(Ann Arbor: Southpaw, 1986). First edition. Original printed wrappers, 11 x 8.5 inches, wire stitched, 56 pages. Original wrap-around painting to the wrappers, signed in ink on the front wrapper by Guyton. “Each cover in this issue is an original work by Detroit artist Tyree Guyton. The series, entitled ‘Urban... More about Original painted cover, signed by Guyton, of an issue of “Southpaw,” Vol. 2, no. 1, Winter 1986

[Washington, D. C. n. p., 1850]. 8vo, removed, 15 pages. Benton argues against the Compromise of 1850, which included the Fugitive Slave bill: "No sir! no more slavery compromises. Stick to those we have in the Constitution, and they will be stuck to!" With much detail on the topography of... More about Mr. Benton's Anti-Compromise Speech. Speech of Mr. Benton, of Missouri, in the Senate of the...

(New York: Pioneer Publishers, 1945). Stated third edition. 8vo, original printed wrappers, 47, [1] pages. Trotskyist arguments for racial equality and civil rights from the long-time editor and labor activist Breitman and fellow Trotskyist Burch , including extensive coverage of the Detroit riots of 1943. More about The Struggle for Negro Equality by John Saunders [pseud. for Arthur Burch] and Albert Parker...

Covington, Ky. Printed for the Author at the Office of the "Licking Valley Register," 1846. First edition. 8vo, contemporary tree calf, red leather label, gilt lettering, 480 pages. "Is it therefore unreasonable to conclude, that in former times, in that warm country where the passions are known to be strong... More about The New Light, or, Discourses on the Christian Church, on the Evils of Sectarianism and on the...

[Roanoke, Va. Copyright by William Henry Gravely, 1921. First edition. Small 8vo, original printed gray wrappers, 31 pages. In the wake of the passage of the 19th Amendment (which Virginia had rejected in 1920), the Virginia attorney and Republican-Populist politician here tries to square the Southern political circle: "The necessity... More about Can the Water Be Made Fine? Southern Politics and Women. Primaries, Prohibition, the Negro...

Springfield: Lanphier & Walker, Printers, 1847. First edition. Early added patterned-paper wrappers over card stock, 9.75 x 6 inches, 39, [1] pages. The second Illinois constitution, outlawing slavery but directing restrictions on the rights of immigration of free African Americans into the state. Includes the three leaves of the “Address,”... More about Illinois Constitutional Convention. Constitution of the State of Illinois, Adopted by the...

Philadelphia: Marshall, Clark and Co.; Providence: Marshall, Brown and Co., 1833. First edition. 8vo, original blue muslin, 79, [1] pages. One piece of a puzzle that may lead to the first student of African descent to have graduated from Harvard Medical School. Alumni publications list Bertrand François Bugard was a.... More about A New Treatise on French Pronunciation; or, A Series of Rules by which Every Person Acquainted...

Kingston, Jamaica: New Dawn Press, 1945. First edition. 8vo, original blue cloth, [4], [iv], 213, [1] pages. Original printed dust jacket. A presentation copy, with an ink inscription signed by McFarlane and dates 21 April 1950 on the front free endpaper. A relatively early collection of essays and addresses (ranging... More about The Challenge of Our Time: A Series of Essays and Addresses

Washington, D.C. Gibson Bros., Printers and Bookbinders, 1894. First edition. Small 8vo, original printed wrappers (wrappers detached but present), wire-stitched, 109, [3] + 1 final leaf tipped in (and since detached). "In 1853 I had charge of the 'Standard,' a paper at Charleston, S. C.--of no great importance--and fated to... More about Man in Continuation at this Earth of a Nature of Reality Throughout the Universe by Tradition of...