New York: Askyo-Deler Co, 1912. 27 (of 28) 3½” x 2½” cards in a 3½” x 2¾” clothcovered cardboard box. Very good: one card lacking; box a bit edge worn but sturdy; cards fresh with a touch of scuffing. This is a rare work of advertising and product..... More
![Item #7444 Bond, U[lysses] S[impson]. [Ashtray for U.S. Bond's Motel](https://langdonmanorbooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/7444.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1729525715)
Madison, Arkansas: [circa 1954-1964]. Metal ashtray with a diameter of 5½” at its widest. Very good with moderate wear and light staining. This is a marketing ashtray for U.S. Bond's Motel which was located in Madison, Arkansas. The owner of the motel, Ulysses Simpson Bond attended what became..... 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
New York: Carver Federal Savings and Loan Association, 1966. 5½” x 8 3/8”. Stapled wrappers. pp. [32]. As new in original illustrated, unused mailing envelope which is good due to the lack of a flap and some loss to the front panel. The 1967 edition of the CFSLA calendar..... More
N.P. [1960s]. 55 photographs measuring 8” x 10”, most black and white. Generally very good plus or better. This is a collection of cigar product photos possibly compiled by distributors who can be seen in one of the photos. All but a few show numerous offerings from the following..... More
New York, NewYork: 1932-1960. 115 photographs, 25 clippings and 6 letters, most of which were removed from scrapbooks. Most photographs measure around 8” x 10” or larger and 11 are captioned. Generally very good: tiny hole to corner of one loose photo; several pages and images lightly to moderately chipped..... More
Chicago: Danforth Mills Company, 1914. 16¾” x 17¾”. Faux leather over boards. 32 thick-card leaves with 312 product samples. Very good: moderate wear and staining to boards; most pages with small bits of surface loss; lacking five fabric samples. This is a massive promotional for the Crack-a-Jack Brand Tailoring..... 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
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
[St. Louis, Missouri]: Anheuser-Busch, Inc., [1972?]. 11” x 8 3/8”. Red wrappers, title and emblem gilt. Pp. [289] + business card laid in. Good due to the fact that the book is separated into two nearly equally sized text blocks; otherwise wrappers moderately sunned, lightly foxed and scuffed; mild spotting..... More
Cincinnati: Rev. C. Lindell & Charles N. King, [1940]. 9” x 6”. Stapled wrappers. Pp. [32]. Very good: wrappers a touch sunned and spotted; small ding and moderate vertical center crease throughout. This is a rare and heavily illustrated guide to African American commerce and community in the..... More
Columbia South Carolina: Sargeant Photo Company, late 1920smid 1930s. String tied album with flexible card covers. 11 5/8” x 15½”. 40 leaves with a total of 38 black and white photographs. Photos measure 8” x 10” and nearly all are either adhesive mounted or stapled along one edge, a few..... 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
N.P. N.P., [early 1960s?]. 20 film slides, each measuring 1½” x 1½” in mounts measuring 2” x 2”. Very good plus with minor wear. This is an anonymously produced set of slide transparencies on hand-colored film that were likely used to train female secretaries. The first slide has a...... More
[Winton, N.C.]: [1952 or later]. Photographically illustrated sign on thin card stock measuring 14” x 22”. Very good with light to moderate dust soiling. This is a sign advertising Chowan Beach which includes a photographic panorama of its facilities. According to blackpast.org: “Chowan Beach was an..... More
Sioux City, Iowa: James Ruffin, [1962]. 10 ” x 8½”. Stapled pictorial wrappers. Pp. [24]. Very good minus: moderate staining and scrawling to wrappers, which are split below bottom staple; some faint creasing, stray ink and light soiling, with one brief inked notation and a few small spots... More
Houston, Tex: N.P./Press of F.M. Berleth, [circa 1902]. 9” x 12¼”. Stapled paper wrappers, cover title and illustration gilt. Pp. 36. Good: wrappers split above and below staples but holding; two center bifolia detached; one page moderately foxed; small soil spot to edge of rear and final leaf; scattered brief..... More
[Houston, Texas]: 1975. Two stapled pamphlets, measuring 8½” x 5½” and 11” x 8½”; one single-sheet form measuring 11” x 8½”. Very good: slight oxidization to staples; very minor edgewear to form. This is a group of three items relating to the Houston, Texas, chapter of Iota Phi..... More
![Item #8400 [Scrapbook of an American Business Executive's Visit to Japan]. Stephen J. Antosy,...](https://langdonmanorbooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/8400.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1753375906)
Japan: 1960. Two 13” x 11” plastic comb-bound albums, vinyl over boards, with handpainted titles (“General Sarnoff's Far East Visit 1960”) to front. Combined, the albums have 48 black construction paper leaves with 183 B&W photographs, 36 clippings and 26 items of ephemera adhesive or corner mounted both sides +..... 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
![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
[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