[New York: Readers and Writers Club of America], 1937. 11,[1]pp. Original printed self-wrappers, stapled. Light wear, soiling, and uneven tanning to wrappers, some rust residue from staples. Soft vertical fold throughout with very short fold separations at bottom edge. Internally quite clean. Very good. Only the third known copy of.....
[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.....
[Philadelphia. 1967]. Broadside printed in brown on light blue paper, 18 x 12 inches. Minor edge wear, small bump along left edge, occasional mild spotting. Overall very good. An attractive and rare poster promoting a series of public events for Philadelphia-area African-American artists held at the Lee Cultural Center, 440.....
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.....
[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.....
[N.p., likely New York: American Defense Society, ca. 1919]. 20,[2]pp. printed on a continuous accordion- fold strip, each panel 3 x 4 inches, eleven of the pages containing full-page illustrations. Light soiling and wear. Near fine. A small, unrecorded propaganda booklet produced by the nationalistic American Defense Society (ADS) in.....
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.....
[Fort Smith, Ar. Fort Smith Chamber of Commerce, ca. 1893]. 27,[1]pp., including illustrations from woodcuts and photographs. Original printed pink wrappers, new staples. Wrappers lightly worn and sunned, small chips at corners, a few spots of soiling. Internally quite clean with light even tanning. Very good. Well-illustrated promotional pamphlet prepared.....
[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.....
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.....
![Item #WRCAM55051 [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.....
![Item #WRCAM51755 A SECOND VINDICATION OF GOD'S SOVEREIGN FREE GRACE INDEED.... [bound with:] AN...](/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.....
![Item #WRCAM56430 PROSPECTO [wrapper title]. Theubet de Beauchamp](/pictures/thumb/WRCAM56430.jpg?v=1615999149)
Mexico: Jose Maria Alva, 1828. [6]pp. Quarto. Original printed wrappers, pictorial vignettes on front wrapper. Old horizontal fold, later repair to last leaf and rear wrapper at gutter, small closed tear to front wrapper. Slight separation at edges of folds, a few small chips. Inscribed by Beauchamp on p.[1]. Very.....
![Item #WRCAM23859 BILLY PATTISON [caption title]. Black Minstrel Song Sheet](/pictures/thumb/WRCAM23859.jpg?v=1593711416)
London: H. Disley, [n.d. 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, /.....
![Item #WRCAM23860 THE BOATMAN OF THE OHIO [caption title]. Black Minstrel Song Sheet](/pictures/thumb/WRCAM23860.jpg?v=1593711416)
London: H. Such, Printed and Publisher, [n.d., but ca. 1850]. Single sheet, about 4 x 9 1/2 inches. Overall condtion is very good. Rather incongruous woodcut vignette of a Chinese man with pagoda and ship in the background. British song sheet with black minstrel song: "A Boatman leads a fearful.....
![Item #WRCAM23822 HAPPY ARE WE US NIGGERS [sic] SO GAY [caption title]. Black Minstrel Song Sheet](/pictures/thumb/WRCAM23822.jpg?v=1593711415)
[N.p. N.d. but ca. 1850]. Single sheet, 10 x 3 1/2 inches. Woodcut vignette. Some very minor edge nicks. Very good. British black minstrel song sheet with small vignette of two smoking West India slaves, with a ship in background. "Happy are we us N****** [asterisks ours] so gay /.....
![Item #WRCAM23825 I'M OFF TO CHARLESTOWN [caption title]. Black Minstrel Song Sheet](/pictures/thumb/WRCAM23825.jpg?v=1593711415)
[N.p.]: Disley, Printer:, [ca. 1850]. Single sheet, about 10 x 3 1/2 inches. Some slight edge dustiness. Else very good. British song sheet with black minstrel-style song: "My massa and my missus have both gone away, / Gone to the sulphur springs the summer months to stay; / And while.....
![Item #WRCAM23826 I'M OFF TO CHARLESTOWN [caption title]. Black Minstrel Song Sheet](/pictures/thumb/WRCAM23826.jpg?v=1593711415)
[N.p. N.d. but ca. 1850]. Single sheet, about 9 1/2 x 3 1/2 inches. Some slight edge wrinkles and dustiness. Else quite good. Black minstrel song sheet printed in England, with a charming woodcut vignette of a white man smoking a pipe riding a mule: "My massa and my missus.....
![Item #WRCAM23824 MASSA'S IN DE COLD GROUND [caption title]. Black Minstrel Song Sheet](/pictures/thumb/WRCAM23824.jpg?v=1593711415)
[N.p.]: W.S. Fortey, [ca. 1850]. Single sheet, about 9 x 3 1/2 inches. Beehive woodcut vignette. Some slight edge dustiness. Else very good. British song sheet with black minstrel-style song. Chorus: "Down in de corn fields. / Here dat mournful sound, / All de darkies am a weeping, / Massa's.....
![Item #WRCAM23828 MISS LUCY LONG [caption title]. Black Minstrel Song Sheet](/pictures/thumb/WRCAM23828.jpg?v=1593711415)
Birmingham: Printed and Sold by T. Watts, [n.d. but ca. 1850]. Single sheet, about 10 x 3 1/2 inches. Some slight edge wrinkles and dustiness. Overall quite good. Minstrel song sheet printed in England, with a charming woodcut vignette of a street peddler surrounded by several children: "Since you wish.....
[Chelten, Hills, Pa. 1864]. Single sheet, 4 1/4 x 7 inches. Clean and very good. A blank printed pass for visitors to Camp William Penn, a camp of Black soliders during the Civil War.
![Item #WRCAM51532 BOLETIN N. 1º COCHABAMBA, DBRE. 28 DE 1887 [caption title]. Bolivia](/pictures/thumb/WRCAM51532.jpg?v=1593711807)
[Cochabamba. 1887]. Broadside, 8 3/4 x 4 1/4 inches. Several minor edge tears, some weakness along fold lines, otherwise very good. An amusing late 19th-century political leaflet from the Bolivian city of Cochabamba, in which the writers accuse their liberal opponents of being sore electoral losers and of raving "like.....
