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191526775New York 1915. Irish propaganda targeting the British during W.W.I. from the Irish World of January 30 1915. During W.W.I the struggle for Irish independence was suspended with the Nationalist forces splitting over support of the war. This handbill appears to be an effort to incite hatred of the British with racist descriptions of Fijian soldiers "the cannibals we may say" who fought for the British. There is a clear preference for Germany - "And these are the savages the cannibals we may say whom Britain is bringing over to fight the most enlightened nation of Melancthon and SchlegeL of Kant. of Mozart and Beethoven and Wagner of Goethe and Heine." <br /> <br /> The text characterized the Fijians as cannibals "dark copper colored have black eyes and bushy hair worn in the form of a mop" short stature protruding stomachs legs bowed and feet flat and usually nude. The photograph shows the Fijian soldiers standing at attention behind a British Officer photo by Paul Thompson. <br /> <br /> The text of the handbill is extracted from The Irish World and American Industrial Liberator published in New York between 1878-1951. Hand bill 9 x 7 3/4" printed in blue on cream paper verso blank. Creased with marginal tears and small margin loss. <br /> <br /> Unrecorded on OCLC although there is a W.W.I poster with the title "Civilization Vs. Barbarism" 1914 but associated with Red Cross Week. OCLC: 894257435. unknown
a75378Washington 1884 1st GPO. Senate Report for the First Session of the 48th Congress. Investigation of the alleged massacre on colored men at Denville Virginia. Hardcover. Octavo 1298pp. a few caricature illustrations and drawings tan buckram. Institution bookplate and blind stamp on title page tiny depository library name stamp on end paper - no other library markings. VG plus. . hardcover
193661085Washington D.C.: Associates in Negro Folk Education 1936. 8vo. 6 98 pp. Decorated tan softcovers Art Deco designs on front cover lettering in black gilt & red minor scuffing lower fore-edge front cover still a VG copy. First edition of this 4th installment in the storied “Bronze Booklet†series which quickly became a standard reference for teaching African-American history in the United States and Europe and addressed a number of racial conflicts and issues surrounding the impact of race on political and economic history. This important groundbreaking work by Bunche not only represented his most extended analysis of the issues of racism but also the role of race and racism in World economic and political conflicts Imperialism and inherent racism as well as the fact that race “has been used to whitewash some of the blackest pages in American history.†Bunche 1904-1971 was a leading African-American intellectual diplomat supporter of the US Civil Rights movement and would later be awarded the 1950 Nobel Peace Prize the first African=American so honored. Associates in Negro Folk Education, paperback
196631813London: Leslie Frewin 1966. First Edition. First Impression. Octavo 21.5cm; black paper-covered boards with titles stamped in gilt on spine; dustjacket; 240pp; illus. Lower corners gently tapped though still sharp else Near Fine in a Near Fine dustjacket unclipped with light wear to extremities tiny tears along lower edge some some mild bubbling beneath the laminate. Account of the October 1964 election in Smethwick UK by Griffiths who won the seat as Smethwick MP in the 1964 general election against Labour Party candidate Patrick Gordon Walker. Smethwick's deep divisions racial and anti-immigrant issues drew comparisons to Little Rock and Selma at the time. Leslie Frewin unknown
1923H6749Dayton OH: Paine Publishing Co 1923. Paperback. Very Good. Wraps 67 pp very good light wear. Story centers on the Merkle family and her two daughters one of whom is ambitious one of whom is not and the complications that ensue from this. Included in the cast are Rastus Johnsing 'An Honest Coon' and his wife Dinah Johnsing a servant. OCLC locates three copies in institutions. Paine Publishing Co paperback
19331821<p>15 cm. 4ii vii11-621-36331-1653xii2pp. Most pages double-column with either side-by-side or facing English and Chinese text. Brown cloth stamped in gilt and white. Shelfworn with white almost entirely missing from spine characters; small stain to rear board.</p><p>An English conversation guide for Chinese speakers that covers the subject in three separately paginated parts -- Vocabulary Dialogues and Useful Sentences -- plus an Appendix. Numerous examples are provided throughout although often of such a specific nature that it is hard to imagine such a conversation taking place e.g. when the reader is provided with dialogue about the benefits of swimming in sea water versus river water or how to report to the police being robbed by four men with guns one of whom has a "double thumb" .</p><p>Interestingly all of the examples appear to take place in China and at times offer a sharp cultural critique of English-speaking foreigners. This is particularly true in a section in Dialogues on "Protests" in which a sample Chinese person defends himself against rudeness and racist comments by foreigners in different situations such as being mistreated by a clerk in a store when being involved in a traffic accident that was the foreigner's fault and on a tram car "The occasions of provocation are numerous and only a few are referred to here". An Editor's Note follows this section noting that while "it does a man good to get a genuine complaint out of his chest rather than to harbour it there" readers should always take the moral high ground: "the spirit underlying the protest should never be one of racial prejudice. A protest should be made with the best of intentions for the sake of the benefit of the offender as well as the scandalised onlookers. The protester should not fall into a passion for after all to err is human" p. 140-41.</p><p>Surprisingly not found in OCLC.</p> The World Book Co., Ltd. hardcover
26566English each print 'Copyright Entered at Stationers Hall'. Circa 1888. The four plates each 29 x 23.5 cm are loose and unframed in fair condition aged and worn with no margins chipping to the edges and with the corners cut off at a diagonal. Each title written in pencil in a contemporary hand on the reverse of the print each with a price of '6d'. The subjects are not depicted in unattractive style and are certainly not grotesques but they are shown as 'simple' untroubled individuals with the usual happy gleaming brown faces and shiny white teeth. The 'humour' would appear to be intended to be found in the substitution in quintessentially English scenes of 'foreign' for English faces. This set is generally classed as 'Black Americana' but there are two reasons for assuming that it is of British origin. First each plate is stated in the bottom right-hand corner to be 'Copyright Entered at Stationers Hall' and second a report in the British Printer 1888 notes that 'Two new series of humorous subjects are "New Renderings of Old Song Titles" each picture containing a puzzle and "Sambo's Courtship" both highly amusing and certain to furnish plenty of fun and amusement for the little ones'. Some are listed in "Black Americana: Price Guide: edited by Kyle Husfloen" Google which appears to give incorrect information about the publishing date and "American" printing etc. English (each print 'Copyright Entered at Stationers Hall'). Circa 1888. unknown
