700. _____ SAME. Wrapper chipped around edges. Contents sound and clean except that the staples are quite rusty. Good. 275.00

701. Ryan, Ceta [Filiceta Brophy Ryan]. Scrapbook containing 2 Newspaper Clippings from the Oakland Independent. 9 pages of pasted down newspaper clipping apparently compiled by Ceta Ryan, a white woman from San Francisco. The 1880 census has a Filleceta Brophy aged 15 living in Storey County, Nevada. Most of the album pages are unused. Tied green album with "Ceta's Scrap Book" imprinted in gilt letters on front. 34cm. Ryan was apparently interested in better treatment of African Americans. Two of the longest clippings are from the Oakland Independent, an African American newspaper. Neither clipping is dated but both appear to be circa 1930. The first article reports on a meeting of the Fanny J. Coppin Club in Oakland at which Ryan (described as a refined club woman from San Francisco) gave her views on the future of the African American race. The second article by Ryan and is also about the future of African Americans -- "Economy the Road to Success. Written for the Independent by Miss Ceta Brophy Ryan of this city." Another clipping is of a poem she wrote titled "The Negro. With Respects to Booker T. Washington." Another clipping reports on her 1915 wedding to David M. Ryan of Virginia City. 85.00

702. Sampson, Emma (Speed), 1868-1947. Miss Minerva's Cook Book. Chicago: Reilly and Lee, 1931. 1st ed. frontis, ills, 280p. Recent quarterbinding (marbled boards backed in red leather). Original colorful front cover cloth reinforced and bound in preceding the half-title. 21cm. Original front cover cloth has a few white spots and a tiny chip at one of the corners. Sampson wrote a series of Miss Minerva novels for children. The stories include some African American characters. This cookbook is much scarcer than Sampson's other Miss Minerva books. 375.00

703. *Samuel, Aaron. A Helping Hand. NY: Good News Pentecostal Mission, c. 1905. 67, (2)p. Pink wr. 16cm. Religious poetry and prose. Listed in French's "Afro-American Poetry and Drama, 1760-1975" which erroneously lists the item as having 77 pages. We find it hard to believe that this copy was printed in 1905 -- 1920s or 1930s seems more likely -- but there is no reprint information. OCLC records only 2 copies of this item (NYPL and U of Ill.). 200.00

704. *Sancho, Ignatius. Letters of the Late Ignatius Sancho, an African. to which Are Prefixed, Memoirs of His Life, by Joseph Jekyll, Esq. M. P. London: Printed for William Sancho, 1803. Fifth edition. frontis (portrait), engraved second title, folding facsimile (of a letter to Sancho), xvi, 310p. Recent quarterbinding (marbled boards nicely backed in brown leather). 21cm. Two small stains at top of frontis and engraved title. Small piece missing from right margin on a few leaves. Folding facsimile split at fold (with some loss of lettering) and heavily browned. Rest of text moderately browned. Good. Sancho was born on a slave ship. He was taken with his parents to the Spanish West Indies where his mother quickly succumbed to disease and his father committed suicide. Sancho was then brought to England at the age of two. Sancho eventually served as Butler to the Duchess of Montagu who left him a small inheritance and an annuity when she died. Sancho appears to have enjoyed his inheritance before eventually settling down and marrying a West Indian woman. Sancho and his wife were grocers during his last several years. [Memoir at pages i-vi briefly summarized]. This fifth edition was published by Sancho's son and, as such, may have been one of the first books published in Great Britain by a publisher of African descent. 650.00

705. *Sanders, Charles L. How Black is Big Business? Washington: Howard University, Institute for Urban Affairs and Research, (c. 1977). 38p. Wr. 28cm. Occasional Paper Volume 3, Number 2. INSCRIBED (by "Charles") to Clarence Holte. Introductory Note states that Sanders is IUAR's first scholar in residence and a former chairman of its Advisory Board. 50.00

706. *Sanders, Rev. P. L., editor. The Voice, Vol. 2, No. 9 (September, 1927). Cleveland: The Voice Publishing Co., 1927. photos, advertisements, 24p. Wr. 28cm. Back cover chipped at bottom and partially split at fold. Contents sound and clean. Good. A very scarce periodical which promoted itself as "Ohio's Greatest Negro Monthly." 90.00

707. *Sapphire. Push. NY: Knopf, 1996. 1st ed. 199p. Black boards. dj. 20cm. Price sticker on back panel of jacket; otherwise as New. SIGNED on half-page ("Sapphire 7/10/96"). Her popular first novel. The story of Precious Jones, a sixteen year old inner city girl from Harlem. 200.00

708. Sarton, May, Introduction. The Poets Speak: Twelve Poems from a Series of Readings at the New York Public Library October and November, 1943. NY: New York Public Library, 1943. 22p. Blue wr. 26cm. An attractive copy. *Langston Hughes was the only African American poet. He is represented by an eight-line poem titled "Refugee in America." Among the other poets were James Agee, Marianne Moore and William Carlos Williams. 75.00

709. Schell, William Gallio. Is the Negro a Beast? A Reply to Chas. Carroll's Book Entitled "The Negro a Beast.": Proving that the Negro is Human from Biblical, Scientific and Historical Standpoints. Moundsville, W. Va: Gospel Trumpet, 1901. 1st ed. ills, 238p. Red cloth. 18cm. Covers soiled. Lower corner of front cover chipped. Back cover dampstained. Hinges weak. Pages browned & quite brittle. Poor. Many whites loved "The Negro a Beast" which had substantial sales and great influence. Attempts, such as this, to refute Carroll usually sold poorly. 100.00

710. [Science Fiction] *Schuyler, George Samuel, 1895-1977. Black No More: Being an Account of the Strange and Wonderful Workings of Science in the Land of the Free, A.D. 1933-1940. NY: Macaulay, (c. 1931). 1st ed. ix, 250p. Hardcover. 19cm. Moderate cover soil. Some fraying at ends of backstrip and at corner tips. Former owner's name on front free endpaper which also has a clipped corner. Good. Entertaining first book by this African American writer. 100.00

711. *Schuyler, George Samuel, 1895-1977. Slaves Today: A Story of Liberia. NY: Brewer, Warren and Putnam, 1931. 1st ed. 290p. Hardcover. 19cm. Backstrip and cover edges slightly faded. Schuyler's second and final novel, written to expose the exploitation of natives by the African American ruling class in Liberia. Sadly, Schuyler aged into a right-w ing ideologue. 275.00

712. [Signed] *Scott, Mingo, Jr. The Negro in Tennessee Politics and Governmental Affairs, 1865-1965: "The Hundred Years Story." Nashville: Rich Printing, 1964. photos, index, x, 352p. Blue cloth. 23cm. Backstrip creased. Tear in margin of one text leaf repaired with archival tape. SIGNED by Scott inside front cover (former owner's name there also). 75.00

713. [Kansas City] *Scott, T. P. Negro City Directory, 1942-1943. [cover title]. Kansas City: (1942). photos, index, lxxx, [17]-157, [6], [4]-124, [1], [171]-259, [4], [264]-266, [16]p. Hardcover. 22cm. Cover somewhat soiled. Ends of backstrip and corners rubbed. Erratically organized - names earlier in the alphabet than Glendora Brown occur after the end of the initial list; the secondary list then continues through the alphabet with names that do not seem to appear in the initial list. Page numbering is even more chaotic than we have indicated. Despite the defects in editing and organizing, this is an important compilation. A photo of T. P. Scott as author appears at page lxxix, The last page in the text contains a photo of Scott's wife and young son and identifies the wife as compiler and editor of this directory. Page ix indicates that this directory was sponsored by the Negro Chamber of Commerce. 400.00

714. Scrapbook of Newspaper Clippings about the 1943 Race Riots in Detroit. [our title]. 78 pages. Completely filled. Newspaper clippings mounted on every page. Contemporary tied brown album. Articles from several newspapers, including Detroit Free Press, Pittsburgh Courier, Michigan Chronicle, and other white and African American newspapers. 250.00

715. *Scruggs, Baxter S. A Man in Our Community: The Biography of L. G. Robinson of Los Angeles, California. Gardena: Institute Press, 1937. 1st ed. frontis, photos, 134p. Green boards backed in gray cloth. 21cm. Gold cover lettering faded. Backstrip somewhat soiled. Good. SIGNED by Scruggs and by L.G. Robinson. Robinson appears to have grown up in Middlefield Stations, Georgia, and to have spent most of his adult life in Southern California where he held a supervisory position in the Janitorial Department. 85.00

716. Second Annual Football Classic Southern University of Scotlandville, La. vs. Xavier University of New Orleans, La. Saturday December 7 Baton Rouge City Park Field Kickoff at 2:00 P.M. Sponsored by the Lions Clubs of Baton Rouge. Baton Rouge: Printed by Franklin Press, n.d. (6)p. Wr. 32cm. Center crease. Football program. 40.00

722. [Serle, Ambrose]. The Happy Negro. Andover: Printed for the New England Tract Society by Flagg and Gould, (1820). 4th ed. 8p. [also numbered 89-96]. 18cm. Disbound (removed from a bound volume). Sound but heavily browned. Good. "No. 7" printed in upper right corner of first page. "The Happy Negro," an account of an encounter with a fervently religious "Uncle Tom" is followed by four other, shorter and variously titled religious items. 50.00

723. *Shaw, James Beverly Ford. The Life and Work of Bishop Alexander Preston Shaw. Nashville: Parthenon Press, (c. 1948). 1st ed. 215p. Hardcover. dj. 20cm. Jacket Good (ends of backstrip chipped; also some soil and a couple of edge-tears). SIGNED on endpaper by the author and by Bishop Shaw (as "Alexander P. Shaw"). Laid in is an oversized business card for the author identifying him as a "Spiritual, Educational, Business, Social Advisor" which also says "No charge for services." Bishop Shaw was born in Mississippi in 1879 and graduated from Rust College in 1902. He entered the ministry of the Methodist Episcopal Church and eventually served fourteen years as pastor of Wesley Chapel in Los Angeles before being elected a bishop in 1936. He served two segregated conferences (New Orleans and Baltimore). In 1950 he became the first African American to serve as Bishop of a predominantly white Methodist Episcopal conference (Southern California-Arizona). The author of this biography was one of the bishop's brothers. 125.00

724. _____ SAME. Jacket only Fair (chipped and worn). Not signed. 75.00

725. Shrine of the Black Madonna. April 1970 -- 2nd Annual "Spring Forum Series." Theme: "New Directions for the Black Church." [cover title]. Detroit: 1970. photos, [40]p. Wr. 30cm. *Albert B. Cleage, Jr., pastor of the church has SIGNED this copy on the first interior page. Speakers listed: *Roy Innis, *C. Eric Lincoln, *Rudolph Windsor, and *Amiri Baraka. 65.00

726. *Simms, Rev. James M. The First Colored Baptist Church in North America. Constituted at Savannah, Georgia, January 20, A.D. 1788. With Biographical Sketches of the Pastors. Philadelphia: 1888. 1st ed. frontis, ills, 264p. Cloth. 19cm. Minor cover spotting. 500.00

727. *Simpkins, Thomas V. Rhymes of Puppy Love and Others: Including Negro Dialect. Boston: Christopher Publishing House, (c. 1935). 1st ed. 60p. Hardcover. 20cm. Gilt title lettering and decoration on front cover dulled. African American author's first book. 150.00

728. [Document] Simpson, William. In Account of the Sale of the Estate of William Simpson, Decd. on the 1st Day of August 1838 by Edwin Clarke, his Exec. 17 page holograph document. 32cm. Later horizontal fold where this was folded twice for storage. Minor chipping along edges and some browning but overall sound and readable. Good. Simpson lived in Bourbon County, Kentucky. Total proceeds from the estate sale were $4718.96. The only slave, described as "Negro Boy Riley," sold for $616.00. A parcel of land sold for $2745.00. Among the multitude of other items sold: 1000 cigars for 90 cents; 35 fine tooth combs for $1.37; two mammoth teeth for 14 cents; Johnston's Dictionary for 39 cents; "Vegetables in Garden" to Clarke for 25 cents; and $270 in Cont. (Continental?) money for 36 cents. 275.00

729. [Phonograph Record] *Smith, Bessie. In the House - Blues. [and on the flip side] Seven Gallon Jug Band. Wipe 'Em Off. London: Parlophone Co. Ltd., n.d. 78 rpm record in a contemporary paper sleeve. We haven't played this but it appears clean with no obvious cracks or scratches. Parlophone R2329. Race Series Nos. 27 and 28 (The Negro and His Music). 50.00

730. [Incomplete Odd Volume] Smith, E. Uncle Tom's Kindred, or the Wrongs of the Lowly, exhibited in a series of sketches and Narratives in Ten Volumes. Mansfield, O.: Published by E. Smith for the Wesleyan Methodist Connection of America, 1854. Vol. II ONLY (of 10). 134p. Lacks binding. Small item (14cm.). Begins with title-leaf which is soiled and rather worn (stains, tears, etc.). Incomplete -- ends at page 134 but should contain more text although we don't know just how much more. Poor. We've never owned or seen a complete set. 40.00

731. [Signed by Several] Smith, Glenn Robert and Robert Kenner. Discovering Ellis Ruley. NY: (c. 1993). 1st ed. ills, 108p. Hardcover. dj. 25cm. SIGNED by Smith and by several others involved in this book (Stacy Hollander, Gerard C. Wertkin, Lee Kogan and John Ruley). 75.00

732. [Broadside] Smith, Gerrit, 1797-1874. A Letter from the Hon. Gerrit Smith to the Cuban Anti-Slavery Committee, New York. Petersboro: Feb. 14, 1873. 29cm. Smith, a very wealthy, white New Yorker, was an important financial supporter of abolitionists and of the early Republican Party. The Cuban Anti-Slavery Committee was composed of African Americans (*S. R. Scottron, President, and *H. H. Garnet, Secretary). 200.00

733. *Smith, Jessie Carney. Black Academic Libraries and Research Collections; an Historical Survey. Westport: Greenwood press, (c. 1977). index, xvii, 303p. Cloth. 21cm. 50.00

734. Smith, Samuel Stanhope. An Essay of the Causes of the Variety of Complexion and Figure in the Human Species. To Which are Added, Animadversions on certain Remarks made on the first edition of this Essay, by Mr. Charles White, in a series of Discourses delivered before the Literary and Philosophical Society of Manchester in England. Also, Strictures on Lord Kaims' Discourse on the Original Diversity of Mankind and an Appendix. New Brunswick: J. Simpson and Co.; Philadelphia: Brannan and Morford; and Charleston, S.C.: E. Morford, Willington, and Co., 1810. Second Edition, Enlarged and Improved. 411p. Contemporary ½ leather. 21cm. Covers worn, lacking portions of backstrip. Joints splitting. Text heavily foxed. Fair. An important early work supporting the genetic unity of mankind. 150.00

735. _____ Same. New Brunswick: J. Simpson and Co.; NY: Williams and Whiting, 1810. Second Edition, Enlarged and Improved. 410p. Contemporary leather. 21cm. Cover scuffing. Ends of backstrip heavily chipped. Joints tender. Name on endpaper. Worming in lower left corner of bottom margin throughout first half of book. S ubstantial foxing. Fair. 150.00

736. Southern Baptist Convention. Social Service Commission. Southern Baptists and Race Relations. Louisville: (1949). 1st ed. 10p. Wr. 24cm. Says nothing about ending segregation but attempts to put a moderate face on their practices and beliefs. 45.00

737. Souvenir Program of Recital Presenting William Christopher Handy and Son Wyer Owen Handy by Union Memorial M.E. church Leffingwell and Pine Boulevard St. Louis, Mo. Sunday, September 4, 1938 4 P.M. [St. Louis: 1938]. 8p. Wr. 30cm. Front cover creased and has some mostly light stains. Center leaf detached. Good. Newspaper clipping tipped in about a talk given by Handy at a St. Louis YMCA the day before this concert. 50.00

738. St. James A. M. E. Church, New Orleans, Louisiana. A Century of African Methodism in the Deep South: History, Personalities and Program. New Orleans: St. James A. M. E. Church, (1946). photos, 99p. Wr. 28cm. Minor soiling and wear. A few creases. Good. A history of this New Orleans church. 85.00

739. *Stanford, Theodore Anthony. Dark Harvest. Philadelphia: (ca. 1936). 1st ed. 33p. Thin black cloth. 23cm. Minor spotting. Title label on front unevenly darkened. Poetry. 175.00

740. *Steptoe, John. Daddy Is a Monster ... Sometimes. NY: Lippincott, (c. 1960). ills, (32 unnumbered pages). Hardcover. dj. 22cm. 1st edition. Jacket lightly browned. Corners clipped on front jacket. INSCRIBED by Steptoe and also SIGNED (on the first text page) by his daughter Bweela who appears in the story. Children's book. 75.00

741. Stereo View Cards. Two cards which depict African American "Buffalo" soldiers. Undated but probably circa 1900. No publication data on either card. Locale unknown. Inexpensive cards with image printed directly on thin cards. Good. Details: (1) "On the March" shows seven soldiers on a heavily loaded horse drawn cart with large wheels;two additional soldiers stand on the ground beside the cart; and (2) "Recreation Time" shows more than a dozen soldiers standing or sitting on the ground around what appears to be a game of chance (dice). 65.00

742. [*Sojourner Truth] Stone, William Leete, 1792-1844. Matthias and his Impostures: or, the Progress of Fanaticism. Illustrated in the Extraordinary Case of Robert Matthews, and some of his Forerunners and Disciples. NY: Harper, 1835. Third edition. 347p. Cloth. 16cm. Minor chipping at ends of backstrip. Old waterspots on front cover. Among the disciples in this small, and decidedly odd, religious cult was Isabella (see p. 63), who later became known as Sojourner Truth. Stone singled her out as "... probably, before the end came, among the most wicked of the wicked" [See page 65]. 300.00

743. [Broadside] Stereoptican Lectures at Colored Seventh Day Adventist Church, 1300 Avenue "f" Birmingham, Ala. Subject: Sunday Night February 3, 1929. "Creation and the Power of God's Word Demonstrated.... Birmingham: 1929. 22 x 28cm. Later folds. Photo of W. H. Baker, Minister in Charge in the lower right corner. 150.00

744. [Extra Illustrated] Story of James P. Beckwourth. Bound volume containing three magazine articles extracted from the Sept 1856, August 1858 and February 1864 issues of Harper's New Monthly Magazine. Later 3/4 leather. All three articles have been extra illustrated by contemporary illustrations taken from other 19th century publications. Some pages discolored from glue. The Beckwourth article is a multi-page review composed mostly of extensive quotations from Beckwourth's account (which was written by Thomas D. Bonner). The other articles in this volume are on Simon Kenton and The Romance of Wyoming. 150.00

745. Stowe, Harriet Beecher. Uncle Tom's Cabin or Life among the Lowly. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, (c. 1896). color frontis, ills (some by Kemble), lxxxv, 529p. Green cloth. Color ill mounted on front cover. dj. 21cm. Jacket Fair (missing a large piece of backstrip; a few other smaller chips). Jacket and front cover both reproduce in color the Kemble illustration that appears as the frontis. Rear jacket flap lists as recent fiction "My Antonia" and other novels from 1918. 75.00

746. *Straker, David Augustus, 1842-1908. The New South Investigated. Detroit: Ferguson Printing Co., 1888. 1st ed. frontis (portrait), table, ix, [11]-230p. Hardcover. 20cm. Bookplate. Errata-slip tipped in. Straker was born in Barbados and was an early (1871) graduate from the law school at Howard University. He entered the practice of law in South Carolina and was Dean of the Law School at Allen University in Columbia, South Carolina, before moving to Detroit, Michigan, where he was a successful lawyer, an activist and the author of several books, all of which are now extremely scarce. 875.00

747. *Straker, David Augustus, 1842-1908. A Trip to the Windward Islands; or, Then and Now. Detroit: (c. 1896). 1st ed. frontis (portrait), photos, 110p. Reddish brown cloth. 22cm. Some discoloration around title on front cover. Text splitting between title and dedication leaves. Good. This book is Straker's account of a visit to the Virgin Islands, St. Martins, St. Kitts, Nevis, Montserrat, Antigua, Guadeloupe, Martinique, Dominica, St. Lucia, and Barbados. Straker writes about West Indians of African descent who have attained prominence in the United States and gives his opinion on possible annexation of West Indian islands by the United States. He ends the book with brief sketches of some of the West Indian islands that he did not visit. 375.00

748. Strother, Horatio T. The Underground Railroad in Connecticut. Middletown: Wesleyan Univ. (1962). 1st ed. photos, 2 maps, index, x, 262p. Cloth. dj. 22cm. Jacket Fair (chipped and rather worn). INSCRIBED by Strother (" Best wishes to my Favorite School & School Staff"). 45.00

749. Stroud, George M. A Sketch of the Laws relating to Slavery in the Several States of the United States. Philadelphia: Kimber and Sharpless, 1827. 1st ed. vii, [2], [10]-180p. Modern quarterbinding (marbled boards backed in blue leather). 21cm. Title-leaf chipped and reinforced around edges. Moderate soil and browning. Good. Pioneering and historically important analysis of the laws relating to slavery in the various states. 500.00

750. Stucker's Classified Business and Professional Directory; Manhattan Harlem - Section. Winter-Spring 1945. NY: Henri T. Stucker, January 1945. 41p. Blue wr. Stapled. 28cm. Cover shows some wear and is heavily rubbed at fold. Good. An effort at producing a business and professional directory for Harlem. Mr. Stucker, an African American, was located at 456 Manhattan Avenue. Semi-annual issues were projected -- we don't know whether any further issues were produced. Text triple-columned. Manhattan Harlem-Section is actually printed above the rest of the title but we relocated it in our title since it seemed more like a subheading, although the rarity of this item suggests the Harlem directory was probably the only version published. 400.00

751. *Styles, Fitzhugh Lee. Negroes and the Law, in the Race's Battle for Liberty, Equality and Justice under the Constitution of the United States with Causes Celebres. Boston: Christopher, (c. 1937). 1st ed. frontis (portrait), 320p. Cloth. 24cm. Cover soil. Short black streak and some discoloration on front cover. Bookseller's stamp on endpaper (which are browned). Age-toned. Good. Pioneering study of legal issues and developments of particular importance to the civil rights of African Americans. Biographies of African American lawyers at pages 115-166. 125.00

752. *Styles, Fitzhugh Lee. How to be Successful Negro Americans: A Guide to Success in Life and Business for Negroes in America. Boston: Christopher, (c. 1941). 1st ed. frontis, xiv, 102p. Cloth. 19cm. Minor cover spotting & wear. Foxing on frontis. SIGNED on front pastedown which also has a former owner's name and a Langston Civic Club label. Self-help advice. 150.00

753. *Sudduth, Horace. 1949-50 Program of the National Negro Business League Detroit, Michigan. n.p.: n.d. 6p. Mimeo. Printed on one side. Staple in upper left corner. 28cm. Minor darkening of title-leaf. Address delivered August 24, 1949 at Tuller Hotel in Detroit. Sudduth, a prominent businessman from Cincinnati, was President of the National Negro Business League. 40.00

754. [Advertisement] Supreme Products Co. Introducing Duke the Greaseless Hair Pomade for Men.... 29 x 37cm. Stiff card. "[T]rains and holds your hair, no matter how wiry, in place all day long." "As appearing in Ebony, Tan and Jet magazines." Chicago based company. 50.00

755. Survey of the Recreational Facilities for Negroes in the City of Charlotte, North Carolina 1938 - 1939. Conducted by a Special Committee from Johnson C. Smith University during 1938-39. 26p. 28cm. Stapled copy in flexible binding. Text printed on one side only of pages. 65.00

756. (*Haynes, Lemuel, 1753-1833) Swift, Job, 1743-1804. Discourses on Religious Subjects ... To which are prefixed, Sketches of His Life and Character and a Sermon, preached at West-Rutland, on the Occasion of his Death by the Rev. Lemuel Haynes. Middlebury, VT: 1805. 1st ed. 300p. Contemporary leather. 18cm. Joints tender. some scuff marks and minor worming on cover. Some worming on rear endpaper and adjacent blanks. Moderately browned. Good. Haynes sermon found at pages 23-32. 250.00

757. Swingin' 'Round Town: A Review of the Most Outstanding - Stars and Attractive Events of 1945! Los Angeles: 1945. photos, (16)p. Wr. 28cm. Some soil and wear but still quite sound. Good. Published by *Ted Merriman who appears to have had a photographic studio at 5123 South Avalon. *Abe Robinson listed as editor. A compilation of "outstanding events and achievements made by the Los Angeles Negro." 75.00

758. *Talbot, David Abner. The Musical Bride. NY: Vantage Press, (c. 1962). 1st ed. 249p. Hardcover. dj. 21cm. Text browned (high acid paper). Corners of jacket rubbed. Inscribed. A novel set in Ethiopia, where Talbot lived for several years. African American author. 85.00

759. *Tanner, Benjamin Tucker, 1835-1923. An Outline of our History and Government for African Methodist Churchmen. Ministerial and Lay. In Catechetical Form. Two Parts with Appendix. Philadelphia: Grant, Faires & Rodgers, Printers, 1884. 1st ed. frontis, 206p. plus (8) undated pages advertisements for other books. Cloth. Ends of backstrip & corners frayed. Small waterspots on cover. Former owner's name on front pastedown (missing a corner). 500.00

760. *Taylor, Marshall William, 1846-1887. The Life, Travels, Labors and Helpers of Mrs. Amanda Smith, the Famous Negro Missionary Evangelist. Cincinnati: Printed by Cranston & Stowe for the Author, 1887. frontis (portrait), 63p. plus (1)p. advertisement for this book. Light blue wrapper. 17cm. Light cover soil. The two interior staples are quite rusty. Introduction by R ev. J. Krehbiel. Cover title: Amanda; or, the Life and Mission of a Slave Girl. This rare biographical sketch should not be confused with her later and much more common autobiography. Includes some material on her visit to Liberia in 1881 (pp. 41-52). 850.00

761. *Taylor, Marshall William, 1878-1932. The Fastest Bicycle Rider in the World; The Story of a Colored Boy's Indomitable Courage and Success Against Great Odd; An Autobiography. Worcester: (c. 1928). 1st ed. frontis, photos, 431p. Cloth. 23cm. Cover dull. Spine lettering faintly visible. Extremities rubbed (some fraying). Bookplate removed. Good. 375.00

762. Texas Association of Negro Musicians. Four Programs from 1928, 1929 and 1930. [our title]. 21-22cm. Later folds. Upper portion thinned on last page where removed from a scrapbook. One program has card from scrapbook attached to upper portion of back cover. Good. Includes: Opening Program of the master Summer School of Music in Fort Worth on June 18, 1928 (3p.); First Closing Exercise of the Childrens Department of the Summer School of Music and Fine Arts at Mt. Gilead Baptist Church on July 27, 1928 (3p.); Fourth Annual Convention held in Galveston, June 12, 1929 (8p.); and Closing Student Recital of the Master Summer School of Music held in Houston on July 25, 1930 (4p.). Also included: National Artists' Program of the National Association of Negro Musicians held in Fort Worth on August 29, 1929 (3p.; small and quite w orn). 40.00

763. (Exhibition catalog). Terry Adkins: Arbeit - Work, 1986-1987: Projekt Binz, Zurich, August 31-September 24, 1986: Galerie Emmerich-Baumann, Zurich, April 23-May 30, 1987. Zurich: 1987. frontis, ills (many color), (approx. 56p.) Wr. 27cm. African American artist. Text by Jacqueline Battle and Conradin Wolf. 85.00

764. Third Consumer Market Survey. Chicago: Robert S. Abbott Publishing Co., (1958). photos, 68p. Wr. Metal spiral binding. Oblong 22cm. Some red and black pencil markings in some of the tables correcting the percentages cited. Compiled by Chicago Defender and the Daily Defender. Statement on cover: Your Key to the Buying-Living Habits of America's Number 1 Negro Market. Study directed by Professor Charles L. Allen of Northwestern University. 75.00

765. Thompson, Frances E. Art in the Elementary Schools: a Manual for Teachers. Nashville: Division of Negro Education, State Department of Education, 1943. vi, 118p. Wr. Blue comb binding. 28cm. Tiny stain on page edges. Thompson identified as Assistant Professor of Art at [Tennessee] Agricultural and Industrial State College. 75.00

766. Thrasher, M. Biographical Sketch of John Long, (Colored), now Living at Milford, Ohio. From Authenticated Data, 145 Years Old, 1739-1884. A Modern Methuselah. An Ethnological Wonder. n.p.: 1884. 8p. Light green wr. 16cm. Cover split at fold and chipped. Good. Printed statement on back cover states that Long has agreed to be exhibited at the Harris Museum in Cincinnati. Pencil note on front which is hard to decipher seems to indicate that a former owner of this rare little pamphlet saw Long at the museum on October 9, 1884. Long claimed to have been born in Culpepper County, Virginia in 1739. After fifty or so years in Virginia, he is reported to have spent an even longer period in Kentucky and Tennessee before coming to Ohio to live out his old age in 1865. In this brief sketch of his long life, he is reported to have seen Patrick Henry, George Washington, Light Horse Harry Lee and General Andrew Jackson. 150.00

767. Thrasher, Max Bennett, 1860-1903. Tuskegee: Its Story and Its Work. Boston: Small, Maynard, 1900. 1st ed. frontis (portrait), photos, xvi, 215p. Decorated cloth. 19cm. Small area gnawed along fore-edge of front cover. Corner worn on back cover. Introduction (2p.) by *Booker T. Washington. Bill French of University Place Book Shop in New York was fond of pulling this title from his shelf and offering it as a book by the author of "Up From Slavery" because Bill was convinced that Thrasher had ghost-written that classic autobiography for Booker T. Washington. Bill was probably at least partially correct. Washington's Preface to "Up from Slavery" states: "Without the painstaking and generous assistance of Mr. Max Bennett Thrasher, I could not have succeeded in any satisfactory degree." 100.00

768. [Exhibition Catalog] Three Masters: Eldlzier Cortor, Hughie Lee-Smith, Archibald John Motley, Jr. NY: Kenkeleba Gallery, 1988. illustrations (many color). 48p. Wr. 30cm. Held May 22, 1988-July 17, 1988. 50.00

769. *Thurman, Wallace, 1902-1934. The Blacker the Berry; A Novel of Negro Life. NY: Macaulay, 1929. 1st ed. 262p. Cloth. 19cm. Covers worn. Backstrip frayed and rather crudely reattached by gluing it down. Rear hingepaper cracked. Good. INSCRIBED by Thurman ("To James ... In anticipation of another story being especially written for submission to him"). Harlem Renaissance novel about the fixation on gradations of color within the African American community. We could not decipher the last name of the inscribee. Thurman was employed at this time as a reader by Macauley. James may have been someone who had previously submitted something that Thurman read in that capacity. Signed copies of Thurman's books are very uncommon 2200.00

770. *Thurman, Wallace, 1902-1934, and A. L. Furman. The Interne. NY: Macaulay, (c. 1932). 1st ed. 252p. Recent quarterbinding (marbled boards backed in leather). 19cm. Text slightly age-toned. Nursing novel with no racially identified characters. His last novel. 250.00

771. *Thurman, Wallace, editor. Fire!! A Quarterly Devoted to the Younger Negro Artists. Metuchen, NJ: Fire!! Press, (1982). 48p. Wr. (a reproduction of the original striking cover by *Aaron Douglas). 28cm. Original two part black box. Four-page brochure containing original material by *Bruce Nugent and Tom Wirth (who issued this 1982 reprint). Fire!! is a legendarily rare periodical published in 1926 which included material by Thurman, Langston Hughes, Zora Neale Hurston, Countee Cullen, Arna Bontemps and others. 1400 copies of the reprint were published of which 120 were boxed and signed by Nugent, as the only surviving original contributor. This is copy No. 83 of the signed copies. 250.00

772. Tillman, Senator Benjamin Ryan. The Race Problem. Speech of Hon. Benjamin R. Tillman, of South Carolina ... in the Senate of the United States, February 23-24, 1903. [cover title]. Washington: 1903. 32p. Wr. No separate wrapper. 23cm. Browned & rather brittle. Harvard Library stamp at bottom of first page identifying this as from the Library of George A. Parker. Good. Signature ("B. R. Tillman") at head of title but we don't know whether this signature is by the Senator. Tillman was a southern white, pro-lynching racist of the more virulent kind. 75.00

773. *Todd, Walter E. Fireside Musings. Washington: Murray Brothers, 1909. 2nd ed. frontis, index, 52p. Hardcover. 17cm. Light cover spotting. Chewed along top edge of front cover. African American author from our nation's capitol. Despite three editions (probably unchanged from one to the next) published between 1908 and 1911, this little book of poetry is quite elusive. 200.00

774. [Travel Guide] Travelguide. 1956 Edition. NY: Travelguide, Inc., 1956. photos, 128, (4)p. Wr. 23cm. First published in 1946 and apparently published annually thereafter up into at least the early 1960s. The slogan of this travel Guide for African Americans was "Vacation & Recreation Without Humiliation." A page of the end is provided for users to suggest hotels and restaurants that accepted African American customers; the same form also encouraged the reporting of unpleasant experiences. A note on page 5 explains that the names for state NAACP presidents for most Southern states were omitted because of the threat of violence to such persons. 375.00

775. [Travel Guide] _____ SAME [1957 Edition]. NY: Travelguide, Inc., 1957. photos, 118, (2)p. Wr. 23cm. 375.00

776. Trentman Co. Realtors. Colored People - Own a Lot in Austin Grandview Place Addition, Austin's Best Home Property for Colored People ... [Austin?]: Trentman, n.d. Large format four-page flyer. 36 x 54cm. Printed on pink paper. Tract office tent for the development located in Austin, Texas, one block east of East Eleventh Street and Chicon. Undeveloped lots offered at prices generally ranging from $49 to $199. $1 down and $1 a week according to this flyer. Warranty deeds not given until paid in full. 125.00

777. The Truth: A Photocopy of the Civil Rights Bill of 1963. Montgomery: Montgomery Junior Chamber of Commerce, (1964). 12 unnumbered pages plus wrapper. Wr. 26cm. "Bill slightly revised before passed by Senate" written in red ink under cover title. The text of the bill is preceded by three pages of introductory material from the Montgomery Junior Chamber of Commerce about this communistic attempt by the federal government to trample the rights of individuals. 50.00

778. *Turner, Charles Henry, 1867-1923. Morphology of the Avian Brain: I. Taxonomic Value of the Avian Brain and the Histology of the Cerebrum. [caption title]. n.p.: [1891]. 4 plates (2 folding) 92p. Wr. (actually no covers). 24cm. Disbound (removed from a bound volume). Tapemarks, numbering and wear. Large name stamp at top of first page. Fair. Extracted from Journal of Comparative Neurology. Thesis offered for the degree of Bachelor of Science in Biology at the University of Cincinnati. 75.00

779. Turner, Robyn Montana. Faith Ringgold. Boston: Little, Brown, (c. 1993). 1st ed. photos (some color), diagrams, 32p. Hardcover. dj. 28cm. Portraits of Women Artists for Children (series). African American artist and writer. 40.00

780. *Turner, Walter Lee. Under the Skin of the African: An Outline of Negro History and Study of the Dominant Traits in Negro Life. Birmingham: African Museum Association, 1948 [actually 1950]. Second Edition Revised and Enlarged. photos, 337p. Hardcover. 23cm. Title-page spotted and browned; rear free endpaper browned. Covers slightly warped. Good. INSCRIBED by the author's widow. The first edition, published in 1928, was titled "Under the skin in Africa : a complete outline of the history of the Republic of Liberia." 150.00

781. [Broadside] *Turpin, Charles H. Turpin for Justice Committee. Dear Voter: Permit Us to Call Your Attention to the Record of Chas. H. Turpin for Justice of Peace, Fourth District on the Republican Ticket.... [St. Louis]: n.d. [1920s?]. 23 x 31cm. Text and small photo of Turpin printed in red. A few chips and edge tears. Moderate browning. Good. Turpin was the first African American constable in St. Louis. He was active in Republican politics and also owned a successful movie theater and other businesses before his death in 1935. This broadside, aimed at African American voters, details Turpin's efforts on several issues and reports several of his achievements, such as being the first African American presidential elector from Missouri. 125.00

782. Tuskegee Airmen. East Coast Chapter. Third National Reunion, August 1973 Sheraton Park Hotel Washington, D.C. Washington: 1973. 36p. Wr. 23cm. Sticker removed from back cover. Light cover soil. Good. 40.00

783. [Tuskegee Airmen] Tuskegee Army Flying School and AAF 66th FTD, Tuskegee, Alabama: Army Air Forces Southeast Training Center. [cover title]. Baton Rouge: Army and Navy Pub. Co., (1942). photos, 118p. Hardcover. 31cm. Corners bumped and slightly frayed. Name on second leaf (appears to be Pvt. Tingley). Contents shaken but not detached. Good. A very scarce yearbook which contains photos of the aviation cadets (Tuskegee Airmen) and other personnel. 450.00

784. [Tuskegee Airmen] Tuskegee Army Flying School and AAF 66th FTD, Tuskegee, Alabama: Army Air Forces Southeast Training Center. [cover title]. Baton Rouge: Army and Navy Pub. Co., (1942). photos, 118p. Hardcover. 31cm. Rear endpaper and next blank leaf browned (probably from newspaper clippings (there were several; we've put them in a plastic bag). Three glossy photos (24 x 18cm.) laid in; two are stamped on back "AAF Training Command." A very scarce yearbook which contains photos of the aviation cadets (Tuskegee Airmen) and other personnel. One photo shows a uniformed African American being baptized in a chapel or church; another is of five African American clerks/typists in a military office; the third is of an African American nurse. 875.00

785. Tuskegee Normal and Industrial Institute. Fifty-Fifth Annual Catalog Tuskegee Normal and Industrial Institute 1936-1937. Tuskegee Institute, Alabama: Tuskegee Institute Press, 1936. 216p. Soft cover. 23cm. Some cover soil and wear. Good. This is also Tuskegee Institute Bulletin, Vol. XXIX, No. 3 (October 1936) 65.00

786. Twain, Mark (Samuel L. Clemens). The Tragedy of Pudd'nhead Wilson and the Comedy Those Extraordinary Twins. Hartford: 1894. 1st ed. frontis, ills in margins, 432p. Brick colored cloth. 23cm. Minor wear only. An attractive copy with all of BAL's first state points. An entertaining and rather clever tale that somehow never captivated the public as well as the best of Twain even though it contains his inimitable mix of bigotry, prejudice, and other human frailties. Perhaps it is just because the tale is relatively short and less entertaining or maybe it is just that we like many of his other heroes more than Pudd'nhead. Most of tale revolves around a good African American twin and a bad white twin, which Twain upsets when Pudd'nhead establishes his brilliance by proving that the bad twin is actually African American and the good twin is actually white. 375.00

787. Uncle Remus's Home Magazine. 37 monthly issues 1908 and 1912 including: Feb.-July, Sept., Nov, and Dec., 1908; Jan.-Dec., 1909; Jan.-Sept., Nov., Dec., 1910; March, April, June and Oct., 1911; and Oct. 1912. Original wrappers. 38cm. Condition varies. Wrappers split at fold or detached on a few issues. Some wrappers are worn or soiled. Many, if not most have the name stamp of a seminary library on the front cover. Good. Founded in 1907 as Uncle Remus's Magazine by Joel Chandler Harris. He edited and wrote extensively for the magazine until his death in July, 1908. His son Julian Harris was business manager and became the editor of the re-named Uncle Remus's Home Magazine after his father's death. The magazine aspired to a national following but found most of its readership in the South. The periodical struggled financially during its relatively short life despite claiming a circulation as high as 245,000. It was acquired by the Pulitzer Publishing interests in 1913 and soon faded from existence. Many of the issues contain one or more articles by Joel Chandler Harris, a practice that appears to have continued after his death, whether with unpublished or previously published material is unclear to us. Harris is still beloved by many for the cleverly told Uncle Remus stories but there is a racist, white supremacist element to his writings. The Feb.-July, 1908 issues in this collection of issues contain six (of eight or more) parts of John C. Reed's "What I Know of the Ku Klux Klan," in which Reed proudly details his efforts as a member of Georgia Klan to disenfranchise African Americans and re-establish absolute white control. Julian Harris, the son, and his wife later purchased and edited the Columbus Enquirer-Sun, where they won a Pulitzer Prize in 1926 for their editorials supporting the teaching of evolution and opposing the activities of the Ku Klux Klan. 2200.00

788. *Underhill, Irvin W. Daddy's Love and Other Poems. Philadelphia: A.M.E. Book Concern, Printers, n.d. [1916]. 1st ed. 87p. Hardcover. 19cm. Small spot on front cover. Ends of backstrip slightly rubbed. Laid in: (1) a sheet of coated paper on which is printed a portrait of an African American man (Underhill?); and (2) an outline for a brief letter about this book to Underhill on a sheet of note paper (Episcopal Diocese of Philadelphia letterhead). According to an autobio-graphical poem at pages 71-77, Underhill, a Pennsylvanian, earned his living working in a café until he went blind. Thereafter, he took care of his three children, and his wife worked to support them until she died, after which his two oldest children got jobs to support his family. 500.00

789. United Advance Beneficial Order of Ethiopians. Advisory Trustee Certificate. [Philadelphia?]: n.d. [probably 1920s or 1930s]. Printed broadside. 36 x 34cm. Later folds. Small hole punched in top margin. Certificate issued to Rev. S. W. Adair. E[dward] P[arker] Read, the purveyor of various herbal remedies in Philadelphia and apparently the moving force behind several grand-sounding, but little-known, enterprises, is listed as Supreme President, Fannie H. Ricks as Supreme Organizer, Lillian S. Sheldon as Supreme Secretary, and Allie S. Read as Supreme Treasurer. This organization identifies itself as "A National Benevolent and Protective Society organized to assist Colored People to Ameliorate their condition." Beyond that, and despite lots of text, it is unclear what this organization proposed to do. 200.00

790. United Americans for Conservative Government. White Citizens Wake Up! Attend Rally ... Bessemer National Guard Armory Saturday Nite. July 13. [Birmingham?]: n.d. [1960s]. Broadside flyer on poor quality paper. 18 x 26cm. Corner chipped. Other tears and wear. Several grease stains. Good. "Hear Art Hanes and Rev. Ferrell Griswold tell what went on before and during the Negro demonstrations." 60.00

791. [Broadside] United Federal Workers of America, C. I. O. Discrimination. Total War Requires Total Mobilization on the Home Front in Government as in Industry ... Mass Meeting Monday, January 25th, 1943 8:15 P. M. South Interior Auditorium on C Street between 18th and 19th Streets, N. W. Prominent Speakers Will Be Presented.... 22 x 28cm. Later creases where folded, probably for mailing. 75.00

792. United Front 3rd Annual Survival and Solidarity Celebration Saturday, April 8th ... St. Columba Church 414 14th Street Cairo, Ill. Cairo: 1972. Broadside. 26 x 35cm. Printed on thin orange paper. Stains along right edge. A few edge chips. Good. Cairo, Illinois, was particularly resistant to integration. The United Front was an African American organization formed to promote the safety and the civil and economic rights of African Americans. 75.00

793. [Broadside Poster] United Negro College Fund. Detroit Committee. Give Education Production Citizenship for United Negro College Fund ... Help Maintain 27 Negro Colleges. National Goal $1,500,000. Detroit Quota $75,000 ... Detroit Committee John J. O'Brien Chairman, John C. Dancy Vice-Chairman ... Workers Are Needed. Headquarters 606 E. Vernor.... Undated (probably 1944 since that is when their national goal was 1.5 million). White background; lettered in brown and green (most of the lettering and all three photos in brown ink). 36 x 56cm. Reasonably sound but with some soiling, tears, creases, and foxing. Fair. 85.00

794. U.S. Army. 92d Infantry Division. The Buffalo, Vol. 6, No. 5 (June 19, 1945). This issue published in Genoa, Italy. photos, 8p. Printed on newsprint. Moderately brown. Chipping along later horizontal fold. Good. Divisional newspaper for this segregated unit of African American soldiers. Lead article is on the intricacies of the point system which was used to determine who got sent home first after end of WWII. 150.00

795. United States. Army. 92d Division. Historical Committee. October 1942-June 1945 with the 92d Infantry Division. n.p.: Information-Education Section MTOUSA, [1945]. photos, 95p. Softcover. 17cm. 300.00

796. U.S. Army. 372d Infantry. The 372d Infantry: A Marching Tradition. n.p.: (1944). photos, 54p. Wr. 28cm. Soiling, splitting, scuffing, browning, creasing and other wear but still basically intact. Fair. Rare pamphlet about this segregated National Guard unit. Colonel *Edward Orval Gourdin, a silver medalist at the 1924 Olympics, was the commanding officer. 125.00

797. US. Congress. House of Representatives. Select Committee to visit Vicksburgh. Vicksburgh Troubles. Washington: 1875. index, xxxvi, 571p. Contemporary green ½ leather. 23cm. 43d, Cong. 2nd Sess. House. Report No. 265. Hearings held in investigate the murderous actions of white cowards in Warren County, Mississippi. 200.00

798. [Odd Volume] United States. Congress. Joint Select Committee. Testimony taken by the Joint Select Committee to Inquire into the Condition of Affairs in the Late Insurrectionary States. Mississippi. Volume II. Washington: GPO, 1872. This volume ONLY. [5], [610]-1189p. Black cloth. 23cm. Backstrip chipped and torn. Corners bumped and worn. Former owner's name and name stamp. Contents age-toned but otherwise sound and clean. Fair. 85.00

799. [Odd Volume] United States. Congress. Joint Select Committee. Testimony taken by the Joint Select Committee to Inquire into the Condition of Affairs in the Late Insurrectionary States. South Carolina. Volume II. Washington: GPO, 1872. This volume ONLY. [5], [598]-1283p. Black cloth. 23cm. Cloth worn through or gouged in a couple of places. A few paper remnants adhering to back cover. Good. 85.00