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s.l.: Famous Art Co, 1930. Very Good. Sepiatone print on old stock, a 3/4-length studio portrait of Colonel Simmons wearing a dark suit and vest, high white collar with silk bowtie, watch chain with pendant, large ring on his left hand, holding his spectacles. Image size, 13" x 10"; overall, 17" x 14". Margins toned; dust soiling on… Read more about this item

NY: M. Witmark & Sons, 1914. First Edition. Softcover. Very Good. 8pp, words and music, in part: "I miss yo' in de mo'nin', when ole Bob-white gives his call, Caroline, Caroline...." 13.5" x 10.5

Detroit: Detroit Publishing Co, 1905. Original document. Very Good. Unused, without address or message.

Baltimore, MD: Louis Kaufmann & Sons, 1916. Original document. Very Good. Postmark and message on verso dated 1916. Addressed to a Spokane, Washington woman, tells of places visited, in part: "...Hampton Roads full of battle ships and torpedo boats...10,000 sailors off 'on liberty' today till Monday. We came in on ferry from Old Point with lots of them...."… Read more about this item

Matakong, Guinea, 1848. Original manuscript. Very Good. 1.5pp, octavo, written in a neat hand on blue laid paper. Datelined "Matacong" [Matakong, Guinea], Dec. 15th, 1848. Addressed to Edward D. Kimball, Esq. head of the Salem family of maritime merchants, bankers, and textile industrialists. In part: "...I am very sorry to inform you that the Tam O Shanter is… Read more about this item

Boston: G.K. Hall & Co, 1983. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine. pp: xix, 194 with index; six full-page illustrations from old photographs. Bound in tan cloth, black lettering on spine. 9.5" x 6.25

New York: Holt, Rinehart & Winston, 1967. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. 256pp, printed in blue; 148 half- and full-page illustrations from photographs. Bound in cloth-backed printed boards, decorated endpapers, matching dust wrapper, 10.25" x 8.25

Philadelphia: Wm. W. Moore, 1860. First Editions. Softcover. Good. 14 issues, each numbering 16 pages, printed on rag paper, drop-title. In addition to some religious content and memorials to Quakers who passed, these issues present a variety of topics: Trench's Lectures on Words; Children's Literature; On "Skeletonizing"; Cuttle Fish; Fresh Water Sponges; Chemical Affinity; Household Science--Tea; Presidential Election… Read more about this item

Mansfield Centre, CT: Martino Fine Books, 1998. Limited Edition Reprint. Original Cloth. Fine. 698pp. Contains more than 10,000 citations of books and periodicals pertaining to African-American history and culture, arranged under topical headings. 9" x 6" Originally published in 1928 by Tuskegee Institute, where Monroe Work was Director of Records and Research.

Salem, MA / Mansfield, CT: Essex Institute / Martino Publishing, 1999. Reprint. Hardcover. Fine. pp: ix, 392 with index. Bound in gray cloth, gilt lettering on spine. 9" x 6" Facsimile reprint of the 1926 edition.

Mansfield Centre, CT: Martino Fine Books, 1998. Reprint. Hardcover. Fine. Two volumes bound as one. pp: 338, 62; 486, 28, 21 (indices and supplements). Bound in green cloth, red spine block with gilt lettering. 8.5" x 5.25" "This Reprint is Strictly Limited to 150 Copies" (statement on verso title-page).

Gettysburg, PA: Brethren Heritage Press, 1986. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine. 205pp; illustrations in the text. Bound in tan hopsacking, red lettering on spine and cover. One of a limited edition of 2,000 copies. 9" x 9

New York: Duell, Sloan and Pearce, 1960. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. pp: xviii, 662; 16pp illus from photographs. Has a long checklist of folksong titles, a 100-page discography, and more than 200 pages on singers of ballads and folksongs. Bound in black cloth, gilt lettering on spine, printed dust wrapper. 8.5" x 5.75" This excellent reference… Read more about this item

Hamden, CT: Archon Books, 1972. Revised & Enlarged Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. pp: xiii, 273, index; frontispiece portrait of Langston Hughes. 8.75" x 5.5" Tipped in is a "checklist update," dated March 1992.

NY: Sing Out, 1967. First edition. Softcover. Very Good. 72pp; text illustrated from photographs. This issue contains lyrics, melody lines and chord symbols to 13 songs, including three anti-war songs by Pete Seeger: If You Love Your Uncle Sam, Bring Them Home; The Big Muddy; The Ballad of the Fort Hood Three. Articles include: A Portfolio on War… Read more about this item

NY: Sing Out, 1967. First edition. Softcover. Very Good. 64pp; text illustrated from photographs. This issue contains words and music to 13 songs, including: Coffee Blues by John Hurt; Mahogany Row by Ernie Marrs; Liverpool Lullaby by Stan Kelly; Janey's Blues by Janis Ian; and nine more. Articles include: John Hurt, Patriarch Hippie by Dick Waterman; The Future… Read more about this item

NY: Sing Out, 1967. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. 64pp; text illus from photographs. Contains words and melody lines to 13 songs, including: New Found Land and three others by Woody Guthrie; Hell, No! I Ain't Gonna Go by Matthew Jones & Elaine Lavon; Hymn of the National Liberation Front of South Vietnam by Huynh Minh Sieng;… Read more about this item

NY: Sing Out, 1966. First Edition. Softcover. Very Good. 96pp; text illustrated from photographs. This issue contains words and music to 15 songs, including: I Ain't Marching Any More; Take It Slow And Easy; Pack Up Your Sorrows; and 12 more. Articles include: Lone Cat Jesse Fuller by Barbara Dane; Folk Songs of Faith by Sam Hinton; A… Read more about this item

New York: Loyal Publication Society, 1864. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. First editions of all 44 pamphlets, here compiled by the Society, and with a general title-page. Original printed wrappers are present for all but 12 numbers (probably excluded because those papers are short). Bound in half black leather and marbled boards, gilt lettering on the spine; upper… Read more about this item

Washington DC: USGPO, 1882. First Edition. Softcover. Very Good. 12pp, removed from a nonce volume; spine reinforced with archival paper. "At a meeting of the Council of the Seneca Nation of New York Indians held at their council-house on the Allegany Reservation, December 22, 1881," the Council resolved to oppose passage of Senate bill 19 because they saw… Read more about this item