![3732377] A ‘New Yorker’ Experience. (Signed). Weldon Kees](/pictures/thumb/3732377_1.jpg?v=1674243909)
A ‘New Yorker’ Experience. (Signed)
This example signed by poets Donald Justice and Dana Gioia who gave a reading of Kees’ poetry and by the wood engraver, Michael McCurdy who..... Read More about A ‘New Yorker’ Experience. (Signed
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![3732368] An Anagram of Ideas on Art, Form and Film. (Inscribed by the publisher). Maya Deren](/pictures/thumb/3732368_1.jpg?v=1674666360)
An Anagram of Ideas on Art, Form and Film. (Inscribed by the publisher)
First edition and the first book written by this giant in the history of avant-garde film in America. Limited to 750 copies; the ninth number..... Read More about An Anagram of Ideas on Art, Form and Film. (Inscribed by the publisher
![3732222] You Can’t Win. Jack Black](/pictures/thumb/3732222_1.jpg?v=1674243907)
You Can’t Win.
Rare in jacket, the autobiography of the burglar and hobo Jack Black: his criminal adventures in the American and Canadian West and his life in..... Read More about You Can’t Win
![3732144] A Nation of Nothing But Poetry. Supplementary Poems. (Publisher’s Copy). Charles...](/pictures/thumb/3732144_1.jpg?v=1674243905)
A Nation of Nothing But Poetry. Supplementary Poems. (Publisher’s Copy)
First Edition. The publisher’s copy, as identified on the book’s colophon in red ink, and signed by the editor. Santa Rosa: Black Sparrow Press, 1989..... Read More about A Nation of Nothing But Poetry. Supplementary Poems. (Publisher’s Copy
![3731943] Official Drawing of the Louisiana State Lottery ... Drawn at New Orleans, on Tuesday,...](/pictures/thumb/3731943_1.jpg?v=1674243905)
Official Drawing of the Louisiana State Lottery ... Drawn at New Orleans, on Tuesday, June 17th, 1879 [opening lines of broadside].
A rare and ephemeral New Orleans-printed broadside advertising this Reconstruction Era lottery. The commissioners are identified in the broadside as “G.T. Beauregard” and “J.A. Early”..... Read More about Official Drawing of the Louisiana State Lottery ... Drawn at New Orleans, on Tuesday, June 17th,...
![3726662] [Cons and Cheats:] Out of the Depths. The Redemption of Jack Donovan. The Boy Thief, the...](/pictures/thumb/3726662_1.jpg?v=1674243903)
[Cons and Cheats:] Out of the Depths. The Redemption of Jack Donovan. The Boy Thief, the Professional Pugilist, Actor, Gambler, Confidence Man, and Fugitive from Justice.
Scarce first edition of Jack Donovan’s autobiography which begins with a stark catalog of vice which took him down into “the depths”: (1) A thief..... Read More about Cons and Cheats:] Out of the Depths. The Redemption of Jack Donovan. The Boy Thief, the...
![3732934] The First Year. The first Anniversary of the State of Israel, New York City, May 4,...](/pictures/thumb/3732934_1.jpg?v=1672195326)
The First Year. The first Anniversary of the State of Israel, New York City, May 4, 1949. [cover title]
First edition, first printing. A collection of speeches given in 1949 at this first anniversary and celebration: “Peace upon Israel” by Dr. Abba Hillel Silver..... Read More about The First Year. The first Anniversary of the State of Israel, New York City, May 4, 1949. [cover...
![3732919] [Ca. 1890s photograph of the Most Reverend John Williams, Presiding Bishop of the...](/pictures/thumb/3732919_1.jpg?v=1672195326)
[Ca. 1890s photograph of the Most Reverend John Williams, Presiding Bishop of the Episcopal Church, in His Library].
Portrait of Bishop John Williams (1817–99) of Connecticut wearing an academic gown, seated at a desk in his library surrounded by his books. Williams was..... Read More about Ca. 1890s photograph of the Most Reverend John Williams, Presiding Bishop of the Episcopal...
![3732918] [Presentation Copy:] Sermon Preached at the Consecration of Rev. Elisha Smith Thomas as...](/pictures/thumb/3732918_1.jpg?v=1672195326)
[Presentation Copy:] Sermon Preached at the Consecration of Rev. Elisha Smith Thomas as Assistant Bishop of Kansas, in St. Paul’s Church, St. Paul, May 4, 1887.
A very scarce ordination sermon preached in 1887 by Henry Benjamin Whipple (1822–1901), the first Episcopal bishop of Minnesota. Bishop Whipple spoke on the occasion..... Read More about Presentation Copy:] Sermon Preached at the Consecration of Rev. Elisha Smith Thomas as Assistant...
![3732916] The Journal of Negro History, Vol. XXXIV, No. 4, October 1949. Carter G. Woodson,...](/pictures/thumb/3732916_1.jpg?v=1672776458)
The Journal of Negro History, Vol. XXXIV, No. 4, October 1949.
Authors in this issue include Leonard Bernstein (“The Participation of Negro Delegates in the Constitutional Convention of 1868 in North Carolina”); Joseph H. Taylor (“Populism..... Read More about The Journal of Negro History, Vol. XXXIV, No. 4, October 1949
![3732915] The Journal of Negro History, Vol. XXXIV, No. 3, July 1949. Carter G. Woodson,...](/pictures/thumb/3732915_1.jpg?v=1672776458)
The Journal of Negro History, Vol. XXXIV, No. 3, July 1949.
Authors in this issue include Williston H. Lofton (“Northern Labor and the Negro during the Civil War”); Sidney Kaplan (“The Miscegenation Issue in the Election..... Read More about The Journal of Negro History, Vol. XXXIV, No. 3, July 1949
![3732907] The Journal of Negro History, Vol. XXXII, No. 2, April 1947. Carter G. Woodson,...](/pictures/thumb/3732907_1.jpg?v=1672776458)
The Journal of Negro History, Vol. XXXII, No. 2, April 1947.
Authors in this issue include Charles H. Wesley (“Negro Suffrage in the Period of Constitution-Making, 1787-1865”); Herbert Aptheker (“The Negro in the Union Navy”); Lawrence..... Read More about The Journal of Negro History, Vol. XXXII, No. 2, April 1947
![3732906] The Journal of Negro History, Vol. XXXI, No. 4, October 1946. Carter G. Woodson,...](/pictures/thumb/3732906_1.jpg?v=1672776457)
The Journal of Negro History, Vol. XXXI, No. 4, October 1946.
Authors in this issue include Bernard H. Nelson (“Confederate Slave Impressment Legislation, 1861-1865”); Marion J. Russell (“American Slave Discontent in Records of the High Courts”);..... Read More about The Journal of Negro History, Vol. XXXI, No. 4, October 1946
![3732905] The Journal of Negro History, Vol. XXXI, No. 3, July 1946. Carter G. Woodson,...](/pictures/thumb/3732905_1.jpg?v=1672776457)
The Journal of Negro History, Vol. XXXI, No. 3, July 1946.
Authors in this issue include Charles W. Cobb, Jr. on the Fair Employment Practice Committee (FEPC); Mozell C. Hill (“The All-Negro Communities of Oklahoma…”); and..... Read More about The Journal of Negro History, Vol. XXXI, No. 3, July 1946
![3732904] The Journal of Negro History, Vol. XXVII, No. 3, July 1942. Carter G. Woodson,...](/pictures/thumb/3732904_1.jpg?v=1672776457)
The Journal of Negro History, Vol. XXVII, No. 3, July 1942.
Authors in this issue include Luther P. Jackson (“Virginia Negro Soldiers and Seamen in the American Revolution”); Frank J. Klingberg; Harold Courlander; and Ronald V...... Read More about The Journal of Negro History, Vol. XXVII, No. 3, July 1942
![3732903] [Benjamin Quarles: Signed:] “The Breach between Douglass and Garrison” in The...](/images/noimage-req.png)
[Benjamin Quarles: Signed:] “The Breach between Douglass and Garrison” in The Journal of Negro History, Vol. XXIII, No. 2, April 1938.
This issue leads with an article by Benjamin Quarles on Frederick Douglass and William Lloyd Garrison, signed by Quarles. Other authors seen in this issue..... Read More about Benjamin Quarles: Signed:] “The Breach between Douglass and Garrison” in The Journal of Negro...
![3732902] The Journal of Negro History, Vol. XVI, No. 4, October 1931. Carter G. Woodson,...](/pictures/thumb/3732902_1.jpg?v=1672776457)
The Journal of Negro History, Vol. XVI, No. 4, October 1931.
Authors in this issue include Eugene Portlette Southall on Blacks and the Methodist Episcopal Church, South; Rayford W. Logan on Anglo-Egyptian Sudan; and Leo. H...... Read More about The Journal of Negro History, Vol. XVI, No. 4, October 1931
The Negro in South Carolina during the Reconstruction [in:] The Journal of Negro History, Vol. IX, No. 3, July 1924 and No. 4, October 1924.
First edition (preceding its publication in book-form) of this important monograph on the role of African Americans during South Carolina’s Reconstruction-era. In 1922 Taylor [Alrutheus..... Read More about The Negro in South Carolina during the Reconstruction [in:] The Journal of Negro History, Vol....
![3732900] The Journal of Negro History, Vol. XIII, No. 3, July 1928. Carter G. Woodson,...](/pictures/thumb/3732900_1.jpg?v=1672776456)
The Journal of Negro History, Vol. XIII, No. 3, July 1928.
Authors in this issue include N. Andrew N. Claven; W. Sherman Savage on the history of Blacks in the Pacific Northwest; and Jean Trepp’s article..... Read More about The Journal of Negro History, Vol. XIII, No. 3, July 1928
The Journal of Negro History, Vol. XI, No. 3, July 1926.
This issue comprises the second part of A.A. Taylor’s article “The Negro in the Reconstruction of Virginia.” The Journal was co-founded by Jesse E. Moorland..... Read More about The Journal of Negro History, Vol. XI, No. 3, July 1926
Osage Bugle. Issued Every Moon by Osage Tribe No. 113 Improved Order of Red Men. [Volumes 3–5]
Bound run of fraternal society newsletters for Osage Tribe No. 113 of the Improved Order of Red Men. Established in Philadelphia in 1870, Osage Tribe..... Read More about Osage Bugle. Issued Every Moon by Osage Tribe No. 113 Improved Order of Red Men. [Volumes 3–5
![3732729] Thirty Years on the Open Road with Bruce Calvert. Bruce Calvert](/pictures/thumb/3732729_1.jpg?v=1672195325)
Thirty Years on the Open Road with Bruce Calvert.
First edition. With an introduction by Benjamin De Casseres. Subtitle: “Selected from writings first published in The Open Road, over a period of more than..... Read More about Thirty Years on the Open Road with Bruce Calvert
The Glassblowers.
First edition of this collection of poetry published just before and in the same year as Peake’s Gormenghast (1950). London: Eyre & Spottiswoode, (1950). 40pp..... Read More about The Glassblowers
![3732722] The Last Days of Alfred Hitchcock. ( Association copy, signed). David Freeman](/pictures/thumb/3732722_1.jpg?v=1672195325)
The Last Days of Alfred Hitchcock. ( Association copy, signed)
First edition and inscribed: “For Paul Bartel—to look back at one who came earlier. David Freeman, Los Angeles, October 1988.” Bartel directed the black comedy..... Read More about The Last Days of Alfred Hitchcock. ( Association copy, signed
Going Native. (Signed and inscribed)
First edition. Presentation copy inscribed by the author: “To my dear friend Robert Flaherty from Oliver St. J. Gogarty, New York 26 Feb. 1940.” Flaherty..... Read More about Going Native. (Signed and inscribed