Search Results: Americana from Langdon Manor Books LLC

South Bend, Indiana, 1938. Full limp leather bound with rivets. 32 pages with 76 black and white photographs hing mounted, several to a page, vertically overlapping. Most photos measure 2¾" x 4 ½" and most are captioned in small typescripts that are scotch taped to the pages. Album very good with moderate wear and scuffing; internally near fine or better. A working realtor's album highlighting his listings in Indiana, Illinois and Michigan. His highlights may not have been entirely accurate as we note that a commercial realtor named Rufus W. Smith in South Bend, Indiana was found in 1933 to be engaged in the sale of real estate without a license while participating in a fraudulent land deal. One listing is for a huge mixed use building that contained 22 apartments, 12 stores and four offices. The photographs for this and another commercial building provide fantastic street level views with lots of business signage. The book also has several listings for farms, including one with 304 acres and a… Read More

Chicago, Illinois: The Overland Publishing Company, 1879. Hardcover. Very Good+. 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 7 7/8" x 5 1/2". Publisher's original brown cloth, stamped and ruled in black, spine gilt. Pp. [3 pages advertisements] [frontis] [title page] [4-5] 6-272 [273] [1 page advertisement] + 18 foldout illustrations not included in the pagination. A densley packed and heavily illustrated late 19th century travel guide with dozens of illustrations and information on nearly 30 railroads, over 50 rivers, lakes and forts and several hundred cities. Mostly focusing on towns, cities and parks of Nebraska, Wyoming, Colorado, Utah, Montana, Idaho, Nevada, California, and Arizona. Fully indexed with lots of information on Utah, Salt Lake City, the Donner party and much more. A lovely copy, especially considering its intended use. Condition: Very good plus: bright boards showing light wear, mostly at edges and corners; pages bright and clean; one foldout split in two, another with a split at fold but holding. Please… Read More

Syracuse, N. Y.: Junior Class of Syracuse University, 1896. Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo 8" - 9" tall; The Onondagan of '97. Volume XIII. Spring Term, 1896. Oblong, 7 5/8" x 9 3/4". Bold purple linen, decorated in gilt. 16 pages of advertisements "numbered" a-p, followed by 219 numbered pages, followed by 5 unnumbered pages, followed by 18 pages of advertisements numbered i-xviii + 20 plates of engraved illustration interspersed throughout the text. An outstanding early Syracuse University yearbook in extraordinary condition. Filled with 34 pages of ads (many illustrated) one for Syracuse U extolling, "Both Sexes. Expenses Moderate." The book is profusely illustrated with dozens of photos including the football and other teams as well as dazzling illustrations for fraternities and sororities with many in color. The title and date of publication creates a bit of confusion: there's a school calendar in the book that begins with January 1896 and ends in March of 1897. So it's an 1896 publication with an… Read More