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Collection of Unusual African American Books, Photos, Magazines and Mementos.
Lot 176. Collection of Unusual African American Books, Photos, Magazines and Mementos. One of the keys to this collection is Charles H. Wesley’s groundbreaking 1927 book Negro Labor in the United States 1850-1925: A Study in American Economic History. Wesley was a history professor at Howard University. Second printing, cover partially loose, owner’s name inside, g+ to vg, no dj, possibly as issued. This book is scarce and typically is offered for $50-200. The other books are: Tally’s Corner: A Study of Negro Street Corner Men by Elliot Liebow, 1967 soft-cover, vg. Little Boy Black by Alfred W. Wilkes, 1971, g-vg hardback first edition, no dj. The Guide to Black Washington by Sandra Fitzpatrick, 1990 paperback, nm. Also, Howard University yearbook, Bison, 1945, vg. Photos: Three b&w 8” x 10” 1950s-60s family photos, vg-ex; two early 1900s studio portraits of men dressed in suits, g+ to vg, and photos of Tiny Meeker, D.C. orchestra leader, on business cards, ex. Magazines: Life, Nov. 22, 1968, Frederick Douglas cover, article on black history, vg-ex. Ebony, all vg to vg+ to ex, Apr. 1969 with Ali cover, Dec. 1976 with George Foreman, Arthur Ashe and others, and May 1980 with Lena Horne. Also: Singers in the Dawn: A Brief Anthology of American Negro Poetry, Robert B. Eleazer, 1937, 24-page softcover published by the Conference on Education and Race Relations, vg. The Black Experience 1973 published by the Assoc. for the Study of Negro Life and History, all in a folder, missing one section but containing extra items, vg-ex. 1964 and 1971 Metropolitan Baptist Church programs, one vg and one p. Louisville restaurant menu, vg, and greeting cards with black caricatures, one f and one vg-ex. And: Martin Luther King Jr. charm with photo on the front and “I Have a Dream, 1929-68” on the reverse, ex.
Winning Bid $30.
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