![3731997] Kwamina. The New Musical. Afred de Liagre Jr](https://rareamericana.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/3731997.jpg?width=320&height=480&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1658773283)
Kwamina. The New Musical.
This 54th Street Theatre Broadway flop was set in a Western African nation as it was about the gain independence from Britain. While the dances..... Read More about Kwamina. The New Musical
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![3729602] In the Cage. Eyewitness Accounts of the Freed Negro in Southern Society, 1877-1929....](https://rareamericana.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/3729602.jpg?width=320&height=480&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1597766986)
In the Cage. Eyewitness Accounts of the Freed Negro in Southern Society, 1877-1929. (Signed)
Inscribed and signed by the author, a professor at Atlanta’s Morehouse College, at the 68th meeting of the ASALH in Detroit. A collection of historical..... Read More about In the Cage. Eyewitness Accounts of the Freed Negro in Southern Society, 1877-1929. (Signed
![3735464] “On the Orbits of the Asteroids.” [Pp. 28–36 in:] The American Journal of Science...](https://rareamericana.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/3735464.jpg?width=320&height=480&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1757017943)
“On the Orbits of the Asteroids.” [Pp. 28–36 in:] The American Journal of Science and Arts. Second Series, No. 16—July, 1848.
Gould Popularizes “Asteroid” into American Scientific Vocabulary Scarce first journal appearance of Benjamin Apthorp Gould’s 1848 paper “On the Orbits of the Asteroids,” among the..... Read More about “On the Orbits of the Asteroids.” [Pp. 28–36 in:] The American Journal of Science and Arts....
![3731150] in defense of NEGRO RIGHTS. Benjamin J. Davis, Benjamin J. Davis Jr](https://rareamericana.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/3731150.jpg?width=320&height=480&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1642438653)
in defense of NEGRO RIGHTS.
An important document in the intersection of civil rights activism and left-wing politics during this period of intense anti-communist sentiment. Along with others, Benjamin J...... Read More about in defense of NEGRO RIGHTS
![3733777] The Monument to Robert Gould Shaw. Its Inception, Completion and Unveiling 1865–1897....](https://rareamericana.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/3733777.jpg?width=320&height=480&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1743801913)
The Monument to Robert Gould Shaw. Its Inception, Completion and Unveiling 1865–1897.
Scarce and substantial tribute to the 54th Massachusetts Regiment, the first African American regiment to be mustered in the North to fight for the Union..... Read More about The Monument to Robert Gould Shaw. Its Inception, Completion and Unveiling 1865–1897
![3731006] The Facts of Reconstruction. Essays in Honor of John Hope Franklin. [Inscribed by John...](https://rareamericana.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/3731006.jpg?width=320&height=480&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1545174088)
The Facts of Reconstruction. Essays in Honor of John Hope Franklin. [Inscribed by John Hope Franklin and Loren Schweninger.]
Inscribed and signed by John Hope Franklin; and also by contributor Loren Schweninger. Here, ten scholars offer their interpretations of various facets of Reconstruction. Titles..... Read More about The Facts of Reconstruction. Essays in Honor of John Hope Franklin. [Inscribed by John Hope...
![3731179] Autograph Letter Signed by George Barker, Jr., British Artist and Picture Restorer who...](https://rareamericana.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/3731179.jpg?width=320&height=480&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1642438654)
Autograph Letter Signed by George Barker, Jr., British Artist and Picture Restorer who once proposed Marriage to Writer George Eliot.
Letter of introduction by artist George Barker, Jr. (1818–1883) who trained under his father, George Sr., as a picture restorer. George Jr. restored paintings for..... Read More about Autograph Letter Signed by George Barker, Jr., British Artist and Picture Restorer who once...
![3735470] Report on the History of the Discovery of Neptune. Benjamin Apthorp Gould, Jr](https://rareamericana.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/3735470.jpg?width=320&height=480&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1756418421)
Report on the History of the Discovery of Neptune.
First edition of Gould’s early contribution to American astronomical literature, issued as part of the Smithsonian Contributions to Knowledge. Gould (1824–1896), later founder of the..... Read More about Report on the History of the Discovery of Neptune
![3732539] Last Exit To Brooklyn. Hubert Selby Jr](https://rareamericana.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/3732539.jpg?width=320&height=480&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1678221462)
Last Exit To Brooklyn.
First U.K. edition, first issue of of Selby’s novel of lower class Brooklyn during the 1950s with themes of drug use, homosexuality, drag queens, and..... Read More about Last Exit To Brooklyn
![3732540] Last Exit To Brooklyn. (Inscribed and signed by Hubert Selby). Hubert Selby Jr](https://rareamericana.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/3732540.jpg?width=320&height=480&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1708035676)
Last Exit To Brooklyn. (Inscribed and signed by Hubert Selby)
First edition, first printing of Selby’s novel of lower class Brooklyn during the 1950s with themes of drug use, homosexuality, drag queens, and prostitution. Presentation..... Read More about Last Exit To Brooklyn. (Inscribed and signed by Hubert Selby
![3731716] The Science Observer. 1877 to 1881. Volume I–III. J. Ritchie Jr](https://rareamericana.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/3731716.jpg?width=320&height=480&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1652918995)
The Science Observer. 1877 to 1881. Volume I–III.
First three volumes, complete, of this monthly journal for amateur scientists published by the Boston Amateur Scientific Society, later the Boston Scientific Society. The contents..... Read More about The Science Observer. 1877 to 1881. Volume I–III
![3727924] American Slavery: The Question of Resistance. John H. Bracey Jr., August Meier, Elliot...](https://rareamericana.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/3727924.jpg?width=320&height=480&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1706601303)
American Slavery: The Question of Resistance.
A collection of essays focusing on African American resistance, specifically (from the introduction) “on the nature and extent of the resistance of blacks to slavery..... Read More about American Slavery: The Question of Resistance
![3729509] The History of Peter Parker and Sarah Ruggles of Roxbury, Mass. and Their Ancestors and...](https://rareamericana.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/3729509.jpg?width=320&height=480&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1706667110)
The History of Peter Parker and Sarah Ruggles of Roxbury, Mass. and Their Ancestors and Descendants.
Genealogy of of the Parker Family of New England with an emphasis on the ancestors and descendants of Peter Parker (1720–1765) and his wife Sarah..... Read More about The History of Peter Parker and Sarah Ruggles of Roxbury, Mass. and Their Ancestors and Descendants
![3730209] Development of the English Colonies, 1700 - 1775. Theme IX. The National Survey of...](https://rareamericana.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/3730209.jpg?width=320&height=480&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1613587675)
Development of the English Colonies, 1700 - 1775. Theme IX. The National Survey of Historic Sites and Buildings.
Significant sites explored within, pertaining to the history of the 18th Century English colonies, include: Colonial Williamsburg; Elfreth’s Alley; New Ebenezer, Georgia; John Bartram House;..... Read More about Development of the English Colonies, 1700 - 1775. Theme IX. The National Survey of Historic Sites...
![3729175] Men of Maryland. Reverend George F. Bragg Jr](https://rareamericana.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/3729175.jpg?width=320&height=480&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1706666306)
Men of Maryland.
History and biographical sketches of Black Americans in Maryland, from slavery times till the time of this book’s publication. Notable names, such as Frederick Douglass..... Read More about Men of Maryland
![3734503] Booker T. Washington and the Negro’s Place in American Life. Samuel R. Spencer Jr](https://rareamericana.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/3734503.jpg?width=320&height=480&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1731536928)
Booker T. Washington and the Negro’s Place in American Life.
First edition, so stated. A profile of this famed educator, orator, author and activist. Spencer writes of Booker T. Washington, the establishment of the Tuskegee..... Read More about Booker T. Washington and the Negro’s Place in American Life
![3735363] Remains. A Sequence of Poems. (inscribed and signed). A. Poulin Jr W D. Snodgrass](https://rareamericana.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/3735363.jpg?width=320&height=480&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1753205037)
Remains. A Sequence of Poems. (inscribed and signed)
Warmly inscribed and signed by W. D. Snodgrass, winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry for Heart’s Needle. Originally published in 1970 by the Perishable..... Read More about Remains. A Sequence of Poems. (inscribed and signed
![3727327] Great Lives Observed: W.E.B. Du Bois. W E. B. Du Bois, William M. Tuttle Jr](https://rareamericana.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/3727327.jpg?width=320&height=480&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1542657098)
Great Lives Observed: W.E.B. Du Bois.
Notable for a twenty-six page Introduction by the editor, William M. Tuttle, Jr. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall, (1973). First Edition. 186pp. Hardcover; small bump to..... Read More about Great Lives Observed: W.E.B. Du Bois
![3733966] The Mind of Frederick Douglass. Waldo E. Martin Jr](https://rareamericana.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/3733966.jpg?width=320&height=480&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1711907378)
The Mind of Frederick Douglass.
First edition and review copy. From the publishers: “Frederick Douglass was unquestionably the foremost Black American in the nineteenth century. The extraordinary life of this..... Read More about The Mind of Frederick Douglass
![3728577] Smoked Yankees and the Struggle for Empire: Letters From Negro Soldiers, 1898-1902....](https://rareamericana.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/3728577.jpg?width=320&height=480&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1706601306)
Smoked Yankees and the Struggle for Empire: Letters From Negro Soldiers, 1898-1902.
From the dust jacket, “Black soldiers (called Smoked Yankees by the Spaniards) hoped to ease Negro oppression in the United States by serving in the..... Read More about Smoked Yankees and the Struggle for Empire: Letters From Negro Soldiers, 1898-1902
![144768] The Knight Robert Surnamed the Brave, a posthumous work of the Count de Tressan....](https://rareamericana.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/144768.jpg?width=320&height=480&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1696553703)
The Knight Robert Surnamed the Brave, a posthumous work of the Count de Tressan. Translated from the French by Joseph Wilson, Junr. [manuscript caption title].
Impeccably transcribed, the complete translation by Joseph Wilson, Jr. (1788 or 1792–1872 or 1875) of a French chivalric romance betrays none of the difficult labor..... Read More about The Knight Robert Surnamed the Brave, a posthumous work of the Count de Tressan. Translated from...
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