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

Poughkeepsie, New York: The A. V. Haight Co. , Printers, 1903. Hardcover. Very Good. 16mo 6" - 7" tall; [Women's Colleges] 6 ¾ x 9 ¾". Stapled, thin card wrappers. Pp. [24]. Very good plus: wrappers fresh, faint corner crease to upper corner of all leaves and very faint diagonal crease through center of all leaves; tiny inked "my room" next to one image. A lovely copy of this turn-of-the century photo book featuring 22 images of buildings on the Vassar campus. Please do not hesitate to contact us for additional information and/or photos and we will respond promptly. We package our items carefully, ship daily, and have a no hassle returns policy--your satisfaction is guaranteed. We are members of the Texas Booksellers Association and the Independent Online Booksellers Association and adhere to their rules of ethics.

Prescott, Arizona, 1931. Very good +. 14 black and white photographs. Four measure 4¼" x 2 3/8", the rest are 3 3/8" x 5 5/8". Generally very good plus with minor dust soiling. This is a group of exceptional images documenting portions of the Hopi Snake Dance. According to an article on the dance in the October 2008 issue of Wild West magazine, The Hopi men traditionally perform the ceremonial dance in late August after 16 days of spiritual preparation. Gathering all the snakes they can find, especially rattlesnakes, requires four days. Young men and boys go out searching for the snakes-one morning for each direction. They keep the snakes in the kiva and prepare for the snake washing ceremony, during which a Snake priest bathes the snakes with specially prepared water. He then places the snakes on a circle of cleaned sand, where boys "herd" them together with eagle feathers. The reptiles are then placed in a kisi, a bowerlike structure of leafy cottonwood branches, about 10 feet high and 6 feet… Read More

El Paso, TX: R. A. Ugalde, 1915. Very good. 8¾" x 5¾". Grey, stapled, photographically illustrated thin card wrappers. Pp. 18. Very good with light edge wear and toned leaves. This is a Spanish-language biography of Pascual Orozco printed in El Paso, Texas. The author laid out the contents of the pamphlet on the cover, separating the work into nine sections. It also relayed the author's assurance of truth to the text therein. Two women were listed as sources, one a female author of "los días del héroe": "The data contained here is true, as I have collected them from the most authoritative sources, and I do not hesitate to consider this humble work as worthy of consultation. The august and venerable author of the days of the hero and his most respectable widow are two of those sources. The other data have been provided to me by high and prestigious bosses who, like General Marcelo Caraveo, were witnesses and companions of the favorite son of Chihuahua." Two pages are dedicated to Orozco's… Read More

El Paso, TX: R. A. Ugalde, 1915. Very good. 8¾" x 5¾". Pink, stapled, photographically illustrated thin card wrappers. Pp. 18. Very good with light edge wear and toned leaves. This is a Spanish-language biography of Pascual Orozco printed in El Paso, Texas. The author laid out the contents of the pamphlet on the cover, separating the work into nine sections. It also relayed the author's assurance of truth to the text therein. Two women were listed as sources, one a female author of "los días del héroe": "The data contained here is true, as I have collected them from the most authoritative sources, and I do not hesitate to consider this humble work as worthy of consultation. The august and venerable author of the days of the hero and his most respectable widow are two of those sources. The other data have been provided to me by high and prestigious bosses who, like General Marcelo Caraveo, were witnesses and companions of the favorite son of Chihuahua." Two pages are dedicated to Orozco's… Read More

N.P.: N.P., 1960. Very good. 7" x 4 7/8". Stapled wrappers, dos-à-dos bound. pp. 24, 24. Very good plus: minimal wear and a small stain to rear wrapper. This is an informational booklet about the Vietnamese-American Association (VAA) printed in both English and Vietnamese. The VAA was established in Saigon in 1955 to provide educational and cultural opportunities for individuals of both American and Vietnamese descent living in Saigon. According to the introductory text in the booklet, the VAA "carries on an active social and cultural program designed to complement the extensive language training provided by the academic section. Both Americans and Vietnamese find that participation in the social and cultural activities of the center can be most rewarding." The VAA provided lectures, films, concerts, art exhibitions, and discussion groups, "intending to promote better understanding of both Vietnamese and American cultures and cover a wide range of subjects." There were also various… Read More

Salem, Oregon: Adolphson's Printing Company, 1970. 10 7/8" x 7 5/8". Stapled card wrappers. pp. [52]. Very good: moderate wear and light dust soiling to wrappers; rear wrapper with a few patches of surface loss; clean and bright throughout. This is a photo book documenting Vortex I: A Biodegradable Festival of Life which was a rock festival held at Milo McIver State Park near Estacada, Oregon in late summer 1970. 1970. With Nixon scheduling an appearance at the National American Legion convention in Portland, local counterculture groups came together to shine a light on their peace movement. That led to the idea of the festival, and they pitched it to the Oregon's state government as a way to funnel some of the possibly 50,000 antiwar protestors away from Nixon's appearance and facing off against a mass of up to 25,000 legionnaires. According to Wikipedia, In order to keep the peace, [Governor] McCall acted on a suggestion by staffer Ed Westerdahl who had been meeting with the Vortex volunteers.… Read More