Paris: Pierre Bertrand and L'Armessin Family, 1680. Original Broadside. 6 3/4 x 9 1/4 INCHES. ORIGINAL 1680 ENGRAVED PORTRAIT OF AFRICAN KING "Tombut Roy of Guinea" Beautifully engraved portrait that was ISSUED SEPERATELY in Paris by the engravers Bertrand and Larmessin (not taken from a book). Within an oval frame the..... More
Goodrich's Landing, LA: Original, 1863-64. Original Letters. Important collection of six war-date letters written by Union Brigadier General John Parker Hawkins while in command of Colored Troops at Goodrich's Landing, LA. Goodrich's Landing was the name for the cotton plantation owned by Henry Goodrich that was siezed by Union troops..... More
Columbia, MO: University of Missouri Press, 2007. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 6 1/4 X 9 1/2 Inches. 348 PP. First printing copy with correct number line to the "1" on the copyright page. Signed and inscribed "To Dorothy" by author on half title-page. More
Chicago, IL: Johnson Publishing Co., 1966. First Edition. Original wraps. NINE issues of JET Magazine from 1966, the heart of the Civil Rights movement in America. Issues include March 10, March 24, April 21, May 19, June 23, July 7, July 21, August 18 and December 8. An interesting little..... More
New York: Van Evrie, Horton & Co., 1861. First Edition, First Printing. Cloth. 339 PP + 3 PP ads. First edition in complete form. Parts originally published in pamphlet form in 1853. Original black cloth binding with "blue" endpapers. Very attractive copy of this famously racist diatribe on the inferiority..... More