BEASLEY, Delilah L. (1867-1934). The Negro Trail-Blazers of California: A Compilation of Records from the California Archives in the Bancroft Library at the University of California, Berkeley; and from the Diaries, Old Papers and Conversations of Old Pioneers in the State of California. It is a True Record of Facts, as They Pertain to the History of the Pioneer and Present Day Negroes of California. Los Angeles: [Times Mirror Printing and Binding House], 1919. 8vo (168 x 240 mm). Frontispiece and additional plates. Foreword by Charlotta A. Bass (misspelled as Charlotte). (One gathering slightly detached, else fine). Dark yellow cloth with printed titles and illustration. (Slight soiling.) Provenance: Joseph M. Gleason (1869-1942), Californian Catholic priest, educator, historian, and collector of books and photographs. With bookplate designed by James Webb (fl. 1920s-1930s) to interior board. FIRST EDITION. A seminal work in the history of African Americans in California with extensive and invaluable primary research. Beasley was a civil rights activist and an accomplished journalist primarily for the Oakland Tribune, becoming the first African American woman to be regularly published in a major metropolitan newspaper. SIGNED and INSCRIBED to front flyleaf, “Mr. Beardsley / Berkeley, Calif. / Please accept this book as a / token of appreciation for all your / thoughtfullness of me in my / struggle and kindly advice. / God Bless You / Delilah L. Beasley / Author and publisher / July 25, 1922 / Oakland Calif / P.O. Bx 326.” Provenance:Ex-libris Joseph M. Gleason (1869-1942) Condition: Slight soiling, one gathering slightly detached, else fine.
BEASLEY, Delilah L. (1867-1934). The Negro Trail-Blazers of California: A Compilation of Records from the California Archives in the Bancroft Library at the University of California, Berkeley; and from the Diaries, Old Papers and Conversations of Old Pioneers in the State of California. It is a True Record of Facts, as They Pertain to the History of the Pioneer and Present Day Negroes of California. Los Angeles: [Times Mirror Printing and Binding House], 1919. 8vo (168 x 240 mm). Frontispiece and additional plates. Foreword by Charlotta A. Bass (misspelled as Charlotte). (One gathering slightly detached, else fine). Dark yellow cloth with printed titles and illustration. (Slight soiling.) Provenance: Joseph M. Gleason (1869-1942), Californian Catholic priest, educator, historian, and collector of books and photographs. With bookplate designed by James Webb (fl. 1920s-1930s) to interior board. FIRST EDITION. A seminal work in the history of African Americans in California with extensive and invaluable primary research. Beasley was a civil rights activist and an accomplished journalist primarily for the Oakland Tribune, becoming the first African American woman to be regularly published in a major metropolitan newspaper. SIGNED and INSCRIBED to front flyleaf, “Mr. Beardsley / Berkeley, Calif. / Please accept this book as a / token of appreciation for all your / thoughtfullness of me in my / struggle and kindly advice. / God Bless You / Delilah L. Beasley / Author and publisher / July 25, 1922 / Oakland Calif / P.O. Bx 326.” Provenance:Ex-libris Joseph M. Gleason (1869-1942) Condition: Slight soiling, one gathering slightly detached, else fine.
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