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1868Best.-Nr. 1236281868. First Edition. BLACK HISTORY. An Act to Establish a Metropolitan Police District and to Provide for the Government Thereof. Published by Order of the Board of Police Commissioners. New Orleans: A. L. Lee State Printer 1868. Slim octavo original self wrappers; pp. 21. $2400.Scarce first separate printing of the founding document of the Metropolitan Police an integrated force which operated in New Orleans from 1868 to 1877.In the aftermath of the New Orleans Race Riot of 1866 many voices called for a racially integrated police force. Act 74 of the Reconstruction-era Louisiana Legislature decreed that ""the parishes of Orleans Jefferson and St. Bernard are hereby constituted and territorily united for the purposes of police government and police discipline therein into one district which shall be known and called the 'Metropolitan Police District of New Orleans State of Louisiana.'"" The act was passed in 1868 and covered topics including organizational structure rules and regulations of the force powers of supervision and inspection equipment salaries etc. A number of Louisianans considered the act government overreach however and refused to recognize the reorganized force's authority; after the Compromise of 1877 and the effective end of Reconstruction the Metropolitan Police were dismantled. Foote Official Publications of Louisiana 1803-1934 27. Minor toning one leaf with short closed tear from foot original wrappers with spine fold expertly repaired corners chipped. An extremely good copy. unknown books
1880Best.-Nr. List1817Newport 1880. Single page with writing on both sides signed by Howe. Fine condition. Fine. A short but interesting note from Julia Ward Howe to Albert Bagby the Illinois-born musician who trained with Liszt in Germany and would eventually be a longtime host of “Mr. Bagby’s Musical Mornings” at the Waldorf-Astoria in New York where it was a fixture among the high society set. Bagby’s career as a host started after presenting a paper to the Newport Town and Country Club while Howe was president. After he presented his paper on Liszt at the club he was approached by Howe’s daughter Maude Howe Elliot about turning the paper into a lecture. This would end up being the catalyst for him to abandon performing and devote himself to lectures and after giving his first presentation on Liszt to a small audience in his Manhattan studio he began his regular series at the Waldorf-Astoria. The letter reads as follows: My dear Mr. Bagby The time for your paper is not quite settled. I will send you word about it very shortly and shall bear in mind what you say about your possible trip to Europe. We should be much disappointed to lose your lecture and I hope that we shall certainly hear you. Yours sincerely Julia W. Howe July 31st Newport R.I. An interesting note documenting an event that would be essential for Bagby’s career. unknown books
1907Best.-Nr. List3875Carlisle Pennsylvania: Carlisle Indian Industrial School 1907. Four issues. 12 x 17 ¾ inches folio folded as issued. Folded again vertically with some folded vertically twice. Wear and some tears and loss at folds with toning and stains some with marginal damage. Very good to excellent. The Carlisle Indian Industrial School had a number of publications including The Indian Helper The Red Man The Red Man and Helper The Indian Craftsman and The Arrow. The latter was founded in 1904 when William A. Mercer became superintendent after the school's founder Richard Henry Pratt left the position. The paper's motto describes it as "A Paper Devoted to the Interest of the Progressive Indian" and the very first edition states that its aim is to "become a medium for the best thought obtainable upon all sides of the Indian question" Vol. I no. 1 August 25 1904. Offered here are four issues of The Arrow all Vol. III: no. 9 October 26 1906 no. 11 November 9 1906 no. 16 December 14 1906 and no. 40 May 31 1907. Contents include sports news-Carlisle was known for its football team-news from current and former students school events poetry and short articles. Football is almost always front-page news and the paper typically reports big wins for Carlisle which one article describes as "Bringing Home Another Scalp" Nov. 1906. Football news is also a place to emphasize the importance of obedience for instance "'Pop' Warner had his men under good control and as event after event was pulled off the value of efficient coaching and strict compliance with instructions was plainly manifested"; May 1907 a theme which is reiterated in a number of the articles. Students provide updates on school events both religious and secular and brief updates on individual students at home and away such as "Louise Hardin who is out in the country at Mt. Airy Penn. writes that she likes her place very much. William Garlow one of our baseball twirlers is under the weather. His friends wish him a speedy recovery." The Arrow also reprints articles from other newspapers about the school such as a November 1906 article from the New York World which describes the school: "The Indians in the school range from little tots six years of age to grown men and women who have been at the institution for a dozen years. They represent every tribe in the United States. Many of the youngsters are just entering the state of civilization while those in the graduating class are fine specimens of the modern educated Indian." Carlisle Indian School Digital Resource Center hosts digitized copies of the school's publications; we find no physical holdings on OCLC. Of interest to historians of Carlisle and the assimilationist project. . Carlisle Indian Industrial School unknown books
1941Best.-Nr. 172080New York: The Museum of Modern Art MOMA 1941. Two vintage programs for the important two-part retrospective film series hosted by the Museum of Modern Art beginning on June 30 1941. Tracing the history and development of film from 1895 through 1940 the series was created by MOMA's first film curator Iris Barry as part of the establishment of the museum's Film Library today known as the Department of Film. Both programs 7 x 9 inches. Very Good plus saddle-stapled part I with a small chip to the heel. The Museum of Modern Art [MOMA] unknown books
2020Best.-Nr. 839242020. Together 13 books. Together 13 books. Surrency Erwin et al Eds. American Society of Legal History. American Journal of Legal History. Volumes 1 to 15 1957-1971 lacking volumes 3 and 12. Published by Temple University School of Law 1957-1971 with the original wraps bound in also with three Indexes for Volumes 1-5 6-10 and 11-15 bound in. Together 13 books. Bound in crimson cloth with gilt stamped spines from library of Charles Klein President Judge of Philadelphia's Orphans Court and a member of the Journal's Advisory Board. Judge Klein's name embossed in gilt on the front board of 12 of the 13 volumes. A very good set. $350. The American Journal of Legal History was founded in 1957 and was the first English-language periodical in the field. AJLH aims to publish outstanding scholarship on all facets and periods of legal history. While retaining its focus on American legal history it accommodates the enormous broadening of the intellectual horizon of the discipline over the past decade and is particularly interested in contributions of a comparative international or transnational nature. Book reviews are a regular feature. unknown books
1977Best.-Nr. 228421977. Martino Mario. Emergence: A Transsexual Autobiography 1977 is a foundational work in transgender life writing documenting one of the earliest full-length autobiographical accounts by a trans masculine individual published for a mainstream audience. The text supports research into transgender history medicalization of gender variance and the lived experience of female-to-male transition in the mid-20th century United States. Written at a time when clinical authorities largely controlled narratives of trans identity Martino's account asserts first-person authorship over gender transition providing direct testimony of dysphoria identity formation and social negotiation within a Catholic Italian-American family structure. Martino Mario. Emergence: A Transsexual Autobiography. New York: Crown Publishers 1977. First edition. The memoir recounts Martino's early life assigned female at birth and raised as Marie detailing adolescence marked by gender dysphoria religious pressure and attempts to conform through heterosexual and institutional pathways. The narrative includes descriptions of intimate relationships with women prior to transition illustrating the intersection of lesbian identity and trans masculine development during a period lacking stable public terminology. Central to the account is Martino's pursuit of gender-affirming medical care documenting barriers imposed by psychiatric and medical gatekeeping systems as well as the procedural realities of hormone therapy and surgery. His relationship with Rebecca who becomes his wife is presented as a sustained personal and emotional framework supporting his transition. Co-written with journalist Harriet the text combines personal narrative with clinical and social commentary while maintaining Martino's authorial voice throughout. One volume; 244 pages; no jacket present or as issued with photo-illustrated dust jacket. Octavo. Bound in original navy blue cloth with gilt spine lettering. The work emerges within the broader context of 1960s-1970s developments in transgender visibility including the institutionalization of gender identity clinics and increasing public discourse following cases such as Christine Jorgensen. Martino's dual role as a nurse and trans counselor situates the text within early peer-led advocacy efforts contributing to evolving critiques of medical authority over trans lives. Light shelf wear minor toning to jacket with edge wear and small chips at spine extremities; internally clean; very good overall. A significant early narrative of trans masculine identity and medical transition offering direct primary-source evidence for the study of gender sexuality and healthcare systems in the late 20th century. unknown books
1955Best.-Nr. 229931955. LGBTQTransgenderScience Medicine Henry George W. M.D. All the Sexes: A Study of Masculinity and Femininity. New York: Rinehart & Company Inc. 1955. First edition. Octavo. Original black cloth boards in original printed dust jacket. A landmark work of midcentury American sexology All the Sexes extends the clinical project of George W. Henry's earlier publication Sex Variants 1941 moving beyond case study and pathology to offer a broader psychosocial theory of gender and sexuality. Henry then Associate Professor of Clinical Psychiatry at Cornell Medical College presents this volume as the culmination of more than thirty years of psychiatric research drawing on interviews with over 8000 men and 1000 women. Framed as a moral and psychological inquiry into "sexual maladjustments" the book reflects the constraints and the contradictions of pre-Stonewall sexual science as Henry attempts to humanize queer people while pathologizing their identities through normative frameworks of adjustment and deviance. In Henry's summary of his studies on homosexuality he writes: "The psychosexual histories in the heterosexual and homosexual groups were conspicuously different. All patients in the heterosexual group were married and had from one to seven children. None of them had been unfaithful since marriage." Such comparisons mark the book's internal contradictions purporting scientific objectivity while repeatedly invoking moralistic assumptions about heterosexual domestic life as a baseline for mental health. Despite these limitations All the Sexes is historically significant for its expansive taxonomy of "sexual variants" including detailed analyses of gender nonconformity cross-dressing transvestism and "the female impersonator." Despite outdated language and theories of sexuality the book represents an early institutional effort to document classify and interpret LGBTQ identities. Jacket lightly worn with moderate edgewear and shallow chipping at crown and foot of spine panel. Binding sound and pages clean with no internal markings. An essential if deeply conflicted midcentury contribution to the psychiatric literature on homosexuality and gender variance. Though shaped by the biases of its era All the Sexes offers indispensable documentation of early clinical attempts to make sense of sexual diversity. unknown books
1946Best.-Nr. 170188New York: The Museum of Modern Art MOMA 1946. First Edition. First Edition. Catalog for the Museum of Modern Art's 1947 film series held September 16 1946 to December 31 1947. Copy with Museum of Modern Art Library and "Withdrawn from Library" stamps on the top of the front wrapper. Very Good plus in saddle-stapled wrappers. The Museum of Modern Art [MOMA] unknown books
1906Best.-Nr. 222071906. Women's HistoryLabor Decker Sarah S. Platt et al. Woman's Work and Organizations. Philadelphia: American Academy of Political and Social Science 1906. First edition. Scarce. Vol. XXVII No. 2 of The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science. Original gray printed wrappers. A landmark volume compiling essays by leading voices in the early 20th-century American women's club movement issued at the height of Progressive Era activism. This number of The Annals captures the national breadth of women's organizational labor before the passage of the 19th Amendment documenting both elite and grassroots efforts to influence education legislation labor policy and public health through club activism. The volume opens with Sarah S. Platt Decker's programmatic essay "The Meaning of the Woman's Club Movement" positioning the movement as a transformative public sphere for women historically excluded from institutional power. The issue includes regional analyses such as Mrs. John Dickinson Sherman on the Midwest Mrs. A.O. Granger on the South and Dorothea Moore on California that illustrate the class racial and geographic variations in club work. Also featured is Josephine Goldmark's contribution on women and labor law which critically addresses state neglect of workingwomen's legal protections and a rare symposium on "Men's Views of Women's Clubs." The volume concludes with reports from figures like Kate Cassatt MacKnight and Walter McNab Miller revealing tensions between reformist goals and paternalistic framing. This issue is a rich documentary record of women's civic leadership policy influence and organizational networks in an era of expanding gender consciousness. Moderate chipping and creasing to fore-edge and head of spine particularly on the rear wrapper. Binding is fragile but intact; gatherings remain clean with some folding at gutter margins near the center. Interior pages lightly toned a few with faint stains. Overall good condition. An essential and seldom-seen primary source on women's labor and women's organizations in the early 20th century. unknown books
1974Best.-Nr. 225791974. LGBTQ Transgender Morris Jan. Conundrum. London: Faber and Faber 1974. First edition. 160 pages. 8vo. Black cloth binding with title author and publisher stamped in gold on spine. No dust jacket. Jan Morris was a prolific Welsh journalist historian and travel writer best known for the Pax Britannica Trilogy a comprehensive history of the British Empire from 1837 to 1965 and for reporting on and accompanying the 1953 British Mount Everest expedition the first recorded successful ascent of Everest. Morris began her transition in 1964 but continued to publish under her birth name James until undergoing gender reassignment surgery in 1972. Her 1974 memoir documents her transition and her lifelong struggle with fully realizing her gender identity. In the first lines of the book Morris writes "I was three or perhaps four years old when I realized that I had been born into the wrong body and should really be a girl. I remember the moment well and it is the earliest memory of my life." Though her transition was not without backlash Morris generally remained a celebrated and respected journalist even in the less-than-tolerant mainstream social atmosphere of the 1970s. Her accolades include the Glyndŵr Award for Outstanding Contribution to the Arts in Wales the Golden PEN Award for a Lifetime's Distinguished Service to Literature and the 2018 Edward Stanford Outstanding Contribution to Travel Writing Award. Some wear to edges of spine and covers minor foxing on first few pages otherwise clean and crisp. Overall very good condition. unknown books
1858Best.-Nr. 822591858. London: Barnett Printer Highgate c.1858. London: Barnett Printer Highgate c.1858. An Interesting Piece of Printing History Broadside. Trial and Sentcnce sic of Dr Barnard This Day Guilty Transported for Life. London: Barnett Printer Highgate c.1858. 9-3/4" x 7-1/2" broadside mounted to later backing sheet. Moderate toning faint residue and small tears to corners from former mounting text affected at lower left and upper right corners loss to one word of text and to final letter of "and" in title "D" carefully filled in with ink. $1250. Riddled with printing errors and stock phrases this broadside provides an excellent example of the economical and often generic nature of this kind of popular literature. References to the "unfortuuate sic and illfated victim" the "cold and wanton murder" the "dissipated and irregular habits" which led to the crime and of course the "authenticity of the important information" this broadside contains would have all been familiar to contemporary readers but the text contains no real details of any particular crime. The printer may have sought to capitalize on the high-profile trial of French surgeon Simon Francois Bernard one of the conspirators in the 1858 Orsini plot to assassinate Napoleon III. This broadside also demonstrates the readiness with which printers of popular material imitated each other's work. The only other known broadside printed by Barnett has the conveniently generic caption title Full Particulars of this Dreadful Murder! and text seemingly identical to that of this broadside. At least two other broadsides we located published by London printers T. Rigdon and J. Lucksway have identical text under the Full Particulars title. This is a rare item. OCLC and Library Hub locate 3 copies British Library National Library of Australia State Library of New South Wales. unknown books
1960Best.-Nr. 796971960. Miller Neville. "Justice Brandeis and The University of Louisville School of Law." In The Filson Club History Quarterly Vol. 34 No. 2 April 1960. Louisville KY: The Filson Club Incorporated 1960. 200 pp. Softbound light shelfwear front hinge cracked internally clean. $25. Includes Dean Miller's address delivered upon the dedication of the Louis D. Brandeis Seminar Room at the law school on April 18 1959 recounting the many ways in which Brandeis had been of assistance to the school including placing his papers with it. unknown books
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1810Best.-Nr. 181831810. African AmericanSlavery and Abolition Grégoire Henri. "An Enquiry Concerning the Intellectual and Moral Faculties and Literature of Negroes." First American Edition. This work constitutes one of the earliest sustained Enlightenment arguments in print asserting the intellectual and moral equality of people of African descent. Originally published in French in 1808 as De la littérature des nègres Abbé Henri Grégoire's treatise directly challenged racial pseudoscience and proslavery ideology by assembling biographical and literary evidence of Black achievement. Appearing in English in 1810 in both London and Brooklyn the present Brooklyn printing represents the first American edition and marks the earliest circulation of Grégoire's antiracist argument within the United States issued just two years after the federal abolition of the transatlantic slave trade and decades before emancipation. A Catholic priest revolutionary statesman and Constitutional Bishop of Blois Grégoire was among the most visible European advocates of racial equality and universal civil rights; this text stands as his most focused intervention into transatlantic debates over slavery human capacity and citizenship. Grégoire Henri. An Enquiry Concerning the Intellectual and Moral Faculties and Literature of Negroes; Followed with an Account of the Life and Works of Fifteen Negroes & Mulattoes Distinguished in Science Literature and the Arts. Brooklyn: Printed by Thomas Kirk 1810. First American edition of the first English translation translated by D. B. Warden. Sabin 28728. Blockson 18. Octavo. 253 pages. The text systematically dismantles claims of Black inferiority through documentary case studies examining figures such as Phillis Wheatley as evidence of Black literary achievement Olaudah Equiano as moral and intellectual witness against slavery Benjamin Banneker for scientific accomplishment and Toussaint Louverture as an exemplar of political and military leadership. By grounding abolitionist argument in documented intellectual production rather than abstract sentiment Grégoire constructs what may be understood as an early printed compendium of Black intellectual history aligning Enlightenment universalism with emerging Atlantic abolitionist discourse. Original marbled boards heavily worn. Spine crudely retaped with losses; spine cracked where tape is lacking and back board partially detached. Front free endpaper loose. Title page and contents leaf with partial tear without loss of text. Early manuscript ex-libris note affixed to front pastedown. Textblock clean and complete with scattered foxing. Overall condition fair. Issued contemporaneously with the London printing of 1810 and at a moment when the United States had prohibited the slave trade but not slavery itself this Brooklyn edition represents one of the earliest and most explicit antiracist works printed in the early republic asserting Black intellectual and moral equality through documented achievement and thereby providing foundational documentary evidence for the development of American abolitionist thought. unknown books
1854Best.-Nr. 4539Walesville NY 1854. Contemporary quarter roan over marbled boards. Spine and boards worn with loss to foot of spine and evidence of label removal to front board. Internally foxed and soiled but remaining legible throughout. Comprised of 53 handwritten pages in various hands. Documenting the founding of the women's group focused on local philanthropy which allowed men entry only as silent "honorary" members the manuscript outlines the group's goals and structure in addition to recording officers participants and meetings during its first eight years. At its founding on December 31 1846 the Union Benevolent Society laid down its Constitution consisting of 9 articles. In addition to naming itself the group set out a mission to "relieve the wants of the poor of our own vicinity" and articulated that it would be run by women. "Gentlemen may become honorary members" through financial contribution but they would have no governing say. At this meeting the women elected their eight officers and recorded 52 members and 39 honorary gentlemen many sharing surnames with the married and unmarried members. It becomes clear that the organization will be embedded in the community's families and that the women in charge managed to get significant financial support from local men. The minutes in the first few years are succinct and lacking in detail about the "much work" that the secretary reports being done. These early entries simply report on the location of meetings -- usually gentlemen's homes -- and whether there was high or low attendance. As new secretaries take on the role the minutes change in structure. We begin to learn more about the men invited to speak the topics on which they lecture and the financial contributions raised at the end of each meeting. Still we get no strong sense of the group's real work; and there is increasing evidence that the men use the meetings as an opportunity to reinforce domestic feminine values for the group's members. The present manuscript is an opportunity for genealogical study and potential work to discover whether and the Society accomplished within its community. It also offers a chance for scholars to consider how the founders' and members' good intentions were watered down by such a broadly articulated mission and whether by opening the door to men's financial contributions such groups came under the governance of those men. unknown books
1911Best.-Nr. 174621911. Women's Education. The Story of the Manchester High School for Girls. Manchester: University Press 1911. First edition. Red cloth boards. A number of plates inside depicting key figures and the facilities of the school. The school was founded in 1874 by nine men and women who were prominent citizens of Manchester. The author Sara Burstall had been the Headmistress of the high school since 1898 as well as a Special Lecturer in Education at the University of Manchester. Manchester High School for Girls is today one of Britain's leading girls' schools. Some minor staining to covers but interior is clean and bright. Ex libris. Overall in very good condition. unknown books
1773Best.-Nr. 174921773. Grose Francis. Antiquities of England and Wales 1773 a foundational eighteenth century antiquarian survey that documents medieval castles abbeys and architectural remains across England and Wales at a moment when systematic historical preservation had not yet emerged as an institutional practice. Compiled from Grose's own field observations and drawings the work records structures that in many cases were already in decay providing a visual and descriptive archive of the built environment prior to nineteenth century restoration movements. Grose working outside formal academic institutions while serving in excise duties and later traveling with the Surrey Militia produced one of the earliest large scale efforts to catalog national architectural heritage for a broader readership. Grose Francis. Antiquities of England and Wales. London: S. Hooper 1773. Four volumes. Folio. The set is extensively illustrated with engravings based on Grose's drawings including frontispieces vignette title pages and numerous plates throughout each volume depicting abbeys castles and other historic sites. The accompanying descriptive texts provide historical context and architectural detail reflecting Grose's stated aim to produce a readable and accessible account of England and Wales's historical monuments. Upon Grose's death his preparatory sketches and finished drawings for the work were acquired for George III and are now preserved in the British Library underscoring the recognized importance of his documentation. Produced during a period of growing antiquarian interest in Britain Antiquities of England and Wales contributed to the emergence of national historical consciousness tied to landscape architecture and medieval heritage. The work precedes later institutional preservation efforts and remains a key source for the study of sites that have since been altered or lost. Grose's combination of fieldwork illustration and narrative description established a model for subsequent antiquarian publications and shaped how historical monuments were studied and valued. Bound in leather with gilt decoration and marbled endpapers; armorial bookplate present. Some scuffing and abrasions to boards with minor loss at spine ends and reinforcement to one gutter; interiors clean and stable. Overall good condition. unknown books
1900Best.-Nr. 163901900. Women's Education Student Life Wellesley College student decorated fan circa 1900 documents the social networks visual culture and institutional affiliations of women in higher education at the turn of the twentieth century. The object preserves a dense assemblage of personal and collegiate imagery combining photographic portraits of peers with printed insignia from universities and clubs establishing direct evidence of how female students constructed identity and community within elite academic environments. Produced during a period of expanding access to higher education for women the fan records both interpersonal relationships and broader institutional connections linking Wellesley students to a wider network of colleges and social organizations across the United States. Decorated folding fan circa 1900 composed of fabric leaf and wooden guards measuring approximately 10.5 x 19 inches when fully extended. One side features approximately 66 small black-and-white photographic cutouts depicting fellow students and acquaintances from Wellesley College. The reverse incorporates approximately 84 printed and decorative elements including color lithographed and gilt paper logos badges and emblems representing colleges and social clubs with identifiable institutions including Wellesley College Worcester Polytechnic Institute Stanford University and Clark University. The arrangement forms a curated collage integrating personal photography with institutional symbolism. Created within the context of early twentieth-century women's collegiate life the fan reflects the emergence of women's colleges as sites of intellectual formation and social organization where visual memorabilia played a role in documenting friendships affiliations and aspirations. The combination of portraiture and institutional insignia demonstrates how students navigated both intimate and formal networks situating individual experience within a broader academic landscape. Such objects contribute to research in women's education material culture and the history of student life offering insight into how identity and community were materially constructed and preserved. Light soiling to fabric edges with minor wear to wooden elements; images and printed components remain intact and legible. Overall very good condition. unknown books
1971Best.-Nr. 296834Washington: GPO 1971. hardcover. very good. All six volumes bound in one volume. Many illustrations. Tall very thick 4to blue cloth. Washington: Government Printing Office 1971. A very good copy. GPO unknown books
1967Best.-Nr. 89410Detroit: Broadside Press 1967. First Edition. Broadside with text printed in black inside a ruled border on white cardstock measuring 16.75cm x 18cm 6 5/8" x 11". A Fine copy. First separate printing of Baraka's much-anthologized elegy for Malcolm X originally printed in the September 1965 issue of Negro Digest. The poem was included in Dudley Randall's 1967 collection For Malcolm: Poems on the Life and the Death of Malcolm X 1967 as well as Jones's 1969 collection Black Magic. An early publication of Dudley Randall's Broadside Press Broadside No.7 which issued nearly 100 poems roughly one per month in its Broadside Series. DACE Eb6. 89410. Broadside Press unknown books
1966Best.-Nr. 89402Detroit: Broadside Press 1966. First Edition. First Printing. Broadside with text printed in dark blue on light blue and white patterned stock measuring 21.75cm x 28cm 8.5" x 11". Light wear and a few tiny creases to corners; Near Fine. Single poem by Tolson 1898-1966 author of Harlem Gallery 1965 and A Gallery of Harlem Portraits 1979. Issued as Broadside No.5 by Dudley Randall's Broadside Press which published nearly 100 poems roughly one per month in its Broadside Series. 89402. Broadside Press unknown books
1966Best.-Nr. 89403Detroit: Broadside Press 1966 but 1967. First Edition. Broadside with text printed in white on black recto and black on white verso measuring 19.75cm x 27.75cm 7 5/8" x 10 7/8". A Fine copy. Single poem from Alhamisi's 1966 chapbook of the same name distributed by the Detroit-based Vaughn's Bookstore who were specialists in Afro-American history. Alhamisi was a prominent voice in the Black Arts Movement guest editing publications like Black Dialogue and the Journal of Black Poetry and a poet whose use of Islamic iconography and Muslim themes would influence a host of lesser-known writers the movement would produce. He was also notably outspoken regarding his opposition to Black Arts writers having their work published by white publishing houses. Issued as Broadside No.17 by Dudley Randall's Broadside Press which issued nearly 100 poems roughly one per month in its Broadside Series. Broadside Press unknown books
1967Best.-Nr. 89401Detroit: Broadside Press 1967. First Edition. Broadside with text printed in black on white stock measuring 21.5cm x 28cm 8.5" x 11". Trivial wear and handling; very Near Fine. Broadside featuring a poem by the Black Arts poet and publisher from his collection Think Black. Issued as Broadside No.16 by Dudley Randall's Broadside Press which issued nearly 100 poems roughly one per month in its Broadside Series. 89401. Broadside Press unknown books
1938Best.-Nr. 89527Richmond VA: The Dietz press 1938. First Subscriber's Edition. Octavo. 23.5cm. Publisher's binding of tan cloth spine titled in gilt over dark blue boards. 296pp. Some light rubbing and scuffing to extremities tight and strong gilt bright hinges strong; internally clean and fresh address label excised from an old envelope laid down to front pastedown frontis. portrait. A very good bright copy indeed. A subscriber's copy of Bagby's anecdotal collection first published in any form in 1877 with a subscriber's list to the prelims. Expanded from the Scribner's 1910 edition. The address label to the pastedown can be traced to the Lynch Christian family of Lynchburg Virginia who feature more than once in the subscriber's list. Bagby was a doctor essayist and journalist who was a fervent proponent of the South during the Civil War and single handedly converted the "Southern Literary Messenger" journal into a Confederate propaganda tool calling for secession. Scarce in this edition. The Dietz press unknown books
1913Best.-Nr. 89827Lynchburg VA: J.P. Bell Company 1913. First American Edition. Octavo. 22cm. Publisher's ribbed embossed dark green cloth titled and decorated in gilt to spine and front board. 362pp. Very bright and sharp the lightest of wear tight and strong; internally clean and fresh some offsetting to rear endpapers from laid in clippings mentioning Bailey illustrated throughout. A near fine copy. A highly detailedlabor of love detailing the 425 species of bird found in and local to the State of Virginia. J.P. Bell Company unknown books
