[Rarebooks] FS: African American Publisher's Archive

[Bob Petrilla]

Read, Edward Parker. BOOKLET AND COLLECTION OF EPHEMERA, ISSUED BY THIS
AFRICAN-AMERICAN AUTHOR, PUBLISHER, AND PURVEYOR OF HERBAL CURATIVES. v.p.:
Dr. E. Parker Read, v.d. Original editions. INCLUDES (1) Read's
Encyclopediac Ready Reference--Church, Society, Social Club, Hotel,
Business and Professional Directory of Colored People; Lawnside NJ, 1921;
64pp, illus throughout from b&w photographs. (2) Peace and Goodwill Toward
Mankind: Ethiopian Anthem [a poem], The United Advance Beneficial Fraternal
Order of Ethiopians' Anthem; broadsheet; Philadelphia, ca. 1915. (3)
Incense: Help Your Self! Protect Your Self! [and on verso] Key to Dr.
Read's Eureka Perpetual Calendar; broadsheet; Philadelphia, ca. 1915. (4)
Promotional printer's broadside: We Print Church & Society Cards
Free...Publicity Fans, United Beneficial Order Ethiopian; broadside;
Philadelphia, 1915. (5) Ready Relief: Free Trial Treatment...Remedy for
Kidney and Bladder...T.B. Donaldson's Wonderful New Life Remedy; broadside;
Philadelphia, ca. 1926. (6) Divinum Herbarium Mineral Remedium...
"Grandmother's Weeds Now Have Latin Names and Cost Plenty of Money";
promotional broadside by Gordon Alsop; Philadelphia, 1940. (7) Printed
envelope for herbal tablets: Mineral Water: Make Your Own
Water-Tablets...Biggest, Best Prescription Ever Given; Philadelphia, ca.
1920. (8) Printed check, signed by E.P. Read: United Societies Protective
League...Organized Capital $2,000,000...Shares $100 Par Value;
Philadelphia, 1914. (9) Printed check, signed by E.P. Read: United Business
Incorporating Associated Companies and Societies Mutual Protective League;
Lawnside, NJ, 1920. (10) Printed check, signed by E.P. Read: Central Trust
Company; Camden, NJ, 1913. Very Good.
A much fuller description of this curious lot is available on request. [We
find none of these 10 items listed by WorldCat.] (#036385)        $1,250.00


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