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Tall, Tan and Terrific Movie Still : Unidentified Pianist and Singer

By: Pollard, Bud (producer and director)

Price: $75.00

Publisher: New York, Astor Pictures Corporation: 1946

Seller ID: 15848

Binding: Photograph

This B&W still from the movie Tall, Tan and Terrific shows an unidentified pianist and singer awho are featured in a number in the film. The still has light wear including some very light, flattened crease lines but is still very close to near fine. Tall, Tan and Terrific was a Black Cinema movie starring Mantan Moreland, Monte Hawley and Francine Everett. It had a lackluster plot but featured performances by many early 20th century African-American performers including Mantan Moreland, Francine Everett, Monte Hawley, Butterbeans Bradford, Rudy Toombs and others. Stills from these all-black-...
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Tall, Tan and Terrific Movie Still : Probably Lou Swartz and an Unknown Actor

By: Pollard, Bud (producer and director)

Price: $75.00

Publisher: New York, Astor Pictures Corporation: 1946

Seller ID: 15849

Binding: Photograph

This B&W still from the movie Tall, Tan and Terrific, shows an unidentified couple snuggling on a sofa. The female, who performs a romantic, novelty song in this scene, is likely Lou Swartz; the identity of the male actor, who does not sing, is not clear. This is likely the only image of the two. The still has light wear including some very light, flattened crease lines but is still very close to near fine. Tall, Tan and Terrific was a Black Cinema movie starring Mantan Moreland, Monte Hawley and Francine Everett. It had a lackluster plot but featured performances by many early 20th century A...
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Tall, Tan and Terrific Movie Still : Mantan Moreland, Monte Hawley and Francine Everett

By: Pollard, Bud (producer and director)

Price: $125.00

Publisher: New York, Astor Pictures Corporation: 1946

Seller ID: 15847

Binding: Photograph

This B&W still from the movie Tall, Tan and Terrific shows Mantan Moreland, Francine Everett and Monte Hawley. The still has light wear including some very light, flattened crease lines but is still very close to near fine. Tall, Tan and Terrific was an All-Black-Cast movie starring Mantan Moreland, Monte Hawley and Francine Everett. It had a lackluster plot but featured performances by many early 20th century African-American performers including Moreland, Everett, Butterbeans Bradford, Rudy Toombs and others. Stills from these all-black-cast movies are difficult to find.Here is the plot fr...
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Early Negro Writing :1760-1837

By: Porter, Dorothy (selected and introduced by)

Price: $25.00

Publisher: Baltimore, Black Classic Press: 1995

Seller ID: 17095

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Very Good

Light edge and corner wear, crease across lower right front cover, corners of first 20 or so pages slightly dog-eared, occasional highlighting and a few marginal notes. Former owners name on ffep has been marked out with black marker. Origially published in 1971, this is a collection of writings of literary, social and historical importance. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 658 pages
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My American Journey

By: Powell, Colin with Joseph E. Persico

Price: $10.00

Publisher: New York, Random House: 1995

Seller ID: 15587

ISBN: 0679432965

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fine in Near Fine dust jacket

Book appears to be as new. Jacket is close to fine but has some very light shelf wear. Powell's autobiography. ; B&W Photographs; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 643 pages
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Mortgage Bond, 1923, Chicago Temple

By: Prince Hall Masonic Temple Asociation

Price: $100.00

Publisher: Chicago, Douglas National Bank: 1923

Seller ID: 16465

Binding: Ephemera

Condition: Very Good+

Prince Hall is the oldest African-American Masonic order in the US. It's founder, Prince Hall, became involved with Freemasonry before the American Revolution. This is a $100 Mortgage Bond from the time of the construction of the Price Hall Masonic Temple in Chicago in 1923, payable at 6% interest, or $3 every six months for five years. The coupons are still attached though each has been punched, and there are punches where there are spaces for signatures of the President and Secretary of the association. Condition is VG with light wear on the folds. ; B&W Illustrations; Thin Small 4to 9" - ...
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The Wind Done Gone: The Unauthorized Parody

By: Randall, Alice

Price: $10.00

Publisher: Boston, Houghton Mifflin Company: 2001

Seller ID: 14615

ISBN: 061810450X

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fine in Fine dust jacket

Both book and jacket have only a hint of shelf wear. This was the somewhat controversial black parody of Gone with the Wind. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 210 pages
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The Wind Done Gone

By: Randall, Alice

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Boston, Houghton Mifflin Company: 2001

Seller ID: 16108

ISBN: 061810450X

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Near Fine

This is a very nice, softcover, uncorrected proof of Alice Randall's parody of Gone with the Wind. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 214 pages
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Collecting Black Americana

By: Reno, Dawn E.

Price: $20.00

Publisher: New York, Crown Publishers Inc.: 1986

Seller ID: 16284

ISBN: 051756095X

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket

Book has almost no wear and some light aging, mainly on endpapers; jacket has toning around edges and some very minor wear. While pricing information in this 1986 guide is dated and all the photoa are B&W, the book is still an exceptionally good source of information on African-Americana with a very informative text. The book, unlike many others, does not focus on just racially stereotyped items but considers more serious collectibles including books, photographs and much more. ; B&W Photographs; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 150 pages
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A Black Woman Speaks ... Of White Womanhood Of White Supremacy Of Peace

By: Richardson, Beulah (Beah Richards)

Price: $125.00

Publisher: New York, American Women for Peace: 1951

Seller ID: 16411

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Very Good+

Stapled, beige wraps with image of two women -- one black, one white. This copy has only very light general wear and aging. The booklet, which is 12 pages (unpaginated) is a poem written by Richardson in 1951 and read by her at The Women's Workshop at the American Peace Congress held in Chicago in 1951. Richardson is more well-known under the name Beah Richards which she used for her long acting career and under which name later editions of this poem were printed. Richards was nominated for an Oscar in Guess Who's Coming for Dinner and one an Emmy for a guest appearance on the TV show, Frank's...
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Forge Negro-Labor Unity for Peace and Jobs

By: Robeson, Paul

Price: $20.00

Publisher: New York, Political Affairs Reprints: 1976

Seller ID: 13326

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Very Good

Stapled self-wraps wir=th black titles and photo of Robeson. Light edge and corner wear with toning along edges. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 14 pages; Reprint of article that originally appeared in the April, 1976 issue of Political Affairs magazine. The article was from a speech Robeson gave in Chicago in1950. Political Affairs began as a Communist publication but became a more-generalised Marist/leftist journal. This is an interesting bit of political ephemera showing Robeson's connections to Communism.
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Forge Negro-Labor Unity for Peace and Jobs

By: Robeson, Paul

Price: $25.00

Publisher: New York, Political Affairs Reprints: 1976

Seller ID: 16436

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Near Fine

Stapled self-wraps wirth black titles and photo of Robeson. This copy has only a hint of wear. Reprint of article that originally appeared in the April, 1976 issue of Political Affairs magazine. The article was from a speech Robeson gave in Chicago in1950. Political Affairs began as a Communist publication but became a more-generalized Marxist/leftist journal. This is an interesting bit of political ephemera showing Robeson's sympathies toward Communism. ; Cover B&W Photograph of Robeson; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 14 pages
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The Negro People and the Soviet Union

By: Robeson, Paul

Price: $25.00

Publisher: New York, New Century Publishers: 1950

Seller ID: 16437

Binding: Pamphlet

Condition: Near Fine

Stapled, deep brown and white wraps and titles. This copy has what looks like light mottling but actually is part of the printing process. See scan. There is very little wear and/or aging. This small pamphlet presents the text of a speech that Robeson gave at a banquet sponsored by the National Council of American-Soviet Friendship at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel on November 10, 1949. This speech was given after the attacks on Robeson supporters at Peekskill, NY. ; 32mo 4" - 5" tall; 15 pages
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Souvenir Programme Paul Robeson Peace Arch Concert, August 1, 1954

By: Robeson, Paul, et al

Price: $125.00

Publisher: Vancouver BC, Union Printers Ltd.: 1954

Seller ID: 16432

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Very Good-

Stapled, beige program with green titles and green-tinted photograph of Robeson. Some, mainly light, edge and corner wear but with some toning and soiling including several small spots on the wraps. Please see scan. This is a program for the third Peace Arch Concert given by Paul Robeson on the US-Canadian border. Because of Robeson's sympathies toward Communism the US Government had taken his passport and he was not allowed to leave the country. The first Peace Arch Concert was held on the border near Vancouver in 1952. This third Concert was the last. WorldCat locates only one copy of this p...
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I May Be Crazy But I Ain't No Fool

By: Rogers, Alex (sung by Bert Williams)

Price: $75.00

Publisher: New York, The Attucks Music Publishing Company: 1904

Seller ID: 16694

Condition: Very Good

This is over-sized (4to) sheet music featuring and image of a church against the moon with bats overhead. Inserted is a photograph of the great, African-American star, Bert Williams in blackface. There is some minor edge, corner and surface wear, including some short creases and light scuffs at some extremities. A former owner's name is written near the top among the bats. Overall, this music is VG, maybe slightly better. This is one of Bert William's well-known performance songs, but it also has a wonderful group of associations. Bert Williams is featured in a photo and his duo, Williams and ...
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Eubie Blake

By: Rose, Al

Price: $15.00

Publisher: New York, Schirmer Books: 1979

Seller ID: 15581

ISBN: 0028721705

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine in Very Good- dust jacket

Book has only very light shelf wear. Jacket has some edge and corner wear with some slight scuffing and creasing along tob front edge and damage, tearing and creasing, at base of spine. See scan. Very thorough biography of Blake with an excellent assortment of photos. ; B&W Photographs; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 214 pages
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From Slavery to Wealth: The Life of Scott Bond, the Rewards of Honesty, Industry, Economy, and Perseverance

By: Rudd, Dan. A. and Theo. Bond

Price: $200.00

Publisher: Madison, The Journal Printing Company: 1917

Seller ID: 15399

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

Deep green cloth with gilt titles and decorations on front and spine. (There were apparently several variants in the color of the cloth none of which takes pecedence.) This copy has some edge, corner and surface wear along with an area of small dark stains on the front. See scan. There is a small (2 1/2 X 3 1/2) rectangle of paper pasted to the top right corner of the rear pastedown. This and a small area of light discoloration at the bottom of the spine may indicate that this copy was once in a library. I can find no other evidence that it was. The book is square and securely bound, a solid c...
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"Tom" An Autobiography with Revised Negro Melodies

By: Rutling, Thomas

Price: $1,850.00

Publisher: Torrington, N. Devon, Thos. J. Dyer, Printer: ca. 1907

Seller ID: 16346

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Very Good

Original printed wrappers, chip to backstrip, otherwise minor wear; foxing to title page and frontispiece, otherwise minimal wear to contents.Overall VG.This is a narrative written by a former member of the Fisk Jubilee Singers. Rutling was born a slave in Tennesse and experienced the loss of his mother who was sold. He was freed in 1865 and was able to go to Fisk in Nashville, Tennessee. He became one of the original Fisk Jubilee Singers and stayed with the group until he left them in England and refused to return to America. He became a true celebrity in England. This short autobiography was...
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Blacks in Black and White: A Source Book on Black Films

By: Sampson, Henry T.

Price: $50.00

Publisher: Metuchin, The Scarecrow Press, Inc.: 1977

Seller ID: 15580

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fine with No dust jacket as issued

0810810239 Black cloth with white titles; no dustwrapper, as issued. This is a beautiful copy that appears to be unused. The book itself is an excellent souce on the history of African-Americans in films from ca. 1916 through 1950. This section on films is followed by biographies of the actors and actresses who performed in these early movies. Exceptional compendium of information on the early history of African-Americans in films. We have a number of these Scarcrow Press titles. Please enquire or search our website. ; B&W Photographs; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 333 pages; CR Reference
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Is The Negro a Beast?: A Reply to Chas. Carroll's Book Entitled "The Negro a Beast"

By: Schell, Wm. G.

Price: $350.00

Publisher: Moundsville, WV, Gospel Trumpet Publishing Company: 1901

Seller ID: 16742

Binding: Hardcover

This book was an answer to to Charles Carroll's The Negro a Beast, a controversial and virulently racist work, published in 1900. Schell here refutes Carroll's arguments, primarily on theological grounds. The debate on race in America has been and is of primary concern. This copy has some edge, corner and surface wear. The ffep is detached but present and there is a personal bookplate on the front pastedown. The book has normal aging both interior and exterior. Still square with a secure binding. It is in the G+ to VG- range.; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 238 pages
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Letter for Detroit YMCA / NAACP

By: Scruggs, Ramon S.

Price: $85.00

Publisher: Detroit, Ramon S. Scruggs: 1937

Seller ID: 15260

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Near Fine

Letter has very light aging and mailing folds. About near fine. Ramon S. Scruggs was the first African-American in Detroit to rise to the upper levels of business management, working in the upper echelons at both Michigan Bell and AT&T. He became nationally known and worked diligently for Civil Rights into the 1970's. Before joining Michigan Bell, Scruggs worked for the Detroit Urban League and for the Detroit YMCA. This letter reflects his interest in Civil Rights as he seeks funds from fellow Fisk University graduates for the NAACP National Convention that was to be held in Detroit in 1937. ...
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Character Pieces and Bits of Me

By: Sessions, B. J.

Price: $40.00

Publisher: Jacksonville, Jean-Aubrey Ideas, Inc.: 1984

Seller ID: 15904

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Near Fine

Book has only very light, general wear and aging -- in tiny ding on bottom right corner, along with light aging. Spine is neither creased nor cracked and book appears unread. Signed twice by author, with name only at half title and with inscroption at colophon. Stated First Edition of this collection of poems by Jacksonville Florida poet, Bettye Sessions. ; B&W Line Drawings; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 74 pages
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Othello, The Moor of Venice, Program, 1945

By: Shakespeare, William (Paul Robeson)

Price: $50.00

Publisher: New York, The Theatre Guild: 1945

Seller ID: 16434

Binding: Program

Condition: Very Good

Stapled, beige wraps with red image and titles. Some general, edge, corner and suface wear, though still an attractive VG copy. This program is for the Margaret Webster production of Othello, which rather controversially casrt Paul Robeson as the Moor. Jose Ferrer played Iago and Uta Hagan, Desdemona. There are many photographs from the production with several dramatic shots of Robeson. ; B&W Photographs; Small 4to 9" - 11" tall; Unpaginated pages
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From Somewhere in the World

By: Shakur, Assata

Price: $150.00

Publisher: Newark, New Afrikan Womens Organization: 1980

Seller ID: 14802

Binding: Softcover

Stapled, white wraps with black titles and decoration. Booklet has some very light toning and a very light curve, not really a crease, in the bottom right area. VG+ to NF. Shakur was a Black Panther, a member of the Black Liberation Army and the founder of the New Afrikan Womens Organization. She was the step aunt and godmother of Tupac Shakur. In 1973 she was convicted of seven felonies, including the murder of a New Jersey police officer and sentenced to prison. She escaped in 1979, eventually going to Cuba where she still lives. She is still wanted by the FBI and the state of New Jersey. Th...
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Early Georgia, Fall 2007

By: Shirk, Elizabeth C. (ed.)

Price: $25.00

Publisher: Athens, Society for Georgia Archaeology: 2007

Seller ID: 16144

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Near Fine

This copy has only very light, general wear. The Table of Contents is listed in the second scan. Early Georgia is a large format magazine devoted to Georgia archaeology. This issue focuses on archaeological work on African-American sites in the state, including: St. Simons Island, Savannah, Gwinnett County, Hephzibah and others. Many illustrations. ; B&W Illustrations; Small 4to 9" - 11" tall; 101-182 pages
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Category: African - American