African-American from Michael Pyron, Bookseller, ABAA

[Washington]: Congressional Globe Office, 1848. Unbound. Very Good binding. Octavo. 7, [1] pp. First edition. Folded signature, never bound; opened, but untrimmed. Some loss to the bottom corner, limited to the margin, nowhere near the text; lightly toned; wrinkling to the final leaf. Brodhead was a Representative and Senator from Pennsylvania. In this speech he recognizes… Read more about this item

[Washington]: Tower Printers, 1848. Unbound. Very Good binding. Octavo. 8 pp. First edition. Unbound and uncut. Minor edgewear and soiling to the first and last leaf; light foxing. Dickinson argues in this speech that Congress does in fact have the right to determine whether new territories may be slave holding or not--this was not universally agreed… Read more about this item

[Washington]: Congressional Globe Office, 1848. Unbound. Very Good binding. Octavo. 8 pp. Unbound and uncut. Minor edgewear and soiling; light foxing. A reasonably nice copy of this speech that was never bound. This speech is a defense of himself and his ideas against a series of editorials published in the Union newspaper calling Wilmot's proposition to… Read more about this item

Toronto: Evangelical Publishers, 1939. Original Wrappers. Very Good binding. 12mo. 32 pp., illus. In original wrappers with cut-out as issued on the front wrapper so the frontispiece of Carver shows through. Some soiling to the wrappers, but largely a nice copy.

[Washington]: [William A. Davis], 1817. Disbound. Very Good binding. Octavo. 5, [3 (blank)] pp. Removed from nonce volume. Leaves are detached; light toning and soiling; pencil note at the top of the first page. An early document of the "back to Africa" movement. The Society for the Colonizing of Free People of Colour of the United States was… Read more about this item

Northampton, MA: Printed for Smith College by the Southworth Press, 1925. Hard Cover. Very Good+ binding. Octavo. viii, 280, [1] pp., facsims. First edition. As issued in cloth backed boards with publisher's glassine wrapper. Spine is just a trifle sunned, otherwise, a remarkably bright copy in a surprisingly well preserved glassine wrapper; contents clean and binding sound. This… Read more about this item

New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1874. Hard Cover. near Good binding. 12mo. 279, [1], [6 (ads)] pp. First edition. In original cloth with title in gold on the spine. Binding is worn with some chipping to the backstrip and a closed tear along the top of the front joint; staining to the covers; corners frayed; despite the… Read more about this item

Original Wrappers. Very Good binding. An uncommon collection of promotional material from Tuskegee Institute. Contents include: 1) Tuskegee Institute, 1881-1931 | Souvenir Program, Exercises in Celebration of Founder's Day and the Fiftieth Anniversary of the Establishment of the Tuskegee Normal and Industrial Institute by Booker T. Washington, April 12-14, 1931 (Robert Russa Moton, Principal). Tuskegee Institute Press,… Read more about this item

Published by Request of the Convention of Diocese of Alabama, 1884. Original Wrappers. Good binding. Octavo. 16 pp. First edition. As issued, in printed wrappers. Wrappers are moderately soiled but only lightly worn; vertical crease the entire pamphlet where it was folded; contents show light and occasional spotting otherwise clean. Wilmer was born in Alexandria, VA.… Read more about this item

Boston: Little, Brown, and Company, 1925. Hard Cover. Very Good+ binding/Very Good dust jacket. Octavo. [8], 313 pp. First edition, first printing. In publisher's cloth with dust jacket. An extremely fresh copy with little wear to speak of; contents are clean but for a Birmingham, AL bookseller's ticket on the front free endpaper; dust jacket is fairly nice… Read more about this item

New York: D. Appleton-Century Company, 1932. Hard Cover. Very Good+ binding/near Very Good dust jacket. Octavo. [8], 325 pp. First edition, first printing. In publisher's cloth with dust jacket. An extremely fresh copy with little wear to speak of; contents are clean; dust jacket is quite nice with some light edgewear with some chipping at the head of… Read more about this item

New York: D. Appleton-Century Company, 1931. Hard Cover. Very Good+ binding/near Very Good dust jacket. Octavo. [8], 341 pp. First edition, first printing. In publisher's cloth with dust jacket. An extremely fresh copy with little wear to speak of; contents are clean; dust jacket is fairly nice but for a sunned spine with titling illegible; otherwise only light… Read more about this item

New York: D. Appleton-Century Company, 1930. Hard Cover. Very Good+ binding/Very Good dust jacket. Octavo. [8], 300 pp. First edition, first printing. In publisher's cloth with dust jacket. An extremely fresh copy with little wear to speak of; contents are clean; dust jacket is fairly nice with some very light edgewear including a small chip at the tail… Read more about this item

Washington: Gideon & Co, 1850. Disbound. Good binding. Octavo. 16 pp. Removed from a binding. Spine has been mended with clear archival tape; contemporary owner signature over the title with some bleed-through to subsequent leaves, otherwise, a nice copy of Stanly's controversial pro-Union speech. While known for having volatile temperament in his early political life, he mellowed in… Read more about this item

Columbia, SC: State Printing Company, 1964. Hard Cover. Very Good binding/Very Good dust jacket. Octavo. 348 pp. Third Printing. As issued, in red cloth and dust jacket. A nice copy with limited wear; internally clean but for a contemporary gift inscription on the front free endpaper. Cream dust jacket is soiled, otherwise without significant wear.

Raleigh, NC: Presses of Edwards & Broghton, 1898. Hard Cover. Good+ binding. Octavo. Bound as issued in green cloth with title stamped in gold on the front cover and spine; light silverfishing to the cloth; a bit shelfworn; some foxing and staining to the contents. A 19th century appeal for a geographical separation of the races as the… Read more about this item