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1915Best.-Nr. 011642Northampton 1915. Northampton Mercury. Full year 1915.Book measures 69x52.cm. 52 issues each issue have 8 pages. Large amount of Military reporting local history and events. Bound in modern half cloth cloth boards black lettering. Binding in good clean firm condition. Internally page edges are slightly brittle with some short tears some browning to edges. Generally brittleness to edges mainly to first few month pages can be handled and are not falling apart Friday January 1st 1915 8th 15th 22nd 29th February 5th 12th 19th 26th March 5th 12th 19th 26th April 2nd 9th 16th 23rd 30th May 7th 14th 21st 28th June 4th 11th 18yj 25th July 2nd 9th 16th 23rd 30th August 6th 13th 20th 27th September 3rd 10th 17th 24th October 1st 8th 15th 22nd 29th November 5th 12th 19th 26th December 3rd 10th 17th 24th. . Cloth. Near Very Good. Folio. Hardcover
Best.-Nr. M6889dSet of 30 volumes. Centre d'Egyptologie Montségur 2008-2016. First edition. In-4. Original softcover a fine set. From the library of Egyptologist Charles Cornell Van Siclen III VSX. Language: French/Français. This set ships from the USA shipping costs will be updated accordingly TXR. Relevant subjects: Egypt: Journals Egypt. unknown
1985Best.-Nr. 2110502150906959Kazama shobo 1985. Soft Cover. Fine. Volume: 1 Kazama shobo paperback
1970Best.-Nr. 178751970. Women: A Journal of Liberation 1970 to 1975 documenting feminist cultural expression and ideological debate within the Women's Liberation Movement during the early second wave period. The material reflects feminist print culture illustrating themes of gender roles domestic life labor sexuality and global political struggle and offering insight into how activists writers and artists articulated women's experiences and demands for social transformation. It supports research into feminist media intersectional discourse and the evolution of women-centered publishing in the United States. Archive includes: 1 Women: A Journal of Liberation Vol. 1 No. 4. Summer 1970. Baltimore MD: Women: A Journal of Liberation Inc. 1970. This issue's theme is "In Revolution" and its cover bears an image of a shouting woman breaking through chains her chin lifted in determination. On the back wrapper is a photographic collage of feminists and a woman behind bars sweat dripping down her forehead. Articles discuss Vietnam the Russian Revolution Rosa Luxembourg and various current events relating to the women's movement. 2 Women: A Journal of Liberation Vol. 2 No. 1 Fall 1970. Baltimore MD: Women: A Journal of Liberation Inc. 1970. An issue on women in the arts with articles on female authors women in music and film children's literature focused on women female visual artists and women as muse. Cover features a purple print of a woman sitting in a chair and hiding her face from view captioned "model in art class". 3 Women: A Journal of Liberation Vol. 2 No. 2 Winter 1971. Baltimore MD: Women: A Journal of Liberation Inc. 1970. This issue is titled "How We Live and With Whom" and includes articles on family marriage and homelife. Many of these articles explore marital and familial issues affecting women in the 70s including the difficulties of divorce sex education for young girls and alternative lifestyles like communal living. 4 Women: A Journal of Liberation Vol. 3 No. 2 Winter 1972. Baltimore MD: Women: A Journal of Liberation Inc. 1972. Titled "Building a New Culture". An issue exploring the role of women in culture and the impact of popular culture on women including articles on women in music theater and sports as well as women's studies and sociology. Cover features a green print of five women dancing in a circle. 5 Women: A Journal of Liberation Vol. 3 No. 4. Baltimore MD: Women: A Journal of Liberation Inc. 1974. This issue is titled "International Women" and bears cover images of an older woman wearing a bandana and prints of Native women a Black woman and a Vietnamese woman holding artillery in one hand and a baby in another. Articles discuss Vietnam women in the Cuban Revolution Nisei women Chicana culture and various current events relating to the women's movement. 6 Women: A Journal of Liberation Vol. 4 No. 2 Spring 1975. Baltimore MD: Women: A Journal of Liberation Inc. 1975. Titled "The Cost of Living" this is issue centers around the relationship between women and money. Includes articles on women in the workforce welfare living in poverty and women supporting themselves independently. This topic would have been especially relevant in the mid-70s when the Equal Credit Opportunity Act opened up new financial opportunities for women in the US. Six issues spanning 1970 to 1975 each approximately 11 x 8.25 inches. This period coincides with significant developments in U.S. feminist organizing including expanded discourse on workplace equality reproductive rights and financial independence as well as increased attention to global and intersectional perspectives within the movement. The journal's combination of political analysis creative expression and visual design situates it within a broader network of feminist periodicals that shaped activist and intellectual exchange. Light handling wear covers and pages well-preserved with strong color and clarity; overall very good condition. A cohesive and visually distinctive grouping illustrating the breadth of feminist thought and cultural production in the early 1970s. unknown
2019Best.-Nr. BN395546Globe Law and Business 2019. 2019. Hardcover. The AIPN Joint Operating Agreement: A Practical Guide The AIPN Joint Operating Agreement: A Practical Guide Reginald Fowler Peter Roberts Journal of World Energy L et Eduardo Pereira Globe Law and Business hardcover
Best.-Nr. 2i10602Verlag Hohenlohe'sche Buchhandlung Ferd. Rau Öhringen/Württ./Verlag Deutsche Quartärvereinigung/DEUQUA - Deutsche Quartärvereinigung e. V. Hannover 1973-2011. Insgesamt ca. 5500 S. teils mit vielen Abbildungen und einigen Tabellen kartonierte Einbände teils quart teils geringe Gebrauchsspuren/teils Namensstempel auf Einband. - sonst gute Exemplare / good condition / teils Text englisch - unknown
Best.-Nr. 2N4275Le Petit Journal Paris 1906/1907. Insgesamt 416 416 Seiten mit zahlreichen ganzseitigen kolorierten Holzstichen moderner Halbleinen-Einband mit goldgeprägtem Rückentitel folio ca. 31 x 445 cm Seiten gebräunt/gering fleckig. - schönes komplettes Exemplar mit allen illustrierten Titelblättern / Enthalten: Jahrgang 1906 Numéro 790 - 841 = 52 Nummern komplett mit Inhaltsverzeichnis / Jahrgang 1907 Numéro 842 - 893 = 52 Nummern komplett mit Inhaltsverzeichnis / Text französisch - unknown
Best.-Nr. 2N4274Le Petit Journal Paris 1897/1898. Insgesamt 416 416 Seiten mit zahlreichen ganzseitigen kolorierten Holzstichen moderner Halbleinen-Einband mit goldgeprägtem Rückentitel Imperial-Folio ca. 31 x 45 cm Seiten gebräunt/etwas fleckig. - schönes Exemplar mit allen illustrierten Titelblättern / Enthalten: Jahrgang 1897 Numéro 320 - 336 und 338 - 371 ohne Nr. 337 Seite 137-144 / Jahrgang 1898 Numéro 372 - 423 = 52 Nummern komplett / Beide Jahrgänge mit jeweils Index. Jahrgang 1897 zusätzlich mit zahlreichen illustrierten Beilagen aus der Tier- und Pflanzenwelt / Text französisch - unknown
Best.-Nr. 5L3316Félix Juven Paris 1898. Insgesamt ca. 624 illustrierte Seiten mit colorierten Titelseiten im Halbleinen-Einband mit goldgeprägtem Rückentitel quart Einband etwas gelockert und gering fleckig sowie berieben/Blätter altersgemäß gebräunt/an der letzten Seite von Nr. 186 ein kleiner Abriß. - sonst durchgehend sauberes und ordentliches Exemplar / Veber gestaltete eine Sondernummer 212 mit drei farbigen Blättern zur Reise Wilhelms II. in den vorderen Orient dessen Verkauf in Deutschland verboten war für eine Ausgabe zum gleichen Thema mußten der Herausgeber des Simplicissimus Albert Langen seinerzeit in die Schweiz emigrieren wurden der Zeichner Th. Th. Heine wegen Majestätsbeleidigung zu 6 Monaten Haft und der Dichter Frank Wedekind zu einer Geldstrafe verurteilt. Vallotton lieferte neben 2 farbigen und 4 schwarzweißen Illustrationen Hefte 181 182. Von Leandre stammen ein übergroßes Spottbild auf Watteaus: "Die Einschiffung nach Cythera" Nr. 196 vom 6. August. Viele Zeichner beschäftigten sich mit der Dreyfußaffäre / Die Zeitschrift "Le Rire" das Gelächter wurde 1894 von Félix Juven gegründet der auch "La vie illustrée" herausgab. Sie erschien jeden Samstag und trieb nach einem Wort von Gustave Flaubert besonders in den Jahren bis zum ersten Weltkrieg 'die allgemeine Schweinerei wie in den Tagen von Bouvard und Pécuchet'. "Le Rire" demaskierte die "falschen Ärsche" von Politik und Gesellschaft und sparte die Kleinbürger dabei nicht aus. Dabei ist es heuzutage eine Banalität von der "Belle Epoque" zu sprechen und dabei zu vergessen daß diese Zeit nur für einige Zeitgenossen schön war. "Le Rire" beschäftigte die besten Zeichner der Zeit wie Toulouse-Lautrec Félix Vallotton Steinlein Forain Léandre der den Gotha du Rire erfand Caran d'Ache Charles Veber Charles Huard Rabier Abel Faivre Roubille Lucien Métivet um nur die bekanntesten unter ihnen zu nennen. Es gibt Karikaturen von Leandre die in ihrer Schärfe und Unversöhnlichkeit an die Arbeiten von Daumier erinnern / Vergl. Georg Pilz. Geschichte der Europäischen Karikatur Berlin 1976 / Text französisch - unknown
1902Best.-Nr. 44847Thompson and Thomas 1902-01-01. Hardcover. Acceptable. Fair; Contents are tight and clean; heavy wear to ends of spine; Ex-Library; Hard Cover; Thompson & Thomas; 1902; 0 Thompson and Thomas hardcover
1768Best.-Nr. 339729Boston 1768. 4pp. Disbound. Signature of Col. Hatch. 4pp. Includes mostly European news but notes under the date Sept. 8: "Both the tenour and purport of all the late dispatches from America is That the colonists will never give up their liberties" and lists the regiments on duty in America. The final column on the last page gives local news including a reference to non-importation: "We hear the senior class at Harvard college have unanimously agreed to take their degrees next commencement dressed in black cloth of the manufacture of this country unknown
1848Best.-Nr. 41215Washington: George S. Gideon 1848. Broadside 8" x 12-1/2." Very Good. Gideon promises that his paper "will be emphatically a National Press designed for circulation in every section of the country. The object of the paper will be to harmonize the action and promote the efficient organization of the Whig party as well as to diffuse its principles and arouse its spirit and enthusiasm." Subscription costs are printed after which Gideon signs in type from Washington in June 1848. Beneath Gideon's name is a recommendation from seven members of the Whig Executive Committee of Congress urging support for the Paper which "will prove a vehicle of useful political information and if generally circulated will contribute powerfully to the desired change in the Administration of the Government." There follows a section for persons to sign up for subscriptions with their post office addresses. Our copy has no names listed. Not located on OCLC as of August 2025. George S. Gideon unknown
1863Best.-Nr. 41296Richmond 1863. Folio 11-1/2" x 16." Elaborately engraved masthead. 8pp pp 33-40. Printed in four columns per page. Disbound. A couple of tears repairs and small loss. Good plus. Portraits of Major John H. Mosby and Major John Pelham are on the first page. Accompanying detailed stories celebrate Mosby's "indominable energy and reckless daring" and mourn the death of "The Gallant Pelham." Advertisements news from the Blockade poems and war news complete the issue. unknown
Best.-Nr. elala5710cToronto: 1905. First Edition. oblong 4to. pp. 199. illus. throughout. original cloth. elala5710 [cToronto: 1905] hardcover
1942Best.-Nr. 217921942. Woodson Carter Godwin. The Journal of Negro History. 1942-1949. Foundational issues of the journal established by Carter G. Woodson documenting the institutionalization of Black historical scholarship in the United States and advancing early academic study of African American military service political rights and diaspora culture. Issued by the Association for the Study of Negro Life and History which Woodson co-founded in 1915 these volumes situate Black experience within national and Atlantic frameworks including Revolutionary War service Reconstruction governance and twentieth-century military participation. The selection highlights how mid-century scholars constructed a documentary record of African American life in direct response to exclusion from mainstream historiography with particular emphasis on suffrage labor naval service and racial legislation. Woodson Carter Godwin ed. The Journal of Negro History. Washington D.C.: Association for the Study of Negro Life and History 1942 1947 1949. Four issues. 1 Jackson Luther P. "Virginia Negro Soldiers and Seamen in the American Revolution." The Journal of Negro History. Vol. XXVII No. 3. Washington D.C.: ASNLH 1942. Establishes early documentation of African American military participation in the Revolutionary War. Additional contents include Frank J. Klingberg's study of Jamaican legislation 1837 Ronald V. Sires's analysis of the Jamaica Slave Insurrection Loan 1832-1863 and Harold Courlander's "Profane Songs of the Haitian People" presenting vernacular cultural material from Haiti. 2 Wesley Charles H. "Negro Suffrage in the Period of Constitution-Making 1787-1865." The Journal of Negro History. Vol. XXXII No. 2. Washington D.C.: ASNLH 1947. Examines the development of Black political rights before the Civil War. Herbert Aptheker's "The Negro in the Union Navy" and Lawrence D. Reddick's "The Negro in the United States Navy during World War II" connect nineteenth-century and contemporary military service while Mercer Cook's essay surveys modern Haitian literature. 3 Lofton Williston H. "Northern Labor and the Negro during the Civil War." The Journal of Negro History. Vol. XXXIV No. 3. Washington D.C.: ASNLH 1949. Traces relationships between African American workers and Northern labor movements. Sidney Kaplan's "The Miscegenation Issue in the Election of 1864" analyzes race in wartime political discourse and Morris U. Schappes reprints Ernestine L. Rose's address on West Indian emancipation preserving a nineteenth-century abolitionist voice. 4 Bernstein Leonard. "The Participation of Negro Delegates in the Constitutional Convention of 1868 in North Carolina." The Journal of Negro History. Vol. XXXIV No. 4. Washington D.C.: ASNLH 1949. Documents Black political participation in Reconstruction governance. Additional contributions include Joseph H. Taylor on disfranchisement in Alabama Jessie P. Guzman on Monroe Nathan Work's scholarly contributions and a reprinted 1774 letter by Phillis Wheatley identified by Benjamin Quarles. These issues were published during World War II and the early Cold War when African American military service abroad and civil rights struggles at home intensified scholarly and political attention to Black history. Articles on the Union Navy and World War II naval service align with wartime debates over segregation and citizenship while studies of suffrage Reconstruction conventions and disfranchisement reflect renewed examination of constitutional rights in the context of emerging civil rights activism. Four issues in publisher's printed wrappers each approximately 108 to 118 pages. Light wear occasional foxing and minor soiling to wrappers; overall very good to near fine. A cohesive grouping illustrating how Black historians and intellectuals built an evidentiary foundation for African American history as a formal academic discipline in the mid twentieth century. unknown
1967Best.-Nr. 235281967. Woodson Carter Godwin. The Journal of Negro History traces Black historical scholarship from the civil rights movement of the late 1960s to the constitutional battles over affirmative action in the early 1980s. Kenneth B. Clark a psychologist whose work with Mamie Phipps Clark on children and racial segregation was cited in Brown v. Board of Education opens the January 1968 issue with "The Present Dilemma of the Negro" while other issues examine racial thought in colonial America Black sailors in the Navy and merchant service discipline under industrial slavery in the Old South antislavery agents working with free Black communities from 1833 to 1838 and the Bakke Weber and Fullilove affirmative-action cases. William M. Brewer and Alton Hornsby Jr. eds. The Journal of Negro History. Washington D.C.: The Association for the Study of Negro Life and History Inc. 1967-1982. Nine quarterly issues. Vol. LIII Nos. 3 and 4 July and October 1967; Vol. LIII Nos. 1 and 2 January and April 1968; Vol. LIV Nos. 1 2 3 and 4 January April July and October 1969; Vol. LV No. 1 January 1970; and Vol. LXVII No. 3 Fall 1982. Including writings "The Emergence of DuBois As An African Nationalist"; Max Welborn "Racial Massacre In Atlanta September 22 1906"; Valeria W. Weaver "The Failure Of Civil Rights 1875-1883 And Its Repercussions"; and "The Ethel Johns Report: Black Women In The Nursing Profession 1925." These issues show Woodson's program in the decades after civil rights activism brought Black historical scholarship into debates over school desegregation voting rights enforcement affirmative action and the recovery of African origins in Atlantic slavery. January 1969 number includes the annual report "The Mis-Education of The Negro" tying the Association's current work to Woodson's critique of American schooling while the 1982 number places King's memory Central African slavery Black women's nursing labor affirmative action and Civil War freedom claims in the same scholarly forum. A compact run of The Journal of Negro History that connects ASALH's Woodson-era mission to late twentieth-century scholarship on enslavement civil rights enforcement African Diaspora origins Black labor and affirmative action law. Wrappers show toning some scattered stains with some issues showing binding weakness; interiors remain readable. Overall very good condition. unknown
1890Best.-Nr. 82593Phownixville Pa.:: The Daily Republican Friday July 4 1890. newspaper printed in black illustrated with engraved portraits and overprinted with red and blue stripes simulating the US flag. . Lightly creased where folded; a few tiny losses at folds; quite attractive. 21-1/2 x 31 inches. The Daily Republican, unknown
1965Best.-Nr. 0002987N. A Kovach 1965. First of this edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Fair. D/j has several tears and is darkened. Limited to 225 copies. N. A Kovach hardcover
1997Best.-Nr. 211481997. Journal of Lesbian Studies published between 1997 and 2000 documents the institutionalization of lesbian studies and queer feminist scholarship within late twentieth-century academic publishing. Founded in 1997 the journal created an interdisciplinary forum examining lesbian history identity sexuality politics health media representation literature labor geography and cultural production while maintaining explicit connections to grassroots lesbian activism and feminist organizing. The publication reflects the expansion of LGBTQ studies within universities during the 1990s and illustrates how lesbian scholars and writers developed dedicated intellectual spaces addressing issues often marginalized within both mainstream academia and broader feminist discourse. Through peer-reviewed essays theoretical debates editorials poetry and reviews the journal provides primary-source evidence for the study of lesbian feminist thought queer theory sexuality studies and the development of LGBTQ academic institutions at the turn of the twenty-first century. Binghamton New York: The Haworth Press 1997-2000. Archive of 16 issues in 13 volumes comprising an unbroken run of the journal's first four years of publication. Published quarterly. 1 Journal of Lesbian Studies. Vol. 1 No. 1. 1997. 145 pages. First issue published following the founding of the journal. Includes Margaret Schneider's "Sappho Was Right-On Adolescent: Growing Up Lesbian." 2 Journal of Lesbian Studies. Vol. 1 No. 2. 1997. 286 pages. Special issue: "Classics in Lesbian Studies Part II" including Lillian Faderman's "Who Hid Lesbian History." 3 Journal of Lesbian Studies. Vol. 1 No. 3/4. 1997. 194 pages. Includes Sheila Jeffreys's "Transgender Activism: A Lesbian Feminist Perspective." 4 Journal of Lesbian Studies. Vol. 2 No. 1. 1998. 110 pages. Special issue: "Gateways to Improving Lesbian Health and Healthcare." 5 Journal of Lesbian Studies. Vol. 2 No. 2/3. 1998. 238 pages. Special issue: "Acts of Passion: Sexuality Gender and Performance." 6 Journal of Lesbian Studies. Vol. 2 No. 4. 1998. 132 pages. Special issue: "Living 'Difference': Lesbian Perspectives on Work and Family Life." 7 Journal of Lesbian Studies. Vol. 3 No. 1/2. 1999. 258 pages. "The Lesbian Polyamory Reader: Open Relationships Non-Monogamy and Casual Sex" edited by Marcia Munson and Judith Stelboum. 8 Journal of Lesbian Studies. Vol. 3 No. 3. 1999. 155 pages. Includes Dawn Atkins's "Lesbian Sex Scandals: Sexual Practices Identities and Politics." 9 Journal of Lesbian Studies. Vol. 3 No. 4. 1999. 161 pages. Special issue: "Lesbians Levis and Lipstick: The Meaning of Beauty in Our Lives." 10 Journal of Lesbian Studies. Vol. 4 No. 1. 2000. 174 pages. Includes Gill Valentine's "From Nowhere to Everywhere: Lesbian Geographies." 11 Journal of Lesbian Studies. Vol. 4 No. 2. 2000. 173 pages. Includes Gabriele Griffin's "'Romancing the Margins': Lesbian Writing in the 1990s." 12 Journal of Lesbian Studies. Vol. 4 No. 3. 2000. 143 pages. Includes Mary Eichbauer's "Imagining a Life: Natalie Clifford Barney." 13 Journal of Lesbian Studies. Vol. 4 No. 4. 2000. 164 pages. Special issue: "Lesbian Self-Writing: The Embodiment of Experience." Published during a formative period in the consolidation of LGBTQ and queer studies within higher education the journal reflects expanding scholarly attention to lesbian identity sexuality race health geography and feminist politics. The breadth of contributors from the United States Canada and Europe demonstrates the increasingly international scope of lesbian scholarship during the late twentieth century while the range of themes addressed across the archive documents major debates within queer theory and lesbian feminist discourse at the time. Minor handling wear throughout. Overall very good condition. Substantial early archive of one of the foundational academic journals dedicated specifically to lesbian studies and queer feminist scholarship. unknown
1827Best.-Nr. 755831827. Fascinating Anthology of Legal Essays The Law Journal. A Collection of Law Tracts Published in the Years 1825 & 1826 in the Law Journal Which is a Monthly Publication Sold to Annual Subscribers Only. Vol I. London: Published by J.W. Paget 1827. iv 328 pp. Bound with Law Tracts Published in the Years 1828 & 1829 in The Law Journal Which is a Monthly Publication Sold to Annual Subscribers Only. Vol. II. London: Published by J.W. Paget 1830. viii 206 16 pp. Quarto 9" x 7". Later three-quarter calf over cloth lettering piece and gilt fillets and publication date to spine. Light rubbing to boards moderate rubbing to extremities a few cracks to text block. Moderate toning to interior light soiling and foxing in a few places faint dampstaining to a few leaves. $450. Complete as issued. Fascinating for their insight into the English bar of the early nineteenth century these volumes are anthologies of articles from The Law Journal. Contents include "On the Claim of Executors to the Residue of Their Testator's Personal Estate" "Observations on the Title to Lands Derived Through Inclosure Acts" "Analysis of 'Preston's Essay on Estates'" "A Collection of Cases on the Question Whether Trustees Take the Legal Estate Or Not" "A Practical Treatise on the Law Relative to Attornies Solicitors and Their Agents" and "Suggestions as to the Course of Study to be Adopted And the Selection of Books By Parties Designed for Attornies and Solicitors." Catalogue of the Library of the Harvard Law School 1909 I:1132. unknown
1844Best.-Nr. 001832Dublin: James Duffy 1844. "The Nation" newspaper was founded in 1842 by Charles Gavin Duffy Thomas Davis and John Blake Dillon - it soon became a major voice for Irish nationalism. Support for O'Connell's Young Ireland movement caused its suppression in 1848. nd soon became the major voice for Irish nationalism; it was suppressed in 1848 but was revived and continued publication until 1900. This is a Very Good copy of the "Second Edition Revised" consisting of two sections 76 pages each bound together consisting of political songs and ballads originally published in the newspaper. The Scots may go to war to the sound of the pipes; the Irish go singing ditties and ballads! VERY SCARCE. Green cloth binding stamped in the blind and filled with gilt. Irish harp on the front cover. The binding is worn but remains sound; the text is clean and still very bright and supple. Decorative endpapers. The second section is dated earlier 1844. This copy has a Presentation INSCRIPTION by the "Publisher " on the Title Page of Part I. No dustwrapper; in an archival plastic protector. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Inscribed By Publisher. Second Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. James Duffy Hardcover
1924Best.-Nr. 217871924. Woodson Carter Godwin. The Journal of Negro History. Archive of three landmark issues published between 1924 and 1928 documenting the institutional development of African American historical scholarship during the early twentieth century. The material records Black intellectual production historical recovery and scholarly publishing through the Association for the Study of Negro Life and History founded by Carter G. Woodson and Jesse E. Moorland in 1915. These issues include Black scholarship challenging white supremacist interpretations of Reconstruction slavery labor and African diasporic history through archival research and independent academic publication. The journal served as one of the central vehicles through which African American historians established scholarly networks disseminated original research and institutionalized the study of Black history within American intellectual life. The archive provides primary-source evidence for the emergence of modern African American historiography and the scholarly movement that later gave rise to Negro History Week and Black History Month. Woodson Carter Godwin ed. The Journal of Negro History. Lancaster PA and Washington D.C.: The Association for the Study of Negro Life and History 1924 1926 and 1928. Three issues in publisher's printed wrappers comprising Vol. IX No. 3 July 1924; Vol. XI No. 3 July 1926; and Vol. XIII No. 3 July 1928. Each issue measures approximately 10 x 6.5 inches and ranges between 120 and 176 pages. 1 Vol. IX No. 3 July 1924. Devoted primarily to Alrutheus Ambush Taylor's major study "The Negro in South Carolina During the Reconstruction" examining demographic change labor transition religion education and political organization in the post-emancipation South. Written while Taylor served as the first full-time Black researcher employed by Woodson's organization the study foregrounds African American agency during Reconstruction and anticipates interpretive frameworks later expanded by W.E.B. Du Bois in Black Reconstruction. 2 Vol. XI No. 3 July 1926. Continues Taylor's Reconstruction scholarship with "The Negro in the Reconstruction of Virginia" detailing Black political participation church organization disenfranchisement campaigns and the reestablishment of white political control in Virginia after Reconstruction. The article constitutes one of the earliest extended scholarly treatments of Black Reconstruction politics in the state. 3 Vol. XIII No. 3 July 1928. Broadens the journal's scope beyond the Reconstruction South through studies including N. Andrew N. Cleven's "The First Panama Mission and the Congress of the United States" W. Sherman Savage's early survey "The Negro in the History of the Pacific Northwest" and Jean Trapp's "The Liverpool Movement for the Abolition of the English Slave Trade." The issue additionally includes Ruth A. Fisher's extensive 109-page documentary compilation "Extracts from the Records of the African Companies" reproducing archival material relating to British commercial participation in the transatlantic slave trade. These issues record the emergence of African American historical scholarship as an organized intellectual discipline during a period when Black historians faced systematic exclusion from mainstream academic institutions and publishing networks. The journal's sustained attention to Reconstruction history preceded revisionist scholarship that later transformed the field with early interpretations centered on Black political participation labor and institutional development rather than Lost Cause narratives dominant in white historiography of the era. Studies on the Pacific Northwest Panama and British antislavery movements extend the journal's diasporic approach to Black history beyond the American South. Minor edgewear and faint toning to wrappers; overall very good condition. An archive of foundational African American historical scholarship and one of the central publishing achievements of twentieth-century Black intellectual life. unknown
1904Best.-Nr. 216797大阪. Osaka.: 大阪毎日新聞社. Ōsaka Mainichi Shinbunsha. Meiji 37 1904. Two black and white newspaper maps issued in the Ōsaka Mainichi Shinbunsha one pictorial with accompanying text and adverts printed on newsprint folded. 39.5 x 55cm Very good condition. This pictorial map of Port Arthur and Dalian was published on 4 July 1904 by the Osaka Mainichi Shinbun as a supplement. It shows Port Arthur encircled by Japanese naval vessels while Dalian is depicted as being occupied by Japanese troops. On the reverse there is an essay on the war accompanied by illustrations of Russian generals and a list of wounded soldiers who had been transported to the rear. A second map detailing developments in the Russo-Japanese War was published by the same newspaper just days later on 8 August 1904. This map provides the dates of various battles along with a chronology of the movements of the Russian Vladivostok fleet and Japanese attacks on Port Arthur. These two maps are rare examples of the kind of information made available to the general public on a day-to-day basis during the war. . 大阪毎日新聞社. [Ōsaka Mainichi Shinbunsha]. unknown
2004Best.-Nr. 2080702109501104Demizushi 2004. Soft Cover. Fine. Number of pages: 1253 21p Size: 22cm Number of books: 4 Demizushi paperback
Best.-Nr. 23561Undated c.1905. Typewritten draft of circular letter with corrections appealing for support for Griffith’s Sinn Féin newspaper and giving details concerning its foundation. Typescript 3pp 4to good condition. Author and recipient not stated. Undated but from the context written in 1906. It begins We desire to bring under your notice the following facts respecting the "Sinn Fein" daily newspaper’ and says that Griffith and the directors stated that ‘a sum of £8000 was required for the purpose’ but that the sum of £3300 only was subscribed in answer to the appeal. The Board decided to proceed with the establishment of the paper notwithstanding that the amount was so far short of that required. The paper commenced its tenth week on 1st corrected in manuscript from ‘2nd.’ November. The entire plant – exclusive of linotypes which are always hired is the property of the Company. The plant – in addition to the Linotupes sic includes a Victory machine which fortunately was acquired for a very small sum a fine stereo plant and type. The result is that the Company have now got a nice compact plant for the purposes required. . There are in England a large number of Irishmen of means who are interested in Ireland and who are anxious to do all in their power to financial support sic the new movements. To them it will be apparent that the principal support of the new movement will be a daily paper and who if the fats sic are brought before them would readily provide the monetary help required. It proposes a ‘Meeting in support of "Sinn Fein" paper’ and requesting that the reader subscribe directly ‘owing to the size of London’. From the Papers of Robert and Sylvia Lynd. Undated [c.1905]. unknown
