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New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1948. First printing of this edition. Both volumes Near Fine in Very Good plus dust jackets. Toning to the spine and rear panel, and brief chipping to the jacket spine (Supplement One); jacket with cello-tape to the panels, flaps, and board edges, else Near Fine (Supplement Two).

Towson, MD: The Collectors' Press, 1958. Complete run of 8 issues of the short-lived firearms enthusiast magazine, published in Maryland. Volume 1 Number 1 SIGNED on the Contents page by editors Benet and Codd in 1991. The magazine saw little light, had limited distribution, and only ran for a year and a half, but its content was amongst the most in-depth in its field, with interesting illustrations and close-up photography of firearms of all kinds. Book reviews, ads, and historical accounts all made for an excellent, albeit brief, encounter with rifles, pistols, Colts, swords, and war paraphernalia. Issues included: Volume 1, Number 1, January 1957; Volume 1, Number 2, April 1957; Volume 1, Number 3, July 1957; Volume 1, Number 4, October 1957; Volume 2, Number 1, January 1958; Volume 2, Number 2, April 1958; Volume 2, Number 3, July 1958; Volume 2, Number 4, October 1958. All issues 8.5 x 11 inches, saddle-stapled, printed color wrappers. Light rubbing and foxing overall, else Near… Read More

N.p.: N.p., 1940. Archive of 99 vintage photographs documenting a mine sealing project in and around Kempton Mine in Kempton, Maryland. Likely taken at the behest of the Kempton Mine Company, the photographs are housed in an album, with captions detailing the nature of the work shown, location, and date. Photographs date between February, 1938, and April, 1940, and are arranged in groupings according to location, each usually followed by an abbreviated location signifier and a description of the work done. Detailed inventory available upon request. Archive presents many views of the work involved in the large-scale project, including masonry stopping, traps, and seals; clearing, cleaning, and loading fall; gob cleanup and seals; excavation and paving of creek beds; bridge construction; earth packing; drainage ditch digging; and timber setting and wall construction, among others. Archive also includes a map and an introductory photograph showing an overview of the mine and mining plant.… Read More

Baltimore: N.p., 1951. Archive of six vintage black and white photographs of students at Druid Junior High School 137 in Baltimore, including five showing students gathered in the music classroom, and one showing what appears to be a Christmas nativity recital. Four photographs dated variously between 1949 and 1951 in manuscript ink annotation to the bottom margin, and two photographs undated, with no annotations. The photographs broadly document young African American students cheerfully posing with various instruments, and three show an older man who appears to be the class music teacher standing to the far left. Three photographs 10 x 8 inches, one photograph 10 x 7.5 inches, one photograph 10 x 7 inches, and one photograph 7 x 5 inches. Generally Very Good, with moderate creasing, edgewear, and fading throughout.

Baltimore: N.p., 1967. Collection of five vintage black and white photographs of African American schoolchildren in Baltimore, including three matte-finish and two glossy, dated variously between 1945 and 1967. One photograph mounted on stiff cardboard, with faint manuscript pencil annotations to the top left corner, noting the names of students in the shot. Included in the collection is one photograph dated May 20, 1945, noted as the class portrait for St. Cyprian's First Communion Class, with the insignia of Capitol Photo Service to the bottom right corner. Also included are two class portraits credited to Claiborne photography studio, one dated 1949, the other dated 1967. The two remaining photographs in the set show children during class performances-one capturing a girls' dance recital, the other showing a group of children onstage, apparently during a birthday party scene, with many children in whimsical costumes. Photographs approximately 10 x 8 inches. Generally Very Good plus to Very… Read More

N.p.: N.p., 1950. Collection of six vintage black and white photographs of church gatherings in Baltimore, including images of choirs, children's recital performances, luncheons, formal dinners, and Sunday school classes. One photograph with the blind stamp of photographer George W. Evans Jr. to the bottom right corner, one photograph with the blind stamp of photographer Paul Henderson, and one photograph with a manuscript ink annotation to the verso, noting the names "Hortense / Betty / Hester". Photographs are undated, but appear to have been taken variously throughout the 1940s and 1950s. The photographs primarily show groups of African Americans of varying age, posing in front of church entrances and seated at dining tables in formal attire. Three photographs also capture musical groups onstage, including one showing the boy's choir at Metropolitan Methodist Episcopal Church standing in the chancel, with an older man to the far right, likely the choirmaster. Born in Springfield, Tennessee,… Read More

Baltimore: Etta Cone, 1934. First Edition. First Edition. From the collection of noted Baltimore Museum of Art curator Brenda Richardson, with a typescript gift inscription card to Richardson laid in, "BRENDA, / I THOUGHT YOU SHOULD HAVE A PRISTINE COPY OF THIS. / HAPPY 20TH! / WENDY T." One of the most distinguished art curators and historians of the twentieth century, Brenda Richardson began her career at the University Art Museum in Berkeley (1964-1975), and went on to become the chief curator at the Baltimore Museum Art between 1975 and 1998. An unapologetic champion of contemporary art, she curated well over 70 major exhibitions for the BMA, the high spots being notable stagings for Frank Stella, Brice Marden, Barnett Newman, and Bruce Nauman. She also curated the 1985 exhibition of the Cone Collection, the BMA's prized centerpiece, which contains over 3000 works, including 600 pieces by Matisse, as well as work by Picasso, Cezanne, Gauguin, and others. She has authored and contributed to… Read More

Manchester, VA: Manchester High School, 1904. Vintage program for Manchester (colored) High School's commencement ceremony, held on June 14, 1904, at the First Baptist Church. One of the earliest schools for Black students in southern Virginia, Manchester High School was founded in 1888, with noted African American educator James H. Blackwell at its helm. The city of Manchester was later annexed by Richmond, and the school renamed the Maury School. Although Richmond law forbade Blackwell from being principal, he remained the de facto chief administrator of the Maury School until 1916, when a white principal was hired for the renamed Dunbar School. In 1952 the Richmond School Board renamed a combined elementary and junior high school the James H. Blackwell School in Blackwell's honor. The neighborhood around the school is now also known as Blackwell. 5.5 x 8.5 inches. Bifold. Very Good, moderately edgeworn and creased.

Baltimore and Oakland: Baltimore Museum of Art / University of California Press, 2018. First Edition. First Edition. INSCRIBED by John Waters on the title page to noted curator, Brenda Richardson, to whom Waters dedicated the catalog, "To Brenda - / My life time / art mentor / love / John Waters." From Richardson's collection. Published in conjunction with a traveling exhibition which opened at The Baltimore Museum of Art on October 7, 2018 and closed at the Wexner Center for the Arts on April 28, 2019. One of the most distinguished art curators and historians of the twentieth century, Brenda Richardson began her career at the University Art Museum in Berkeley (1964-1975), and went on to become the chief curator at the Baltimore Museum Art between 1975 and 1998. An unapologetic champion of contemporary art, she curated well over 70 major exhibitions for the BMA, the high spots being notable stagings for Frank Stella, Brice Marden, Barnett Newman, and Bruce Nauman. She also curated the 1985… Read More

Baltimore: Morgan State University, 1953. Vintage program for a Morgan State vs. West Virginia football game, held at the Hughes Stadium in Baltimore on October 24, 1953. Program includes player and reserve lineups, photographs of each team and the respective coaches, and notes on the upcoming homecoming festivities. Near Fine in pictorial side-stapled wrappers.

San Francisco: Alcazar Theatre, 1979. Vintage poster for the 1979 San Francisco production of the 1978 off-off-Broadway play. "The Neon Woman" premiered at Hurrah, a West Side discotheque, on April 16, 1978, and ran for 88 performances, closing on July 15, 1978, and was named Best Play of 1978 by Soho News. It was revived on the West Coast at the Alcazar Theater in San Francisco, and opened on January 24, 1979. Both productions featured Divine in the lead performance and were directed by longtime Tom Eyen collaborator Ron Link. Follow-up to Eyen's 1975 off-Broadway play "Women Behind Bars," which also starred Divine in the hit 1976 revival. A string of endless murders where no one remains dead occurs at the Neon Woman, a seedy Baltimore strip club which features "the world's first totally deaf and dumb stripper" who signs as she strips, run by "the last of the pink hot strippers," Flash Storm, played by Divine. 14.5 x 22 inches on card stock. Small diagonal crease to the bottom right corner, else… Read More

Phoenix, AZ: Calderon Ballroom, 1982. Vintage flyer for a performance by Bad Brains, with supporting acts, Driftwood, Soylent Green, and Junior Achievement, presented by Mersey Productons, at the Calderon Ballroom in Phoenix, Arizona, October 24, 1982. A forerunner of hardcore punk, and adept at reggae, heavy metal, funk, hip hop and soul, Washington DC's acclaimed Bad Brains have been called "the mother of all black hard-rock bands" by Rolling Stone magazine. Formed in 1976 as the jazz fusion band Mind Power, Bad Brains have gone through numerous line-up changes over their nearly 50 years performing, released nine studio albums, and have influenced countless other bands and musicians. The original line-up of H.R., Dr. Know, Darryl Jenifer, and Earl Hudson, intact until 1987, is seen in the photograph on the 1982 flyer on offer here. 8.5 x 11 inches on goldenrod paper. Near Fine.

Baltimore: N.p., 1998. Vintage one color flyer for actress Mink Stole's website, www.minkstole.com, featuring an image of Stole as Taffy Davenport from John Waters' 1974 cult classic "Female Trouble," with the proclamations "Visit My Website," "Get Good Gossip!," "Buy Cool Stuff!," and "See me in 3-D!," circa 1998. Stole, born Nancy Paine Stoll, has appeared in nearly 50 films between 1966 and 2013, and is best known for her work in the films of Baltimore's independent film maestro John Waters. Stole is one of only three "Dreamlanders" (Waters' ensemble of regular cast and crew) who has appeared in all of Waters' feature films to date. Stole began her website in 1998 to promote her writing, merchandising, performances, and film work. 8.5 x 11 inches. Light edgewear, else Near Fine.

Baltimore: Maryland State Arts Council / National Endowment for the Arts, 1987. Vintage one-color Julius Hemphill and Baltimore Jazz Workshop Big Band poster for a performance at the Baltimore Museum of Art, March 21, 1987. One of free jazz's most visionary composers, Julius Arthur Hemphill was a jazz composer and saxophonist best known as the founder of the World Saxophone Quartet, formed in 1976 with Oliver Lake, Hamiet Bluiett, and David Murray. Hemphill recorded over twenty albums as a band leader, nine with the World Saxophone Quartet, and over a dozen as a sideman on releases by Bill Frisell, Allen Lowe, and Anthony Braxton, among others. Due to ill health, Hemphill was forced to stop playing in late life, but continued composing until his death in 1995. 11 x 17 inches, brown print on pale yellow cardstock. Near Fine, with light creasing at the extremities.

Baltimore, MD: Baltimore Queer Film and Video Festival, 1998. Vintage program for "Baltimore's Queer Film and Video Festival," June 4-11, 1998. Screening over 30 feature length and short films, Baltimore's 1998 Queer Film and Video Festival, held to benefit Baltimore's LGBTQ community, took place over eight days at The Charles Theater, The Orpheum Theater, and at The Maryland Institute College of Art. 6.75 x 10.5 inches, 16 pages with a color front wrapper, perfect bound on newsprint. Near Fine.

Baltimore: N.p., 1940. Vintage black and white photograph of a group of Sunday school students and teachers posing in front of Metropolitan Methodist Episcopal Church at 1210 West Lanvale Street in Baltimore. Blind stamp of photographer Paul Henderson to the bottom right corner. Circa 1940s. Built by free Black Baltimorean Truman Pratt and his congregation over the course of ten years, Metropolitan Methodist Episcopal Church (then known as Orchard Street Church) officially opened its doors on Orchard Street in 1837. Orchard Street Church was renamed Metropolitan Methodist Episcopal Church in 1870, with a rapidly growing congregation of nearly 700 members, including two Sunday schools with 45 teachers and nearly 300 students. The church began to play a central role in the African American community of Baltimore, organizing and participating in conferences on politics, education, and civics, and even hosting the Washington Methodist Episcopal Conference in 1876. In 1927, the congregation decided to… Read More

N.p.: N.p., 1970. Vintage flyer for a concert held at the James Brown Motor Inn in Baltimore, 1970. Billed as "A World Series Special Show," the concert would have been held on either Saturday, October 10, in conjunction with Game One of the 1970 World Series (which itself took place at Riverfront Stadium in Cincinnati), or Saturday, October 17, to celebrate the Orioles winning the World Series in Baltimore the preceding Thursday. It's unclear when Brown, whose second wife was from Baltimore, purchased the motor inn, located at the intersection of Franklin and Paca Streets, but a 2006 "Baltimore Sun" article notes that it was closed in 1971 after "developing a reputation for rowdiness." Brown himself is not billed on flyer, which notes performances by the Johnny "Hammond" Smith Trio, comedian Clay Tyson, and appearances by "TV Star" John T. McPhee and "Tap Dancing Wizard" Vertis Johnson. 5.5 x 8.5 inches. Lightly soiled, with a small chip to the upper left corner, Very Good Plus.

Baltimore: N.p., 1925. Vintage program for a Baltimore City College vs. Baltimore Polytechnic Institute (or what Baltimoreans would call a "City vs. Poly") football game, held at the Baltimore Stadium in 1925. Included with the program is a ticket for the 1943 City vs. Poly game, as well as a small illustrated postcard showing the Polytechnic Institute in north Baltimore. The rivalry between the Baltimore City College football team (City) and the Baltimore Polytechnic Institute football team (Poly) is one of the oldest in American high school football, predated only by the English-Latin rivalry in Boston. The City-Poly rivalry began in 1889, and continues to this day. Program: 8 x 11 inches. Very Good plus, with light wear on the edges. Ticket: 4.25 x 3.5 inches, mounted on a piece of paper measuring 4.5 x 3 inches. Very Good plus, lightly toned, with a small chip on the bottom left corner. Postcard: 5.5 x 3.5 inches. Near Fine.

Baltimore: Ray Pino Presents / Famous Ballroom, 1971. Vintage flyer for a performance by the Herbie Hancock Septet, presented by Ray Pino, for a sickle cell anemia benefit at the Famous Ballroom in Baltimore on December 26, 1971. Ray Pino was a long time jazz promoter in New York and Baltimore, and was the director of the 1967-1968 Laurel Jazz Festival, as well as serving as the advisor to the Interracial Jazz Society and the Left Bank Jazz Society. Advertising executive and local promoter Louis Shecter opened Baltimore's Famous Ballroom in 1947. For over 40 years the venue hosted the likes of Count Basie, Duke Ellington, Tommy and Jimmy Dorsey, Miles Davis, Dizzy Gillespie, and John Coltrane, among many others. The club was one of the first spaces in Baltimore to attract an interracial audience. Beginning in 1967 the space became a long term residency for Baltimore's Left Bank Jazz Society, and on May 7, 1967, it hosted the final professional appearance by Coltrane, two months before he died of… Read More

Baltimore: Maryland Center for Creative Music, 1987. Vintage four-color Webster Young poster for a "Visiting Jazz Artists '87" performance at Maryland Art Place (MAP), January 8, 1987, for the Baltimore Jazz Workshop and hosted by the Maryland Center for Creative Music. Jazz trumpeter and cornetist Webster Young is best remembered for his smooth, lyrical playing, and performed with the likes of John Coltrane, Dexter Gordon, Hampton Hawes, Jackie McLean, Lester Young, Bud Powell, and Ike and Tina Turner, among others. 11 x 17 inches. With a small, faint crease to the lower left corner, else Near Fine.