Category: African-American Ephemera

American Art Review, August 2000 (Rockwell Kent, California Impressionists, Robert Gwathmey and Andy Warhol)

Price: $10.00

Publisher: Lealand, Kansas, American Arts Media Inc. : 2000

Seller ID: 1835

This is a magazine which provides numerous multi-page articles with many color works by subject. The artists and themes in this issue are these: Rockwell Kent's Adorondack Legacy; California Impressionists at Laguna; The Virginia Landscape; The Evolution of African American Art; Whitney Myron Hubbard; Impressionism to Modernism in Southern California; Robert Gwathmey and Andy Warhol and Will Barney; A Timeless World.
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Black Women In the Middle West: The Michigan Experience

Price: $12.95

Publisher: Kalamazoo, Michigan, Historical Society of Michigan : 1988

Seller ID: 4065

Binding: Card cover

This is one of two Clarence M. Burton Memorial Lectures that I posted, this one being from 1988 where it was given at the Annual Meeting of the Historical Society of Michigan. The booklet is clean, tightly bound, and measures 6"x9" with 31 pristine pages. The text is dense, but still accomodates black and white photographs throughout. It also covers three parts: The Pioneer Phase, The Era of Domestic Feminism; and The Period of Self-Determination.
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Charlie Parker For Piano Featuring The Paul Smith Trio; CD included

Price: $20.00

Publisher: Milwaukee, Wisconsin, HalLeonard Sorporation

Seller ID: 4425

ISBN: 101423419235

Binding: Card cover

Condition: Very good condition

Very handsome music book with a Charlie Parker CD included at the back. The book meaasures 9"x 12" and has no names or markings. There are 72 pages covering 11 original Charlie Parker transcriptions -- Moose the Mooche, My Little Suede Shoes, Vis, Chi Chi, Confirmation, Yardbird Suite, Back Home Blues, Ornitholgy, Segment, Blues For Alice and Au Privave.
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George Gershwin and Du Bose Howard's Porgy and Bess Souvenir Program (1942)

Price: $18.00

Publisher: USA, Arthcraft Litho : 1942

Seller ID: 3278

Binding: soft cover

Condition: Very good condition

Porgy and Bess took the stage in 1935 and returned in 1942 with wonderful music by George and Ira Gershwin. The play went on from January 22 to September 26, 1942 for a total of 286 performances. The souvenir is quite interesting with lots of black and white photos of the performers in action and an excellent narration of the story. There's also biographes of the actors and others who played a role in bringing the story to life. Souvenir measures 9-1/4" x 11-3/4" and has 16 counted pages.
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Legends of Jazz, 1990 (14 booklets)

Price: $18.00

Publisher: The Columbuia House Company : 1990

Seller ID: 2478

Binding: soft cover

Condition: Very good condition

I just got these and, believe it or not, I'd never seen even one before now, much less a set of fourteen! All are clean and are illustrated with photographs of the greats which accompany articles about each one. The booklets measure 5-1/2 x 8" and have about 12 pages each. The artists covered are: Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington, Miles Davis, Herbie Hancock, Charlie Parker,Count Basie, Billie Holiday, Erroll Garner, John Coltrane, Benny Goodman, Thelonius Monk,Coleman Hawkins, Lester Young, Sarah Vaughan, Dave Brubeck, Art Tatum, Dexter Gordon, Woody Herman, Lionel Hampton, Sonny Rollins, Wynt...
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Missa Luba Mass In Congolese Style For Mixed Chorus With Tenor Soloist and Percussion (1997)

Price: $9.95

Publisher: Van Nuys, California, Alfred Publishing Company : 1997

Seller ID: 2570

Binding: Aard cover

Condition: Near fine conditiobn

Very handsome cover on this tall music book which measures 7" x 10-1/2" with 56 pages. The music is from the Congo style, an African spin on the religious Mass used in churches. All aspects of the Mass are included from the Kyrie to the Agnus Dei, The lyrics are all in English. The first edition of this booklet came out in 1969. Booklet is clean and tightly bound with just a few penciled comments which could easily be erased. I didn't because they can sometimes be helpful.
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Postcards Costumi Africa Orientale (16 views)

Price: $45.00

Publisher: Napoli, Italy, Ditta Carcavallo : Unknown date

Seller ID: 3073

Condition: Near fine condition

Here we have 16 sepia toned postcards which are unused. No writing to divided back and no postage and/or stamping. The cards are part of a series titled Costumi Africa Orientale and were published in Italy. All are very clean and crisp and each will arrive in its own brand new plastic sleeve. The cost per card is $3.
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Presenting The Temptations (Motown 1969)

Price: $18.00

Publisher: New York, Dell Publishing : 1969

Seller ID: 3261

Binding: Card cover

Condition: Very good condition

I was so excited to find this. It reminded me of how much fun it was to dance to the Temptations in the 60's. If anyone saw me taking these pictures while inging My Girl (badly -- VERY badly) they'd run for the hills. Anyway, this is a colorful, gorgeous concert souvenir.It's very clean and tightly bound with no names or writing and lots of great photos, some in color and some in black and white. The booklet measures 9-1/2" x 11" and has 16 pages with bios of each singer and info on songs and venues.
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The Afro-American Tradition in Decorative Arts: Notes on the Exhibition 1978

Price: $9.95

Publisher: Cleveland, Ohio, Cleveland Museum of Art : 1978

Seller ID: 0484

Binding: Card cover

Condition: Fine

Crisp beautiful art catalog published to accompany the exhibit of the same name which was held in Cleveland, hio Feb.1-April 2,1978, but traveled also to the Milwaukee Museum of Art, the Museum of Fine Arts Boston, the St. Louis Art Museum and the Smithsonian throughout 1978 and '79. Exhibit concentrated on basketry, musical instruments, wood carving, quilting, pottery, boat building, blacksmithing, architecture and graveyard decoration. Maps at back, plus a checklist of works which numbered 99, only a portion of which are featured in the catalog. Catalog measures 8-1/2"x 11" and is illustrate...
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This is Cleveland (circa 1946)

Price: $18.00

Publisher: Cleveland, Ohio, The League For Human Rights : circa 1946

Seller ID: 2206

Binding: soft cover

Condition: Very Good condition

This booklet is not seen too often. I got it from a private collection, but it's stamped on the front #13 Collinwood High School Library 1946. This one is not about Cleveland history only insofar as it discusses its residents and their origins. The thrust of the 66 page text is to showcase and provide information on the various ethnic groups, their religions, and the problem of prejudice. What's odd is it left out the Irish who came in droves and settled on the west side. All told though it's a topic not covered too often. Measures 6" x 8-3/4". Only fault is the stamp mentioned above.
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A voice From Harper's Ferry 1859: The Unfinished Revolution (1974)

By: Anderson, Osborne P.

Price: $14.95

Publisher: Atlanta, Georgia, World View Publishers : 1974

Seller ID: 3765

Binding: Card cover

Condition: Good condition

The author of this classic booklet, Osborne P. Anderson, wrote it in 1859 as a "Black revolutionary who was there." In 102 pages (including index) is a first-hand account of John Brown's raid on Harper's Ferry. He was the only Black survivor of the great attempt at a mass slave rebellion. The booklet begins with a contemporary introduction by Vince Copeland. Booklet measures 5-1/2" x 8-3/4". Pages are clean and bright with no names or writing and booklet is tightly bound. There's a small bit of toning to back cover near the spine. Overall it's nice.
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David Driskell: Painting Over A Decade 1996-2006

By: Brown, Bruce; Sims, Lowery Stokes

Price: $18.95

Publisher: New York, City, DC Moore Gallery : 2006

Seller ID: 3279

Binding: Card cover

Condition: Very good Condition

Colorful and magical -- each painting offers so much to contemplate. David Driskell enjoyed a career as a historian and curator. But Driskell painted too and the art community took him in. This book was published as a catalog to accompany the traveling exhibit which came to the Center for Maine Contemporary Art, the DC Moore Gallery, and Hampton University Museum (Virginia). The dates ran from June 2, 2006 to Fall, 2007. Catalog measures 9" x 11" and is pristine inside and out. There's much text, including an interview with Driskell.
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The Negro and the War Pamphlet No. 71 1942)

By: Brown, Earl; Leighton, George R.

Price: $16.00

Publisher: New York, New York, Public Affairs Committee Inc. : 1942

Seller ID: 1504

Binding: soft cover

Condition: Very good

Clean, tightly bound booklet which measures 5-1/2"x7-1/2" and has 32 pages illustrated with graphs. First printing was in August 1942, and this one, the second, in December, 1942. The booklet begins with a provocative story about how the Japanese in January, 1942 aired a story from Sikeston, Missouri about a young African American man named Cleo Wright who was seized by a mob and burned to death. The story was not random -- the Japanese had a reason for it. The booklet examines that, as well as life for the African American in wartime America, both in and out of the military.
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Howard Cook in Alabama (2007)

By: Dodd,Lamar

Price: $20.00

Publisher: Alabama, Georgia museum of Art; Mobile Museum of Art : 2007

Seller ID: 3971

Binding: Card cover

Condition: 2007

This is a stunning exhibition catalog with bold images in black and brown and sometimes with a pop of color. Howard Cook's work in Alabama brings to the page cotton pickers, mules, the cotton gin, making sorgum, "footwashing Baptists, river baptizing, Sloss Furnace #1 in Birmingham and more. There's a lot of text in this one, much more than usual. The catalog measures 7" x 11" and has 37 pages. The art was shown twice: Mobile Museum of Art Jan. 12 - April 15, 2007 and Hunstville Museum of Art from Janaury 27 -- to April 13, 2008. Beautiful condition!
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Black Flyers in WW II

By: Ferguson, William C. Sr.

Price: $20.00

Publisher: Los Angeles, California, Tuskegee Airmen Inc. : 1987

Seller ID: 2739

Binding: Card cover

Condition: Very good condition

Very nice booklet about the Tuskegee air men in World War II. The pictures are all in sepia and very plentiful. But there is also text and captions to identify place and people in the photos. The booklet measures 8-1/2" x 11" with 64 pages with no names or writing. Only defect is a faint water stain to lower front corner which I almost missed. Among the Tuscagee Army Flying School graduates were Representative Louis Stokes of Ohio; Coleman Young, former mayor of Detroit; and Percy Sutter, former Manhattan burrough president.
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The Jefferson-Lemen Compact (1915)

By: MacNaul, Willard C.

Price: $18.00

Publisher: Chicago, The University of Chicago Press : 1915

Seller ID: 2260

Binding: soft cover

Condition: Near fine condition

Crisp, beautiful, original booklet. NOT the reprint. There is some faint fading at the edges of the cover, but otherwise this one is pristine inside and out with no names or writing. The booklet measures 5-3/4" x 8-1/2 " with 57 prisine pages. The text is from a paper read before the Chicago Historical Society on February 16, 1915. Booklet covers the relations of Thomas Jefferson and James Lemen in the exclusion of slavery from Illinois and the Northwest Territory with related document from 1781-1818.
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The Cotton Club (1972, 1st ed.)

By: Major, Clarence

Price: $30.00

Publisher: Detroit, Michigan, Broadside Press : 1972

Seller ID: 3057

Binding: Card cover

Condition: Fine condition

Crisp and clean with no defect of note. This is a 1972 collection of 22 poems by award winning poet, Clarence Major. For many years he taught at the college level and wrote poetry and novels. Major’s poetry and short stories have appeared in countless magazines and anthologies. In 2015, he received the “Lifetime Achievement Award in the Fine Arts,” by The Congressional Black Caucus Foundation. Booklet is not often seen. It measures 5-1/2" x 7-1/2" and has 22 pages.
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Faulkner and the Negro (University of Colorado Studies Series in Language and Literature No. 8) 1962

By: Nilon, Charles H

Price: $25.00

Publisher: Boulder, Colorado, University of Colorado : 1962

Seller ID: 0689

Binding: soft cover

Condition: Very good

This one looks like a plain Jane, but if you're interested in the great American author, William Faulkner, this would definitely be interesting, especially if you collect Faulkner. The book is clean and tightly bound and measures 7"x10" with 111 pages. Only fault is a small abrasion to upper front corner of cover. The author explores Faulkner's presentation of Black characters in his work by showing how he followed a moral compass.
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LeRoy Neiman; 30 Years in San Francisco

By: No author

Price: $22.00

Publisher: San Francisco, California, Franklin Bowles Galleries : 2002

Seller ID: 4111

Binding: Card cover

Condition: Fine condition

Pop goes the color! Check out the crayon colors with painter's daubs on the cover because that's what you'll see inside. Whether the subject is Playboy magazine covers, horse racing, bar scenes, golf, and animals -- they're all alive. Tke catalog measures 8-1/2" x 11-1/2" and has 65 pages. Neiman died in New york city, 2012 twelve days after his 91st birthday.
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Ohio History Magazine Volume 82: 1973 Andrew Johnson Impeachment

By: Thurston, Helen M.

Price: $12.00

Publisher: Columbus, Ohio, The Ohio Historical Society : 1973

Seller ID: 4030

Binding: Card cover

Condition: Fine condition

So crisp and bright I could barely believe this magazine and its many issues could be over 40 years old. This is the first one I picked up and thought for sure it was the best. We'll have to see, but check out the articles here and see what you think -- The Architectural Legacy of Guy Tilden of Canton, Ohio; the Philosophy of Charles G. Finney; Politics and Repeal of Ohio's Black Laws 1837-1849; John Sherman and the Impeachment of Andrew Johnson; Lawyer as Lobbies; President Hayes and the Reform of American Indian Policy; A Young Woman in the Midwest, The Journal of Mary Sears 1859-1860. The m...
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Category: African-American Ephemera