Milwaukee, Wisconsin: Jos. Schlitz Brewing Co., 1973. 19¼” x 14”. Loose leaves printed rectos only held with steel bar at top. Very good: a few light stains and stray ink to cover page; a few minor creases. This is a wall calendar dedicated to Mexican American history. The full..... More
Los Angeles, CA: Comisión Femenil Mexicana Nacional, Inc., 1974. Corner-stapled packet of six 11” x 8½” leaves. Very good plus: minimal edge wear; a few faint creases. This is a rare proposal for a project aimed at uplifting and supporting Chicana high school students in Los Angeles. It..... More
N.P. [circa 1945-1960]. One commercial scrapbook, brown cloth over boards, measuring 12½” x 11¼”, and over 100 loose leaves with a total of 274 pages and 434 pieces of comic book clippings pasted down and 15 pieces of original art laid in. Generally very good or better. This..... More
North Powder, Oregon: North Powder High School, 1942. 10½” x 8”. Two-hole punched leaves, plastic brad-bound within thin orange folder. Pp. [48]. Good: front cover and first page(s) lacking; rear cover detached but present; offsetting and edge wear to first present page with a small patch worn away; several photographs..... More
N.P. Department of the Army Directorate, United States Dependents Schools, European Area, 1974. 10¼” x 7¾”. Stapled printed thin card wrappers. Pp. [2], 34. Very good: all leaves three-hole punched, possibly as issued, corner crease and light stains to front wrapper. This is a book focused on Jewish American..... More
San Antonio, Texas: El Pueblo, 1979-1982. 17” x 11½”. Newsprint. Pp. 8 [earlier issues printed in dos-à-dos format: pp. 4 English, 4 Spanish each]. Publication sequence: Vol. I, Nos. 5 (Jul 1979), 7-12 (Oct 1979 – Apr 1980); Vol. II, Nos. 3-6 (Sep 1980 – Mar/Apr 1981), [Special Cinco de..... More
[London, England]: United Nations Relief & Rehabilitation Administration European Regional Office, 1944. 6 3/8” x 4”. Stapled thin card wrappers. Pp. iv, 85. Very good plus: minimal wear, lightly toned, prior owner penciled name to front wrap. This is a handbook created by the Displaced Persons Division No. 3..... More
[Philadelphia, PA/Dallas, TX/Berkeley, CA]: 1958-1959. Five groups of stapled mechanically reproduced typescripts totaling 48 pages of text + six loose leaves containing nine pages of handwritten notes + three loose leaves containing four pages of mechanically reproduced Mongolian text (all measuring 11” x 8½”) + photocopy of a map. Generally..... More
N.P. [circa 1946]. 27½” x 41”. Good: splits at old folds repaired with tape on verso; large chip to upper left corner; light dust soiling and a couple of small stains. This is a poster promoting several important Black entertainers that almost certainly relates to a 1946 short..... More
[New England]: 1834-1863. 7½” x 6”. Paper over boards. Pp. 70 with 113 handwritten entries, 28 clippings pasted down + 3 laid in. Good: boards and most leaves detached; moderately soiled. This is a plentiful collection of recipes and remedies seemingly compiled by a New Englander in the..... More
Lima / Cleveland, Ohio: [The Conference] / Printed by Wilfred-Gardner Pub. Co., 1927. 8 ” x 5¾”. Stapled thin card wrappers. Pp. 99. Very good: wrappers faintly soiled and toned at edges; a bit creased throughout with scattered small spots. This is another book of minutes from an..... More
Bronx, NY: Black Forum, 1977. 10” x 7”. Stapled pictorial wrappers. Pp. 48. Very good: front wrap lightly spotted with moderate coffee stain to side, corner dogear and small bite to bottom edge, all extending to first few leaves; several leaves with faint stains at edges. This is..... More
Bronx, NY: Black Forum, 1977. 10” x 7”. Stapled pictorial wrappers. Pp. 48. Very good: minimal wear, some spotting to wrappers. This issue features an interview with fiction writer John Oliver Killens, has a profile of photographer Ed Sherman and an article on Afro-Brazilian dance. There are numerous..... More
[Devon, England]: 1916. 10 ” x 8¼”. Quarter leather over boards. Pp. 135, [20]. Very good: backstrip perished, light scuffing and faint spotting to boards; foxing to pastedowns and loss to (blank) RFEP; a few chips to title page not approaching illustration; foxing and offsetting common throughout but still internally..... More
Mostly Grand Rapids and Kalamazoo, Michigan: 1936-1940. 7¼” x 11”. Riveted faux leather over flexible card. 20 leaves with 64 black and white photographs. Around half are inserted in corner mounts, the other half adhered (all but one rectos only), and nine are laid in. Photos measure from 2¾” x...... More
Corpus Christi, Texas: Blackwell Photography, 1968. 36 8” x 10” B&W photographs, including 9 duplicates. Very good or better: a few slightly wavy with mild corner wear. This is a great group of photos revealing the 1968 “New Year's Day Swim and Beauty Pageant,” an event held in..... More
![Item #4726 [Program for] 22nd Anniversary Celebration. Hering Community Center... [Cover title](https://langdonmanorbooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/4726.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1704899609)
South Bend, Indiana: Hering House Welfare League, 1947. 11” x 8½”. Stapled wrappers. Pp. 4. Good: horizontal crease to all leaves; lacking top staple, lightly toned. This is a rare program which honors the anniversary of an important educational and cultural center for the African American community of South..... More
[Boston]: First Naval District Women's Reserve, 1945. 11” x 8½”. Bifolium, printed all four sides. Pp. 4. Very good: creased at old horizontal fold with additional faint vertical creases; evidence of scrapbook removal to rear edge not affecting any content. This is a rare, illustrated periodical issued monthly..... More
Houston, Texas: Upfront Corporation/Gary J. Van Ooteghem, 1979. 15” x 11½”, folded at center. Newsprint. Each issue with 16 to 36 pages. Publication sequence: Vol. 2, Nos. 2 (December 22, 1978), 5 (February 9, 1979), 11 (May 16, 1979), 12 (May 30, 1979), 18 (August 29, 1979), 24 (November 23..... More
![Item #7957 [Photo Album Depicting Native Americans at the Rosebud Indian Agency]. Anderson, ohn,...](https://langdonmanorbooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/7957.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1709571131)
South Dakota: 1889-1893. 6¾” x 11¼”. Steel post binder with contemporary semiwraparound enclosure made of thick wood boards, held together with a calf backstrip. 25 thick card leaves, most of which are interleaved with typing paper with a total of 50 albumen photographs glued down, one per page. Photos measure..... More
Baxley, GA: Classic Publishing Co., 1915. First Edition. 7¾” x 5 3/8”. Paper wrappers. Pp. 69 (including author frontis) + [2] pp. publisher's ads at rear + 2 photographic plates tipped in. Good: front wrap moderately chipped, lower third split at spine; evidence of water damage with large stain to..... More
Detroit, Michigan: The H. O'Reilly Clint Co., [circa 1930]. 12¼” x 9¼”. Sheet music. Pp. 6. Very good with moderate wear and light dust soiling. This is the sheet music for a composition “dedicated to the Booker T. Washington Memorial, Detroit, Mich.” It features a full page illustrated image of..... More
![Item #4263 The Samuel Huston Bulletin [Vol. 4, No. 2 (April 22, 1933)]. Karl Downs](https://langdonmanorbooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/4263.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1701633135)
Austin, Texas: Samuel Huston College, 1933. 13 7/8” x 10½”. Newsprint. Pp. [4]. Good: heavily creased at old folds with a few small tears at intersections, removing one word of text; 1.5” tear to front not affecting legibility; edge wear; spotted and toned. This is a rare issue..... More
New York: The Grafton Press, 1928. 8¼” x 5½”. Red cloth over boards, title gilt. Pp. 191. Very good: cloth frayed at corners and edges of spine, with a few small dings and light soiling; tiny closed tear to edge of title leaf; subtly toned; edges dust-soiled; a bit of..... More
Mostly Germany; alsoItaly, Egypt, Greece and other locations: : 1965-1966, 1982. Journal entries and sketches on 11” x 8.5” tracing paper or white stock with some photocopies (details below), 169 pages total (about 2000 words) + publisher rejection letter and 17 smaller drawings. Generally very good plus: well-preserved; a few..... More