Negro Spirituals
Chicago: Belmont Music Company, 1937. Pamphlet. 24p. staplebound booklet, mild toning and handling. More
Cat.No: 299144
Chicago: Belmont Music Company, 1937. Pamphlet. 24p. staplebound booklet, mild toning and handling. More
Cat.No: 299144
Oakland: Parish Thompson, 1977. [36p.], staplebound wraps, 8.5x11 inches, staples rusted else very good. Souvenir booklet for a performance by the African American gospel band. Photos of the members, brief biographies, and many ads and messages of support. More
Cat.No: 206394
Washington: National Council for the Traditional Arts, 1986. [16]p., 8.5x11 inch program, photos in text (some historical, some of the performers), very good in stapled wraps. More
Cat.No: 125847
New York: Simon & Schuster, 2010. Hardcover. 264p., first printing, dj, very good save for remainder mark on bottom edge. Autobiography by the African American minister. More
Cat.No: 167417
New York: Basic Books, 1996. Hardcover. 228p., first edition, dj, very good condition. Bell uses short story motifs to elaborate current social issues. More
Cat.No: 35905
Chicago: Martin and Morris Music Studio, 1945. Sheet_music. 4p. gospel sheet music, 7x10 inches, worn wraps with corner-creasing and an ownership in ink on cover. A good (good-only) copy. More
Cat.No: 289819
Bethlehem, PA: Sing Out, 1990. Paperback. 312p., wraps shelf worn, spine slightly faded, previous owner's name else good condition, profusely illus. with photos and lyrics & music. More
Cat.No: 42905
Tuskegee; Chicago: Music Press, Tuskegee Institute; H.T. FitzSimons, 1920-1983. Sheet_music. Six items in varying sizes, all very good. Forever Thine is published under Dawson's own name with copyright of 1920 (this appears to be an early printing); Two Spirituals is a FitzSimons reprint from 1983; the rest are either later..... More
Cat.No: 292197
Bryn Mawr; Melville, NY: John Church Co.; J. Fischer, 1970. Sheet_music. Two 7x10.5 , eight-page sheet music booklets, very good. Reprints of 1918 and 1919 arrangements by the Black Canadian-American composer; the first (with school rubberstamp on the cover) is undated, the latter one is dated 1970. More
Cat.No: 292202
Chicago: Hall & McCreary Company, 1934. Sheet_music. [32]p., stapled wraps, 6x8.75 inches, wraps worn and lightly soiled, touch of rust to staples, a few pen checks in the table of contents, previous owner's signature on title page else good condition. More
Cat.No: 108785
Chapel Hill: The University of North Carolina Press, 1930. Hardcover. [viii], 101p., first edition 10.5x7 inch black cloth boards gilt, lacks the dust jacket but entirely clean, sound and square, a nice copy. University of North Carolina Social Study. The author presents original melodies "whose value lies in their presentation..... More
Cat.No: 31707
San Francisco: The Church for the Fellowship of All Peoples, 1999. Pamphlet. 12p., 5.5x8.5 inches; illus., photos., in very good condition. Psychiatrist Dr. Robert C. Scott was the recipient of the Howard Thurman Award for his commitment to those with AIDS/HIV. More
Cat.No: 294984
New York: Anchor Books/Doubleday, 1993. Hardcover. [xv], 368p., b&w illustrations in text, half-title is signed by all members of the group, cd is present (adhered to pastedown, packaging unopened), first printing enclosed in the dust jacket. Front cover of book itself has a small smudge, item & dj bear no..... More
Cat.No: 292793
San Francisco: Gray Panthers SF Remember Robeson Committee, 2018. Pamphlet. 50, [viii]p., wraps, very good condition. Music & lyrics (in fairly small print size). More
Cat.No: 278763
[New York]: Decca Records, 1947. Audio LP. Four 10-inch 78 rpm records, all in good condition, in album with photo of Sandburg playing the guitar on the front, nothing printed on the interior pastedowns. Laid in is a 32p., 8x10 inch accompanying booklet in wraps with the same photo of..... More
Cat.No: 158788
Amherst MA: the serial ("Views.."), 1988. Magazine. 71p., illustrated only with photos from the annual awards ceremonies (one of eleven distinct essays), presswork on bright-white alkaline stock, a neatly trimmed saddle-stitched item in 9x6 inch decorated wraps. Very good. some rust to staples with no migration. Find three essays on..... More
Cat.No: 294535
Amsterdam: Actuelle Onderwerpen, 1972. 20p., 4.5x7 inches, b&w photos of African American Gospel singers, very good in stapled pictorial wraps. Text in Dutch. AO-boekje 1400, 11-2-1972. More
Cat.No: 129591
Amsterdam: Actuelle Onderwerpen, 1967. 16p., stapled wraps, 4.75x7.25 inches, illus., wraps lightly shelfworn else very good condition. Text in Dutch. More
Cat.No: 118421