[SULLIVAN, Noël]. A group of 3 works PRESENTED AND INSCRIBED to Noël Sullivan, comprising:

CRITE, Allan Rohan. Were You There When They Crucified My Lord. Cambridge, MA, 1944. 4to. Original cloth; dust jacket (tears and losses, separations along folds). FIRST EDITION, INSCRIBED: “Our dear Noel With Affectionate Greetings of the Season From: Roland, Helen and Africa Fanzada Hayes, Xmas 1944.” -- HAYES, Roland. My Songs. Boston, 1948. 4to. Original cloth; dust jacket (tears and losses, separations along folds). FIRST EDITION, INSCRIBED: “For Noel with Gratitude! From Roland October 1948.” -- CRITE, Allan Rohan. Were You There When They Crucified My Lord. Cambridge, MA, 1944. FIRST EDITION, inscribed: “To Noel, ‘Here’ is a place where one can well prepare for ‘There’. James. Feast of St. James 25-vii-1945.” [Laid-in:] Autograph note signed: “Dear Noel, An interesting union of opposites – time and space, black and white, active and contemplative. It will interest and please you, I trust. Yours James. 25-vii-’45.” ADDITIONALLY SIGNED by Crite.

[With:] JOHNSON, Charles S. Ebony and Topaz a Collectanea. New York: National Urban League, 1927. 4to. Original pictorial wrappers (some chipping). FIRST EDITION.

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