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[African American] CDV Photograph of an African American gentleman. 2 3/16" x 3 11/16." Verso imprint from "Rich, S.A., photographer. " This CDV bears a gold border and depicts a young African American man dressed in suit, holding a short-brimmed hat in one hand, the man has a air of dignity and looks straight at the camera. He rests the other hand on a decorative studio planter filled with flowers. On the backside is Mrs. S.A. Rich's pictorial imprint and the photography studio's Cincinnati address, which was in operation at this location from 1885-86. Very good condition.

Original CDV carte de visite Photograph of Naser al-Din Shah Qajar, Shah of Iran. Circa 1880-90s. Photograph published by London: Searle Brothers. Albumen print on original photographer board. The size of a carte de visite is 54.0 mm (2 inch) × 89 mm (3.5 inch) mounted on a card sized 64 mm (2.5 in) × 100 mm (4 in). The Shah is depicted in royal regalia, with Qajar hat, royal sash, medals and holding a sheathed blade. Naser al-Din Shah was the sovereign of Iran for over 50 years but was assassinated in 1896. The aftermath of his assassination marked a turning point in Iranian political thought that would ultimately lead to the Iranian Constitutional Revolution, which was the first major democratic movement in the modern Middle East. Has printed photographer information on verso. In very good condition.

CDV. The Dictator was one of the busiest post-war ships on the coastal run from Charleston to Florida from 1865 to 1878; W. Hammant, Jacksonville, is noted on verso as photographer of the Dictator. In excellent condition.

Union admiral. Credited for ordering, "Damn the torpedoes, full speed ahead" Carte-de-Viste. 2.5 x 4", sepia toned bust image of Farragut in Uniform . No back mark, in excellent condition.

Carte de Visite CDV of Naser al-Din Shah Qajar of Persia Iran c. 1880. 4"x2.5" sepia photo depicts the shah seated confidently in full royal uniform, including elaborate jewelry on his jacket and headgear, with his jewel encrusted sword prominently displayed. Naser al-Din Shah Julywas the Shah of Qajar Iran from 5 September 1848 to 1 May 1896 when he was assassinated. Below the image is the photographer's imprint "W&D Downey." On the verso is the photographer's emblem "W&D Downey, Photographer to Her Majesty." Some minor scratches, including a small tiny emulsion missing on the armchair. Overall very attractive.

CDV of an African American gentleman. 2 3/16" x 3 11/16." This albumen CDV bears a gold border and depicts a young African American man dressed in suit, holding a short-brimmed hat in one hand. He rests the other hand on a decorative studio planter filled with flowers. On the backside is Mrs. S.A. Rich's pictorial imprint and the photography studio's Cincinnati address, which was in operation at this location from 1885-86. This CDV is on cardstock mount (light toning, wear to edges; mount with puncture to lower margin). Very good condition.

Carlyle, Thomas & Ralph Waldo Emerson Correspondence Of Carlyle And Emerson. Boston: James R. Osgood and Company, 1883. Correspondence of Carlyle and Emerson is the product of the lifelong friendship between Emerson and the Scottish philosopher and social commentator Thomas Carlyle. The two first met during Emerson's first travels in 1833. Sailing first to Europe, Emerson met with John Stuart Mill, who gave him a letter of introduction to Carlyle. It was during this trip that Emerson had his intellectual and spiritual revelations that led to his formation of transcendentalism. He formed a close bond with Carlyle, and the two corresponded until Carlyle's death in 1881. First Edition, First Printing, large volume in half leather with marbled boards. The front board of Volume 1 is reattached with repairs to interior hinge in white fabric tape. Otherwise, they are in very good condition with minor wear at spine and minor foxing. Limited to 250 copies, this being number 12.

Original 19 century Albumen Cabinet Card Photograph of Lakota Sioux Chief "Rain in the Face" by Western photographer D. F. Barry. 4 1/4" x 6 1/2". Titled "Rain in the Face - D.F. Barry copyright -Bismarck, DAK" on the mount with Barry's "Bismarck, North Dakota" imprint on verso. Although this cabinet card has experienced some wear, the subject of the image is still quite striking. Rain in the Face is dressed in a stunning feather headdress and holds a catlinite pipe and stone club. Rain-in-the-Face was a war chief of the Lakota tribe. He was among the leaders who defeated George Armstrong Custer and the U.S. 7th Cavalry Regiment at the 1876 Battle of Little Big Horn. Rain in the Face had a personal vendetta against the Custer brothers; he was their prisoner for three months but when he was able to escape promised to eat the heart of Tom Custer. Tom Custer was discovered mutilated and disemboweled after his defeat at Little Big Horn - though his heart was still in his chest. This was popularized by… Read More

[African American Troops] Reading: New York Gallery, c. 1880. Cabinet card Photograph measuring 4 x 2 ½ inches on larger mount. An unusual cabinet card showing civil war veterans together toasting, with an African-American former military man in the foreground wearing medals on his jacket likely collected at Grand Army of the Republic reunions. All the men look directly at the camera while a dog sits on the table between them. A scarce display of an integrated party of men presumably toasting their civil war era military accomplishments. Near fine condition and rare.

Albumen photograph on black card mount showing Native American woman holding small child. Photo measures 6 x 7.5 inches with card measuring 7.5 x 9 inches. Native American woman with thick striped blanket wrapped around her shoulders and the child in her arms poses on a rocky hillside, trees visible behind her. The child wears a small hat and belt, both subjects with layered necklaces. The child, thumb in her mouth, gazes off camera. Light sunning to image. Photographer unknown. Overall good condition.

(Suffrage). [Photograph]: WSPU March with Flags and Signs, c. 1910s. Black and white photograph of march from the Women's Social and Political Union. Mounted photograph in frame. Image: 3 ¾ x 6 in. Frame: 7 x 8 ¾ in. Photo is good condition; bright and clear image, but some rippling from mounting. Mat is dirty and has soiling in lower right corner and water damage to upper left. Image of ten WSPU suffragists marching down a city street filled men and women watching the demonstration. The rightmost marcher carries a tri-color flag of the group's signature colors-purple, green, and white. The nine women who follow her wear sandwich board signs that call for women's suffrage and make statements like the second marcher's sign: "The Cabinet is to Blame for Militancy". Beginning around 1905, the WSPU was known for their militant attitudes towards women's suffrage, and this photo shows the bold spirt of these women fighting for their rights.

Douglas R. Hartree, Calculating Instruments and Machines. Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1949. Advance Review Copy preceding the first edition. Original red cloth boards. Measuring 7 inches by 10 inches. 137 pages. Based on a series of lectures Hartree gave at the University of Illinois on the historical development and contemporary state of calculating devices precipitating the development of the first computers. Originally delivered as a lecture series at the University of Illinois in 1948, "Calculating Instruments and Machines" is a thorough explanation of electronic digital computing and the first of two treatises Hartree wrote on the subject. Here, Hartree develops the powerful methods for numerical analysis that would make it possible for him to calculate atomic wave functions and perform early quantum mechanics. One of the earliest and most important works on computing from the 20th century, Hartree's Calculating Instruments and Machines fundamentally shaped the development of computing… Read More

Defend Democratic Rights! Handbill from Communist Party, San Mateo County. Redwood City, CA: Communits Party, San Mateo County, [1946]. 8.5 x 11 in. mimeographed leaflet. This handbill notifies readers of an arson crime against an African-American WWII veteran, John T. Walker. "In Redwood City around 4 o'clock beonthe morning of December 6th, before it was light, cowardly carriers of degrading race hatred burned to the foundation the almost complete home of Pacific veteran John T. Walker!" The handbill goes on to argue that the incident should awaken local residents--no matter race or religion--to the growing power of "pro-fascist forces," and calls upon them to urge law agencies to conduct a thorough investigation. Very good condition. Evenly toned, horizontal fold crease. A fine piece of history documenting Communist activism in post-war America, before the height of the Cold War.

Scrapbook with 200 photos and postcards of California, 1920s-50s. Brown cloth boards measuring 7 x 11 inches with "Photographs" in gold gilt across front. Cards and photos inside measure between 9 x 6 and 2 x 1.5 inches. Photos show subjects posing in natural and urban landscapes in California alongside postcards from various landmarks and scenic locations. In one series of camping photos a group of 4 young men c. 1920s pose in outdoor scenes. In one a man stands on a large rock over a stream, naked except for the towel he holds to cover himself. In another, two of the men wash dishes outdoors in tin buckets, a small camp stove beside them and homestead house with broken windows behind them. Later each man poses alone in front of the same tent, holding playfully manful poses and gazing into the distance. On the next page the same subjects are shown in individual close-ups, their eyes squinting with the force of their broad smiles. Later in the album a group of girls pose in bathing caps and swim… Read More

[Photo album] [California] Photo album of travels and vacations, filled with 256 images from around California. 1914-1920. Original cloth boards. 11.5 x 15.5 in. "Photographs" in gilt on front cover. 256 original silver gelatin print photographs of various size, from 2 ½ x 2 ½ inches to 5 ½ x 3 ½ inches. Family photo album with images from up and down the California coastline. Captions and handwritten annotations throughout album. Numerous photographs from well-known locations in San Francisco, including Golden Gate Park, Land's End, and images from the Marina District in 1915, when the Panama-Pacific International Exposition was being held in the city. View of the 19th century battleship USS Oregon, seen from San Francisco. Images labeled from Sacramento include the Capital dome, Capital Park, and the California State Railroad Museum and locomotive C.P. Huntington. Other locations noted from around California include Redwood City, Bakersfield, and Placerville. There are also photographs of the… Read More

Second Giant March Up Market Street. San Francisco, CA, 1964. Broadside measuring 7 x 10 1/4 in. Printed by the Church Labor Conference, this broadside flyer circulated around San Francisco in advance of the July 12, 1964 Human Rights March. This protest was 35,000 strong and occurred one day before the opening of the Republican National Convention, where it was expected that Barry Goldwater would be announced as the official Republican nominee for the 1964 presidential election. Goldwater is often credited with prompting a significant resurgence of conservatism in the 1960s; he was a vocal opponent of the New Deal as well as the Civil Rights Act of 1964. This broadside identifies Goldwater as "the rallying center for the Birchers, White Citizens' Councils, KKK, [and] segregationists" and outlines various motives for the march, such as defeating Proposition 14, which was otherwise known as The Segregation Amendment and had just been placed on the upcoming ballot. Other reasons for march as delineated… Read More

Annette Alison. The Power of the Alumnae. Oakland: Everette S. Dowdle, 1920. First edition signed and inscribed on front endpaper "For the student's library Wheailand Hospital/ Fraternally Annette Allison, R.N. Oakland Cal., Dec. 9 1921" Original cream boards, 94 pages, 5.25 in x 7.5 in. Annette Alison writes about the need to support and recruit women in the field of nursing in the aftermath of World War I: "We have gone forward by leaps and bounds, for our profession is a new one, and the paths of the world are ours." Even by 1950, most nursing schools would only accept and train women under the explicit circumstance that they were single and without children. A practiced nurse concerned about the future of the profession, Annette Alison implores other nursing alumnae to become involved with nursing programs and students, preparing them to enter the male dominated medical field. Boards very lightly scuffed and corners gently bumped, but otherwise in very good condition.

[Affirmative Action] David C. Nichols and Olive Mills. The Campus and the Racial Crisis. Washington, D.C.: American Council on Education, 1970. First edition. 309 pages. Octavo. Bound in tan cloth hardcovers with red lettering on spine. Housed in a brown illustrated dustjacket with black and white lettering. In the foreword by Logan Wilson, he notes that the book was created in parallel to the "American Council on Education's 1969 Annual Meeting", which was held to "get a better understanding of problems relating to the racial crisis on the campus and to further the kinds of changes needed to effect improvements". Featured are 44 essays tackling issues including the "Black Challenge to Higher Education", "Allocating Limited Resources", "Faculty Response to Racial Tensions", and "Racial Minorities and Curriculum Change". In one essay by Paul Wisdom and Kenneth Shaw, they assert that Black students "want full access to educational institutions, but they want the institutions to provide an education… Read More

[Marginalized Groups] Glazier, Willard W. The Capture, The Prison Pen, And The Escape: A Complete History of Prison Life in the South. New York: The Trow & Smith Book Manufacturing Company, 1868. First edition with original brown cloth boards. 422 pages. Measures 5.5" x 8". Book deals with the history of prison life in the South, principally at Richmond, Danville, Macon, Savannah, Charleston, Columbia, Belle Isle, Millin, Salisbury, and Andersonville. Describes the arrival of prisoners and plans of escape, with incidents and anecdotes of prison life. Also covers the adventures of the author's escape from Columbia, South Carolina, his recapture, subsequent escape, recapture, trial as spy, and final escape from Sylvania, Georgia. 12 Illustrations throughout including a portrait of the author, the capture-cavalry fight at Buckland Mills, Libby Prison, interior views of the Andersonville Prison and others. Worn gilt lettering on cover with some wear, rubbing, some chipping on edges and spine. A number of… Read More

RUTTER, Eldon. The Hejaz. (The Geographical Journal. Vol. LXXVII. No. 2.) London: Royal Geographical Society, 1931. 13 pages, including 2 sketch-maps, plus photographic plates. In original blue wrappers as issued. This is a captivating account of the Rutter's expedition in Arabia, namely the Hejaz, at the time a forbidden country to unbelievers, concerning all aspects of the Hejaz, including its geographical features, the territorial disputes and tribal factions, as well as the population that inhabits this spectacular region. Mr. Rutter outlines his pilgrimage, disguised as a Muhammadan pilgrim, through the Hejaz frontier at Halli. An engaging travel account illustrated with a full-page sketch map of the Hejaz showing Mr. Rutter's route to Mecca and Medina, an in-text sketch diagram depicting his route from Mecca to At Taif, and several amazing photographic plates showing the Kaaba (the House of Allah), the Great Mosque of Mecca, the Prophet's tomb, at Medina, and Bab es Salaam in the Mosque of… Read More