FRANCKIE JOAILLERIE DE FANTAISIE.
Paris: n.d. Advertising sheet (12 1/45" x 9 5/8"). Black and white lithograph by Yan B. Dyl featuring a naked Black woman with huge lips adorned only with sparkling jewels. More
Paris: n.d. Advertising sheet (12 1/45" x 9 5/8"). Black and white lithograph by Yan B. Dyl featuring a naked Black woman with huge lips adorned only with sparkling jewels. More
Paris: Chez A. Barraud, 1873 (The ornamental title-page is hand-colored, highlighted in gold, and dated 1872). Limited to 99 copies, this no. 8 (text volume numbered 54). Folio. Three volumes in two. Unpaged. Illustrated with 144 magnificent hand-colored plates, many highlighted with gold and silver. Several of these plates are..... More
Ditchling: St Dominic's Press, 1921. Large wood-engraving on title page. No. 9. pp. 121-128. Taylor and Sewell. F1. More
New York: The Goudy Chappel, 1976. 12mo. Separate sections representing The Artichoke Press, The Private Press of the Haywoods, Herity Press, Press of the Iron Horse, Powers Private Press, The Pre-Columbian Press, Ron Press and Under The Cellar Steps Press. Bound in tan cloth with paper label on upper cover..... More
v.p. n.d. Four are color photo cards, four are varia. Produced by Deep South Specialties in Jackson, MS.; Photo arts in Winnsboro, SC; E.C. Kropp in Milwaukee, WI; and Cline Photo in Chattanooga, TN. More
Millwood, NY: Kraus International Publications, (1980). First edition of this reprint. Four volumes. Quarto. Bound in blue cloth with titles in gilt on a black ground. Reproduces the subject cards (with some author and catchword title entries) for this outstanding collection. Nearly 45,000 entries. (Sheehy AA390). More
London: Sotheby Parke Bernet, 1978. Prices realized laid in Vol. I; estimates laid in Vols. III and V. Four volumes. 4to. In gray wrappers. More
Ditchling: Saint Dominic's Press, 1923. 12mo. viii, 26p. Colophon. Illustrated with three wood engravings by David Jones and by Eric Gill with six wood engraved vignettes and initial letters. Bound in quarter black cloth over red and white pattern paper-covered boards. Ransom 42; Gill Bibliography dates this volume 1924, our's..... More
Paris: [Marcilly], [1817]. Miniature book (1" x 3/4" ; 27 x 19 mm). 64p. Illustrated. Bound in full scarlet leather, a.e.g., the covers with central gilt floral design and decorative rolled borders. Housed in a beautiful little silver box with hinged cover, Box hallmarked and decorated with human figures and..... More
Zurich: Photoglob, n.d. [c.1910]. Oblong album of 20 original photos measuring 6 1/2" x 8 7/8". Album of red cloth, the upper cover with color pictorial design and stylized title in gilt. More
London: T.C. Lewis, n.d. [1890]. Aquatint engraving (11" X 14 1/2", within the plate mark, 10" X 13 5/8"). Drawn by W. Summers and engraved by Hunt. Features a large Black family in formal wear around a dining table. The facial features are in caricature, and with caption in cartoon..... More
Chicago: Reuben H. Donnelley, 1933. Unpaged. 64 pages of photographs by Kaufmann & Fabry, Official Photographers. - Color-printed stapled wrappers. More
Limoges: Dalpayrat et Depelley, 1888. 314p. Title page and one other page with large chromolithographed borders, all other pages surrounded with a red rule. 32mo. Bound in full leather with pattern silk endpapers, a.e.g., the covers with elaborate gilt borders. More
Philadelphia: Kimber and Conrad, n.d. [c.1812]. Chapbook. 12mo. 24p. Illustrated with woodcut on title and two woodcuts on each page. Bound in plain untitled wrappers. Rosenbach 466. More
n.d. Trade card advertising Holbrook, Merrill & Stetson, Importers and Dealers in Stoves, Metals, Tinware... Sacramento, Cal. 4 1/8" X 2 1/2". Comical image in black and white of a Black man raging and waving his umbrella over his head. More
New York: Braziller, n.d. Edited by Colin Eisler. Color facsimile. Bound in decorated green velvet-like cloth with repeating patterns of gilt flowers and vines. More
New York: The Library of America, (1995). First printing. xiv, 970p. Illustrated from photos, maps and drawings. Bound in full maroon cloth. More
Printed in Germany: Post mark of 1908. PBF Serie 7179. Embossed and colored post cards depicting very stylized "Darkies" with sayings such as " Oh, de rudeness of de men when dey see a handsome darkie!" and "Dere is no doubt, sah, dat I am a hairstocrat!" More
Printed in Germany: Post mark of 1908. PBF Serie 7942. Embossed and colored post cards depicting very stylized "Darkies" with New Year's greetings. More
n.d. Trade card advertising Clarence Brook Varnishes. Color-printed comical image of Black family swimming in the ocean. More
Philadelphia: Benjamin Warner, 1821. Printed by S. Probasco. Frontis. [1-5], 6-16p, 8 plates including frontis. Plates not figured in the pagination. The frontispiece and final plate are on the inside of the wrappers. 12mo. Bound in untitled stiff salmon wrappers. Rosenbach 616; same collation as Welch, but different imprint and..... More
V.P. (1890's). Includes 7 songs with Black themes and pictorial covers. "At a Georgia Campmeeting", Darktown Parade", "Ma Rainbow Coon", "Darktown Is Out Tonight", etc. Some very nice pictorial lithographed covers. More
Columbus, OH: Mulligan Bros. Mulligan's advertising on reverse. More
New York: Wittemann Brothers, (1882). Souvenir Album of photographs of Chicago. A fold-out album (2 2/8" x 5") of 15 images on 12 pages. Covers of ornately embossed tan cloth. More
London: The Wellcome Foundation Ltd., 1934. Small 8vo. 90p. Illustrated. Bound in green ribbed cloth with gilt cover title and vignette, t.e.g. More