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Mantan Moreland, Autographed Photograph

By: Moreland, Mantan

Price: $250.00

Publisher: (hollywood), Mantan Moreland: ca. 1950

Seller ID: 15917

Binding: Photograph

Condition: Fine

This is a framed, B&W, autographed photograph of African-American actor, Mantan Moreland. The photo is inscrbed "To Violet" and is signed "Best of everthing, Mantan, Hollywood Cal." The image is and the frame is . The following biography of Moreland is by Gary Brumburgh. "Born just after the turn of the century in Louisiana, Mantan Moreland began running away from home at age 12 to join circuses and medicine shows, only to be brought back time and again. During these times he sharpened his comic skills and developed routines and acts that eventually became popular on the vaudeville stage, or w...
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Brown Rabbit: Her Story

By: Morse, Evangeline

Price: $250.00

Publisher: Chicago, Follett Publishing Company: 1967

Seller ID: 15386

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket

Book has yellow cloth over boards with very light wear. Overall about near fine. Jacket at first glance appears also to be near fine but has some small light scuffs on spine with the most noticeable ones at the bottom of spine. Please see scan. This book concerns a young black girl who moves from a Southern college town to a Northern industrial center. It deals tangentially with Civil Rights but more on the child. This is a well-known volume aimed originally at 9-12 year olds. It is quite hard to find autographed and in a nice dustjacket . Signed by Morse on the half title. ; Color Cover with...
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Muhammad Speaks, July 19 1963

By: Muhammad, Elijah, et al

Price: $175.00

Publisher: Chicago, Mohammad's Mosque No. 2: 1963

Seller ID: 16809

Binding: Newspaper

Condition: Very Good

This tabloid-sized newspaper from 1963 was published by Elijah Muhammad's Nation of Islam. The paper has the usual ragged edges that come with older newsprint, including a tear on a couple of interior page edges along with expected toning. Overall, this copy is VG. The lead article by Elijah Muhammad is titled, "Your Agreement with Hell Will Not Stand." Other articles are: "What Muslims Teach," "Alabama Klansman Cries, 'Fire Your Nigger!" (an interview with J. B. Stoner, later convicted of the Birmingham Church Bombing), "James Baldwin at Home in Harlem, "5000 H...
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The Rocks Cry Out

By: Murphy, Beatrice M. and Nancy L. Arnez

Price: $30.00

Publisher: Detroit, Broadside Press: 1969

Seller ID: 14111

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Near Fine

8vo 8" - 9" tall; 24 pages
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"House-Rent Party" Lobby Card, 1946

By: Newfield, Sam (director)

Price: $125.00

Publisher: Los Angeles, Toddy Pictures Co.: 1946

Seller ID: 15892

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Very Good+

Very light edge and corner wear with one small tear on bottom edge and some light creasing at lower right corner. Pinholes at each corner along with very minor soiling. Still bright, a very attractive example. This is a lobby card from "House-Rent Party" and all-black-cast movie produced in 1946 by Toddy Pictures and starring Dewey "Pigmeat" Markham. Toddy Pictures Co. was started by Ted Toddy who worked at Columbia. Toddy produced movies for the African-American market and eventually developed a national distribution chain. Pigmeat Markham was an African-American comedian, fam...
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"House-Rent Party" Lobby Card, 1946

By: Newfield, Sam (director)

Price: $75.00

Publisher: Los Angeles, Toddy Pictures Co.: 1946

Seller ID: 15893

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Very Good-

Very light edge and corner wear but with tape on bottom and right margins, pinholes at some corners, old tape stain upper left and a small closed tear on right margin. Some soiling on back. Still a bright, attractive example. This is a lobby card from "House-Rent Party" and all-black-cast movie produced in 1946 by Toddy Pictures and starring Dewey "Pigmeat" Markham. Toddy Pictures Co. was started by Ted Toddy who worked at Columbia. Toddy produced movies for the African-American market and eventually developed a national distribution chain. Pigmeat Markham was an African-Americ...
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"House-Rent Party" Lobby Card, 1946

By: Newfield, Sam (director)

Price: $100.00

Publisher: Los Angeles, Toddy Pictures Co.: 1946

Seller ID: 15895

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Very Good

Generally light edge and corner wear but with tape along bottom and right margins. The bottom left corner has had damage that has caused some creasing that is now flattenedOtherwise, some light soiling, aging and wear. Still a rather bright and attractive example with a great main image. This is a lobby card from "House-Rent Party" and all-black-cast movie produced in 1946 by Toddy Pictures and starring Dewey "Pigmeat" Markham. Toddy Pictures Co. was started by Ted Toddy who worked at Columbia. Toddy produced movies for the African-American market and eventually developed a nat...
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"House-Rent Party" Lobby Card, 1946

By: Newfield, Sam (director)

Price: $125.00

Publisher: Los Angeles, Toddy Pictures Co.: 1946

Seller ID: 15891

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Very Good+

Very light edge and corner wear with one indent/crease along right edge. Still bright, a very attractive example. This is a lobby card from "House-Rent Party" and all-black-cast movie produced in 1946 by Toddy Pictures and starring Dewey "Pigmeat" Markham. Toddy Pictures Co. was started by Ted Toddy who worked at Columbia. oddy produced movies for the African-American market and eventually developed a national distribution chain. Pigmeat Markham was an African-American comedian, famous for his "Here com the judge" routine. In the 1960's, his appearances on Laugh-In catapulted him to fame with ...
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"House-Rent Party" Lobby Card, 1946

By: Newfield, Sam (director)

Price: $125.00

Publisher: Los Angeles, Toddy Pictures Co.: 1946

Seller ID: 15894

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Very Good+

Very light edge and corner wear with only very light soiling and aging otherwise, a bright, attractive example. This is a lobby card from "House-Rent Party" and all-black-cast movie produced in 1946 by Toddy Pictures and starring Dewey "Pigmeat" Markham. Toddy Pictures Co. was started by Ted Toddy who worked at Columbia. Toddy produced movies for the African-American market and eventually developed a national distribution chain. Pigmeat Markham was an African-American comedian, famous for his "Here com the judge" routine. In the 1960's, his appearances on Laugh-In catapulted him to fame with w...
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The Black Panther, July 19, 1971 : InterCommunal News Service

By: Newton, Huey P. (ed.)

Price: $150.00

Publisher: San Francisco, The Black Panther Party: 1971

Seller ID: 15339

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Very Good+

Pictorial newsprint wraps with black titles and blue border. Expected aging of newsprint; otherwise almost no wear. About near fine except for aging. This issue focuses mainly on the trial of Huey P. Newton. ; Vol. VI, No. 25; B&W Illustrations; Folio 13" - 23" tall; 19 pages
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Image for The New Progress of a Race Remarkable Advancement of the American Negro, From the Bondage of Slavery, Ignorance, and Poverty to the Freedom of Citizenship, Intelligence, Affluence, Honor and Trust

The New Progress of a Race Remarkable Advancement of the American Negro, From the Bondage of Slavery, Ignorance, and Poverty to the Freedom of Citizenship, Intelligence, Affluence, Honor and Trust

By: Nichols, J. L. and William H. Crogman

Price: $200.00

Publisher: Naperville, J. L. Nichols and Company: 1920

Seller ID: 16795

Binding: Hardcover

Brown cloth with black titles and frame. Light wear on extremities and some toning on page edges. Small brown stain on back cover. Square and secure binding with no tears or parting. VG to VG+. This is a revision of The Progress of a Race by Gibson and Crogman in 1912. This edition has special articles by Mrs. Booker T. Washington, Charles M. Melden, M. W. Dogan and Albon L. Holsey with an Introduction by Robert R. Moton. Besides textual revisions the book seems also to have more illustrations and photographs than the original. This is a very attractive copy of a book that gives a comprehensiv...
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The Color Purple: A New Musical, Poster

By: Oprah Winfrey

Price: $25.00

Publisher: New York, Broadway Theatre: 2005

Seller ID: 17015

Binding: Poster

Condition: Very Good+

This poster appears to be about near fine but does have several, small, superficial creases that are mainly visible when the poster is angled to light. Overall the poster is in VG to VG+ condition. This is an original 2005 poster for the Broadway musical based on the Pulitzer Prize-winnning novel, The Color Purple, by Alice Walker and the Academy Award nominated movie by Steven Spielberg based on that book. This musical played on Broadway for three years and had a successful revival in 2015. ; Color Illustrations; Folio 13" - 23" tall; 1 pages
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The Life and Struggles of Negro Toilers

By: Padmore, George

Price: $75.00

Publisher: London, The R.I.L.U. Magazine for the Trade Union Committee of Negro Workers: 1931

Seller ID: 16137

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good- in Fair dust jacket

The book has a beige, burlap-type coth over boards with black titles. It has relatively light, general wearbut some aging and soiling. The dustwrapper is quite fragile and is parting along the front spine edge. The top inch of the spine is torn away but still present in the Mylar protecter. It is still presentable in Mylar. This book on the history and plight of black workers throughout the world was published by the Red International of Labor Unions, a Soviet Communist organization promoting the unification of black workers worldwide. This is a rather uncommon book in the first edition. ; 8...
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Image for The present state and condition of the free people of color, of the city of Philadelphia and adjoining districts, as exhibited by the report of a committee of the Pennsylvania society for promoting the abolition of slavery, &c.

The present state and condition of the free people of color, of the city of Philadelphia and adjoining districts, as exhibited by the report of a committee of the Pennsylvania society for promoting the abolition of slavery, &c.

By: Parrish, Joseph (committee chairman)

Price: $50.00

Publisher: Philadelphia, For the Society by Merrihew and Gunn, Printers: 1838

Seller ID: 16045

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Very Good

In complete form this pamphlet has 40 pages; this copy has only the first 20 which is the report of Joseph Parrish who was the President of the Society. This pamphlet was originally stitched but the thread is long gone and it has now been tipped together including an old, paper, library cover with a portion of the title written in a calligraphic script. There is also a stamped number on the upper right, probably from the collector who owned this last. The library cover could probably be easily removed. Even though incomplete, this is still an interesting, and uncommon, report on the conditions...
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Blackface and Music: A New Minstrel Folio

By: Paskman, Dailey

Price: $35.00

Publisher: New York, Edward B. Marks Music Corporation: 1936

Seller ID: 15640

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Very Good

Stapled, red, pictorial wraps with black and red titles and image of stereotyped blackface minstrel. This book has light, general wear with some wear near staples and two bits of writing in pencil on white hat brim. Minstrelsy began around the time of the Civil War and persisted into the 1960's and 1970's. Though racially charged in its conception, minstrel shows were performed by both black and white entertainers and they probably preserved many songs that were African-American in origin. This book is a complete minstrel show with both a script and musical numbers. There are some rather poorl...
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Ben Davis, Crusader for Negro Freedom & Socialism

By: Patterson, William L.

Price: $50.00

Publisher: New York, New Outlook Publishers: 1967

Seller ID: 16416

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Very Good+

Stapled, reddish wraps with white titles and image of Ben Davis. Very light edge and corner wear, square and securely bound, about near fine. This is an account of the life of Ben Davis, an African-American lawyer from Georgia who became an active Communist/socialist in the struggle for African-American rights. Davis was involved as a defense lawyer in the Angelo Herndon case in Atlanta in 1933 and became an outspoken Communist. He eventually moved to New York and was elected to the City Council from Harlem as an avowed Communist. He was tried under the Smith Act and sentenced to prison, essen...
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In Honor of Paul Robeson: Excerpts from a Speech by William L. Patterson

By: Patterson, William L.

Price: $25.00

Publisher: New York, Communist Party USA: 1969

Seller ID: 16440

Binding: Pamphlet

Condition: Very Good-

Bifold pamphlet with six panels. Cover has photo of Robeson. This pamphlet has some light surface wear, most likely from an old dampstain. It is in overall VG- condition. The pamphlet is the excerpt of a speech by William L. Patterson. It was issued by the Communist Party USA in honor of Robeson's 71st birthday. The pamphlet is not dated but comes from either 1969 or 1970. Relatively scarce with only seven copies listed by WorldCat. ; B&W Photograph of Robeson; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 6 pages
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Test Your I-Q on Religiosity & Churches

By: Payne, Talmage (Carver Bible Institute)

Price: $50.00

Publisher: Atlanta, Carver Bible institute: ca. 1955

Seller ID: 16122

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Very Good-

Tall thin, double-fold pamphlet on slick paper with B&W photograpic illustrations. Some light wear and age-toning with a horizontal crease across mid-line, probably from folding to put in a coat pocket. The crease is flattened. Bit of writing in ink at top of rear panel. Overall, VG- to VG. This pamphlet from the Carver Bible Institute in Atlanta is a catechism of questions about African-Americans and religion. The Carver Bible Institute was an outreach of the Moody Bible Institute. Carver began under the leadership of Talmadge Payne and his wife, Grace, from 1943 to 1964. This pamphlet probab...
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The Pennsylvania Freedmen's Bulletin, December 15, 1865

By: Pennsylvania Freedmen's Relief Association

Price: $150.00

Publisher: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Freedmen's Relief Association: 1865

Seller ID: 16046

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Good+

Newsprint wraps that have been professionally tipped together since the original stitching had failed. There is edge and corner wear with some flaking and toning on wraps. The rear wrap is only partly attached and has some loss. This Association used a rather fragile newsprint that has not held up well. This issue gives reports on the Association's work, primarily in the South, and lists many individuals, teachers and missionaries who work in various places in the South. Exceptional information. This was the first year of issue of this periodical and by 1868 it ceased publication and was taken...
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Act of Incorporation and Constitution of the Pennsylvania Society, for Promoting the Abolition of Slavery : and for the relief of free negroes unlawfully held in bondage, and for improving the condition of the African race

By: Pennsylvania Society for Promoting the Abolition of Slavery

Price: $150.00

Publisher: Philadelphia, Merrihew & Thompson (for the Society): 1860

Seller ID: 16049

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Very Good- with no dust jacket

Toned newsprint with remnant of original wrap laid down to thin cardboard and tipped to pamphlet. This pamphlet has been professionally restitched through the original holes. Please see scan for a clear picture of front wrap -- no text is missing, though it is mainly a remnant. This is the 1860 printing of this pamphlet which had been published a number of times since the beginning of the Society in 1775. Besides the Act of Incorporation and Constitution of this important Abolitionist group, there is also a list, quite lengthy, of all who had been elected members of the Society. WorldCat indi...
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Quest for Dignity: An Autobiography of a Negro Doctor

By: Peyton, Thomas Roy, M. D.

Price: $75.00

Publisher: Los Angeles, Walter F. Lewis, Publisher: 1950

Seller ID: 16038

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good+

Book has light, general wear and some light aging. No jacket but the front flap is laid in. Square and securely bound; a very attractive copy. This is an African-American doctor's story of trying to find acceptance and dignity in American society prior to 1950. Blockson 7855. ; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 156 pages; Signed by Author
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The Book of Numbers

By: Pharr, Robert Deane

Price: $50.00

Publisher: Garden City, Doubleday & Company, Inc.: 1969

Seller ID: 15816

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket

Book has only light wear at corner and spine ends along with a former owner's name in ink on ffep. Light aging, mainly on edges. VG to VG+. Jacket has some wear at corner tips and spine ends with some minor creasing and wear along top edge. VG. This was Pharr's first novel and deals with African-American life on the edge of white society in a Southern city in the 1930's. The main character goes from a small-time numbers dealer to vast wealth. Entertaining and interesting work of fiction. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 374 pages
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The Jubilee Singers and Their Campaign for Twenty Thousand Dollars

By: Pike, G. D.

Price: $75.00

Publisher: Boston, Lea and Shepard, Publishers: 1873

Seller ID: 16852

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good

This is the first edition of this chronicle of the first year of the Fisk Jubilee Singers and their tour to raise money for the college. First edition copies of this often reprinted book are relatively uncommon. This copy was rebacked at some point in the past and the original spine laid down. The covers are original and show a good bit of edge, corner and surface wear. The boards show at the corners and there is some mottling on the bottom third of the front and on the back. This copy is square and the binding secure. The illustrations are listed as photographs by Black, though they appear to...
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The Singing Campaign for Ten Thousand Pounds; or, The Jubilee Singers in Great Britain

By: Pike, Rev. Gustavus D.

Price: $150.00

Publisher: London, Hodder & Stoughton: 1874

Seller ID: 16726

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

Blue cloth with gilt titles and decoration. This copy has some moderate corner wear but is otherwise bright and attractive with some light interior aging. A name and date (E. Coolidge, 1874) are barely visible on the black endpapers. Book is square and binding secure. VG. This is, I think, the first edition of the book on the Fisk Jubilee Singers first tour in Great Britain. The Jubilee Singers were formed in 1871 and travelled in the US to raise money for Fisk. In 1873, they travelled to Great Britain where they sang for, among many others, the Royal Family. This is the Hodder and Stoughton e...
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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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Category: African - American