Search Results: Titles starting with H from Langdon Manor Books LLC

[Scotlandville, Louisiana]: [Southern University], 1938. Good. 7½" x 5¼". Handbill. Good: moderately creased and soiled; manuscript notes on both sides. This is a handbill for a debate between Southern University (SU) and Alcorn A&M College, now known as Alcorn State University (ASU). One of the debaters, Viola Johnson, fought for racial justice in higher education and went on to a noteworthy medical career. SU was established in New Orleans in 1880 as Southern University for Colored Students. It exists today as Southern University and A&M College, located in Baton Rouge, and is the largest HBCU in Louisiana. ASU, a public HBCU in Mississippi, was founded in 1871 and was the first Black land grant college established in the United States. The subject of the debate was: "Resolved: That the National Labor Relations Board [NLRB] should be empowered to enforce arbitration of all Industrial Disputes." This was a hot topic in college debates at the time - the newly created NLRB was experiencing… Read More

Various Places in Texas; Shreveport and New Orleans, Louisiana; Macon, Georgia, 1880. Good. 6" x 4½". Commercial album of full leather over heavy boards and adorned with brass clasps. Three preliminary leaves followed by 15 thick card windowed leaves, each with two photographs inserted (one each side), and another laid in for a total of 31. 26 are cartes de visite, the rest are tintypes and a total of seven photos are hand colored. Some photos are captioned as explained below. Album about good, with text block fully detached from boards which are still attached to each other at the spine; pages with moderate dust soiling and scattered staining; a few windows torn; photos generally very good. This is a family photo album compiled by a Mollie Hargrove of Harrison County, Texas. Mollie was born around 1846 in Franklin County, North Carolina and as of the 1850 census she had moved to Texas. Her father, William Richard Hargrove, was born in 1797 in Granville, North Carolina and apparently moved to… Read More

[Atlanta, GA? ], 1960. 11" x 8½". Single sheet of mimeographed typescript, printed one side. Good: heavily creased (at one time folded thrice) with some penciled and ballpoint notes on verso. A mean parody of an NAACP application with blanks for "Name of Pappy (if known) " , types of crimes committed and a pledge that includes "NIGGERS IS BETTER THAN WHITE FOLKS IS; AND THAT WHITE FOLDS (sic) SHOULD PAY MORE TAXES THAN US NIGGERS . . . " Acquired from its original owner who received it in Atlanta in the mid-late 1960s.

Chicago, 1969. Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo 8" - 9" tall; [Civil Rights][Heading]Here to Protect Us. Chicago: [1969]. 11" x 8 ½". Handbill printed one side. Near fine with a touch of toning at extremities A sarcastic handbill complaining of Chicago's "Red Squad" put out by supporters of the Chicago 8. From ChicagoCop.com: The Red Squad was an intelligence organization within the Chicago Police department created in the wake of the Haymarket bombing. By 1960 it had collected information on around 117,000 Chicagoans, 141,000 non-residents and 14,000 organizations. "After the 1968 Democratic National Convention, the Red Squad expanded its targets from radical organizations like the Communist and Socialist Workers Parties to minority and reform organizations, including the American Civil Liberties Union, National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, National Lawyers Guild, and Operation PUSH. "Please do not hesitate to contact us for additional information and/or photos and we will respond… Read More

Guam: N.P., 1950. Very good. 34" x 31½". Map printed on silk. Very good: numerous light creases and folds; light dust-soiling. This is an intricately pictorial map of the island of Guam, printed on silk and likely issued as a tourist souvenir, with many narrative depictions of Guamanian history and culture. Along with geographical and topographical aspects such as Mt. Lamlam, Guam's highest peak, jungle and coastal areas, the map also features important dates in Guam's history including Magellan's discovery of the island in 1521, "June 20, 1898, Guam surrenders to the U.S. in Spanish-Amer. war," and the landing of United States Marines in July 1944. The map portrays images of Guamanian culture both contemporary and historical, including a cockfight in Piti, net fishermen in Talofofo Bay, and the making of "Tuba, a slightly intoxicating drink." Narratives steeped in fact as well as those of mythology and lore are displayed, such as "Ancient Chomorro could hit a man between the eyes at 50 yards with… Read More

Savannah, GA: The Morning News Print, 1888. Good. 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 spine tips, ffep heavily notated. This is another copy of Love's History with several outstanding associations. A partially obscured inscription on the front pastedown shows that this particular copy was presented by R.R. Wright to D.C. Suggs. Richard Robert Wright, Sr., who wrote part of the book's introduction, was born into slavery in Georgia in 1855 and was valedictorian of the first graduating class of Atlanta University, now known as the HBCU Clark Atlanta. He became an educator and newspaper editor who went on to serve as the first president of the Georgia Industrial College for Col*red Youths (GICCY), the first public institution of higher learning for African Americans in the… Read More

Washington, D.C.: N.P., 1959. Very good. 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 of reference data and information about the group and some of its most important women leaders. IPL was founded by Lola Mercedes Parker in Chicago in 1929 "to seek greater opportunities for the Ne*ro business woman." According to the book, "the Greek letters, IOTA PHI LAMBDA, were chosen because of their meaning - Ideals of Friendship and Love." There are now more than 100 chapters of IPL in 85 cities and the U.S. Virgin Islands. The sorority's website lists their goals, including to: "Unite in sisterhood qualified business and professional women in order to enhance and improve the status of women in our highly complex, competitive business and professional world; Promote increased… Read More

Augusta, GA: Chronicle Job Print, 1909. Good. 8¾" x 5½". Red cloth, title gilt. Pp. [author frontis], 276 + three page table of contents and 23 plates interspersed. About good: spine appears to be fully perished and crudely repaired with tape; endpapers crudely renewed; hinges cracked but holding; scrawled pencil notations to verso of frontis and last (blank) page; several leaves with tiny tears, folds or faint stains at edges. This is a thorough and compelling history of an organization of Black Baptist churches in Georgia, the Walker Baptist Association (WBA). It was compiled by Reverend R.J. Johnson, who served as pastor of four churches and treasurer of the association. WBA was organized in 1868 with seven churches in Jefferson County, Georgia. At the time of this book's publication WBA covered eight counties and included a Sunday School program, missionary department, women's auxiliary and a high school, known as the Walker Baptist Institute (WBI). According to their website, WBA is… Read More

Mexico, D.F.: Propaganda y Anuncios S.A., 1939. Very good. 4 1/8" x 12", folded; opens to 23 7/8" x 18 3/8" (map area is 18 5/8" x 17 1/8"). Single sheet printed in multiple colors both sides. Very good: folded twice vertically, possibly as issued; some penciled notations in the margins by the large image of the hotel; a couple of tiny closed tears and one small separation at an intersection. This is a brochure for Monterrey's Hotel Ancira which opens into large, dazzling illustrated map of Mexico which depicts a portion of the Pan-American Highway. On the other side of the sheet is a street map of Monterrey measuring 11" x 8½". On the large map, the Pan-American highway stops furthest north are San Antonio and Del Rio, in Texas, with the furthest south in Tehuantepec. The map contains at least 15 drawings of people dressed in traditional costume. Larger cities are denoted by drawings of buildings and mountain ranges are depicted as well. The map's legend states that locations of hotels and… Read More