The Panther and the Lash. Poems of Our Times.
Seventy poems offered by this important black American author, poet, essayist reflecting “various aspects of the racial turmoil that has rocked this country in the.....
American Poetry
Dark Testament and Other Poems.
Posthumous collection of poems by American civil rights and women’s rights activist, co-founder of NOW, lawyer and Episcopal priest, Anna Pauline Murray (1910-1985). Many of.....
The Pastor’s Voice. A Collection of Poems.
A collection of poems by the Rev. Dr. Walter Henderson Brooks. From the introduction we learn that Dr. Brooks was born a slave in Richmond...
Majors and Minors: Poems by Paul Lawrence Dunbar.
According to Charles Blockson, “Dunbar (1872-1906) was the leading Afro-American literary’ figure before World War I.” DANB informs through “the help of Dr. H. A......
Lincoln University Poets.
Edited by Waring Cuney, Langston Hughes, and Bruce McM. Wright. Foreword by Dr. Horace Mann Bond. Introduction by J. Saunders Redding. One of a 1000...
Thebes and Other Poems.
Epic 218-page poem, “Thebes. A Poem to its Rise and Fall,” on the ancient Egyptian city of Thebes. Located near Nubia and the Eastern Sahara.....
[Four Handmade Poetical Booklets with 20 Original Watercolor and Gouache Illustrations by W.H. Leggett of Pontiac, Michigan, 1943–1947].
Captivating collection of four handmade booklets made by William H. Leggett augmented with 20 of his original watercolor illustrations with gouache highlights. Leggett’s booklets are.....
Poems, Translations and Essays.
Commemorative book of poetry, drama, translations and short essays by Oliver Pancoast Lund M.D., D.D.S. (1862-1901), published a year after his death in 1902. Lund.....
The Picture-Poetry Book.
Lovely copy of this charming little book of poetry by this African American author and noted African American illustratror Lois Mailou Jones. Washington, D.C.: Associated.....
In the Land of Dakota. A Little Book of North Dakota Verse.
A sweet, gentle little collection all about North Dakota and the land of prairie by this female author. Boston: Richard R. Badger, (1920). 45pp. Small...
Black Labor Chant and Other Poems.
Extraordinary volume of posthumously published poetry by an African-American educator. Illustrated poems on themes of racial discrimination, segregation, and violence are prominently featured. Half the...
The Negro Poets by Truda Weil. Thursday Afternoon ... 1932 ... The Literature Division of the Woman’s Club.
Advertising card for a public reading of African American poetry, given by Truda T. Weil at the Woman’s Club of Reading, Pennsylvania. The program consisted.....
The Negro Caravan. Writings by American Negroes.
“A classic of its kind, the volume was the most extensive collection of pre-World War II Afro-American writings ever published. This impressive and indispensable anthology.....
The Negro Caravan. Writings by American Negroes.
Second printing of the first comprehensive anthology of African American literature. Within are texts by Langston Hughes, Zora Neale Hurston, Booker T. Washington, James Weldon...
The Negro Caravan. Writings by American Negroes.
First Edition of the first comprehensive anthology of African American literature. Blockson 101: “A classic of its kind, the volume was the most extensive collection...
Poems and Near-Poems.
Scarce collection of American poetry and essays with an unusual imprint: Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania. Punxsutawney, [Pennsylvania]: Press of the Spirit Publishing Company, 1912. 87pp. First Edition...
Songs and Poems,—and Writings of,—Edward Jay. The Property of Edward J. Paxson.—Vol. 2— [manuscript caption title].
Dramatically decorated and highly illustrated handwritten album of poetry and some prose by Philadelphian Edward J. Paxson. Using the pseudonym “Edward Jay,” Paxson writes of.....
Mid Light and Shade.
Collection of poetry by this obscure American poet. New York: Duffield and Company, 1921. 107pp. First Edition. Small octavo. Quarter cloth, paper covered boards, printed...
The Poets and Poetry of Chester County, Pennsylvania.
Johnston’s collection is notable for not only the poems he has gathered, but the thumbnail sketches of the author’s within. Authors of both gender are.....
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The Life Boat. A Poem. [within:] A Discourse Delivered before the Humane Society of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, June 10,1806.
Of drownings, and lifeboats, and lifesaving: “As you peruse the interesting details, with tears of joy you will thank God for the discovery which led.....
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[Colorado:] The Homes of Our Favorite Poets.
Advertising booklet for Pueblo, Colorado dry goods merchants Wilson & Barnard. While the booklet touts the Wilson and Barnard’s new building and their store’s amenities.....
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[Abraham Lincoln] “A Crime Without a Name.” April 14, 1865.
Undoubtedly composed and printed within days of the assassination of Abraham Lincoln, this sorrowful tribute takes its name from the April 15, 1865 newspaper headline...
Notes of a Veteran Life Agent.
Rather scarce late 19th-century tract written by an enthusiastic life insurance agent who wants to broaden and expand the life insurance field into the thoughts...
Gleanings: Girlhood and Womanhood.
Posthumously published, privately printed collection of writings and poems by Elizabeth C. Hill (1825–1887) of Concord, New Hampshire. The volume was published by her husband...
[Hannah Darlington and Sarah M. Darlington Copy Book with Calligraphic Illustrations].
1853–1856 copy book kept by Quaker girls Hannah Darlington and Sarah M. Darlington of Parkerville, Chester County, Pennsylvania. The copy book collects poems and calligraphic...