Portrait photograph of Althea Gibson
New York: Nov 20, 1958. Fine image of the tennis champion who broke the color barrier in lawn... Read More about Portrait photograph of Althea Gibson
Price: $1,000
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The Life of Charles Sumner. The Scholar in Politics.
New York: Funk & Wagnalls Co, 1892. First Edition. The second in the publisher’s series “American Reformer,” edited by Carlos Martyn; the first was the authors biographry of William Lloyd Garrison. Read More about The Life of Charles Sumner. The Scholar in Politics
Price: $125
The Hackensack Star and Bergen Farmer.Vol. 1. No. 51.
Hackensack, New Jersey: Wednesday Morning, Nov. 3, 1824. Usal Meeker of New-Brige offers a Negro man Lewis, 22 years old for sale: "He is sold for want of employment as the subscriber is about retiring from business." on p. 3. Read More about The Hackensack Star and Bergen Farmer.Vol. 1. No. 51
Price: $50
Autograph Letter, signed ("Alex"), regarding James Earl Jones and Roots II.
N.p. [?Beverly Hills, CA]: 30 September 1978. Haley writes to "Lucy" on the subject of James Earl Jones's performance on the London stage and the actor's upcoming portrayal of Haley in Roots: The Next Generation: "I tell you the truth: nothing about Roots II more pleases me than that my..... Read More about Autograph Letter, signed ("Alex"), regarding James Earl Jones and Roots II
Price: $350
The Original Bloody Mary
Portrait of Juanita Hall as "Bloody Mary" in SOUTH PACIFIC.
New York: June 25, 1949. The Original Bloody Mary. She was "Bloody Mary" in the original 1949 production of South Pacific. Although Afro-American, the most memorable roles of the great singer-actress Juanita Hall (1901 - 1968) were as Asians. Read More about Portrait of Juanita Hall as "Bloody Mary" in SOUTH PACIFIC
Price: $1,500
Ten Years Work for Indians at Hampton Institute, Virginia.
[Hampton, Virginia]: "Printed by Colored and Indian students trained in the office of the Hampton Institute" [1888]. The Third Thousand. Read More about Ten Years Work for Indians at Hampton Institute, Virginia
Price: $100
Three-quarter length portrait of W.C. Handy, playing the muted trumpet.
N.p: 17 July 1941. Fine image of the "Father of the Blues," reproduced in Portraits: The Photography of Carl Van Vechten (1978). Read More about Three-quarter length portrait of W.C. Handy, playing the muted trumpet
Price: $2,250
Portrait Photograph of Roland Hayes.
New York: Jan 23, 1954. Hayes (1887- 1977), the famous lyric tenor,was the first African American male concert artist to receive worldwide attention for his art. Read More about Portrait Photograph of Roland Hayes
Price: $500
Signed by the Author and Designer
The Half Pint Flask.
New York: Farrar & Rinehart, Inc, 1929. No. 74 of 175 copies SIGNED BY HEYWARD and the designer JOSEPH SANDFORD. Signed by the Author and Designer. Read More about The Half Pint Flask
Price: $350
Signed by the Author and Designer
The Half Pint Flask.
New York: Farrar & Rinehart, Inc, 1929. No. 50 of 175 copies SIGNED BY HEYWARD and the designer JOSEPH SANDFORD. Signed by the Author and Designer. Read More about The Half Pint Flask
Price: $300
INSCRIBED TO H.C. LODGE
Four Addresses: The Soldiers' Field: The Harvard Union I: The Harvard Union II: Robert Gould Shaw.
Boston: D.B. Updike: The Merrymount Press, 1902. First edition. INSCRIBED TO H.C. LODGE. Inscribed: " H.C.Lodge from H.L. Higginson July 8, 1902". Robert Gould Shaw and his black soldiers of 54th Massachusetts Volunteers has been immortalized by the movie. Read More about Four Addresses: The Soldiers' Field: The Harvard Union I: The Harvard Union II: Robert Gould Shaw
Price: $350
The White Slave; or, Negro Life in the Slave States of America.
London: Clarke, Beeton & Co., 148, Fleet Street, [1852]. Later edition, bound from the 18 parts. Read More about The White Slave; or, Negro Life in the Slave States of America
Price: $300
Portrait photograph of Bertha "Chippie" Hill (1905-1950).
New York: October 8, 1947. American blue and Jazz singer who is most famous for her recordings with Louis Armstrong. She was hit by a car and killed in NYC at 45. Read More about Portrait photograph of Bertha "Chippie" Hill (1905-1950
Price: $2,000
Portrait photograph of Chester Himes.
New York: June 28, 1955. Reproduced (from this print) in PORTRAITS: The Photography of Carl Van Vechten (1978). Read More about Portrait photograph of Chester Himes
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Portrait photograph of Chester Himes.
New York: July 10, 1962. Read More about Portrait photograph of Chester Himes
Price: $1,250
Black Diamonds. Life in the Negro Leagues from the Men Who Lived It.
[Westport, Conn.]: Meckler Books, [1989]. First edition. Read More about Black Diamonds. Life in the Negro Leagues from the Men Who Lived It
Price: $250
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Colonization and Abolition Contrasted [drop-title].
Philadelphia: Herman Hooker, 1853. First Edition. An argument for the superiority of a policy of African colonization and the repatriation of Afro-Americans over one of mere abolition, which special attention given by the author to Liberia. Read More about Colonization and Abolition Contrasted [drop-title
Price: $100
Inscribed to Lena Horne
The Friends.
New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1973. First edition. Inscribed to Lena Horne. INSCRIBED to Lena Horne, “To Miss Lena Horne, A great artist from an adicted admirer. Rosa Guy”. Read More about The Friends
Price: $150
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Inscribed to Lena Horne
Footprints. A Tap Dancer’s World. [A Portfolio of Sixty-five Photographs].
Chicago: Footprints, Ltd, [1993]. First edition. Inscribed to Lena Horne. With lengthy INSCRIPTIONS to Lena Horne by Jim Swenson, Susan Pollard, Patsy Perkins, and George Hood, who all worked with Horne on the documentary “Charles Honi Coles — A Class Act of Tap” about tap dancer Charles Honi Coles. This..... Read More about Footprints. A Tap Dancer’s World. [A Portfolio of Sixty-five Photographs
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The Catalogue of the Officers and Students [of Howard University, Washington, D.C.,] from March, 1901 to March, 1902.
Washington, D.C: Printed at the Industrial Department of Howard University, 1902. Chartered in 1867, in its first five years of operation, Howard University educated over 150,000 freed slaves. The present catalogue from 1901-02 records the names of 939 students. Read More about The Catalogue of the Officers and Students [of Howard University, Washington, D.C.,] from March,...
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350 Years of Illustrations
A Pictorial History of the Negro in America.
New York: Crown Publishers, Inc, [1956]. First Edition. 350 Years of Illustrations. Read More about A Pictorial History of the Negro in America
Price: $100
Simple Stakes A Claim.
New York and Toronto: Rinehart and Company, Inc, 1957. First Edition. The third of the Simple series, after Simple Speaks His Mind and Simple Takes a Wife. Read More about Simple Stakes A Claim
Price: $250
Simple's Uncle Sam.
New York: Hill and Wang, 1965. First Edition. New collection of forty-six stories appearing in the book form for the first time. Read More about Simple's Uncle Sam
Price: $150
The Color Question. A Letter written for the Sixieth Annual Meeting of the American Colinization Society, Washington,. D.C. January 16...
Washington, D.C: Coliniztion Rooms, 1877. Read More about The Color Question. A Letter written for the Sixieth Annual Meeting of the American Colinization...
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God's Trombones: Some Negro Sermons in Verse.
London: George Allen & Unwin Ltd, 1955. Fifteenth printing. Includes "The Prodigal Son", beginning "Young man...Your arm's too short to box with God." Read More about God's Trombones: Some Negro Sermons in Verse
Price: $400