Richmond, VA: Clemmitt & Jones, 1875 or 1876. Broadside (48 x 31 cm). Abrasions to outer edges in places, overall very good. STRIKING 1875 POSTER ANNOUNCING A "HUMOROUS" LECTURE ON VIRGINIA NEGROES, DELIVERED BY A POPULAR ANTI-NORTHERNER AND FORMER SLAVE-OWNER, GEORGE WILLIAM BAGBY (1828-1883). The editors of "Representative Men of..... More

London: 1834. Commemorative medal, silvered white metal (41 mm diameter). Not formally "graded" but in very good condition and NOT a reproduction! SERVITUS NUMISMATICA! A VERY LITTLE KNOWN ABOLITIONIST COMMEMORATIVE MEDAL, CELEBRATING THE EXTRAORDINARY MOMENT IN WHICH COLONIAL SLAVERY WAS ABOLISHED BY THE BRITISH PARLIAMENT AND ROYAL ASCENT IN 1833, AND..... More

Pittsburgh: Shields, Watson & Washington, Attorneys at Law, 1961. Together 4 leaves (7 pp.), the first two legal-size (14" x 8 1/2"), the others slightly shorter; brad bound inside a 14.74 x 9" printed chemise folded to 9" x 3.75". Creases at folds; chemise moderately worn; leaves lightly dust-soiled with..... More

Durham, NC: Duke University, 1944. First Edition. Quarto. 143 pp., carbon copy typescript printed on rectos only. Contemporary cloth, title gilt on front cover (spine faded, a little worn but perfectly sound). BLACK FEMALE DOMESTIC SERVANTS UNDER ATTACK; AN UNPUBLISHED TYPESCRIPT OF WHICH ONLY ONE OTHER COPY IS RECORDED (DUKE..... More

Detroit, MI: 1969. Original black and white photograph (6.75" x 9.25"), minor wear. ADDED: reproductions of photographs of Richard Austin and Coleman Alexander Young. AFRICAN AMERICAN POLITICAL CANDIDATES CAMPAIGN FOR CHANGE IN RUINED DETROIT. Striking, anonymous photograph of an anonymous crumbling Detroit house, likely taken in 1969 or 1970. The..... More

Columbus, Ohio: Williams & McNabb Mortuary, 1942. Backing board printed in black and silver (400 x 257 mm; browned, chipped around edges with significant loss, verso with multiple pieces of transparent tape) to which is affixed a color-printed illustration (227 x 175 mm) of a woman (smiling) holding a small..... More