic equipment: lenses, dry plates, film cartridges, developing papers, and..... More