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Mount Morris, Ill. Publication Office, 1927. 11½” x 8¼”. Self-wrappers. Pp. 16. Very good: one small ding and one tiny pinhole throughout, affecting about five characters of text; small corner chip to front wrap; a bit of edge wear. This is an issue of an African American Masonic journal..... More
[Corpus Christi, TX]: Self-published, 1977. 11” x 8½”. Stapled self-wrappers. Pp. 24. Near Fine. This is the third (and final) issue of Relampago!, featuring what at least one source calls the first Mexican American superhero. It was created by District court Judge Margarito C. Garza of Corpus Christi Texas. Garza..... More
Memphis, Tennessee: US, Incorporated, 1954. 12” x 9”. Stapled wrappers. Pp. 32. Very good plus with minimal wear and light toning. This is the first, and only, issue of US Magazine, published by a group of noteworthy African Americans in Memphis, Tennessee. It's filled with well-written articles, features and..... More
Sioux Falls/Chicago: Compiled and Published by E.C. Johnson/Illustrated by Chicago Photo-Gravure Co./Printed by Will A. Beach, 1891. 10 5/8” x 8 7/8”. Wrappers. Pp. 16 + 17 tissue-guarded photogravure plates interspersed. Good due to wrappers heavily chipped at spine and lightly soiled; internally near fine with a bit of scattered..... More
San Francisco: Carl E. Jordan, 1972. Newsprint. pp. 15. Very good with light toning to outermost leavs and a tiny tear to the cover page. This is an issue of the short-lived San Francisco Forum which touted itself as “The Independent Community Newspaper” for San Francisco. Its premier issue..... 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
Washington DC: Guild Press, LTD, 1971. 17½” x 11¼”. Bifolia printed on regular paper stock. pp. 24. Near fine: folded horizontally at center as issued, fresh with minimal wear. This is an issue of a short run gay periodical that signaled the downfall of a gay publishing empire..... More
[Kansas City, Missouri]: [Self-published], 1950. First printing stated. 10 7/8” x 8½”. Illustrated wrappers. Pp. vi, 177. Good: front wrapper partially split and reinforced with archival tape as well as a chip at the lower corner; internally very good; lightly dust-soiled. Inscribed by William H. Young on the title page..... More
San Francisco: Carl E. Jordan, 1972. 11½” x 8”. Newsprint. pp. 15. Very good plus with a hint of toning at extremities. This is an issue of the short-lived San Francisco Forum which touted itself as “The Independent Community Newspaper” for San Francisco. Its premier issue contained a short..... More
![Item #1736 [Blueprint for Invention of Street-Car Trolley Guard.]. Robert Clark Dickenson](https://langdonmanorbooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/1736finished.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1680460142)
[Xenia, Ohio?]: [circa 1918]. 6¼” x 28”. Blueprint. Very good with some creases and chips; rolled. This is a blueprint for a trolley guard that was invented and patented by Robert Dickenson, an African American from Ohio. While his wife raised their nine children in Xenia, he was..... 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
![Item #7342 [Three Pictorial Maps of Los Angeles]. Cathy Pavia](https://langdonmanorbooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/7342.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1680291762)
Los Angeles, California: Los Angeles Times, 1980. Three posters, each measuring 18” x 23”. Very good: one tiny tear to edge of one map, light foxing in the margin of another; else minimal wear and light creasing to edges. This is a set of three pictorial maps commissioned for..... More
![Item #7316 [Three Group Photographs of Students at Meharry Medical College]. George H. Anderson](https://langdonmanorbooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/7316.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1680291762)
Nashville, Tennessee: Geo. H. Anderson, 1923. Three black and white photographs, each measuring 8” x 10” on card mounts measuring 11 ½” x 13 ½”. Photos very good with a few minor surface abrasions and one small stain in the background of one photo; mounts good with moderate wear, chipping..... More
![Item #7263 [Autograph Album Compiled by a Young African American Woman.]. Allyne Ernest Bradshaw...](https://langdonmanorbooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/7263.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1680291760)
Taylor and Austin, Texas: 1934-1936. 4½” x 6”. String-tied commercial autograph book with 112 pages, 35 of which contain handwritten text. Good plus: wrappers moderately soiled and worn; scattered small stains to most pages. This is an autograph book compiled by a young woman attending Blackshear High School (BHS)..... More
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Detroit, Michigan: National Alliance of Postal Employees, 1946-1947. 12” x 9”. Stapled self-wrappers. Four issues pp. 24, one pp. 32. Publication sequence: Vol. XXXIII, Nos. 8 (Aug 1946), 10 (Oct 1946), 12 (Dec 1946); Vol. XXXIV, Nos. 4 (Apr 1947), 5 (May 1947). Generally good plus with light corner and..... More
[Pine Bluff, Arkansas]: [Supreme Union of Ethiopia], [1917]. 6¼” x 4 5/8”. Stapled wrappers. Pp. 23 + cipher card laid in. Good: light vertical crease to wrappers and all leaves, some internal soil spots; owner notation to title page; offsetting to pages where card laid in. This is an..... More
Pine Bluff, Arkansas: McGehee Realty & Lumber Co., [circa 1930s]. Two double-sided handbills measuring 8” x 4¾”. Good: small burn or rust mark resulting in small hole to each handbill and loss to a few characters of text; lightly soiled and creased. This is a pair of handbills distributed..... More
New York, New York: Ne*ro Youth [Magazine], [circa 1941]. 8½” x 5½”. Single sheet, folded, printed all four sides. Pp. [4]. Very good: tiny staple hole; moderate vertical crease; edges lightly toned. This is an illustrated promotional flyer issued by the publisher of a rare Black periodical. The..... More
![Item #7116 [Unused Ticket for] Epic of a Race](https://langdonmanorbooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/7116.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1680291758)
Chicago, Illinois: [1933]. 2¼” x 5½”. Admission ticket printed on card stock, recto only. Near fine with a bit of edge wear. This is a ticket to the first of two annual events targeted to African Americans at Soldier Field as part of the 1933 Chicago World's Fair..... More
New York, N.Y. William K. Bell Publications, 1956. 8 1/8” x 5 3/8”. Bound, orange thin card wrappers. Pp. xi, 147. Very good: wrappers lightly worn with some dust soiling; faint evidence of water exposure to upper outer corner of around one third of the leaves. Inscribed by the author..... More
Cincinnati, O: Jennings & Pye, [1896]. Second edition stated. 7½” x 5½”. Green cloth, title gilt. Pp. [author frontis], [i-ix], x-xiii, 9-330 + + 8 plates interspersed. Good: corners frayed with small losses to spine tips; vertical patch of staining at the outer edge of both boards; hinges cracked but..... More
Washington, D.C. 1905. Engraved silver-plated pitcher made by the F.B. Rogers Silver Co. and measuring 12” x 9½” at its tallest and widest with a 6” diameter base. Very good with no major defects. This is a commemorative pitcher that was awarded to the editor of the Washington Bee..... More
Boston: Cummings, Hilliard, & Co., [1823]. Ninth Edition. 9½” x 6¼”. Thin card wrappers. Eight double-page maps hand-colored in outline. Good: wrappers heavily soiled and separated from text block but attached to each other; three maps with chipping to edges, outside map boundaries; map of Europe with a 3” split..... More
Prescott, Arizona: 1931. 14 black and white photographs. Four measure 4¼” x 2 3/8”, the rest are 3 3/8” x 5 5/8”. Generally very good plus with minor dust soiling. This is a group of exceptional images documenting portions of the Hopi Snake Dance. According to an article on..... 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