Limited, signed edition of the adventures and bibliophilic anecdotes of the most celebrated American bookseller of the 20th century, Abraham Simon Wolf Rosenbach (1876–1952) of..... Read More about Books and Bidders. The Adventures of a Bibliophile. [signed limited edition with presentation...
First edition, in publisher’s original polished cloth, a collection of anti-slavery lectures by Amos A. Phelps (1805–1847), Congregational Minister in Boston and agent of the..... Read More about Lectures on Slavery and Its Remedy
![De Luxe Binding:] The New Testament of Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ… [and] The Book of...](/pictures/thumb/3724735_1.jpg?v=1534362293)
Remarkably fresh, American publisher’s de luxe bookbinding with bright gilt decoration and a woman’s ownership inscription. The red morocco hand-volume—a combination New Testament and Psalter—was..... Read More about De Luxe Binding:] The New Testament of Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ… [and] The Book of...
Catalogue of the Charles L. Blockson Collection of Black Americana, donated in 1984 to Temple University in Philadelphia. Blockson thereafter served as curator of his..... Read More about Catalogue of the Charles L. Blockson Afro-American Collection
With thematic slogans of the French Revolution, in the hands of de la Reussille family, a serious book like L’Homme Moral, ou L’Homme Considéré, became..... Read More about “Portez Arme! ... Bon Citoyen ... Liberté France Egalité ...” A Swiss-American(?) Book and...
![Bayard Bookplate and Primitive Iron Bookmark within:] Histoire de Pierre Terrail, dit Le...](/pictures/thumb/372114_1.jpg?v=1534362286)
Biography of celebrated French Renaissance soldier, Pierre Terrail (1476–1524), more generally known as the Chevalier (Knight) de Bayard or simply, le bon chevalier—the good knight..... Read More about Bayard Bookplate and Primitive Iron Bookmark within:] Histoire de Pierre Terrail, dit Le...
An historico-documentary, biographical, and bibliographical guide to Black history in America. Sections include “Early Negro Petitions and Protests,” “Congressional Medal of Honor Winners,” “Population Census..... Read More about A Layman’s Guide to Negro History. [from the library of Black civil right activist Pauli Murray
![Elaborate Binding Owned by Edith Witteborg] Evangelisches Gesangbuch. Louis E. Nollau, German...](/pictures/thumb/3726590_1.jpg?v=1534362418)
Eye-candy. A remarkably well-preserved highly-decorative binding owned by an Edith Witteborg; her name stamped in gilt to the upper cover. St. Louis: Eden Pub. House..... Read More about Elaborate Binding Owned by Edith Witteborg] Evangelisches Gesangbuch
![Dual Provenance:] Following the Color Line. An Account of Negro Citizenship in the American...](/pictures/thumb/3728065_1.jpg?v=1543874735)
Important study on race in America written by journalist Ray Stannard Baker in the aftermath of the Atlanta race riot of 1906. This copy with..... Read More about Dual Provenance:] Following the Color Line. An Account of Negro Citizenship in the American...
Rare colonial Boston sermon given on the occasion of the installation of the Reverend Samuel Baldwin (1731-1784) as pastor of the First Congregational church in..... Read More about The plain Truths of the Gospel ... A Discourse Deliver’d at Hanover, December 1st. 1756. When...
Anti-slavery lectures of British abolitionist George D. Thompson (1804–1878) collected and with an historical introduction to his career by American abolitionist William Lloyd Garrison (1805–1879)..... Read More about Lectures of George Thompson, With a Full Report of the Discussion Between Mr. Thompson and Mr....
