Inscribed on front endpaper by the author. The dust jacket has some tears along the edges, more tears at the head/tail of the spine, scuffing on front and rear, unclipped price. Brown cloth boards clean and bright, interior fine. View More...
Burgundy cloth boards area little lighter in spots, probably due to cleaning, corners rubbed lightly, spine sunned with wear head/tail. Small bookplate inside front cover, small stains right edge first few pages. Book is a look at slavery from a northern preacher's eyes - and supports slavery - says it's an excellent system. View More...
No dust jacket, as issued (2007 reprint has a dust jacket). The pictorial boards are near fine with light scuffs. Pen name half title page. First edition 2003. View More...
The dust jacket has light edge and shelf wear, small tears at the corners, spine wrinkled with some spots, unclipped price. Black cloth boards clean with just light wear. 1971 copyright, no edition or printing marked. View More...
Four page handout to promote the release of the 1927 silent film "Uncle Tom's Cabin." The print is sepia and a blueish black, stamped on the rear is "Rialto Theatre Salem Iowa Oct 22, 23 24. There is just a tad of wrinkling and edge wear. The film was an expensive and successful one, casting an African-American as Uncle Tom, but a white woman as the house slave Eliza, white actress Mona Ray as Topsy in blackface. Lots of stills and text, a wonderful find for the collector. View More...
No dust jacket, as issued. The green cloth boards are rubbed a the corners and head/tail of spin, spine text a little darkened from time. Pen initials on front endpaper. 1942 first edition. View More...
Facsimile dust jacket. Orange cloth boards are sunned on the edges, rubbed lightly at the extremities, sunned on the spine. Hinge weak at the front. Collection of Florian Slappey stories was the final work in this racist depiction of an African-American detective. View More...
No dust jacket. Red cloth boards are rubbed at the extremities, bottom corners bumped, spine is crunched at the head/tail, text is wearing off but still readable. Endpapers tanned. View More...
No dust jacket. Lavender and burgundy patterned paper boards are worn at the corners, black cloth spine has small tears at the head of the spine, text is faded with time. View More...
Dust jacket has 2x1.5 chip at tail of spine, edge and corner wear, discoloration on rear, price unclipped - G-. The light brown cloth boards are lightly bumped on the corners, clean. Interior is clean. First edition. The author was the first African-American to chair the American Sociology Society, he taught at Howard University and authored 12 books. View More...
Speech to the US House of Representatives January 1849 about making the territories of California and New Mexico free of slavery. "The American Revolution was a desperate effort for liberty, and Jefferson regarded the extension of slavery to the American colonies by England, as an emphatic reason for a dissolution of our connection to that power." Originally bound with other speeches, the left edge is rough and this 8 page speech is not bound. Some foxing, number stamped on top edge of page 3. View More...
Black cloth boards are dulled with age, corners worn, spine worn with holes, text almost obliterated with time, rear has discoloration. Pencil writing inside front cover and endpaper, rear endpapers have pencil writing, rubbings of quarters and pen name. Contains song "Jim Crow" as sung by Mr. Rice. Thomas D. Rice was a white minstrel singer who performed in blackface. The performances of this song by Rice are the origins of the phrase "Jim Crow." View More...
Inscribed by the author on the front endpaper. Dust jacket has some black marks next to the author's name, scuffing, light edge wear, chips and tears head/tail of spine, unclipped price. Pale orange cloth boards are just a tad rubbed at the extremities. Fine interior. First edition. View More...
1853 children's adaptation of "Uncle Tom's Cabin" is 32 pages with 9 full page b&w illustrations. Front cover is missing, it was yellow paper, rear cover present but worn and soiled. Every page has soiking and edge rubbing, center pages are not attached, present. 7x9". View More...
No dust jacket. The black cloth boards are discolored and patchy, extremities rubbed, spine faded with time, worn to threads at the tail. Very light foxing first and last pages. Hinge broken at title page. First edition. View More...
No dust jacket. Black cloth boards are rubbed at the corners, a little patchy, spine rubbed head/tail, text faded from time (still readable). Light pencil notation front inside cover, paper edges foxed as are the first few pages and around illustrations, tanned. View More...
In original factory shrink wrap. 1973 reprint of 1942 title. Jessie Daniel Ames (November 2, 1883 ? February 21, 1972) was a suffragist and civil rights leader from Texas who helped create the anti-lynching movement in the American South. She gained 40,000 signatures of southern women to oppose lynching. View More...
Dark brown cloth boards are dulled with age and scuffed, worn bare at the edges and corners, spine is quite torn with some loss at head/tail. One endpaper removed, next endpaper has several pencil names on it, missing pages 11-14, occasional foxing. Third edition 1859. View More...
