Albany, Ca. Muslim Students' Association, Persian Speaking Group, [1986]. [1],9,[1]pp. on six folded sheets. Photocopy reproduction of an earlier pamphlet, stapled at upper left. Very good. Contemporary photocopy of an apparently unrecorded pamphlet produced by the Muslim Students' Association, Persian Speaking Group of Albany, California. The pamphlet provides a hagiographical.....
![BLACK BUSINESS DIRECTORY. VOLUME I NUMBER 2. 1969 - 1970 WINTER EDITION [caption title]. African...](/pictures/thumb/WRCAM55761.jpg?v=1594920186)
[Los Angeles. 1969]. iv,36pp. Quarto. Original pictorial wrappers. Minimal edge wear, minor occasional toning. Near fine. A rare business directory intended for use by the African-American community of Los Angeles at the end of the turbulent 1960s. It follows the first issue published for the summer of 1969, and appears.....
Washington, D.C. National Million Man March/Day of Absence Organizing Committee, 1995. vii,22pp. Original cream wrappers, stapled. Lower right forecorner of front wrapper creased, light soiling and a few stains to wrappers and the lower margin of the final six leaves, otherwise quite clean internally. Ownership inscription on titlepage, price label.....
![COLORED BRANCH YWCA [wrapper title]. African Americana, Pennsylvania](/pictures/thumb/WRCAM55451.jpg?v=1593712044)
[N.p., but likely Philadelphia. ca. 1926]. [8]pp. Oblong 12mo. Original pictorial wrappers. Minor wear and soiling. Very good plus. A rare ephemeral calendar of events for a local "Colored Branch" of the Y.W.C.A. in or near Philadelphia for the year 1926. Events include a "Mothers' Club Supper" where Rev. Matthews.....
![THE DALLAS NEGRO LITTLE THEATRE PRESENTS ATTORNEY FOR THE DEFENSE [wrapper title]. African...](/pictures/thumb/WRCAM55453.jpg?v=1593712044)
[Dallas. 1937]. [4]pp., printed on a folded quarto sheet. Minor soiling, upper outer corner chipped. Still, very good. A program for a Depression-era theatrical performance of Eugene G. Hafer's 1924 courtroom drama, ATTORNEY FOR THE DEFENSE, by an African-American theatre company, performed at Booker T. Washington High School in Dallas.....
[Various locations, mostly in and around Erie, Pa. ca. early 1950s and after]. [44]pp., with approximately 200 photographs of varying sizes pasted in or mounted on corners, plus twelve calling cards; three 8 x 10-inch promotional photographs (loosely laid in); and a photograph in a souvenir mount pasted to the.....
Rampart, Ak. Sept. 1, 1901. 4pp., on a single folded sheet. Each page printed in four columns. Folio. Misfolded, and neatly split along the center vertical fold, with resulting large margin in first leaf. Tiny closed edge tear, old tideline in upper margin of first leaf, evenly toned. About very.....
San Francisco. 1891. 63pp. Illus. Original green printed wrappers, detached and split at spine. Edges chipped. Internally clean and nice. Discreet cancelled library booklabel tipped inside back wrapper. Overall good. Extensive promotional work for Alaska tourism, issued before the Gold Rush. Describes the resources, agriculture potential and natural beauty of.....
Boston: Printed and sold by Mills and Hicks, at their Printing- Office in School-Street, next door to Cromwell's-Head, [1774]. 108pp. Pages 31 and 74 misnumbered 13 and 47 respectively. 12mo. Contemporary marbled paper on paper wrapper. Wrappers worn, portions of marbled paper lacking on front wrapper, portions of spine lacking.....
[New York: Stumpf & Steurer, 1898]. 88pp. plus three advertising leaves; 23pp. Guide: Original color-printed wrappers, ribbon tie. Extremities worn, backstrip chipped old vertical crease to front wrapper and first few leaves. Occasional light tanning and soiling. Very good. Insert: Stitched as issued. Near fine. Extensively illustrated guide for attendees.....
New York. September 28, 1775. Broadside, approximately 9 x 8 inches. Marginal chips and tears, adhesive residue on blank verso. Light tanning. Good. In a half morocco box. An extremely rare revolutionary-era New York broadside, promulgated by the Friends to Liberty in September 1775, encouraging electors to reject sitting pro-British.....
Boston. Printed and Sold by R. and S. Draper... [1764]. [24]pp. Dbd., stitched. Contemporary notation on one leaf. Light toning and soiling. Very good. The first almanac made following Dr. Nathaniel Ames' death. This almanac was completed by his son, Nathaniel, who continued writing the almanac until the Revolutionary War.....
[St. Louis. nd, ca. 1893]. 30pp. Original printed wrappers. Some light dampstaining in margins. Still very good. This promotional tract for the southern states was issued by the St. Louis, Iron Mountain & Southern Railway Company. Sets forth the agricultural, mineral, manufacturing and commercial advantages of the region, but with.....
[N.p. 1828]. 8pp. Folded half sheet. Some foxing. A very good, unsophisticated copy. Untrimmed and unopened. A scarce anti-Jackson pamphlet from the 1828 presidential campaign. According to the preface, the author, Dr. James L. Armstrong, is, "A gentleman of irreproachable character in the State of Tennessee, near the place where.....
New York. 1849. [4]pp. Minor creasing to edges. Near fine. Promoting "the taste for the Fine Arts", this small pamphlet outlines the General Plan of the International Art-Union. In exchange for an annual fee of five dollars, the subscriber received an engraving equal to the value of the subscription as.....
Philadelphia. 1852. [4]pp. on a single folded quarto sheet. Illustrated. Small chip to top margin, a few marginal stabholes, soft creasing. Very good. A rare promotional work advertising a new engraving by Alfred Jones, after Rothermel's famous painting, commemorating Patrick Henry's famous "If this be treason, make the most of.....
[New York: William H. Coyler, 1836]. [29]-56pp. Lacking initial twenty-eight pages. Antique-style half morocco and marbled boards, spine gilt. Good plus. The second half of an important pamphlet that was instrumental in bringing detailed information about the Texas Revolution to the United States, containing the second printing of Stephen F......
![PHOTOGRAPHIC ALBUM OF WHITE MOTOR COMPANY VEHICLES]. Automobile Photographica](/pictures/thumb/WRCAM55051.jpg?v=1602867487)
Chicago. [ca. 1910]. [116] photographs plus advertising leaf removed from HARPER'S MAGAZINE issue. Includes album of modern reproductions of the photographs. Oblong pebbled morocco album, gilt title on front board. Boards rubbed and worn, corners bumped, spine perished. Photographs mounted on original linen, which is slightly curled. A few small.....
Boston. Buck Printing Co., [1911]. Broadside, 11 x 7 inches. Three early pencil annotations. Tear in upper margin (from previous mounting, no loss of text), two-inch closed tear along center fold, old folds, some tanning. About very good. Broadside advertising the first air show, or "aviation meet," ever held in.....
St. Louis: Geo D. Barnard & Co., [ca. 1880s]. 14 1/4 x 8 1/2 inches. Plus envelope retaining stamp and cancel. Old folds, a few pinholes to upper left corner. Envelope with light soiling. Very good overall. A printed circular letter advertising a new "Merchandise Book" for merchants and shopkeepers.....
[New York]: Wm. Applegate' Steam Presses, [ca. March 21, 1842]. Letterpress broadsheet, 12 x 8 3/4 inches. Small engraving of Niagara Falls on verso. Moderate edge wear, a few closed tears and minor fold separations with expert tissue repairs. Light foxing and staining. Good condition. An exceedingly rare broadsheet handbill.....
![PRINTED CERTIFICATE, SIGNED BY JOHN BARRY, ENTITLING THE BEARER TO PRIZE MONEY]. John Barry](/pictures/thumb/WRCAM50246.jpg?v=1593711783)
[N.p. ca. 1780]. [1]p., 3 1/2 x 7 1/2 inches. Minor wear and soiling. Very good. Printed certificate signed by Capt. John Barry, captain of the first ship in the Continental Navy. The document reads: "I do hereby certify, That the Bearer, [blank] late [blank] on board the [blank] under.....
![A SECOND VINDICATION OF GOD'S SOVEREIGN FREE GRACE INDEED.... [bound with:] AN ATTEMPT TO PROVE...](/pictures/thumb/WRCAM51755.jpg?v=1593711818)
Boston: Printed and sold by Rogers and Fowle in Queen-street, 1748. 82; 23,[1]pp. Half titles. Later three-quarter morocco and marbled boards. Hinges and spine rubbed, light edge and corner wear. First half title somewhat soiled and with ownership inscription, minor paper loss to several leaves not affecting text, light dampstaining.....
[Various places in Alaska, California, and Maine, as described below. ca. 1917-1959]. 133 items, including sixty-nine photographs ranging in size from 3 1/4 x 2 1/4 to 8 x 10 inches, thirty-eight negatives, one patent, five pieces of correspondence (two with envelopes), sixteen pieces of ephemera, and four newspaper clippings.....
![BILLY PATTISON [caption title]. Black Minstrel Song Sheet](/pictures/thumb/WRCAM23859.jpg?v=1593711416)
London: H. Disley, [nd. but ca. 1850]. Single sheet, about 4 x 10 inches. Some slight marginal dustiness. Else very good. British song sheet with Black minstrel theme and song. With woodcut vignette of a Black man with pipe. "Oh, white folks listen unto me, / Oh, Billy Pattison, /.....
