New York: Random House, 1971. First Edition. Oblong octavo, 111 pages; VG/VG-; spine olive green, with brown lettering; dust jacket protected with a mylar covering; mild shelf wear and soiling; fading to edges of jacket all around; fading to spine; price uncut '$7.95'; inscribed by Welty at title page; profusely illustrated with black and white photos; pages clean; shelved Case 11. More

Martin Luther King, Jr. Type 1 press photos from the 1960's. Both photos are stamped on back and come with letters of authenticity from RMY Auctions: "MLK Shakes Hands with Supporters in Cleveland" (1964) ~7" x 9" black-and-white photograph has bumping to corners (with partial tear of upper right corner), as well as light creasing and scratching AND "Voter Registration in Mississippi" (1962) 8" x 10" black-and-white photograph has moderate creasing and scratching, and edge-wear (with small partial tear along bottom edge) Please view photographs for more details on condition. CX Consignment shelved Allan's office. More

New York and London: Routledge, 2001. First Printing. Octavo; G+; dark gray spine with white text; first printing; no jacket; cloth exterior has few white smudges to exterior; previous bookshop's sticker to rear; strong boards; minor bump to head fore corner; text block exterior edges clean; tight binding; previous owner's name to verso to half title page; heavy pencil underlining and marginalia inside; illustrated; pp 258 NOTE: Shelved in Netdesk office, in wraparound bookcase next to 15's. More

New York: Dodd Mead and Company, 1903. First Edition, First Printing. Octavo, 307 pages; VG; bound in publisher's brown cloth with black, grey, and gilt, image pasted on front cover; mild rubbing and wear to boards, rubbing to front cover image; spine lightly cocked; removed bookplate from front pastedown; ten inserted plates; CX consignment; shelved case 1. More

New York: Brentano's, 1924. First American Edition, First Printing. Octavo, 126 pages; VG-/none; bound in publisher's black cloth, faded titling to spine, dull gilt titling to front cover; George Gershwin's copy with his ownership signature on pencil on the front endpaper; Herschel Brickell's review newspaper clipping to ffep, offsetting to front pastedown and endpaper; CX consignment; shelved case 3. More

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1927. First Edition, First Printing. Octavo, 89 pages; VG; bound in colorful paper covered boards over black cloth spine, faded titling to spine; some rubbing and wear, particularly along extremities; bookstore label to front pastedown; binding slightly shaken; CX consignment; shelved case 0. More

New York: The Viking Press, 1935. First Edition. Octavo, 105 pages; VG/VG-; spine red, with gold label and black lettering; dust jacket protected in a mylar covering; mild shelf wear and soiling; small closed tear to upper right corner of jacket front; mild fading to spine; two small closed tears to upper edge of jacket back; small chip missing from upper edge of jacket back; price cut; upper edge dyed red; previous owner's bookplate at front pastedown; bookseller's sticker at back pastedown; pages clean; CX consignment; shelved Case 0. More

New York: Grove Press, Inc., 1965. First Edition, First Printing. Octavo, xiv, 455 pages; G/none; Black leather spine with gilt lettering; mild shelfwear; boards with some adhesive residue from old plastic covering; CX consignment; shelved case 5. More

New York: Dodd Mead and Co., 1903. First Edition, First Printing. Octavo,144 pages; VG; bound in publisher's pictorial cloth binding, gilt titling and pink/green vines to spine; mild wear and rubbing, chipping to head and tail of spine; ffep cracking at gutter from glue; Inscribed by Dunbar on the sfep in African-American English, from his poem 'Philosophy': "It's easy enough to titter w'en de stew is smokin' hot, But hit's mighty ha'd to giggle w'en dey's nuffin in de pot." Interestingly, he spells out 'enough' rather than using the published version '‘nough'; different ownership name dated 1903 below Dunbar's inscription; CX consignment; shelved case 0. More

New York: Simon & Schuster, 1991. First Edition, First Printing. Octavo, 544 pages; VG/VG; spine white with black lettering; dust jacket protected with a mylar covering, price uncut '$24.95'; mild wear and rubbing to dust jacket; SIGNED flat by Muhammad Ali to bookplate affixed to ffep; CX consignment; shelved case 5. More

New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1884. [Early Edition]. Octavo, 231 pages; VG-; recased in full green cloth, with original green publisher's cloth preserved; spine green, with gilt lettering and design; mild shelf wear and soiling; small stain to lower edge of preserved cloth at front board; preserved spine slightly scuffed; inscribed to a family member by Harris at original front free endpaper; additionally signed and dated by Harris at Introduction; previous repairs to page 29, including filling of blank chip; page 30 reinforced with an adhesive covering; CX consignment; shelved Case 2. More

New York: Harper and Brothers, 1927. First Edition. Octavo, 89 pages; VG; quarter black cloth binding, with boards in decorated paper; spine with paper label; covers protected with a mylar wrapper; mild shelf wear and scuffing; corners mildly scuffed; spine label age toned; upper edge of textblock dyed orange; inscribed by Countee Cullen at front free end paper; pages clean; CX consignment; shelved Case 0. More

Baltimore: Otter Bay Books, 2009. Small Quarto; G+ Paperback; Pink spine with Black text; Covers have some edgewear, some shelfwear, creasing to spine; Textblock has marks along tail edge, otherwise clean; 253 pp. More

New York: HarperCollins Publishers, 2015. First Edition, First Printing. Octavo; VG/VG; black and white pictorial spine with copper and black text; first edition; first printing; dust jacket has only light exterior wear; minor edge wear; cloth shows minimal wear to exterior; strong, straight boards; text block exterior edges have light tone; interior clean; tight binding; illustrated; pp 284 NOTE: Shelved in glass case near stairs on the sales floor. More

Georgetown, KY: Finishing Line Press, 2005. Booklet [5x7]; VG/paperback; off-white covers have mild wear to exterior; pictorial front with dark red lettering; intact panels; text block clean; illustrated; ribbon marker; pp 29; inscribed by author NOTE: Shelved in 15's ephemera box 9, in Netdesk office. More

New York, St. Louis, San Francisco: McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1970. First Edition. 10mo; G+/paperback; tan spine with black text; first edition; covers show mild wear to exterior; slightly curled front cover; minor edge wear; text block exterior edges have slight toning; one or two spots to p viii and pp 1-5, 4-5; noticeable spotting to pp 2-3; otherwise interior good; tight binding; pp 210. More

New York: Little Simon, 1995. Octavo; VG; Hardcover; Spine, multicolor with black print; Boards in glossy illustrated paper, vendor label on front, clean and strong; Text block clean and tight; Unpaged, includes 7 pop-ups, illustrated (color). More

New York: late 1940’s to 1971. A collection of approximately 2,000 photographs and negatives, taken by amateur African-American photographer Malcolm Downes Thomas (c. 1900 - c. 1972) from the late 1940’s to 1971. Thomas photographed various aspects of New York City street and family scenes in both Manhattan and Harlem, Eastern Long Island landscapes and wildlife and a variety of images taken on various Caribbean islands. The collection also includes over a hundred original photographs and negatives of Bettie Page in a private session taken in 1952. In its entirety, this collection represents a vision of nature, street scenes, human interest, and erotica as seen from the perspective of an affluent African-American. Thomas focused his photographs of human subjects on his fellow African-Americans, taking not only numerous study series of portraits but also spontaneous shots of everyday life. Children playing, people watching Television on the couch, and social gatherings are all represented. New York local events are recorded in this collection, including Wrestling Matches (3/29/53), a New York fire and efforts to extinguish it (1/7/53), African-American’s swimming in the ocean (1953), and outdoor Ice-Skating (12/51). His cityscape work is not limited to either the narrow or the broad, allowing both views of facades and paint as well as skylines. The nature work follows a similar trend, with close-ups of grasshoppers, rabbits, flowers, and others, followed by islands and landscapes. His early travels included Mexico in 1951/52, St. Thomas in 1953, and Nassau in 1953 where he and his wife participated in various photographic contests and won awards or citations for specific images. Fashion and erotica are represented as well. Thomas photographed an unknown African-American woman modelling various outfits in various poses (12/20/52). His erotica images include a private Bettie Page session dated 3/8/52 with over a hundred negatives and an unknown East-Asian woman photographed nude on at least three different occasions, 2/16/52, 12/18/53 and 12/19/53. Thomas was a Navy radar installer and later a Master Electrician. In 1943 he married his third wife Velma Henry who was a registered nurse. Together they took up photography as a hobby, traveling frequently to the Caribbean and Mexico searching for photographic opportunities. They both preferred Leica cameras for their shots. Thomas developed his own work in their kitchen, some birds and flowers were done in color, the rest were black and white. They subsequently built a home in Quoque, Long Island for weekend trips and vacations. They had no children. According to family lore, during the 1940’s Malcolm Thomas became a member of the Pioneer Photography Club, comprised of black friends. There is a story that one of the members (Jerry Tibbs) was on a New York beach and saw this beautiful woman (Bettie Mae Page) who agreed to pose for him and other members of the Pioneer Photography Club. This story is similar to the one told by Bettie Page herself, that in 1950, while walking along the Coney Island shore, Bettie met NYPD officer Jerry Tibbs. Jerry was an avid photographer and gave Bettie his card. He suggested she’d make a good pin-up model, and in exchange for allowing him to photograph her, he’d help make up her first pin-up portfolio, free of charge. Tibbs introduced Page to other Harlem photographers like the legendary Jamaican nude photographer and jazz musician Cass Carr. Carr hired her as a model in 1952 for his nude “Camera Club Outings” in which amateur and professional cameramen would pay her ten dollars to pose. By 1955 Bettie Page had become the most photographed glamour model in the United States and was the January 1955 Playboy magazine Playmate of the Month In addition to the photographic archive, the owner of the collection, Malcolm Thomas’ nephew Louis P. Brown, has created an uncorrected oblong folio proof copy of Malcom Thomas’ photographic works titled “Malcolm Thomas: Photographic Memoir” He is interested in assigning the proof and copyright to the publication of the book along with the copyright and physical images of the photographs as an entirety transaction. Purchase of this collection includes all related rights. More

Philadelphia: Industrial Research Unit, Wharton School of Finance and Commerce, University of Pennsylvania, 1970. Octavo; Fair+; Ex-library; Hardcover; Spine, blue with gold print, call number label at bottom; Boards in blue cloth with gold print, wear to spine caps and corners, cloth puckering on front and rear, shelfwear; Text block has library stamps on edges, and front flyleaf, library bookplate on front pastedown, library pocket and labels on rear pastedown, penciled call number on title page verso, clean text; xvii, 769 pages. More

Waco, TX: Baylor University Press, 2016. Octavo, 197 pages; VG/VG; red spine with white lettering; dust jacket protected by a mylar cover; minimal shelf wear, pages clean; shelved in African-American studies. More

Boston: North Cambridge, MA, 1897. Second Edition. 12mo; G; dark blue spine with gilt text; second edition; no jacket; cloth shows exterior slightly sunned spine; modest exterior wear otherwise; sturdy boards; text block exterior edges show slight age toning; pictorial endpapers; frontispiece; slight defect to front hinge at title page; interior good; illustrated; pp 253. More

Grand Rapids: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, 1983. Octavo; G+/G; Hardcover with DJ; DJ spine, black with red and white print; DJ has light edgewear, light shelfwear, else clean and bright; Boards in black cloth with gold print, light wear to spine caps and corners, else clean and strong; Text block clean and tight; Inscribed in ink by the author on the front flyleaf; xii, 326 pages. More

New York: Kraus Reprint Co., 1969. Octavo; Reprint of edition published by J.B. Lippincott & Co., Philadelphia, 1864; G-; Hardcover; Spine, black with gold print; Boards in black cloth with gold print, cocked spine, slight warping, bump to bottom corner, mild soiling; Text block has spotting to edges and endpapers, else clean and tight; 246 pages. More

Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1991. First edition. Octavo; First edition; VG/G; Hardcover with DJ; DJ spine, black and white with black print; DJ has slight edgewear, rear has large stain, else mild shelfwear; Boards quarter bound with black cloth to spine and white paper to boards, clean and strong; Text block clean and tight; Signed in ink by the author on the front flyleaf; xi, 395 pages, illustrated (b&w plates). More

New York: HarperCollins Publishers, 1998. First Edition. Larger Octavo; VG/VG-; black/white pictorial spine with multi colored text; first edition; dust jacket has modest rubbing to exterior; small stain to front; cloth has only light exterior wear; strong boards; text block exterior edges have light wear; slight sticker residue to front pastedown; profusely illustrated; interior clean; pp 355; inscribed by author. More