[AFRICAN AMERICANA]. A group of 17 early 20th-century works, including:

BALDRIDGE, Cyrus Le Roy, illustrator. The Parables Told to the People by Jesus of Nazareth As Recorded in the Gospels. New York & London: Harper & Brothers, 1917. PRESENTATION COPY INSCRIBED BY BALDRIDGE TO NOËL SULLIVAN. With a Christmas card laid in presenting the book to Sullivan from “Russell and Blanche,” presumably Russell and Blanche Matthias (see Selected Letters of Langston Hughes, p.180, a letter from Hughes to Sullivan mentioning the Matthiases, dated March 28, 1935). -- CULLEN, Countee. Color. New York & London: Harper & Brothers, 1925. GIFT INSCRIPTION FROM AMERICAN LYRIC TENOR ROLAND HAYES, who was one of the first African American classical musicians to be recorded: “To Noel, with joy in the benefits derived from his deep and understanding spirit! From Roland, September 22.3.26.” -- GUILLAUME Paul and Thomas MUNRO. Primitive Negro Sculpture. New York: Harcourt, Brace & Company, 1926. -- HERCULES, Eric E. L. Democracy Limited. Cleveland: Central Publishing House, 1945. PRESENTATION COPY INSCRIBED BY HERCULES TO NOËL SULLIVAN. -- PARRISH, Lydia. Slave Songs of the Georgia Sea Islands. New York: Creative Age Press, Inc., 1942. -- And 12 others. In original bindings, most FIRST EDITION. All from the collection of Noël Sullivan (most with his bookplate). Complete list available upon request.

Fine African Americana from the Collections of Noël Sullivan & William P. and Alice D. Mahoney