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1971ref. 501382Denver Colorado: Black Crusade the Education Division of The Church of the Black Cross 1971. Softcover. Fine. First edition. Volume I all published. Wrappers illustrated from two black and white photographic portraits by Bill Peters of the The Denver Post. Octavo. vi 70pp. Edges lightly toned a bit of light soil on the lower wrap about fine. The lower wrap shows a portrait of the author who is the Consultant-in-Chief of the Church of the Black Cross. The cover shows a beautiful young woman Ola Williams holding a Bible with a bit of verse from the Song of Solomon ".Black But Comely.". The book is dedicated on the title page to "those blacks who have always known certain Biblical facts and to avoid persecution passed them from generation to generation only by word of mouth." Chapter names include: "Thy Name - Negro or Black"; "The Curse - On All Blacks"; "Communism - The Best System"; "Restitution - A God Given Right"; and "His Image - Black and White" Includes a two-page biography of Flournoy who lived in Colorado with his family but was born in Texas and raised in Louisiana. Black Crusade, the Education Division of The Church of the Black Cross unknown books
1972ref. 509565Collegeville Minnesota: Saint John's University Press 1972. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. First edition. Small quarto. Photography by Sister Noemi Weygant. Abrasions on the front free endpaper else near fine in a very good dust jacket with tape remnants on the spine fading and short tears. "A creative team of a Lutheran minister and a Benedictine nun collaborated to produce a collection of touching and meaningful insights into the hopes and dreams of the people of the inner city. Saint John's University Press hardcover books
1907ref. 407701New York: Moffat Yard & Company 1907. Hardcover. Near Fine. First edition. Pictorial blue cloth stamped in gilt. Corners lightly bumped near fine. Inscribed by the author on the front fly in the year of publication. Moffat, Yard & Company hardcover books
1996ref. 564175New York: Doubleday 1996. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First edition. 276pp. Illustrated with black and white plates. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Doubleday hardcover books
1929ref. 414060Montclair New Jersey: The First Congregational Church 1929. Softcover. Near Fine. First edition. 19 1pp. Cord-stitched engraved off-white wrappers. Edges of the wrappers slightly bumped and soiled near fine. Finely printed portrait photograph of Gates laid in. Includes a letter signed in type by John D. Rockefeller Jr. acknowledging Gates' service on the Board of the Rockefeller Foundation. According to Wikipedia Gates was an "American Baptist clergyman educator and the principal business and philanthropic advisor to the major oil industrialist and philanthropist John D. Rockefeller Sr. from 1891 to 1923." OCLC locates two copies. The First Congregational Church unknown books
2002ref. 412036Chesapeake Virginia: Maximilian Press Publishers 2002. Softcover. Fine. First edition. Octavo. 63 1pp. illustrated. Illustrated wrappers. Fine. Apparently self-published autobiography of an African-American WWII veteran and pastor of a Norfolk Virginia church. OCLC locates three copies. Maximilian Press Publishers unknown books
1961ref. 367386New York: E.P. Dutton & Co 1961. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. First edition. Cocked else near fine in a near fine dustwrapper with some edgewear. Signed by the authors. E.P. Dutton & Co hardcover books
1975ref. 273359New York: The Unitarian Church of All Souls 1975. Softcover. Fine. First edition. Fine in folded wrappers. The Unitarian Church of All Souls unknown books
1975ref. 273360New York: The Unitarian Church of All Souls 1975. Softcover. Fine. First edition. Fine in folded wrappers. The Unitarian Church of All Souls unknown books
1981ref. 261525San Francisco: Christ Chapel Orthodox Episcopal Church of God Inc 1981. 8p 8.5x11 inches reports articles a history of the Orthodox Episcopal Church by Rev. Broshears Church directory services and resources very good newsletter. Single issue of the newsletter affiliated with the gay liberation church which began publication in 1966. It appeared as a newsletter and as a tabloid and is connected to Broshears' other efforts like "The Crusader" Christian New Age movement. Christ Chapel, Orthodox Episcopal Church of God, Inc unknown books
1944ref. 212364Chicago: Scott 1944. Hardcover. Very Good. Very good minus hardcover. Pages light yellow clean text. Illustrated in color. Writing inside front cover. Corners on cover worn and bent. Spine yellowing on gray cloth cover. Spine ends bumped. Minor spine lean. Scott hardcover books
1996ref. 615126New York: Doubleday 1996. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. First edition. 276pp. Illustrated with black and white plates. Light foxing on the page edges thus near fine in a near fine dust jacket with a small but stubborn price sticker on the rear panel light rubbed and a few gentle bumps. Doubleday hardcover books
ref. 0001100Scarce anti-tobacco pamphlet in the publisher's original tan wrappers with Pentacostal-type flame device on front panel octavo pp. 98. Pencil name on front and abrasion at foot of rear panel else GOOD and sound. First published in The Pentacostal Herald and then by Pickett Publishing in Louisville early 1904. "Multitudes who profess to follow Jesus spend more for tobacco than for missions." An OCLC search shows holdings of this edition at Asbury Theological Seminary and Moody Bible Institute only. Louisville, KY: Pentecostal Publishing Company, n.d., circa 1920s books
1862ref. 382151London: John Russell Smith 1862. Hardcover. Very Good. First British edition. Gilt spine titles. From the French 'Eusebius Salverte." Two volumes only. 367pp. ; 447pp. Both volumes very good with bowed boards bumped corners and tiny tears on the edges. John Russell Smith hardcover books
1967ref. 589582Berkeley: The Hart Press 1967. Softcover. Near Fine. First edition. Illustrated by Victor Anderson. Octavo. 5pp. Sewn wrappers. Spine a touch sunned else fine with small greeting card laid in from Ruth and Jim Hart. The Hart Press unknown books
1968ref. 589219Washington D.C. 1968. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. A small archive of material related to Lyndon Johnson's bid for the Democratic nomination at the 1968 Washington D.C. Primary election. Included is a two page sample ballot and a double-sided letter advocating the Johnson campaign's slate of Committeemen and women. Fine in original mailing envelope. This campaign material from Democrats United urges the voter to vote the Jackson-Cipriani slate dubbed as "the team that backs the team." Up for reelection was E. Franklin Jackson an African-American reverend and former chapter of DC's NAACP for National Committeeman and Mrs. Harriet Cipriani for National Committeewoman. Although the envelope is stamped May 1968 Johnson had already made his decision to drop out of the race. hardcover books
1968ref. 33941Los Angeles: The Ward Ritchie Press 1968. Limited First edition. Hardcover. vg. 1/500. Quarto. VII 1 39 1pp. Original gilt-stamped cloth with gold lettering on spine. Book housed in its original green cloth slipcase. Remarkable study of the editions dates authorship etc. of books and other writings on California. This work is illustrated with 10 b/w photographic reproductions. Slipcase binding and interior in overall very good condition. The Ward Ritchie Press hardcover books
1962ref. 52214New York: Horizon Press 1962. First edition. Hardcover. Very good. SIGNED. 278pp. Octavo 24 cm Light green cloth over boards. The backstrip is sunned and the front hinge is a little weak. A history of the Lamont Family in America. Inscribed by the editor Corliss Lamont on the front flyleaf: "For---- Cherished friend of the Lamonts over the years with deep appreciation for her devotion and thoughtfulness. Horizon Press hardcover books
1893ref. 191221New York: Hunt & Eaton 1893. Hardcover. Very Good. First edition. 24mo. 79pp. Very good with ink marks on the "Certificate of Probation" spotting on the front free endpaper and a crack in the front gutter. Hunt & Eaton hardcover books
ref. 576745No place: The Author 1990. Softcover. First edition. Octavo. 8 leaves printed rectos only. Stapled black card wrappers with applied printed labels. Taped and stapled to rear wrapper is an unopened condom as issued. Inscribed by the author: "To my friend P.J. from Pedro. 38-E. 594-5058." The author is unknown to us. The slim volume came from the library of a noted African-American scholar and the rhymes are reminiscent of rap lyrics but alternatively there is some reason to believe it might be the work of Nuyorican poet and playwright Pedro Pietri. Rare. OCLC locates a single copy SUNY Buffalo. The Author unknown books
1980ref. 145818London: Pelham Books 1980. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Second edition. Near fine in very good dust jacket. Hardcover 2nd printing. Book has light wear to the spine ends. Nice clean copy. Dustwrapper has light shelf-rub to the spine ends 1/2" tear at the top of the back panel price-clipped. Pelham Books hardcover books
1900ref. 592001Savannah 1900. Softcover. Very Good/Near Fine. First edition. Frontispiece portrait of Craft. 16mo. 24pp. With five illustrations. Stapled in rose-colored printed wrappers. Loose chip from one rear corner laid in light wear at the edges including a few shallow chips and light creases. A pamphlet published by Rev. William L. Craft field secretary of The National Baptist Young Peoples Union Board used for recruitment efforts in the early 1910s. It provides a brief history of the church from its foundation as the Negro Baptist Church by George Leile in 1777 to the then present day under the leadership of Rev. Richard Henry Boyd; lists the organization's various presidents board members and officers; provides an overview of domestic and international missionary work; and prints a selection of various "don'ts" from spreading gossip and chewing tobacco to casting judgment and harming others. Also of interest is a small section on the importance of the number seven "a mystical and symbolic number in the Bible" likely to attract the attention of fellow African descendants who still retained spiritual belief in numerology. A rare pamphlet that we've not seen before. OCLC locates no copies. unknown books
1990ref. 243826New York: That New Magazine 1990. Magazine. 48p. 8.5x11 inches articles reviews news photos illustrations ads very good magazine in stapled pictorial wraps. Cover story on Orlando Florida and Disney World. That New Magazine unknown books
1947ref. 19881Philadelphia and Toronto: The John C. Winston Company 1947. First Edition. Cloth. Slipcase with same cloth. Fine. 4to. 25.5 by 19.5 cm. Unpaginated 14 folded sheets of glossy paper not counting prelim and final blank leaves. Leaves folded Japanese-style. Szyk illustrations are half-title title first leaf quoting bible as to origin of 10 commandments then an illustration on every recto. Facing versos have commentary. Following tenth commandment two pages of further commentary and final page with content is a colophon crediting those responsible for different aspects of the book including some not mentioned in this description such as the typographers. Light wear on the slipcase with a modest corner bump. Overall Fine. The John C. Winston Company unknown books
1986ref. 22742Torino: Cassa Di Risparmio Di Torino 1986. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. salmon cloth lettered in black. Near fine in fine dust wrapper. 303 pages. 30.4 x 23.5 cm. Profusely illustrated in color and black and white printed on quality glossy stock. Commentaries are chapters by eight scholars. Bibliography. Text in Italian. Small dampstain lower front cover at backstrip. Cassa Di Risparmio Di Torino hardcover books
