[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
New York, NY: 1938-1940. 13¼” x 10”. Commercial album, brad-bound and string-tied boards, filled about halfway with 68 clippings, 9 items of ephemera, 2 photographs and 4 pieces of original art adhered. Pp. [40, 51 blank, 2, 5 blank]. One photo 3¼” x 2½”, the other 9¾” x 7½” and..... More
N.P. N.P., [circa 1954]. 6½” x 5”. Stapled wrappers. Pp. [24]. Very good: wrappers gently split above and below staples but holding; a touch of light creasing and spotting. Inscribed by the author on front cover. This is an apparently unrecorded exhibition catalog of works by a lesser-known..... More
![Item #8941 [Original Artwork for Signs for the Amytis Theatre]. Spencer Thornton Banks](https://langdonmanorbooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/8941.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1741976772)
[St. Louis]: [1930s]. Two pen-and-ink illustrations on artist's board measuring 9” x 12”. Very good: lightly toned and dust soiled with pinholes at corners and a couple of small tears at edges. This is pair of pen-and-ink drawings for a segregated movie theater by an important but lesser-known..... More
![Item #7272 [Photo Album Depicting the College Years of Important Texas Businesswoman and Artist]....](https://langdonmanorbooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/7272.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1701614749)
New Orleans and San Antonio: 1937-1940. 122 pages with 650 black and white photos most of which are adhesive mounted. Majority of photos measure approximately 4 5/8” x 3¼” and around eighty percent are captioned. Album good due to moderate wear and several detached leaves; most leaf edges chipped; photos..... More
![Item #8080 [Sketches of Classical Art and Illuminated Manuscript Illustrations]. Helen S. Collins](https://langdonmanorbooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/8080.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1726705355)
[South Hadley, Massachusetts]: 1914-1916. 47 thin cards, each around 5” x 8”. Very good plus: tiny pin holes to corners of each card; the occasional bit of edge wear, spotting or faint stain; lightly dust-soiled. This is a stunning set of artistic renderings made by a woman who..... More
[New Orleans, Louisiana]: [Louisiana State Lottery Company], [1888]. 6 7/8” x 5 3/8”. Stapled illustrated wrappers. Pp. [16]. Very good: wrappers with some soil spots and a touch of corner wear; scattered spotting and soiling to margins and edges, lightly affecting two images. This is a rare promotional..... More
Mostly Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: 1900-1960s. Approximately 430 leaves of sketches on a variety of sheet sizes (approximately one quarter with drawings on both sides); 50 photographs, nearly all of which measure 8” x 10”; around 50 items of ephemera. Most items very good, a small percentage are chipped and many items..... 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
![Item #6447 [Scrapbook and Journal of an Artist and Creative Ad Man on Holiday]. Graham Elliott](https://langdonmanorbooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/6447_1.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1778793682)
Spain: 1981. 8½” x 7”. Paper over boards. Pp. 160 with 12 photographs, 26 instances of original art, dozens of items of ephemera and copious handwritten entries. Very good: book filled to bursting, beyond its original size; remnants of old adhesive; a few items detached; sporadic offsetting and light wear..... More
[Manhattan, New York]: [self-published], [1993]. Ten side-stapled construction paper pamphlets measuring 8½” x 5½” in original paper sack, encased in original plastic “Handi-Loc” bag with title in sharpie to front label. Most pp. [12], two pp. [16] and one pp. [8] + most with text and illustrations to both sides..... More
![Item #9103 Souvenir of the Mystic Orchestra [manuscript illustrated cover title]. Eloise J. Roorbach](https://langdonmanorbooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/9103_1.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1778858702)
[Mystic Connecticut?]: [circa 1894]. 8½” x 10¾”. 17 ribbon bound stiff card leaves. All but one page with handwriting and/or illustration; 15 pages with a portrait photograph glued down, most of which measure 5½” x 3¾”. Very good: first leaf detached, foxed and dust soiled; otherwise very good plus with..... More
![Item #2600 [Memory Book of a High School and Art Student]. Gertrude Van Lopik](https://langdonmanorbooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/2600_1.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1778792836)
Colorado and Michigan: 1909-1916. Suede over flexible card, handmade school emblem to front. Pp. 136 with copious illustrations, 56 photographs, 102 clippings and 68 items of ephemera adhered (17 are laid in). Photos range from around ½” x ½” to 6½” x 3” and a handful are captioned. Very good..... More