Equality of All Men Before the Law, Claimed and Defended by Hon. William D, Kelley, Wendell Phillips, and Frederick Douglass, and letters from Elizur Wright and Wm. Heighton. Boston: Press of Geo. C Rand & Avery, 1865. 9 x 6". Missing covers and binding, majority of pages still hold together. Otherwise good condition. 43 p.

Address Delivered at the Colored Department of the House of Refuge by the Hon. William D. Kelley on December 31st, 1849. Philadelphia: TK and PG Collins, 1850. #98336. 9 x 6" Binding is deteriorated but all pages still held together. Missing covers. 24 p.

A Cinema Apart, or the Beverly and Larry Richards Collection, was amassed by Larry Richards over a number of many years. A respected historian and a librarian at the Philadelphia Free Library, and author of the book African American Films Through 1959: A Comprehensive, Illustrated Filmography, Mr. Richards was deeply passionate and knowledgeable about African-American culture and history. In 2008, Mr. Richards tragically and suddenly died quite young, leaving behind his collection of hundreds of motion picture posters featuring African-American stars and addressing African-American issues, as well as rare broadsides, window cards, and ephemera. Additionally, he possessed items relating to African-American and slavery history. His collection has been deemed so culturally important that a section of it is now in the collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. His wife, Dr. Beverly Richards, now oversees the collection, and has lectured on and exhibited the items both nationally and internationally.