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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.