![MISS BRONZE CALIFORNIA BEAUTY PAGEANT [cover title]. African Americana, California](/pictures/thumb/WRCAM56779.jpg?v=1630678865)
[N.p., likely Los Angeles. 1964]. 28pp., profusely illustrated. Quarto. Original pictorial wrappers. Minor edge wear, a few tiny edge chips. Tiny amount of chipping to bottom corner of last few leaves. Very good. The official program for the 1964 Miss Bronze California beauty pageant, a beauty contest for single African-American.....
![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.....
[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.....
![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.....
[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.....
![RUBYE'S LES GRANDES COLLECTIONS AND FASHION EXTRAVAGANZA [wrapper title]. African-American...](/pictures/thumb/WRCAM56828.jpg?v=1627320929)
Los Angeles. 1955. [8]pp. Original pictorial wrappers, stapled. Minor edge wear, faint offsetting to rear cover, blue ink notations on rear cover. Two center pages tanned. Very good. A seemingly-unrecorded program for a fashion show produced by Rubye Garrett's French Salon, held at the Century Theatre in Los Angeles on.....
[Princeton, N.J. ca. 1939-1940]. 120 mounted photographs, from 5 x 3 1/2 inches to 4 x 3 1/4 inches, plus assorted mounted ephemera and additional ephemeral items tucked into a pocket on the inside front cover. Oblong folio. Contemporary red cloth photograph album, string-tied, titles on front cover stamped in.....
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.....
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. Very good. 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 Gen. Jackson himself.....
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.....
![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.....
![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.....
![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, /.....
![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.....
![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 /.....
![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.....
