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[African American] Black Models in Commercial Print: Philadelphia Studio Fashion Photoshoot 1930's-1940's Archive of 4 Original Vintage Photographs. Each black and white silver gelatin photograph measures 3.5" x 4.5". All photographs were captured at Condax Studio in Philadelphia. Condax Studios was associated with the Models' Guild of Philadelphia, which served.....
Bob Marley. Jamaican singer, musician, and songwriter. Considered one of the pioneers of reggae, his musical career was marked by fusing elements of reggae and rocksteady, as well as his distinctive vocal and songwriting style. A poster photo of Bob Marley lighting a smoke, black white vintage poster about 24".....
[African American Literature] Morrison, Toni. Song of Solomon. New York: Alfred A. Knopf. 1977. First Edition, First Printing Hardcover with original Dust Jacket. 337 pages. Measures 5.75" x 8.5". A review panel noted Song of Solomon led to Morrison winning the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1993 and it also.....
[LGBTQ] Harvey Fierstein. Fierstein is an actor, playwright, and screenwriter,and an icon in LGBT culture in New York City. Archive of 2 Playbill, First one a Fugue In A Nursery and is signed on front cover by Harvey Fierstein. Also includes a play bill for The Haunted Host. The playbills.....
[LGBTQ], [Feminism] Amazon Quarterly Archive of 3 Pieces, two Magazines and one copy of The Lesbian Reader: An Amazon Quarterly Anthology . Oakland/Somerville: Amazon Press of Oakland/Somerville, 1973-1975. This archive includes magazine issues from Feb. 1973 (Vol. 1, No. 2) and March 1975 (Vol. 3 No. 2) and the first.....
[LGBTQ] Baker, Dorothy. Trio. Cambridge/Boston: The Riverside Press, Houghton Mifflin Company, 1943. Hardcover, First Edition with Dust Jacket. Baker received a Guggenheim Fellowship in 1942 and, the next year published Trio, a novel whose frank portrayal of a lesbian relationship proved too scandalous for the times and received critical reception.....
La Dolce Vita. Directed by Federico Fellini. Archive of 4 Original Vintage Photos used as Lobby Cards in movie theaters. Columbia Pictures, 1961. Each measures 8" x 10" and are matte, high-contrast, black and white. La Dolce Vita is a satirical comedy-drama starring Marcello Mastroianni as a tabloid journalist who.....
[LGBTQ] Archive of 19 photographs capturing lesbian romance and sapphic relationships circa 1900's-1990's. Black and white silver gelatin and color photographs measuring between 3" x 2" to 6" x 4". One photograph captures a woman's loving gaze towards another woman. Another real photo postcard captures two women, dressed in elegant.....
[LGBTQ], [Cross-Dressing] Archive of 10 photographs documenting people experimenting with gender expression and cross dressing throughout the early-mid 20th century. Photos included are black and white silver gelatin prints, and 3 real photo postcards. Measuring between 3" x 2" and 3.5" x 5 . The images document both male and.....
[LGBTQ] Queer Brides Say "I Do" in Vintage 1950's Wedding Photo Archive of 3 Original Photographs. Original vintage black and white gelatin prints measure 10" x 8.5". One photograph documents a man as a bride, dressed in a semi-sheer white wedding dress, decorated with ribbons, and an intricate lace floral.....
[Coocking] Brillat-Savarin, Jean Antthelme. The Handbook of Dining or Corpulency and Leanness Scientifically Considered..by Brillat-Savarin.. London: Longman, Roberts & Green, 1865. This is a later translation in English of the main parts of ʻPhysiologie du goût or THE PHYSIOLOGY OF TASTE; Transcendental Gastronomy. of Brillat-Savarin. The original work in French.....
[Chicano Literature] Dobie, Frank J. Puro Mexicano. Austin: Texas Folk-Lore Society, 1935. First Edition Hardcover, 12th volume. 261 pages. Measures 6.25" x 9". As part of a large collection of Mexican lore accumulated over many years through contributions from people all over the Southwest and through editor J. Frank Dobie's.....
[LGBTQ Literature] Craigin, Elisabeth. Either is Love. New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1937. Stated First Edition hardcover no dust jacket. 155 pages. Measures 5.25” x 8.25”. Incredibly early memoir is written in first person and examines lesbian relationships in the 1930s. After the death of her husband, the narrator.....
[LGBTQ] Amazon Poetry: An Anthology of Lesbian Poetry edited by Elly Bulkin and Joan Larkin. New York: Tower Press, 1975. First edition, Second printing. Tan soft cover wrappers with red titling. Octavo. 110 pages total. The prefatory note describes the anthology as "...a book of poems that show the scope.....
[African American Literature] Morrison, Toni. A Mercy. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2008. Advance Reader's Edition, uncorrected proof. Precedes the first edition. Original softcover. 178 pages. Measures 5.5" x 9". Advance copies are privately produced and distributed by publishers in anticipation of the book release date. Back cover states anticipated.....
[LGBTQ] Winford, E. Carlton. Femme Mimics. Dallas: Winford Company, 1954. Stated "Second Printing" on title page. Maroon cloth hardcovers with gilt titling. No dust jacket. Measures 9" x 11". 164 pages. E. Carlton Winford created this book to surface and highlight early female impersonators, including notable stars like Julian Estinge.....
[LGBTQ] Cowell, Roberta. Roberta Cowell's Story. New York: British Book Centre, 1954. First edition, dust jacket missing. 208 pages. Measures 5.5" x 8.25". Autobiography of Roberta Cowell, who was born as Robert Cowell in 1918. At a young age, she developed a passion for motor racing and engineering, and studied.....
[LGBTQ] Bowen, Elizabeth. The Hotel. New York: The Dial Press, 1928. First American Edition. Black cloth hardcovers black titling. Housed in its original speckled-orange dust jacket. Octavo. 294 pages total. The Hotel, Bowen's first novel, follows a group British tourists vacationing on the Italian Riviera during the 1920's. The story.....
[LGBTQ] Ward, Barbra. The Short Year. New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1967. First edition. Cream cloth hardcovers with green titling. Unclipped dust jacket illustrated with a vignette of Washington Arch in Washington Square. Set in Greenwich Village, this novel follows the life of 19-year-old Pembroke Miller, who inevitably meets.....
[LGBTQ] Miller, Isabel (pseudonym of Alma Routsong). The Love of Good Women. Mass market paperback with illustrated wrappers. Tallahassee: The Naiad Press, 1986. Octavo. 210 pages total. First Edition. The story sets place in the later years of World War II, with two women discovering a missing dimension within their.....
[African American Education] Brawley, Benjamin. Women of Achievement: Written for The Fireside Schools under the auspices of the Woman's American Baptist Home Mission Society. Woman' America Baptist Home Mission Society, 1919. First edition. Green cloth hardcovers with black lettering. Octavo. 92 pages total. Written by the former dean of HBCU.....
[LGBTQ] Richards, Renée; with John Ames. Second Serve: The Renée Richards Story. New York: Stein and Day Publishers, 1983. First edition. Red cloth hardcovers with gray spine. Dust jacket boasts bold red and black photographs of Richards, pre- and post transition. Octavo. 373 pages. The autobiography of opthamologist turned tennis.....
[African American Literature] Mott, Abigail and Wood, Mary S. Narratives of Colored Americans. New York: William Wood & Co., 1877. Hardcover rebound in brown cloth. 276 pages. Measures 5.25" x 7.5". This book features stories of significant African American figures and those who made contributions to American society including Frederick.....
[African American Poetry], [LGBTQ] Parker, Pat. Movement In Black. Oakland: Diana Press, 1978. First US Edition, first printing. Octavo. Brown cloth gilt hardcovers. Bold orange unclipped dust jacket. Movement In Black is a collection of poetry by Black lesbian feminist Pat Parker. The poems featured in the collection center around.....
[Chicano Literature] Dalton, Roque. Miguel Marmol. Willimantic, CT: Curbstone Press, 1987. First English language edition, first printing, hardcover. 503 pages. Original Dust Jacket features sketched portraits of Miguel Marmol in his youth and in adulthood. Back cover features an additional black and white photograph of Roque Dalton and Miguel Marmol.....