19th Century Christmas Cards - A Mirthful Christmas and A Merry Christmas by Black Americana - 1888

New York: Aekell Weekly Co., 1897 Tall paper sheets. 14 pp. Centerfold has photographs for baby incubators. Was originally bound with other issues. Very Good.

New York: Atria Books, 2007. First Edition. First Printing. Quarto (28cm); original glossy pictorial card wrappers; xxiv,152pp; illus.; with supplementary DVD housed in a plastic sleeve, mounted to the inner rear wrapper. Some trivial surface wear, else Fine. Richly illustrated volume by a founding member and former chief of staff of the Black Panther Party, issued to mark the 40th anniversary of the Party's long-running newspaper. With a preface by Hilliard, and essays by Craig L. Rice, Kumasi, Elaine Brown, Dr. Stan Oden, and Joshua Bloom.

Sari / Marquis, 1966, 1970. Very Good. First Editions (or printings), stapled softcover 4to, b/w, color wraps. Vintage adult magazines featuring pinup and nude photography of Brown and Black women, with a a focus on high heels, lingerie and cinema, also with a few White gals. A broad scope of eye-catching models, when minority communities saw more general exposure socially, politically, and pornographically. All Very Good overall, rubbing, toning, a few short creases, pencil to the front, a few tiny bruises, a few light scratches.Bronze Beauties Revue, V1N6, July 1966, CN (dist.), Untamed Mistress, color cf, The Awakening(Japan), ads, fiction.Bronze Beauties Revue, V1N10, February 1967, CN (dist.), desert cat-fight, Growing Wild, color cf, ads, fiction (J.T. Sherman's Sacrifice of the Virgin).Scarce erotic Americana at it's finest, for mature, consenting audiences.

Washington: American Historical Association, 1911. Hardcover. Good. Washington: American Historical Association, 1911. FIRST EDITION. Original cloth, lettered in gilt. 314 pages. Good. Hinges a bit cracked else tight binding; clean pages; exlibrary with some marks; moderate wear. An important history of Black Americans in Pennsylvania from 1639 to 1861, from slavery to freedom. Quite scarce. SEE OUR OTHER LISTINGS FOR MORE INTERESTING RARE AND COLLECTIBLE BOOKS. .

New York: Atria Books, 2006. First Edition. First Printing. Octavo (24.25cm); black and cream paper-covered boards, with titles stamped in gilt on spine; dustjacket; xiv,302,[4]pp; illus. Inscribed by the author in the year of publication along the lower margin of the frontispiece: "8/4/06 - To Carl Reddy / Will you die with me? / Flores A. Forbes." Spine ends nudged, lower corners gently tapped (though still sharp); Near Fine. Dustjacket is unclipped (priced $26.00), with modest external wear, and a few surface abrasions; Very Good+. Memoir of a California Black Panther, recounting his days as the youngest member of the organization's central committee, his participation in a variety of operations with Huey P. Newton, his incarceration, and his self-professed journey "from rage to redemption." With a foreword by Elaine Brown.

New York: Robert Carter, 1870. Hardcover. Good. New York: Robert Carter, 1870. FIRST AMERICAN EDITION. Original cloth, lettered in gilt. Illustrated. 202 pages. 6 1/4" x 4". Good. Tight binding; moderate foxing; covers worn; some splitting to cloth.  Very scarce. SEE OUR OTHER LISTINGS FOR MORE INTERESTING RARE AND COLLECTIBLE BOOKS. .

Baltimore: Black Classic Press, 1991. First Edition Thus. First Printing. Octavo (21cm); original glossy pictorial card wrappers; [2],xii,429,[3]pp. Inscribed by the author on the title page: "To Eli / Bobby Seale." Light surface wear, tiny indentation to upper spine, with a faint diagonal crease to upper left corner of rear wrapper; contents fresh; Near Fine. Reissue of the first book by the co-founder of the Black Panther Party, recorded by Arthur Goldberg while Seale was in San Francisco County Jail between November, 1969 and March, 1970. Seale describes the book in the foreword: "There have been a lot of misconceptions about the Black Panther Party. I wanted to write this book so people would have a better insight into the inner workings of the Party - what it really does, the kind of people who are in it, their everyday lives, and the things that have happened to the Party, so that people would have a proper understanding of the Black Panther Party." Contents cover the Chicago conspiracy case,… Read More

Oakland: PM Press, 2009. First Edition. First Printing. Octavo (23.5cm); black cloth, with titles stamped in silver on spine; dustjacket; [10],11-217,[7]pp; illus. Inscribed by the author on the title page: "4/1/10 - To: Louise...Robert H. King." Crown gently nudged, else Fine in a very Near Fine dustjacket, unclipped (priced $24.95), with some trivial wear to extremities. Memoir by King (b.1942), who in 1970 was convicted of a crime he did not commit, and was sentenced to 35 years in prison. "He became a member of the Black Panther Party while in Angola State Penitentiary, successfully organizing prisoners to improve conditions. In return, prison authorities beat him, starved him, and gave him life without parole after framing him for a second crime. He was thrown into solitary confinement, where he remained in a six by nine foot cell for 29 years as one of the Angola 3. In 2001, the state grudgingly acknowledged his innocence and set him free" (from the front flap).

[Omaha, NE?]: Gazette Collective, [1972]. First Edition. Octavo (21.5cm); original pictorial card wrappers, stapled; 36pp. Light edgewear, with scattered foxing to upper edge of text; Near Fine. Rice's first book of poetry, written from prison in Omaha, NE. Rice, along with Ed Poindexter, were both both leaders in the Omaha chapter of the Black Panthers' National Committee to Combat Fascism. Both men were fingered by 15 year-old Duane Peake as the masterminds behind the 1970 bombing murder of Omaha police officer Larry Minard, though it is now known that the men, known as "The Omaha Two," were implicated falsely as part of the FBI's COINTELPRO case against the Panthers. Uncommon; we find no copies for sale in the trade (2023), with OCLC notes 7 holdings, with as many copies listed (incorrectly) under the cover title Om Poetry.

Unknown: Original Photograph, 1884. Original Photograph. Photograph. Very Good. 4 1/8 X 6 1/2 Inches. Original ID'ed Circa 1884 Cabinet Card. Photograph annotated on the verso: "Gen Hudson - mammy peeking to see if OK & caught in picture - age about 8 to 10 mo's - b. Sept 20, 1883 Son of James A. & Julia A. Hudson." The card itself is stamped "R.D. Lenhart Photographer - 18 Vine St. - Macon, MO." A bit of research has been done to see if we could locate a General Hudson from Missouri. We haven't found much. That said, the true value of this photograph (in all senses of the term) is the appearance of the "mammy" in the background. She certainly looks happier than the Hudson baby! <br /> <br /> A very rare image. Corners a bit rounded and a few spots to surface of image.