Recent Arrivals from Langdon Manor Books LLC

Boston/New York/Cincinnati: Gould and Lincoln/Sheldon and Company/Geo. S. Blanchard, 1863. First edition. 8" x 5¼". Brown cloth. Pp. 303 frontis + folding map + 8 pp. Boston publisher's ads. Good: Uneven fading to boards and spine which is also cocked; loss of cloth to corner and spine tips; hinges cracked but holding. leaves toned with scattered light staining; faint… Read more about this item

Texas, 1951. Very good +. 33 photographs and 12 pieces of ephemera. 24 photos measure 5¾" x 3½", the rest are 6¼" x 10¼". Items generally very good plus or better with evidence of scrapbook removal on many versos. This is a small collection of photographs and ephemera documenting a promotion for a Texas-based drugstore, Skillern's… Read more about this item

[Taiwan], 1970. Near fine. 120 loose photographs measuring 4" x 5"; 94 are captioned verso. Photos generally near fine with a moderate curl. This is a collection of photographs depicting Chinese factory workers. Their origin is unknown and the captions are in English and read as though someone in the position of inspector or similar took… Read more about this item

Camden, New Jersey: The Long Photographic Art Studios, 1912. Very good. Inscribed by the author on the ffep. 12¼" x 9½". Blue cloth, gilt. pp. 43 + eight interspersed plates containing a map, a chart and six original photographs. Very good: light wear that is stronger at spine tips and corners, a few minor stains. This is… Read more about this item

[Fountain Valley, California]: [Three Star Nursery, Inc.], 1990. Very good +. 11" x 8½". Thin card wrappers; bound booklet of 37 leaves, printed rectos only. 32 pp. typed report + 4 pp. photocopied archival documents + compiler statement at rear. Very good plus: a few small faint soil spots to wrappers; internally fresh. This is a… Read more about this item

[Philadelphia, PA]: [Pan African Federation Organization], 1978. Very good. 11¼" x 9¼" black vinyl commercial three-ring album. Pp. [185] + 5 pages of handwritten quiz questions laid in. Very good: album chipped at two corners and lightly mottled; some scattered small stains and light edgewear; some pages printed lightly or crooked, as issued; one page loose at bottom… Read more about this item

Barrow (Now Utqiagvik), Alaska, 1959. Very good. 7" x 11". String tied, cloth over wood. 47 leaves with 109 black and white photographs adhesive mounted rectos only with another 8 laid in; 57 photos measure 4 7/8" x 4 7/8" or larger, the rest a mix of sizes; several are captioned. Album very good with moderate wear; photos… Read more about this item

New York City: National Woman Suffrage Publishing Company, Inc, 1919. Very good. 6¾" x 4¾". Handbill. Very good: 2" stain to lower corner; lightly toned. This is a rare handbill, illustrated with a map showing the status of women's suffrage throughout the United States. In "Make the Map All White: The Meaning of Maps… Read more about this item

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 over 80 images covering important African American individuals and… Read more about this item

South Dakota, 1893. Very good. 6¾" x 11¼". Steel post binder with contemporary semiwraparound enclosure made of thick wood boards, held together with a calf backstrip. 25 thick card leaves, most of which are interleaved with typing paper with a total of 50 albumen photographs glued down, one per page. Photos measure 4 3/8" x 7 5/8" and… Read more about this item

[New Orleans, Louisiana]: N.P., 1954. Very good. 7¼" x 3¾". Plastic spiral-bound at top edge, thin card covers. Pp. 68 + two blank pages for notes at rear. Very good: covers lightly spotted with a few small stains to rear; a few pages lightly soiled at top edge; a bit of light scattered spotting. This is… Read more about this item

Columbia South Carolina: Sargeant Photo Company, 1930. Very good. 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 are captioned. Album very good with moderate wear,… Read more about this item

San Francisco, CA: The Whitaker & Ray Co, 1900. Very good. 8 3/8" x 5 5/8". Cloth over flexible boards. Pp. 57, [2]. Very good: covers lightly scuffed, soiled and creased; tiny tear and offsetting to ffep; two pages moderately spotted and two with a tiny closed tear; a bit of creasing at margins; lightly toned. … Read more about this item

[San Antonio, Texas?]: Johnson Brothers Printers, [188?]. Good. 7½" x 5 1/8". Stitched illustrated wrappers. pp. 51. Good: wrappers chipped, portion of spine perished; faint distributor's stamp and penciled date of 1888, leaves lightly toned. This is a land promotional for San Antonio with a large portion of the text devoted to the area's climate and… Read more about this item

Camden, New Jersey: The Long Photographic Art Studios, 1912. Very good. Inscribed by the author on the ffep. 12¼" x 9½". Blue cloth, gilt. pp. 43 + four interspersed plates containing a map, a chart and three original photographs. Very good: light wear that is stronger at spine tips and corners, a few minor stains. This is… Read more about this item

New York, N.Y.: Forbud Books, Inc, 1966. Good. 5¼" x 7 1/8". Stapled wrappers. Pp. [45]. Good: wrappers heavily worn with moderate staining and some chipping; toned leaves with staining to edges of most. This is a rare and early gay-themed comic book, featuring "Batfag" and his sidekick "Sparrow." We have not been able to locate any… Read more about this item

Mostly Georgia, 1984. Very good +. Eight commercial photo albums with mylar-covered gummed leaves containing a combined 969 color photos + large embroidered riding scarf, four jacket patches and a painted, heavily used helmet. Most photos measure approximately 3½" x 5" to 4" x 6" and around fifteen percent or more are captioned on versos. Generally very good… Read more about this item

Washington, D.C., 1942. Very good. Group of 16 pieces of ephemera measuring between 3¼" x 5½" and 11½" x 9". Most items very good: one with a tiny tear and moderate creasing at edges, not affecting any text; a few with light edge wear and a few small soil spots; some scattered light spotting. This is… Read more about this item

Phoenix, Arizona, 1969. Near fine. 24 contact sheets each measuring 8" x 10", with a total of 196 images; three 8" x 10" photographs are also included. Most images measure 3" x 2½". Generally near fine or better; five of the contact sheets are trimmed and missing a few images each. This is a collection of… Read more about this item

Lawrence, Kansas: Haskell Institute, 1938. Very good. 10¾" x 7¾". Stapled wrappers. Pp. 32-55. Publication sequence: Commencement Numbers: Vol. 37, No. 40 (Jun 8 1934); Vol. 38, No. 37-38 (May 24 1935); Vol. 40, No. 37 (Jun 18 1937); Vol. 41, No. 36 (Jun 17 1938); Fiftieth Anniversary Homecoming Souvenir Program (Nov 10-12 1934); Fiftieth Anniversary Number: Vol.… Read more about this item