[Washington, D.C.]: [Government Printing Office?], 1945. 13” x 8 3/8”. Single sheet handbill. Very good: creased at old horizontal folds; paper clip scar and tiny hole to one edge; light foxing. This is the text of a 1945 Joint Resolution “proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the..... More
![Item #5037 [Angela Morgan's Copy of] The Book of The Class of Nineteen Hundred and Twenty-eight...](https://langdonmanorbooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/5037.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1640013969)
Rydal, Pennsylvania/Wildwood, New Jersey: The Ogontz School/Wilson G. Kent Co., 1928. 9¼” x 6¼”. Limited to 44 copies, this being number 3. Decoratively embossed leather over thick boards with purple silk moire pastedowns, aeg. pp. 259, [15, blanks] + 56 tipped in silver gelatin photographs measuring 6” x 4”. Very..... More
Birmingham, Alabama: [The College], [1948?]. 11” x 8½”. Stapled illustrated thin card wrappers. Pp. [28]. Very good: wrappers lightly scuffed and worn; a touch of light creasing; evenly toned. This is an unrecorded, illustrated catalog for a Black business college founded by an immensely successful African American businessman..... More
![Item #8764 [Brown, Catharine?]. Catharine Brown, the Converted Cherokee: A Missionary Drama,...](https://langdonmanorbooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/8764.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1753379186)
New Haven: S. Converse Printer, 1819. 6¾” x 3¾”. Stitched wrappers. Pp. 27. Good: stitching nearly perished; one bifolium detached; back wrapper fragile; library stamp and number to front, number also to title; one leaf cropped close with no loss of meaning; creased at margins. This is an..... 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
Baltimore: Printed by Sherwood & Co., 1855. 7 5/8” x 5”. Red cloth embossed in blind, spine decorated in gilt. Pp. 250. Good plus: boards moderately worn with losses at corners and spine tips; some foxing and occasional light spotting internally. This is a scarce book of poetry, and..... 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
Jackson, Tennessee: Publishing House C.M.E. Church, 1949. 7½” x 5¼”. Brown cloth over boards, title gilt. Pp. 176 + correction slip tipped in. Very good: cloth frayed at spine tips and lightly spotted; inked owner name to front pastedown and a handful of other numerical and brief notations; a few..... More
Lancaster, Pa. Garden Seed Co. of America, [1944]. 8½” x 5½”. Stapled pictorial self-wrappers. Pp. 40. Very good: small chip to lower edge of front wrap, a bit of soiling and tiny corner chip to rear; scattered faint small stains. This is a rare and lovely almanac holding..... More
New York City: N.P., 1972. 28¾” x 23”. Poster printed one side. Very good plus: folded as issued, with a few hints of toning and/or creasing at folds and a couple of tiny soil spots. This is a poster advertising the “First International Festival of Women's Films.” According to a...... More
Washington, D.C. Woman's Republican Association of the United States, 1892. 10” x 8”. Single sheet circular letter. Very good: old folds, evidence of scrapbook removal, verso. This is a remarkable circular letter which simultaneously documents the work of a lesser known 19th century suffragist, activist and lawyer, while sharing the..... More
Ruston, Louisiana: Modern Disciples of Love and King's Funeral Home, [1968]. 11” x 7¾”. Two color double-sided leaves, adhered at top edge with hole for hanging. Pp. [4]. Very good: faint stains to background of one image and a few light creases and scuffs, else fresh and bright... More
Louisville: Baptist Women's State Missionary Convention of Kentucky/[American Baptist Printing Plant], 1953. 8¾” x 6”. Blue cloth, gilt title to front board. pp. [4], 99. Very good: light wear; toned and lightly soiled endpapers. This is an outstanding resource on Black Baptist women's activity in Kentucky. Its full..... More
[Scotlandville, Louisiana]: [Southern University], 1938. 7½” x 5¼”. Handbill. Good: moderately creased and soiled; manuscript notes on both sides. This is a handbill for a debate between Southern University (SU) and Alcorn A&M College, now known as Alcorn State University (ASU). One of the debaters, Viola Johnson, fought..... More
New Hampshire: 1815. 3 3/8” x 2”. Boards. Pp. v, [6-]68. Good: front board nearly detached; only remnants of paper over boards; old tape to rear; penultimate leaf printed askew, causing the loss of one line of text; lightly spotted throughout with a few tiny dog ears. Bookplate and penciled..... More
Washington, D.C. N.P., 1959. 10¾” x 8 3/8”. Thin card stapled wrappers. Pp. ii, 67. Very good: wrappers lightly toned with a few small stains. This is a history of Iota Phi Lambda (IPL), the first African American business sorority. Replete with photographic images, the book is a thorough source..... More
New York, NY; Washington, D.C. [1945]. 14” x 8½”. Three mimeographed leaves, printed rectos only and corner stapled. Pp. [3]. Very good: creased at two old horizontal folds; light foxing to rear; a bit of corner wear and light spotting at edges. This is an information packet and marketing..... More
Tuskegee Institute, Alabama: Iota Phi Lambda Sorority, Inc., 1975. 11” x 8½”. Stapled wrappers. Pp. 125. Very good: covers lightly worn with a few small stains, toning at spine and inked owner's name to front; tiny nick to top corner of spine extending to first few leaves; five pages with..... More
Washington,D.C. Department of Defense, 1950s. 8¾” x 5¾”. Stapled pictorial selfwrappers. Pp. 15. Very good: some light creases, scuffs and spots to front wrap which has an Army/Air Force Recruiting Station stamp to top edge; one faint crease at edge throughout; lightly toned. This is a rare recruitment..... More
Hollywood: Amusement Program Publications, [1941]. 11¾” x 8 7/8”. Stapled self wrappers. Pp. [16] + original performance handbill tipped in to penultimate page. Very good plus with minimal wear and a few patches of light toning. This is a rare program documenting a revue by the exceptionally important..... More
[Philadelphia]: N.P., [circa 1940]. 20 3/8” x 13”. Broadside/small poster. Very good: several small chips and a few tiny tears at edges, lightly toned at extremities. This is a striking poster for the Betsy Ross Air Corps, the first of several paramilitary women's aviation organizations that hoped to support the..... More
![Item #5235 [Newsletter and Calendar for] Las Hermanas Women's Cultural Center and Coffeehouse](https://langdonmanorbooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/5235.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1726701310)
[San Diego]: 1975. 17” x 11.” Single sheet, folded horizontally at center, possibly as issued. Very good plus with light edgewear and a chip at one corner. This is a newsletter doubling as a promotional calendar for the Las Hermanas Women's Cultural Center and Coffeehouse [LHWCCC] which was..... More
Mostly Bay Area, California: 1976-1980. 11¼” x 9½”. Commercial blue vinyl album with 20 mylarcovered gummed leaves and internal wire coil binding. Pp. [25] with 1 B&W and 95 color photographs inserted + 7 laid in and the last 15 pages are blank. Most photos 3½” x 4 ”, three..... More
Waco, Texas: [1893]. Black and white photograph measuring 10” x 12½” on slightly larger mount. Captioned on verso identifying all subjects. About good: several chips and losses, all at edges and corners, to photo and mount. This is a photograph of the 18 young women who graduated from Waco..... More
[Various places including Florida, California and New York]: [1925-1985]. 75 B&W and 5 color photographs ranging from 4” x 6” to 8” x 10” (all captioned, two signed) plus 15 pieces of ephemera ranging from 9½” x 6¼” to 16½” x 10½”. Generally very good or better: some light edge..... More