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THE FAMILY COMES TO SCHOOL: SHARECROPPERS LEARN TO LIVE AT THE BRICK RURAL LIFE SCHOOL.

By: (Ogden, Jean & Jess?)

Price: $5.00

Publisher: Charlottesville, VA, 1950

Seller ID: 4274081871

11pp. Amer. Missionary Assoc. Plantation economy upgraded by self help. Great addition to south, economics, agriculture, black studies, etc. UVA Extension Publ. Wrps, fine. Not listed per OCLC. Black Americans. (4274081871) (Price reflects 80% discount.)

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SOMETHING NEW KEEPS BEING ADDED: GOLDSBORO HAS ITS OWN CHRISTMAS PLAY AND SOME OTHER THINGS IN DRAMATIC ARTS.

By: (Ogden, Jean & Jess?)

Price: $3.50

Publisher: Charlottesville, VA, 1951

Seller ID: 4274203344

7pp. High School drama in exemplary fashion. UVA Extension Publ. Wrps, fine. Not listed per OCLC. (4274203344) (Price reflects 80% discount.)

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(FOSTER HALL REPRODUCTIONS) SONGS, COMPOSITIONS, AND ARRANGEMENTS BY STEPHEN FOSTER.

By: Foster, Stephen.

Price: $65.00

Publisher: Indianapolis, 1933

Seller ID: 5051671035

228 pieces. In three large folding boxes (all crisp) w/metal case (11¾ x 14¾ x 10¾"), a bit rubbed, sheet music like new. These are reproductions of first editions (where available) or first available editions. Ltd to 1000 copies available only to institutions & were updated periodically by Foster Hall. Set incls the errata slip issued when three new Foster songs were discovered-"Ah, My Child!", "Soiree Polka-arranged for four hands" & "Way Down South in Alabama," as well as Songs of Stephen Foster (Univ. of PA Press, 1951) & Pennsylvania History reprint of "...
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"Ultimatum: Kid to Kid" & "Ballad of the Two Thieves" pp. 25-27 as ptd in SHENANDOAH, THE WASHINGTON AND LEE UNIVERSITY REVIEW, VOL. V #1, WINTER.

By: Hughes, Langston

Price: $5.00

Publisher: Lexington, 1953

Seller ID: 4696241037

Two poems. Wrps, v.g. Other contributions by Donald Davidson, Hodding Carter, & Howard W. Odum. Virginia. Literature. South. (4696241037) (Price reflects 80% discount.)

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SOME SOUTHERN QUESTIONS.

By: MacCorkle, William A.

Price: $15.00

Publisher: NY, 1908

Seller ID: 3304577700

vii,318pp. The 1st two essays deal w/the race question; MacCorkle, once Gov. of WV, was well ahead of his colleagues. Fine in v.g. d.j. Top edge gilt. West Virginia. Appalachia. Copies on line to one hundred (3304577700) (Price reflects 80% discount.)

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CRISMOND UNVEILED. THE "ARTFULL DODGER" EXPOSED. TRIED IN THE SCALES AND FOUND WANTING.

By: Mahone, William?

Price: $500.00

Publisher: (Petersburg), 1886

Seller ID: 5586152235

8pp. Spotsylvania and Fredericksburg citizens had seen Crismond's (the Guano merchant) answer to Mahone's attack. Here Mahone rebuts Crismond's defense, tooth and toenail, citing equivocations and detailing lies. Not found per OCLC nor per on-line listings by Lib. of VA, UVA, or VA Hist. Society. (5586152235)
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AT A GEORGIA CAMPMEETING - A CHARACTERISTIC MARCH WHICH CAN BE USED EFFECTIVELY AS A TWO-STEP, POLKA, OR CAKE WALK

By: Mills, Kerry

Price: $50.00

Publisher: NY, 1897

Seller ID: 5289839097

5pp. "Mills' Cakewalk of 1897, "At A Georgia Campmeeting," was self publ., after being rejected by every firm to which it was submitted Its instant success ushered in the cakewalk as a musical protest against the vulgar racial stereotypes projected in the "Coon" songs…(it) enjoyed a five- or six-year life span." This is not a rag, but closely associated. Probably first ed.; if not, very early ed. Exagerated sterotype(unsigned artwork) illustration of three Afro-Amer. couples dancing. This copy separated at fold, two inch horizontal tear to each side with bottom marg...
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TRANSACTIONS AND REPORTS (COLLECTIONS).

By: Nebraska Historical Society

Price: $55.00

Publisher: Lincoln, 1887+

Seller ID: 3879901986

As follows: Vol. II, 1887; Vol. III, 1892; Second Series Vol. II, 1892; Second Series Vol. X, 1907; & Vol. 16, 1911. Generally v.g., one w/bkstrp ends gone. Internal lib. cancel marks. One inner jt cracked. Boundaries, Native Americans, missionaries, railroads, underground railroad, Pawnee, Sioux; Counties of Cass, Dodge, Lincoln, Sarpy, & Washington; etc. No copy online. For five vols... 5 vol. (3879901986) (Price reflects 80% discount.)

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SMYTH COUNTY FAMILIES AND HISTORY.

By: Presgraves, James S. (comp.)

Price: $35.00

Publisher: Pulaski, VA, 1974

Seller ID: 38525955

70pp. Intro. by Dr. Goodridge Wilson & w/excerpts from Hardesty's Encyclopedia (NY, 1884), prepared by R. A. Brock. Eleven page oral history from African-American Black citizen. Family names include Bailey, Baker, Barlow, Boatwright, Buchanan, Copenhaver, Dickey, Dungan, Fudge, Gollohon ( Gollehen), Greever, Harmon, Hubble, Hull, Hix, McCarty, McDaniel ( (McDonald), Moore, Orr, Patrick, Pendleton, Posten, Preston, Reedy, (Roady), Richardsonn, Sexton, Shannon, Shefffey, Ssprinkle, Tarter, Tate, Ward, Wells, Willmore (Wilmore) Wolfe, CW Rosters. Map of the town of Marion. Subscribers list. Fu...
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"The Amethyst Arrowhead", p3-4, 11 in THE IDEAL YOUTH VOL I # 5.

By: Rutledge, Archibald.

Price: $7.00

Publisher: Wood, VA, 1924

Seller ID: 5046852606

Cartoon Afro-American stereotype ill. by Frank Johnson. "Wood" was located in Scott County, Virginia w/P.O. from 1884 ____. An amazing venture - located between nowhere and beyond, Scott County could be called the heart of Appalachia (draw a line from Detroit to Tallahassee), but here Editor Charles W. Compton has not only issued a slick paper magazine (this is issue #5), but he has secured advertisers from Chicago, Rochester, Pittsburgh, etc. Afro-Americans. Virginia. (5046852606) (Price reflects 80% discount.)

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MISS MINERVA'S COOK BOOK. DE WAY TO A MAN'S HEART.

By: Sampson, Emma S.

Price: $49.95

Publisher: Chicago, 2002

Seller ID: 4407297261

280pp. Facsimile copy in wrps with plastic comb binder. The scarcest of the series begun by Calhoun (M. M. & W. G. Hill) & continued for several vols by E. S. Sampson. A magnificent collection of old South recipes in Black dialect. In 1977 we sold a copy at $25 & in 1997 a copy was sold at $250. Recently we saw this title offered in a d.j. at $1000. Facs only. ISBN 1-933607-13-0 (4407297261)
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THE NEGRO IN THE MEDICAL PROFESSION.

By: Walker, Helen E.

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Charlottesville VA, 1949

Seller ID: 3551317521

66pp. First ed. Wrps, v.g. Six tables & three appendices. Phelps-Stokes #18. Not listed in Blockson. (3551317521) (Price reflects 80% discount.)

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WATER SONG

By: Weaver, Michael (Afaa)

Price: $5.00

Publisher: Charlottesville, VA, 1985

Seller ID: 5611580583

73pp. First ed. Wrps w/UVA labels. Out of print. Good w/dampstain to top inch of bkstrp, small edging to wrps. Issued by Callaloo Journal, Lexington, KY. Distribution absorbed by UVA Press whose labels are pasted over data about origin. ISN:0-012659-05-4 (5611580583) (Price reflects 80% discount.)

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WHY DON'T YOU GET A LADY OF YOUR OWN - THE SWELL COON LAUGHING SUCCESS

By: Williams & Walker

Price: $30.00

Publisher: NY, 1898

Seller ID: 5507518713

4pp. Sheet music removed. Cover has photo likenesses of the Afro-American authors. Billed in Vaudeville and on this cover as "Two Real Coons", the Afro-American duo flourished from 1896 until death closed their careers. Stereotype cover art monogrammed "CJE"? Nice margins. Lasst p features four Afro-American titles of music. (5507518713) (Price reflects 80% discount.)

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THE MUCH ADMIRED & POPULAR SONG OF MISS LUCY LONG

By: Willig, George pub

Price: $7.50

Seller ID: 6012158046

Philadelphia (Willig) and Richmond (Smith, Drinker & Morris). c.1840. 2 p. Sheet music removed. Usual foxing. Stereotype words. Small internal tear not affecting words. OCLC locates only one copy w/ the Richmond co-op imprint (10/14). (6012158046) (Price reflects 80% discount.)

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Category: Afro-American/Black