Washington, D.C.? Youth Pride, Inc., 1970. 10¼” x 8”. Stapled wrappers. pp. [16] Near fine: fresh with some toning to some leaves. This is a brief biography of W.E.B. Du Bois that does double duty as a promotional for a Du Bois Day, and documents the work of a Black..... More
Little Rock, Ark. the John C. Martin Educational Fund, 1905. 7¾” x 4½”. Stapled wrappers. Pp. 64. Very good: light wear and staining to wrappers; leaves toned; a few instances of underlining in text; tiny owner label of the Reverend A.T. Stewart to front wrap. This is a...... More
![Item #4724 [Program for] 17th Anniversary Celebration. Hering House Welfare League... [Cover title](https://langdonmanorbooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/4724.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1704899603)
South Bend, Indiana: Hering House Welfare League, 1942. 11” x 8½”. Stapled wrappers. Pp. 3. Very good: long vertical crease to wrappers extending throughout; wrappers lightly chipped and soiled, lightly toned. This is a rare program which honors the anniversary of an important educational and cultural center for..... 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
![Item #4879 [Robb, Frederic H. Hammurabi]. The Chicago History Roundup](https://langdonmanorbooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/4879.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1704899609)
Chicago: The House of Knowledge, [1974]. 11” x 14”. Stapled self-wrappers. pp. [32]. Very good due to staining of wrappers at edges and and old price in ballpoint on front cover; internally near fine. This is a Black history calendar published by The House of Knowledge which was created by..... 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
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
Marshall, Texas: [1941]. 11” x 8½”. Fourteen leaves of typescript typed recto only and stapled at corner. Pp. 13, approximately 4,000 words. Very good: light wear and a few small stains to edges; lightly toned. This is the text of a speech made by an African American HBCU president, M.W...... More
Dallas, Texas: Rev. R.S. Jenkins, [1905]. 8½” x 6”. Illustrated brown cloth. Pp. [double-sided frontis], [6, title and table of contents], x, 238. Good: first leaf supplied in facsimile; boards with moderate wear and heavy soiling; leaves lightly toned, several with small tears; front pastedown with two different names in..... More
![Item #7190 Negro Migration From the Shreveport Area. Causes and Suggested Remedies [Cover title]....](https://langdonmanorbooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/7190.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1684955196)
[Shreveport, Louisiana]: [Shreveport Journal], [1945]. 9” x 6”. Stapled selfwrappers. Pp. 8. Good: several ink blots, affecting a couple characters of text; outer bifolium loose from bottom staple; faint water stains to edges; a few penciled notations and visible scratches. This is an offprint of a report lamenting..... More
Savannah, GA: The Morning News Print, 1888. 8¼” x 6”. Green cloth over boards, title gilt. Pp. [5], [A]-E, [6], iv-v, [blank page], 360. Good: Ex-library with remnants of call number to spine, bookplate, due cards and embossed stamp on title page; moderately shaken, boards moderately worn with losses at..... More
New York: The African Methodist Episcopal Church, 1925. 7½” x 5”. Green cloth over boards, title gilt, paper jacket. Pp. 75. Book very good: gilt partially lacking; moderate dampstain to cloth; large penciled former owner notations to two pages and faint pencil marks to a few more; a bit toned..... More
![Item #9288 [Collection of Inspirational Posters]. Franklin Withrow](https://langdonmanorbooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/9288.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1770233490)
[Sacramento, California]: 1982-2002. 39 posters on thick paper stock measuring 17” x 11”. Very good plus to near fine or better. This is a collection of posters produced by Frank Withrow, a Black educator who spent his career in Sacramento, California. According to his obituary: “Franklin Ellis..... 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