J.W. Monk Real Estate. Pine Bluff, Arkansas. Circa 1920s. “In Pine Bluff---The Greatest City in the South.” 8.5” x 11”. VG or better (short closed tear to bottom edge, soiling and edgewear, creasing from mailing). Double-sided handbill. Pine Bluff today has the largest African American population in Arkansas. The city was..... More
Late 1950s. 8.5” x 11” illustrated letterhead with “Birmingham Ala” written on front. VG (wrinkling and staining, with pinholes to upper corners). Features illustration of motel with images of Gaston and the lobby, bedroom, master suite, and coffee shop on left side. The letterhead notes the motel’s air-conditioned rooms and..... More
The album was compiled by one Don Cranmer of Birmingham, Alabama, documenting his involvement with the association from its early days and featuring photos of the shows he attended. Oblong (19.5” x 13”) photo album/scrapbook, faux leather covers a bit dusty, ring bound with metal fasteners. Overall VG or better. 32..... More
Atlanta: 1895. 31. pp plus folding map. About VG printed stapled wraps, with 4" tear to front cover at spine, edgewear. "Prepared under the direction of the Committee of the Atlanta Camp, United Confederate Veterans, for Information of Visitors, and sold for the Benefit of the Camp." More
Division of State Parks, South Carolina Department of Parks, Recreation & Tourism. The Department was created by the SC General Assembly in 1967; although there is no date given, due to some of the songs included, we would date this booklet c. 1972. Stiff copper pictorial stapled wrappers, with Department..... More
1930s. 5.5” x 8.5”. VG+ (some toning and light edgewear). Four of the application questions pertain to the applicant’s health and whether or not he or she had been ill over the past two years. The NAACP Shreveport Branch was chartered in 1914 and is the oldest chartered Unit..... More
Birmingham: Center for Developmental and Learning Disorders, University of Alabama in Birmingham, [1968]. Blue stapled wraps, 44 pp. with 26 photographs and a list of audio visual titles at rear. VG with rubbing and wear. Includes sections "Toothbrushing--How and When," "How to Recognize Abnormal Mouth Conditions," and "The Attendant's Role..... More
Photolithographs. Each approximately 22” x 14” (inset image measuring 14” x 9”). Lockwood, Greene & Co. Mill Architects and Engineers. Boston, MA. Includes: 1) New Mill for the Fulton Bag and Cotton Mills, Atlanta, GA. 2) Exposition Cotton Mills, Atlanta, GA. 3) Massachusetts Mills in Georgia, Lindale, Floyd County, GA..... More
[n.d.]: [n.d.], 1965. VG (soiling, edgewear, ownership inscription inside front cover), plastic comb binding, 95 pp. A cookbook of members of Phi Delta Theta at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville and their families. Sections (each separated by blue illustrated sheets) include Breads, Desserts, Meats, Salads, Vegetables, and Miscellaneous. More
Atlanta: [n.p.], 1980. Digest size 5.5” x 8.5” in stapled pictorial wraps. 48 pp. VG+ (soiling). Atlanta’s LGBTQ entertainment guide, launched in 1979, which highlights events and reviews and contains short articles (in this issue, a thoughtful piece on Crabs) and numerous photographs and advertisements. This issue’s editorial notes, “Gaybriel..... More
34 pp. About VG+ stapled wraps (soiling, 2” stain to front cover, chip at top edge). Includes Calendar for 1931-1932 academic year, listings of Board of Trustees, Administration, and Faculty (Officers of Instruction), General Information including a history of the College, fees, room and board, admission and registration procedures, extra-curricular..... More
Chattanooga, TN: Chattanooga Society of Medical Technology, 1977. VG or better in plastic comb binding. 120 pp. plus index. Illustrated. Sections include: Salads, Meats, Vegetables, Main Dishes, Casseroles, Breads, Desserts, and Potpourri. More
“Largest Circulated Door To Door Minority Publication.” 10th Annual Edition. 1988. Softcover, stapled pictorial wraps, approximately 7.5” x 11”. 136 pp. About VG+, a touch of sunning and crease to lower corner, affecting the first twenty or so pages. Launched in 1978 as Euphrates, Atlanta’s Classified Black Pages, this business..... More
Atlanta: International Men Enjoying Naturism, 1998, 2001. Jim Lewis, editor. Each 72 pp, 8.5” x 11” in pictorial stapled glossy wraps. VG+. A gay nudism periodical. 4 Issues, which include numerous black and white photos, essays and reports, annual Gathering highlights, Club news from around the country, advertisements, Nude Tid-Bits..... More
Atlanta: Atlanta Gay Center, 1991. Joe Lillich, editor. “Atlanta’s Oldest Publication for the Lesbian/Gay Community.” This issue contains articles including “Bye, bye, Ronnie Joe—a gay basher takes a bus ride” and “Magnus Hirschfeld—a gay pioneer whose work even Adolph Hitler couldn’t eradicate,” plus opinion pieces, advertisements, event and entertainment listings..... More
48 pp. 5.5” x 8.5” in stapled pictorial wraps. Includes sections on contestants, photos, and many advertisements. VG+. “Practically all of Atlanta’s hot night spots are represented in this program. You can take it from us, the clubs and the men here are like nowhere else.” No copies found in OCLC. More
Atlanta: Housing Authority of the City of Atlanta, 1939. First Annual Report. June 30, 1939. Thick sewn wraps, 34 pp. With folded affixed color map in rear, entitled "Rebuilding Atlanta" as well as another folded map with tissue guard entitled "Site Plan Clark Howell Homes" in Techwood. Scarce--no copies in..... More
Each photograph approximately 4.5” x 6.5” of two baseball players mounted to heavy cardstock (each approximately 8” x 10”) of an unnamed team (jerseys have a large G with a smaller K inside). In the lower right corner of five of the portraits is the photographer blindstamp “L.M. Daniel Atlanta..... More
32 pp. (15 are used, recto and verso). VG or better, with front cover detached, brittle pages with expected wear and occasional soiling. With Pocket Inserts entitled “My General Junk” (which includes two 1952-1953 Elementary Class National Piano Playing Audition Certificates, a letter from Santa Claus and his helpers at..... More
Atlanta: Sunset People, 1981-1982. Tom Oosterhoudt, editor & publisher. 5.5” x 8.5” in stapled pictorial wraps. VG+. 4 scarce issues of Sunset People, an Atlanta gay male entertainment digest magazine that included articles, reviews, events, photos, ads, and some drag material. More
7.25” x 10.25” National Broadcasting Company stationery, folded in thirds for mailing. Foxing to upper half. A typed letter, dated November 20, 1964, to Mrs. E.D. Sledge of Atlanta responding to her comments about a piece he did on his Emmy Award-winning NBC program The Huntley-Brinkley Show on African American..... More
Kansas City, KS: Bev-Ron Publishing Company, 1969. VG or better in illustrated covers with plastic comb binding (soiling on covers and affecting first few pages, sticker remnant). 104 pp with an additional 14 pages in rear including Index and advertising and order forms. The front cover reads "Perfect Gift for..... More
Each approximately 14.5” x 22” with two holes at top of each for string to be worn around neck. Eight placards total (one duplicate), one with hand-written message in marker on reverse; seven printed (all with “We Support the IAM” and marked with the Allied Printing Trades Council Union Label..... More
Macon, GA: The Stinehour Press, 1976. First Edition. SIGNED by Akers on the half-title page. VG+ (slight spine lean, spotting to edge and endpapers) in an VG or better dustjacket with illustration after painting by Athos Menaboni (half inch chip to lower spine, edgewear, ownership address inside front flap). A...... More
Apalachicola, FL: Watertown Press, 2002. First Edition. SIGNED by Bickel on title page. 168 pp, oversized hardcover. Bickel's "haunting visual poetry" of the world of Apalachicola Bay and its people. Bickel's photography has won the Golden Quill for Photography and the New York Art Directors Club Award. More