400. *Hughes, Langston, 1902-1967. Selected Poems of Langston Hughes. NY: Knopf, 1959. 1st ed. ills, xii, 297, (4)p. Gray cloth. dj. 24cm. Jacket Good (some browning, soiling and small chips). INSCRIBED on endpaper in green ink ("Inscribed especially for Amy Spingarn, with my gratitude to you, and the NAACP in which you and your family have been guiding spirits, and to which my career is linked -- many of these poems having first appeared in the Crisis, Sincerely, Langston New York, March 6, 1959"). Laid in is a somewhat worn, later-in-March Autograph Note, signed, on a sheet of letterhead notepaper, to Spingarn saying that Hughes had hoped to bring the book down to her himself but had been out of town so much and now had to go to Newport. Ends with a hope to see her soon and a promise to phone next week. For this book, Hughes selected poems from seven of his earlier works and also included a few new poems. 900.00

401. *Hughes, Langston, 1902-1967, editor. An African Treasury: Articles, Essays, Stories, Poems, by Black Africans. NY: Crown, (c. 1960). 1st ed. xiv, 207p. Hardcover. dj. 21cm. Chipping at ends of backstrip and cover corners. INSCRIBED ("Especially for Amy Spingarn, Sincerely -- Langston New York, June 24, 1960"). Three postcards to Amy Spingarn from Nigeria laid in - one is from Langston Hughes and the other two are from "Arthur" (presumably Arthur B. Spingarn, her brother-in-law who succeeded her husband as National President of the NAACP and served in that capacity for a quarter of a century). Hughes went to Africa in November, 1960 to attend the inauguration of Nnamdi Azikwe as Governor General and Commander-in-Chief of newly-independent Nigeria. The Hughes postcard is undated and was sent from Kano. Its message is short: "Greetings from Nigeria! Langston." We assume that independence of Nigeria (and other former colonies) brought Arthur Spingarn to Nigeria in October, 1960. His postcards are dated October 5 and 14. The earlier one reports that he visited University College in Ibadan and the latter reports that he has had a happy and fruitful time and will have much to report when he returns. 1500.00

402. *Hughes, Langston, 1902-1967. Simpel Spricht Sich Aus. Berlin: Aufbau-Verlag, 1960. 1st German ed. ills, folding map, 277p. Hardcover. dj. 19cm. Jacket Poor (in pieces, missing most of backstrip and heavily chipped on front and back panels). INSCRIBED on endpaper in green ink ("For Amy Spingarn, Simple a longs ways from home, Sincerely -- Langston Harlem, New York, Oct. 18, 1960"). "Simple Speaks His Mind" translated into German by Gunther Klotz. 500.00

403. *Hughes, Langston, 1902-1967. The Best of Simple. NY: Hill & Wang, (c. 1961). 1st ed. frontis, ills , 244p. Hardcover. dj. 21cm. Jacket lightly soiled and has a small chip and a couple of short tears. INSCRIBED in green ink ("Especially for Amy Spingarn, a long-time friend of Simple's -- Sincerely, Langston Harlem, U.S.A., Oct. 11, 1961"). Short stories selected from his three previous Simple books. 750.00

404. *Hughes, Langston, 1902-1967. Ask Your Mama: 12 Moods for Jazz. NY: Knopf, 1961. 1st ed. 92p. Hardcover. dj. Oblong 18cm. Cover edges rubbed. Jacket Good (edge-worn along top edge and missing a long thin piece at upper right corner of front panel). "AES" written in pencil in large letters on endpaper -- this came from a collection of Langston Hughes books that once belonged to Amy Spingarn. 175.00

405. *Hughes, Langston, 1902-1967. Simple's Uncle Sam. NY: Hill and Wang, (c. 1965). 1st ed. x, 180p. Hardcover. dj. 21cm. Jacket very lightly soiled and has a few green ink spots on lower edge of front flap (blotting from the Hughes' inscription). A few pages browned from now-absent newspaper clippings. INSCRIBED in green ink ("Another Simple -- for Amy Spingarn - Affectionately Langston New York, October 11, 1965"). Forty-six more short stories about Jess B. Semple. 750.00

406. *Hughes, Langston, 1902-1967. Good Morning Revolution: Uncollected Social Protest Writings. NY: Lawrence Hill, (c. 1973). 1st ed. xiv, 145p. Hardcover. dj. 21cm. Spine lettering faded. INSCRIBED on half-title by the editor ("To Mrs. Amy Spingarn, whose help and friendship Langston Hughes deeply appreciated. Sincerely, Faith Berry December, 1973"). Revolutionary poetry and prose originally published between 1925 and 1957. 175.00

407. [*Hughes, Langston] *Roumain, Jacques, 1906-1944. Masters of the Dew. NY: Reynal & Hitchcock, (c. 1947). Translated from the French by Hughes and *Mercer Cook. x, 180p. Blue cloth. 19cm. Backstrip faded. Corners bumped. Small brown stain on a few pages. Good. INSCRIBED ("For Amy Spingarn, Sincerely, Langston New York, June, 1947"). Translation of the posthumously-published novel "Gouverneurs de la rosee." Roumain was born into privilege in Haiti but had allied himself with the Communist movement before his early death. 500.00

408. [*Hughes, Langston] Jahn, Janheinz, compiler and editor. Schwarzer Orpheus: Modern Dichtung Afrikanischer Volker beider Hemispharen. München: Hanser, (c. 1954). 1st ed. 193p. Hardcover. dj. 21cm. Jacket Poor (worn and also split apart at backstrip and flaps; neatly reassembled under protective jacket cover). Langston Hughes SIGNED one of his poems which appears at page 145 and also INSCRIBED this copy ("Happiest of Holidays to Amy Spingarn, Sincerely, Langston New York, Christmas, 1954"). German text. Important anthology of writers of African descent. 500.00

409. [*Hughes, Langston] Dodat, Francois. Langston Hughes. Paris: (c. 1964). 192p. Wr. 16cm. Cover soil and minor chipping. Good. INSCRIBED in French by Hughes ("Ma vie et mes poemes pour Amy Spingarn, Sincerely, Langston, New York, December, 1964"). At head of title: Poetes d'aujourd'hui 114. French text. 600.00

410. *Hughes, Langston. Our Negro Writers. IV. Countee Cullen: Our Keats and Shelly [sic]. n.p.: n.d. Three pages. Typescript. 28cm. Worn staple in upper left corner. Good. This article reports less than kindly on Cullen, his poetry, his appearance, his father, his father's church, etc. Arnold Rampersad mentions (at pages 270-271 in Volume I of his indispensable "Life of Langston Hughes") this article, and two companion articles on Claude McKay (laudatory) and Walter White (truly unkind) that Hughes wrote while in Moscow in 1933. Since the title on our copy is preceded by roman numeral IV, one suspects that Hughes wrote about at least one other writer. It also seems unclear whether these sketches were published. According to Rampersad, Hughes had a friend give copies of the offending essays to Walter White. White, still upset, had his secretary return them but not before making copies, one of which was sent to Amy Spingarn and her husband. We found this unsigned typescript laid in a book by Hughes which Hughes had inscribed to Amy Spingarn. Perhaps this is a Walter White-produced copy. 875.00

411. *Hughes, Langston. Autograph Postcard, signed. Addressed to Amy Spingarn. Dated June 19, 1962. Sent from Cairo, Egypt. Address and message in his characteristic green ink on same side. Reverse has an illustration captioned "Ramses II Fishing in the Marshes." Message: "Greetings from the land of the Pyramids! Langston." Hughes was in Cairo after having attended a conference of writers at Makerere University College in Uganda. 450.00

412. *Hughes, Langston. Merry Christmas from Langston Hughes. Small (10 x 12cm.) Christmas card in the form of a trick photo. Hughes, wearing a suit, holds a card (with our title) in front of his torso with his left hand while his head sits on his extended right hand rather than on his shoulders. The blank back is INSCRIBED in his green ink ("Happy holidays from Langston 1965"). We found this odd Christmas greeting card in a book that Hughes had inscribed to Amy Spingarn. 500.00

413. [*Hughes, Langston] Columbia University. Interracial Cooperation: Symposium on Race Relations in the United States under the Auspices of a Special Committee of Faculty and Summer Session Students ... July 29, 1930. Folded four-page program. 25cm. Langston Hughes is listed on the program as "Reading of Selected Verse." 50.00

414. [*Hughes, Langston, 1902-1967]. Plays by Langston Hughes. Two-page carbon copy of a listing of plays written by Hughes. 28cm. Paper-clipped at top. Some soiling and wear. Good. Unknown compiler. Lists 6 full-length plays, 3 one act plays, 2 opera librettos, 6 radio scripts, and 2 collaboration scripts. Latest radio script listed is for Pvt. Jim Crow published in the May-June, 1945, issue of Negro Story. 50.00

415. [*Hughes, Langston] Street Scene: The Playbill for the Adelphi Theatre. [cover title]. 56p. Wr. 23cm. Corner clipped on back cover. Playbill for the week beginning March, 3, 1947. Hughes supplied the lyrics for this play written by Elmer Rice with music by Kurt Weill. 40.00

416. [*Hughes, Langston] Sollers Point High School Presents Langston Hughes, American Poet, Author, Playwright, Columnist in a Lecture-Recital. Dundalk, Md.: 1950. Folded four-page program. 22cm. High school for African Americans which was opened in 1948. 75.00

417. [*Hughes, Langston and *Arna Bontemps] Book Week Celebration Presenting Langston Hughes and Arna Bontemps Noted Authors (Sponsored by Warren County Teachers) November 16, 1950 8 P.M. John R. Hawkins High School Warrenton, North Carolina. Single sheet folded to form a six-page program. 22cm. 40.00

418. [*Hughes, Langston] Lincoln University presents Langston Hughes in Lecture and Reading. Undated. Small broadside program. 13 x 19cm. Wrinkling. Small edge-tear. Good. SIGNED by Hughes along the bottom. Printed at top: Lecture-R ecital Series. 200.00

419. [*Hughes, Langston] Dillard University Lyceum Features Spring 1951. Langston Hughes ... February 11, 1951 ... Carol Brice ... February 16, 1951 ... The Touring Players ... March 15, 1951 ... Dorothea Buchholz ... April 13, 1951 ... Season Ticket for the Series ... $4.00 ... [New Orleans]: 1951. Printed broadside flyer. 22cm. 65.00

420. [*Hughes, Langston] Hampton University. Chicago Hampton Alumni Presents Richard B. Harrison's Players in "Emperor of Haiti" Drama in Three Acts by Langston Hughes.... Chicago: 1954. [8]p. Wr. 28cm. Attractive program for a performance on October 24, 1954 at Wendell Phillips Auditorium, 39th & Prairie in C hicago. 150.00

421. [*Hughes, Langston] A Tribute To a Poet: Langston Hughes Presented and Assisted by The Artisans. Sunday, April 17th, 1955 5:00P.M. [New Haven: 1955]. (8)p. Wr. No separate cover. 22cm. Held at New Haven's Wilbur Cross High School. Included music with lyrics by Hughes, followed by "Poems and Background Sketches" delivered by Hughes and then a reading of Act 2 Scene II of Hughes' play "The Emperor of Haiti" by The "Artisans" (and others). 40.00

422. *Hughes, Langston. Simple's Christmas Greetings. Printed post office four-cent postcard used as a Christmas greeting. The Hughes' poem has been printed on the back in the green that Hughes liked. Signed by "Langston" in green ink at bottom of poems. Typed address on other side to Mrs. Amy Spingarn at her East 64th Street address in New York. Four short stanzas in Simple's voice about the burden of sending Christmas cards. 500.00

423. [*Hughes, Langston] Lincoln University (Pennsylvania). Annual Program in Observance of Negro History Week ... Feb. 12, 1958.... Folded four-page program. 22cm. A few small spots. SIGNED on the front by Hughes in his characteristic green ink. Hughes was the featured speaker; his topic was "The Poetry of Negro Life." 200.00

424. [*Hughes, Langston] Showcard [for] Jericho-Jim Crow. [cover title]. NY: n.d. [but probably 1964]. [8]-page program. Wr. 23cm. Program for the weeks of Jan 21 & 28 (Vol. 2, No. 2). Presented at The Sanctuary, an off-Broadway theater on West 13th Street in New York. The production was directed by Alvin Alley and William Hairston and performed by the Greenwich Players, Inc. in co-ordination with CORE, NAACP and SNCC. 40.00

425. [*Hughes, Langston, 1902-1967] Memorial Service of James Mercer Langston Hughes, February 1, 1902 -- May 22, 1967. [NY: 1967]. Folded four-page program. Gilt on outer two pages. Some show-through of glue on front. Wear along outer edge on back. Good. SIGNED by Lindsay Patterson who read at the service. Arnold Rampersad briefly describes this unusual memorial service on the final two pages of "The Life of Langston Hughes". 100.00

426. [*Hughes, Langston] Harrington, Donald Szantho. Langston Hughes Soul Singer; In Memoriam: A Memorial Service and Address. NY: 1967. 20p. Wr. (photo of Hughes by James L. Allen reproduced on cover). 22cm. Harrington was pastor of The Community Church of New York which was the first church in which the young Hughes was invited to read his poems. 45.00

427. *Hughes, Langston (words) & *Elliot Carpenter (music). America's Young Black Joe. Los Angeles: Hughes and Carpenter, n.d. 5p. Printed on one side and folded accordion-style. No separate wrapper. 32cm. Mechanical reproduction of the copyist's script. 85.00

428. [Sheet Music] *Hughes, Langston (words) & *William. C. Handy and *Clarence M. Jones (music). Go and Get the Enemy Blues. NY: Handy Brothers Music Co., c. 1942). (3)p. [numbered 3-5]. No separate wrapper. 28cm. Professional copy. 50.00

429. [Sheet Music] *Hughes, Langston (words) and David Martin (music). (I'm Gonna Be) John Henry. NY: Bourne, Inc. c. 1957. 3p. music printed on one sheet folded accordion-style in thirds. Backs blank. Quite sound, with some soil and wear. Good. Professional copy? For solo voice with piano accompaniment. Song from "Simply Heavenly." Reproduced from manuscript. 60.00

430. Humania Hair Goods & Speciality Co. Humania Hair Creations. NY: (c. 1953). ills, 54p. Wr. 22cm. Hair products for African Americans -- human hair wigs, combs, straighteners, other hair products and "Be-Bop" glasses. 45.00

431. *Hunter, Jane Edna. Phillis Wheatley: "Life and Works." [Cleveland: National Phillis Wheatley Foundation, Inc., (c. 1948). [1st ed.?] 40p. Wr. 18cm. Hunter was the founder of the Phillis Wheatley Association in Cleveland. She was born in South Carolina and received her college education at Ferguson and Williams College in Abbeville, South Carolina. Portions of the material in this uncommon pamphlet appears to have been written by others. The first and last parts of this pamphlet promote the foundation. The biographical material on Wheatley does not appear to be entirely reliable and glosses over the harsher aspects of Wheatley's short life. 125.00

432. *Hunter, W. L. Jesus Christ Had Negro Blood in His Veins: the Wonder of the Twentieth Century. Brooklyn: W. L. Hunter, 1909. Sixth edition. 60p. Floral-patterned paper over boards. 18cm. Cover quite faded. Center portion of backstrip torn and partially detached. Endpapers browned and brittle. Fair. A scarce little defense of African Americans. The first edition was published in 1901. All editions appear to have had 60 pages leading us to suspect that there were no textual differences among the "editions." 200.00

433. *Hunter, Wally. Los Angeles Negro Business Directory [for] 1953-1954. Los Angeles: c. 1953. photos, 62p. Wr. 24cm. Minor dog-earing. Stain on upper right corner of back cover and last several pages. Former owner's name. Good. Dedicated to the Southwest Region of the National Association of Colored Women, Inc. About 20 pages of the text contain material relating to the NACW rather than Los Angeles. Most of the rest consist of advertisements. 375.00

434. [Odd Volume] Hurd, John Codman. The Law of Freedom and Bondage in the United States. Boston: Little, Brown; NY: Van Nostrand, 1858. 1st ed. Vol. I ONLY (of 2). index, xlvii, [1], 617p. Modern black library-quality buckram. 22cm. Small chip in top edge of first several pages. Dedication leaf lacking top blank third (torn jaggedly). Trimmed when rebound. 50.00

435. *Hurston, Zora Neale. Jonah's Gourd Vine. Philadelphia: Lippincott, 1934. 1st ed. 316p. Hardcover. 19cm. Covers faded, as is often the case, to a light to washed-out green. Cover also has several small dark spots. Foxing on endpapers. Good. An impressive debut novel. 400.00

436. *Hurston, Zora Neale. Tell My Horse. Philadelphia: Lippincott, (c. 1938). 1st ed. frontis, photos, 301p. Red and blue striped cloth. dj. 21cm. "Second printing" printed along top edge of jacket flap. Jacket Good (still attractive, but with substantial edge-wear and wrinkling). Voodoo in Jamaica and Haiti. 375.00

437. I. M. Terrell High School, Fort Worth, Texas. Commencement Programs from a Segregated School for African Americans. [Fort Worth]: various dates. Twelve programs (for 1928, 1932, 1934, 1941, both January and June of 1942, 1943, 1946, 1950, 1951, 1953, and 1962). Also included are invitations of the 1930 and 1951 graduation ceremonies. The program for 1928 is a broadside (chipped and worn); the other programs are folded 3 or 4 page leaflets. Evidence of removal from a scrapbook on back of most programs. Good. The school was named after Isaiah Milligan Terrell, a pioneering African American educator who was the longtime Principal and Superintendent of Colored Schools in Fort Worth and the first principal of the new high school after it opened in 1910. Terrell served as principal until 1915 and later served as principal of Prairie View State Normal and Industrial College. I. M. Terrell High School was closed when the Fort Worth Schools were finally integrated in 1973. 125.00

438. I. B. P. O. E. of W. Civil Liberties Department. Fight for Human Rights. Philadelphia: Headquarters, n.d. [text suggests 1947]. Folded four-page booklet. 25cm. Toward bottom of last page are pictures of the two African American couples who were lynched in Monroe, Georgia, in 1946. 60.00

439. Illinois Interracial Commission. Special Report on Employment Opportunities in Illinois. [Springfield]: 1948. 114p. Wr. 23cm. 50.00

440. In Memoriam: Rev. Jeremiah Eames Rankin, D.D., LL.D. Providence: Snow & Farnbam Printers, 1905. 1st ed. frontis, 28p. Hardcover. 22cm. Rankin served as President of Howard University, 1899-1903. 85.00

441. International Negro Florist Association, Inc. The Florists' Voice, Vol. I, No. 2 (Oct., 1953). 4p. Newsprint. 32cm. Jacket browned. Published in Tampa, Florida, and edited by Mrs. Rosalind W. Talley. 45.00

442. The International Review of African American Art. 45 Issues plus Index for Vols. 1-10. Includes: Vol. 1, Nos. 2-3; Vol. 2, Nos. 1-4; Vol. 3, No. 4; Vol. 5, Nos. 2-4; Vol. 6, Nos. 1-2; Vol. 7, No. 1; Vol. 10, No. 3; Vol. 11, Nos. 3-4; Vol. 12, Nos. 1-4; Vol. 13, Nos. 1-4; Vol. 14, Nos. 1-4; Vol. 15, Nos. 1-4; Vol. 16, Nos. 1-4; Vol. 17, Nos. 1-4; Vol. 18, Nos. 1-4; and Vol. 19, Nos. 1-2 (1977-2003). Wrs. Condition varies but generally Very Good (backstrip worn on a few issues). The first 5 volumes were titled Black Art; an International Quarterly and were published by Black Art, Ltd. in Jamaica, NY. The name change begins with Vol. 6, No. 1. Vol. 6-9 were published in Los Angeles by the Museum of African American Art in Santa Monica, CA. Vols. 10 and subsequent have been published by the Hampton University Museum in Hampton, VA. The Index was compiled by Karen C. Costa and published in 1993. 500.00

443. Jackson, Marylou I. Negro Spirituals and Hymns Arranged for Women's Choruses and Quartettes. NY: J. Fischer & Bro., c. 1935. 59p. Wr. 28cm. A few dark spots on title-page. Ms. Jackson is identified as Head of Music Department, Bennett College for Women in Greensboro, North Carolina. 65.00

444. Jackson, Mississippi Negro Consumer Market Survey 1957-1958: A Factual Study Showing: Family Income, Purchasing Power, Shopping Habits, Brand Preference, Advertising Effectiveness, Access to Communication Media. Jackson: Jackson State College, (c. 1958). 33p. Stapled wr. 28cm. Paper clip mark. Prof. *J. D. Hardy was director of the study. 75.00

445. *Jarvis, Jose Antonio. Fruits in Passing. St. Thomas: Art Shop, (c. 1932). 1st ed. illustration, 99p. Original ½ cloth. 18cm. Minor cover fraying and a little spotting. The first book of poems by this writer and educator from the Virgin Islands. 200.00

446. *Jenkins, Welborn Victor. The Incident at Monroe. Atlanta: United Negro Youth of America, 1948. 1st ed. 46p. Wrapper. 23cm. Poetry by this African American writer and postal worker from Georgia. 75.00

447. *Joans, Ted. A Small Collection of Items Relating to this African American Poet. 14 items: (1) Autograph Postcard sent to Bill French from San Francisco in 1989 asking Bill to continue to hold his box of Mss; (2) Spetrophilia: Poems [and] Collages. Amsterdam: Het Amsterdamsch Litterair Café de Engelbewaarder, 1973. [28] leaves. Staples. 28cm.; (3) Ted Joans is Back. Broadside from 1968 announcing a reading at Washington Square Methodist Church on Sept. 29; (4) Institute of Afro-American Affairs and the Africana Studies Program present an evening of "Teducated" Poems and Jazz Poetry with Ted Joans. Broadside. 28cm.; (5) Teducation for Bolder Boulder V. I. P. on Oct. 15, 1989. Broadsheet announcement. 28cm. Signed; (6) Teducation Poems for Eyes & Ears presented Dec. 1, 1989 by the Austin Societe Anonyme at Hotel Crest in Austin, Tx. Folded (4)p. program. 22cm. Signed; (7) Flyer for 1993/94 Fall/Winter reading series at The Drawing Center in New York. A Joans performance/reading on Nov. 11 is one of seven programs listed. Narrow (4)p. 23cm.; (8) Poets House announcement listing a Feb. 27 visit with Joans and a March 5 program by Sam Hamill on Thomas McGrath. n.d. Broadside card. 14cm.; (9) Ted Joans & Hart Leroy Bibbs Jazz Poets at Shakespeare & Company Monday 13th ... Launching their new book Double Trouble. Broadside. 28cm. [1992]. Red inked unsigned note by Joans on front: "monsieur French Please Post! merci!"; (10) New York Public Library Central Harlem Project presents Ted Joans Jazz Poet in a Poetry Reading and Slide/Lecture ... October 8, 1975.... Broadside. 22 x 18cm.; (11) Molimo & the Molimo Players presents New Subjects in Black Poetry featuring Ted Joans (Jazz Poet) and the poets and Writers of Fordham University October 31, 1978.... Broadside. 28cm.; (12) Oct. 12th University Place at 12th Street Cedar Bar Ted Joans Reading His Own Jazz Poetry and Surrealism Free. Broadside. 36cm. Later fold.; (13) A Teducation Event ... March 12th 7:30 PM The Soho Photo Gallery, 15 White Street, NYC.... Broadside. 28cm.; and (14) Why I Shall Sell Paris. Broadsheet. 29 x 44cm. Undated. Inscribed ("to billsmith of Africana avec amities ted joans 18.86 April NYC." Condition varies -- item 10 is quite worn and some of the others are a bit ragged; generally condition on most of these items (many of which were cheaply produced on a photocopier) ranges from Good to Very Good. Joans was a one of a kind character [Continued] [Item 447 continued] and a talented African American poet who had his roots in the beat generation. He took great pride in having been called "the only African American surrealist" by Andre Breton. Joans bedeviled Bill French, we McBlains, and other bookdealers with an "archive" which he said contained great treasures including an extensive correspondence with Langston Hughes. Joans' threat, at least to us, was that he was going to go back to Africa and bury his priceless trove of manuscripts, books and letters in the Sahara Desert without a map if some dealer didn't offer him a fair price for it. It always seemed to have just been an entertainment for him as we were never able to examine the supposed archive. Thus, we were surprised to note that the first item indicates that Bill French actually was storing a box of something that Joans refers to as Mss. If only Bill (or Ted) was still living to tell us what was in that box. 375.00

448. [Broadside] ... Joe Bostic Presents Fifth Annual New York City Gospel Music Festival Featuring Mahalia Jackson -- Two Big Days -- Saturday June 8th, 6 p.m. Sunday June 9th, 3 p.m.... NY: n.d. [195-?]. Orange paper. Small photo of Bostic inset at center top. 23 x 31cm. Among the many other singers listed: James Cleveland, Blind Boys of Mississippi, Voices of Tabernacle and Raspberry Singers. 60.00

449. *Johnson, Budd, 1910-1984. Archive of Material Relating to This Jazz Musician, Writer & Teacher. A five inch stack of material. Various dates but almost all from the 1970s. Includes: (1) Typescript (with corrections) of Tape One of March 1975 Smithsonian Interview (41 pages); (2) Class Rules for a class on Jazz music taught by Johnson (1p. - several copies); (3) Unfiled but signed Applications for Registration of a Claim to Copyright on songs titled "Blues for Sale" and "You Dirty Old Man" and one or two more; (4) "Ya-Ya" arranged and composed by Johnson (16 pages scored for 17 parts (both together and on separate sheets); (5) Certificates of Registration of a Claim to copyright for "The Blues are here to Stay"a and at least 27 other compositions by Johnson ("Constant Music Inc. of which Johnson was President was the copyright holder for most); (6) Pencil draft of a song titled "If you just wouldn't say Goodbye" (1 page); (7) Typed Letter, signed from Felix P. Debrit (1 page, 1962); (8) numerous other compositions or arrangements by Johnson -- some copies, some appear original, and some of which, such as "Earl's Pearls," "Rosetta," and "Deep Forest," are scored for various instruments; (9) 15 photos, mostly smaller photos of Johnson and other musicians (not identified by us); (10) a thin file with some retained copies of letters; and (16) a few miscellaneous pieces of sheet music etc. Albert J. ("Budd") Johnson was born in Dallas, Texas and became involved in various musical groups while growing up. He is best known as a tenor saxophonist and played with Earl Hines, Louis Armstrong, Cab Callaway, Fletcher Henderson, Dizzy Gillespie, and others, although those associations appear to predate the material we offer. In 1969 he and three others formed the JPJ Quartet. It is clear from this material that he was also a composer. Item 2 makes us suspect that he must have also have done some teaching. 750.00

450. *Johnson, Edward Augustus, 1860-1944. History of Negro Soldiers in the Spanish-American War, and Other Items of Interest. Cincinnati: W. H. Ferguson, 1899. 1st Cincinnati ed. frontis, photos, ills, 228p. [plus an unnumbered page ("List of Illustrations")]. Pictorial boards, backed in black cloth. Military scene in red & blue on front cover. Black & white portrait of author on back cover. 21cm. Cover rubbed, especially along extremities. Front free endpaper chipped at bottom. Good. The first edition was published in Raleigh (also in 1899). A later printing of this title was issued bound together with the author's "School History of the Negro Race in America." 225.00

451. _____ SAME. Pictorial boards, backed in maroon cloth. Military scene in red & blue on front cover. Black & white portrait of author on back cover. 21cm. Covers sound but corners and edges chipped and rubbed. Former owner's name and some other notations in green ink on endpaper. Archival tape repair on rear free endpaper. Good. 200.00

452. _____ SAME. Raleigh: Capital Printing Company, 1899. 1st ed. Pictorial boards, backed in red cloth. Military scene in red & blue on front cover. Black & white portrait of author on back cover. 21cm. Covers still attached but quite heavily rubbed and worn, lacking most of backstrip. Also lacks free endpapers. Former owner's signature ("Charles Mingus") along with a couple of other name stamps. Contents still reasonably sound but definitely showing some wear. Fair. 100.00

453. *Johnson, Edward Augustus, 1860-1944. Light Ahead for the Negro. NY: Grafton Press, (c. 1904). 1st ed. vi, 132p. Gray cloth. 19cm. Light soiling and wear. Backstrip has some discoloration/spotting and fading. Former owner's name on endpaper. Rare utopian novel by an African American author. Johnson also wrote a "A School History of the Negro Race in America from 1619 to 1890" and "A History of Negro Soldiers in the Spanish-American War." 1500.00

454. Johnson, Guy Benton, 1901-1987. Folk Culture on St. Helena Island, South Carolina. Chapel Hill: UNC Press, 1930. 1st ed. index, xi, 183p. Black cloth. dj. 22cm. Jacket Good (chipping along edges and folds; also darkened and moderately soiled). 225.00

455. *Johnson, James Weldon, 1871-1938. The Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man. Boston: Sherman, French, 1912. 1st ed. 207p. Attractively rebound in recent quarterbinding (marbled boards backed in muted red leather). 21cm. Well-written novel which was published anonymously and assumed initially by most contemporary reviewers to be fact not fiction. Douglas Wetmore, Johnson's law partner during his brief period in private practice, had passed for white when he attended the University of Michigan Law School and may have been a partial inspiration for the writing of this book, Johnson's only novel. Johnson is perhaps most remembered for his efforts on behalf of the NAACP, but he also distinguished himself in many other areas (schoolteacher and principal, first African American lawyer admitted to the bar in Duval County, Florida, successful composer of popular music, US consular officer, poet and Fisk University professor). 600.00

456. [Sheet Music] *Johnson, James Weldon (words) & *J. Rosamond Johnson (music). Marie Cahill's Congo Love Song. NY: Jos. W. Stern, c. 1903. 4p. plus wrapper. Softcover. 36cm. Lacks back cover. Front cover has edge-wear and a music store stamp, and has been glued down along left edge. Good. 75.00

457. *Johnson, James Weldon (lyrics) and Sybil Anne Hanks (music). The Creation, A Negro Sermon: Cantata for Soli, Mixed Chorus and Orchestra (or Piano). NY: Transcontinental Music Corporation, (c. 1952). 52p. Wr. 31cm. Minor soil around cover edges. Printed note states that this work, whose lyrics come from a poem by Johnson, won first prize for Wisconsin Composers held at the State's Centennial Celebration (presumably in 1948). 45.00

458. Johnston, Harry Hamilton, Sir, 1858-1927. The Negro in the New World. NY: Johnson Reprint Corporation, 1969. photos, maps (2 folding), index, xxix, 499p. Hardcover. 23cm. Dent in page fore-edges but no real damage. Reprint of the 1910 edition with the addition of a new Introduction by George Shepperson. In addition to the United States, Johnston devotes significant space to the various Caribbean Islands and to Brazil. 50.00

459. Jones, Charles Colcock, 1831-1893. Negro Myths from the Georgia Coast Told in the Vernacular. Columbia: State Company, 1925. ix, 192p. Hardcover. 19cm. First pub. in 1888. 125.00

460. *Jones, Joshua Henry. The Heart of the World. Boston: Stratford, 1919. 82p. Blue cloth. 19cm. Minor spotting on back cover. Poetry. First book by this African American writer. 300.00

461. [Exhibition Catalog] *Jones, Lois Mailou, 1905-. Reflective Moments. Boston: Museum of the National Center of Afro-American Artists and the Museum of Fine Arts, 1973. frontis, ills (some color), facsimile, (43)p. Softcover in pictorial wrapper. Square 24cm. INSCRIBED on the title-page by Jones ("To ... With best wishes and appreciation for the interest you have taken in my work over the years"). 200.00

462. *Jones, Lois Mailou. Autograph Note, signed by Jones. Dated March 26, 1990. Holograph. Printed (not cursive). Also four press releases about Jones and her art and four reviews (three of which are photocopies) of Jones and her work from Washington area newspapers. All enclosures are dated 1990. Mailing envelope, addressed by Jones, present. Jones responds in friendly fashion to unseen correspondence from an American art enthusiast who lived in San Francisco. Jones is sending the press releases and reviews in response to his request for material about her career. 200.00

463. [Slave Narrative] *Jones, Thomas H. Experience and Personal Narrative of Uncle Tom Jones; Who was for Forty Years a Slave. Also the Surprising Adventures of Wild Tom, of the Island Retreat, a Fugitive Negro from South Carolina. Boston: H. B. Skinner, n.d. [1850s] frontis, 54p. Blue wr. 22cm. Inner half at bottom of front wrapper gnawed, as are the first several leaves. Most of the text is quite browned and has some light staining at the bottom. Fair. The Thomas H. Jones narrative (at pages 7-28) was written for Jones by "a friend." His narrative was first published in 1849 and went through a number of printings under varying titles. The Wild Tom narrative (at pages 29-54) reprints an extract from "The Slave; or, Memoirs of Archy Moore," a popular abolitionist novel by Richard Hildreth which was first published in 1836. 375.00

464. *Jones, Zacharias A. The Progress of a Race. Elmira: Star Gazette, 1910. 1st ed. frontis, 84p. Light blue cloth. 22cm. Subdued stain around cover edges. Light stain on upper right corner throughout text. Good. The book begins with a brief biography of the author. Jones is identified as a native of South Carolina whose father was a blacksmith and whose mother was a former slave of Indian descent. He attended Benedict College, partially supporting himself by serving as butler to the college president. He later studied theology at Howard University. The title-page identifies him as Educational Secretary, Friendship Normal and Industrial College, Rock Hill, SC. 200.00

465. [Sheet music] *Joplin, Scott, 1868-1917. Wall Street Rag. NY: Seminary Music Co., (c. 1909). 4p. 35cm. Light stamp of a Stockton, California Music store on front cover. Cover illustration by John Frew, depicting a frantic New York City/Wall St. scene. 450.00

466. *Jordan, Elsie. Strange Sinner. NY: Pageant Press, (c. 1954). 1st ed. 172p. Cloth. dj. 21cm. Jacket has soiling on rear panel and some edge-wear. A novel. Only book by this African American author who was born in Marianna, Arkansas. 100.00

467. *Jordan, Moses. The Meat Man: A Romance of Life, of Love, of Labor. Chicago: Judy Publishing Co., (c. 1923). 1st ed. frontis, ills, 96p.Gray paper-covered boards. 19cm. Backstrip still sound but chipped at ends and along joints. Corners frayed. Good. Seldom seen romantic novel by an African American author about whom little appears to be known. We suspect that he is the same Moses Jordan who edited a rare African American periodical titled The American Life Magazine of Timely Features and Good Fiction which was published in Chicago circa 1926-1928. 375.00

468. _____ SAME. Backstrip neatly replaced with a strip of gray paper matching the color of the original gray boards. Cover somewhat worn; smudge on front cover. Good. 375.00

469. *Jubilee, Vincent. Three Papers Written while a Student at the University of Pennsylvania. [Philadelphia: 1974-1976. Typed (and graded). Stapled in upper left corner or paper clipped. Good. (1) Some Comments about "My Lord What a Morning" (7p.); (2) A Historical Context for the "Self-Help" Program of the Black Muslim Movement (26p.); and (3) Anatomy of a Black Woman's Popular Magazine (15p. -- about Essence). 45.00

470. Julian, George Washington, 1817-1899. The Rank of Charles Osborne as an Anti-Slavery Pioneer. Indianapolis: Bowen-Merrill, 1891. 37p. Wr. 25cm. Cover browned and missing several chips. Two leaves roughly opened; contents otherwise sound and clean. Good. Indiana Historical Society Publications, Vol. II, No. 6. Osborne, born in North Carolina in 1775, became an actively anti-slavery member or the Society of Friends in Tennessee and Ohio before he moved to Indiana in 1819. He later served in Congress. He was strongly opposed to the colonization scheme. 75.00

471. *Keckley, Elizabeth (Hobbs), 1824-1907. Behind the Scenes: Or, Thirty Years a Slave, and Four Years in the White House. NY: Carleton, 1868. 1st ed. frontis, 371p. plus 8p. publisher's adverts. Green cloth. 19cm. Minor chipping and fraying at ends of backstrip and at corners. Front free endpaper present but chipped and detached. Name on endpaper (appears to be "R. R. Moton"). Text moderately browned, with occasional soiling. Good. Keckley was born a slave in Virginia and, after some hard times in North Carolina, reports that she was eventually emancipated (in 1855), along with her son, in St. Louis when white clients loaned her $1200 to purchase their freedom. A talented seamstress and dress-maker, Keckley says that she was able to repay the loans in full. Keckley was employed as a dress-maker by the wife of Jefferson Davis in 1860. Keckley subsequently became dress-maker and "friend" to Abraham Lincoln's wife; it is that relationship which occupies most of the book. 400.00

472. Keefer, Justus. Slavery: Its Sin, Moral Effects, and Certain Death. Also the Language of Nature, Compared with Divine Revelation, in Prose and Verse. Baltimore: (c. 1864). 1st ed. ills, 120p. Cloth. 18cm. Rubbed. Ends of backstrip frayed. Hinges weak. Shaken. Good. 275.00

473. [Keithville, Louisiana] $200 Reward: $100 by Sheriff at Shreveport and $100 by J. T. Walton. Catch This Murderer. Killed White Foreman of Good Roads Gang at Keithville, La. ... June 11th, 1914. Broadside notice printed on a card (14 x 8cm. --somewhat smaller than a postcard). Black paper residue on back where removed from a scrapbook. Sought an unidentified "small black negro" and gives a further description of the alleged murderer's features and clothing. Notice signed in type by J. P. Flournoy, Sheriff. Shreveport, La. Keithville is an unincorporated community in Caddo Parish. One wonders what the Good Roads Gang was. It seems unlikely that the fugitive escaped from a chain gang since his identify appears to be unknown. 50.00

474. [Sheet Music] Kelly, J. W. (words & music). Throw Him Down McCloskey. NY: Frank Harding, (c. 1890). 5p. Wr. Purple private library stamp on front. Black & white cover illustration of a powerful young white man knocking down a powerful black man by punching him on the jaw. According to the song, the African American fighter did not appear, saying that the Irish crowd would jump him, so a 47 round fight was fought between McCloskey and McCracken. 40.00

475. [Stereo View Card] Keystone View Company. Uncle Sam Provides for Comfort of His Soldiers. Colored Troops en Route to France Taking Train Rest at Railway Division Point. [caption on card]. Meadville, Penn.: n.d. [1917?]. Photos mounted on stiff gray card. Publishers name on left margin; publisher's various locations on right margin. Light wear. A couple of partially erased purple marks on back. Card No. 19118. Text on back about the photos. 40.00

476. Kifner, John. The Story of the Murder of Fred Hampton (which the New York Times Refused to Print). Reprinted from Scanlan's. [NY?]: Committee to Defend the Panthers, n.d. [1970]. photos, 15p. Wr. No separate wrapper. 28cm. Kifner was a New York Times reporter. 75.00

477. King, David S. Civil Rights Activities in Massachusetts and North Carolina. [our title]. Archive consisting of about 80 letters, documents, memos, flyers, etc. Dates vary (generally 1963-1965). Most relate to the Massachusetts Unit of the SCLC. King, a chaplain at Amherst College and later an Associate Pastor at the First Congregational Church in Amherst and the founder of the Laymen's Academy of Oecumical Studies, was active in the Civil Rights movement in the 1960s. Several items refer to ongoing SCLC Civil Rights activities in Williamston, North Carolina. 850.00

478. [Funeral Program] *King, Jr., Martin Luther. Obsequies Martin Luther King Jr. Tuesday, April 9, 1968 10:30 A.M. Ebenezer Baptist Church 2:00 P.M. The Campus of Morehouse College Atlanta, Georgia. n.p.: 1968. [12]p. plus wrapper. Wr. 22cm. Text on white paper bordered in black. Funeral under the direction of Hanley Bell Street Funeral Home and Marcellous Thornton Funeral Home of Atlanta. 150.00

479. Kittrell College. The Messenger and Educator, Vol. 3, No. 5 (February 1908). Folded four-page monthly news bulletin. 28cm. Heavy vertical crease (minor splitting at top of crease). Slightly age-toned. Good. Text triple-columned. Kittrell College, founded in 1886 and located in Kittrell, North, Carolina, was supported by the African Methodist Episcopal Church. It closed in 1974. 75.00

480. Knothe, Jack Edward. A Survey of Selected Social Characteristics of the Negro Population in the Southeastern United States. n.p.: July 1964. 56p. Black buckram. 28cm. Typed carbon copy of a "research paper" presented in partial fulfillment of the requirements for his Master of Science in Education from Winona State College (Minnesota). 40.00

481. KPRS: The Key to a Market Exceeding 135,000 Negroes. Kansas City, Missouri: KPRS Broadcasting Corp., n.d. [ca. 1962]. 8p. Wr. Oblong 22cm. Promotional booklet for potential advertisers on the African American-owned radio station. 45.00

482. Ku Klux Klan (1915-). Ku Klux Klan materials. Several Official KKK forms (none filled out): (1) Failure to receive ordered robe form. [untitled]. n.p.: n.d. Broadside. 19cm. No form number; (2) Receipt Book (Official Certificate of Donation) for payment of $10 Membership application fee. Form P-205. A few receipts are missing. (3) Application for Citizenship in the American Krusaders. Form 101-PH. Oblong 18cm.; (4) Information Blank. Broadsheet. 28cm. No form number. ; (5) Connecticut form from the 1920s to be notarized saying that affiant had applied for membership in the KKK on ... 192- and paid $10 donation to [name to be filled in] who represented himself to be an official of the KKK. No form number. Oblong 19cm.; (6) Affidavit to be notarized averring that the affiant had made application to join the American Krusaders and donated $10 which was accepted by [name to be filled in] who represented himself to be an official of the American Krusaders. Broadside. Oblong 18cm. No form number; and (7) Voucher authorizing expenditure in behalf of Provisional No.[number to be filled in]. Broadside. Oblong 18cm. No form number. Most of these seven forms have been folded. These came from a Connecticut home; all probably date from the 1920s. Item 4 seems to be a KKK membership applications since it asks the kind of questions that would be asked on such application. Three references were required. The completed form was to be mailed in a plain envelope to P. O. Box 311, New Haven, CT The American Krusaders was a branch of the KKK for "white, male Protestant, Gentile" persons who were foreign-born (and thus excluded from the regular Klan. Numbers 5 and 6 make one suspect that someone had been defrauding would-be Kluxers and American Krusaders. 100.00

483. Lane, George R. 350th Field Artillery Battalion. Ohringen: Buchdruckerei H. Wolf, n.d. [probably July, 1945]. ills by *Abelard E. Collins, maps (1 folding), 34p. Wr. 21cm. Account of World War II organization and training and subsequent service in Germany March-July, 1945 of this African American unit. Lane was a white captain in the battalion. Collins (the illustrator) was a private in the battalion. 350.00

484. [New Jersey Slave Narrative] Larison, Cornelius Wilson, 1837-1910 Silvia Dubois, (Now 116 Yers Old.): A Biografy of the Slav Who Whipt Her Mistres and Gand Her Fredom. Ringos, N.J.: C. W. Larison, 1883. 1st ed. ills, 124p. plus (8)p. publisher's adverts. Cloth. 19cm. Cover detached. Binding broken. Most pages detached. Poor. Should be rebound. Written in a complicated and difficult semi-phonetic spelling that few people have had the patience to wade through, this odd but interesting book was collected but little read until recently translated into standard English. A copy of the Schomburg Library edition is included with this copy of the first edition. Silvia Dubois was born a slave in Somerset County, New Jersey, although it seems unlikely that she was as old as claimed in this narrative. Now that Larison's compilation of the ex-slave's account is being read, it is uncertain just how strictly accurate this narrative was in recounting other facts in the picturesque life of Ms. Dubois. 375.00

485. *Larsen, Nella. Autograph Letter, signed. to Eddie Wasserman. Undated ("At Home Sunday"). Original mailing envelope present. Postmarked April 23, 1928. One page on note-sized paper. 23cm. 64 words. Larsen signed this letter as Nella Larsen Imes, her married name at the time this letter was written. She writes, in part: "Many thanks for your very perceptive review. I do like it. Incidentally, I think that perhaps you have missed your calling. So few reviewers really seem able to get at the real heart of a book as you do." The review was probably of "Quicksand" her first novel which was published in 1929. Material relating to Larsen is quite uncommon. After her second novel in 1929 and a short story or two, Larsen stopped writing, withdrew from the literary circle and quietly disappeared from Harlem. 2000.00

486. *Lee, Audrey. Typed Letter, signed. One Page. Dated 4/15/71. Stapled to it is a one-page sheet on which lists information about her published work and gives a ten word biographical sketch. Mailing envelope present although rather soiled. Lee wrote two novels ("The Clarion People" and "The Workers") in the late 1960s but has been little heard from since then. Biographical details are scanty. In this letter Lee says, in part: "Am afraid that I do not have an interesting biography and hope that attached is sufficient. At the same time I avoid depressing you." Letter addressed to John E. Edwards, a bookseller and sometime publisher in the 1960s and early 1970s, who contacted many African American writers seeking copies of their books and biographical material for a projected, but never published, book/bibliography on "Negro" writers. 75.00

487. Lee, Hannah Farnham Sawyer, 1780-1865. Memoir of Pierre Toussaint, Born a Slave in St. Domingo. Boston: Crosby, Nichols, 1854. Third edition. frontis (portrait), (3), 124p. Blindstamped blue cloth; gilt decorations on backstrip. 18cm. Backstrip faded, with chip and fraying at head. Church Library notation inked on endpaper. Born in Haiti, Toussaint later lived and prospered in New York City. In 1997 Pope John Paul II declared Toussaint "venerable," an important step on the way to possible Catholic sainthood. This "third" edition appears to be an unrevised third printing of the first edition [also published in 1854]. 175.00

488. *Lee, James F. The Victims. NY: Vantage Press, (c. 1959). 1st edition. 190p. Hardcover. dj. 21cm. Jacket Good (moderate foxing and wear). According to the jacket blurb, the African American author of this novel was born in Virginia, graduated from Howard University in 1951 and had been a Federal Corrections Officer in Washington, D.C. for eight years. 75.00

489. *Lee, John M., 1907- Counter-Clockwise. NY: Wendell Malliet, 1940. 1st ed. 103p. Blue cloth. Title-label on front cover. 19cm. Cover cloth bubbled into wavy patterns. Staining on endpapers. Contents sound. Good. Short novel by an African American author which involves passing as white, betrayal and suicide. 60.00

490. [Inscribed by Author] Leeming, David. Amazing Grace: A Life of Beauford Delaney. NY: Oxford University Press, 1998. ills (some color), index, xvi, 221p. Hardcover. dj. 24cm. INSCRIBED by Leeming (signing as "David") to one of his research assistants for this book. A couple of minor related items laid in. 50.00

491. *LeFalle-Collins, Lizetta, curator. Novae: William H. Johnson and Bob Thompson. Los Angeles: California Afro-American Museum Foundation, (c. 1990). ills, 55p. plus chronologies, lists of exhibited works and bibliography. Wr. 28cm. 50.00

492. Lester, C. Edwards, 1815-1890. Chains and Freedom: or, The Life and Adventures of Peter Wheeler, a Colored Man yet Living. NY: E. S. Arnold, 1839. 1st ed. frontis (portrait), vi, [1], [9]-260p. Cloth. 16cm. Binding worn, lacking backstrip. Former owner's name. Contents shaken, moderately browned and worn. Fair. Uncommon slave narrative written by Lester with considerable abolitionist sentiments mixed in. Portions of the book appear in question and answer format based on Lester's conversations with Wheeler. Lester also wrote several books on a variety of other subjects. 275.00

493. *Lester, Woodie Daniel. The History of the Negro and Methodism In Arkansas and Oklahoma: The Little Rock - Southwest Conference 1838-1972. Little Rock: Little Rock Conference, The United Methodist Church, 1979. photos, index, 144p. Hardcover. 23cm. 60.00

494. [Program] Leslie, Lew. Lew Leslie's Blackbirds of 1934, a Harlem Rhapsody. The Fastest and Most Modern Revue ever Presented in London. London: Coliseum, 1934. [8]p. Pictorial wr. 25cm. At head of title: Direct from Broadway. Cover illustration of a dapper, airborne bespectacled bird on which three costumed cast members are standing. 100.00

495. [Exhibition catalog] [*Lewis, Norman, 1909-1979] Norman Lewis: From the Harlem Renaissance to Abstraction May 10, 1989 - June 25, 1989, Kekeleba Gallery, New York. NY: 1989. 1st ed. frontis, illustrated (many color), 71p. Hardcover. 32cm. A few spots on cover. 150.00

496. *Lewis, Robert Benjamin. Light and Truth, From Ancient and Sacred History. Portland: 1836. First edition. 176p. Cloth-backed, paper-covered boards. 14cm. Covers somewhat worn but still sound. "Brookfield A Slavery Library No. 66" inked on free endpaper. Moderate foxing. Good. This was the first attempt by an African American to write a history of the Black race. It should be noted that Lewis also had Native American ancestors. Lewis predates J. A. Rogers by about a century in his willingness to include within the "Ethiopian" race some great historic figures, such as Plato, Homer and Euclid, who were not generally regarded as "Ethiopian." This first edition is a genuine rarity. See the next item for a later printing of the scarce expanded edition which was first published in Boston by a "Committee of Colored Gentlemen" in 1844. 3500.00

497. *Lewis, Robert Benjamin. Light and Truth; collected from the Bible and Ancient and Modern History, Containing the Universal History of the Colored and the Indian Race, From the Creation of the World to the Present Time. Boston: Moses M. Taylor, 1851. viii, [1], [10]-400p. Blindstamped black cloth. 18cm. Ends of backstrip and corners heavily chipped and worn. Foxing (heavy on some pages). Former owner's name and bookplate, as well an institutional bookplate. Ex lib. (stamp on title-page and page edges). Heavy gluemarks on rear endpaper (probably from a removed card pocket). Fair. A later printing of the 1844 edition. 225.00

498. *Lewis, William Henry, 1868-1949. A Primer of College Football. NY: Harper & Brothers, 1896. 1st ed. photos, ix, 205p. Wr. 16cm. Cover chipped on edges and backstrip, and also browned. Shaken. Fair. Lewis was born in Berkley, Virginia and graduated from Amherst College. He was the first African American to be named an All American in football (1892 and 1893) while he was attending Harvard Law School. Lewis was also the first African American to be appointed as an Assistant U. S. Attorney (by Theodore Roosevelt) and the first to be an Assistant Attorney General of the United States (appointed by Wm. Howard Taft). Lewis later switched to the Democratic Party and remained active in Massachusetts politics and in the private practice of law for the rest of his distinguished life. 450.00

499. [Two Items] Lewis Plantation Turpentine Still Old South Plantation since Pre-Civil War Days at Brooksville -- North of Tampa. Single sheet folded to form a six-page brochure. 24cm. [and] Lewis, Pearce. A Trip through the Old Lewis Plantation Brooksville Florida. Singled sheet folded to form a six-page brochure. 23cm. Light soiling and wear on these brochures. Undated but probably 1940s or earlier. Issued to promote a visit to this recreation of a plantation devoted to making turpentine and reinforcing the cherished Southern white notion that African Americans were happy and contented as slaves. 28.00