Apr 27, 2017 - Sale 2444

Sale 2444 - Lot 192

Price Realized: $ 1,250
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 500 - $ 750
(KANSAS.) Guy, Ira O.; compiler. Directory of the Afro-Americans of Topeka, Kansas. Numerous illustrations. [2], 29, [1] pages, 8vo, original printed wrappers, moderate dampstaining, rear wrapper defective; minor dampstaining to the title page and final leaf only, two additional names stamped in red ink on page 25. Topeka, KS, 1907

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The compiler was a vice president of the National Negro Business League. He begins with narratives on Topeka's history and its primary African-American institutions, and concludes with a directory arranged by occupation. Among the many illustrations is a full-page photograph of Booker T. Washington on page 2. Only one copy in OCLC, and none known at auction.