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Bronx, New York, 1938. 10 ¾" x 7 7/8". Blue cloth. Pp. 100. Very good: boards unevenly faded with spots of soiling and some loss at corners and spine tips; shaken but holding firmly. The senior high school yearbook of the Bronx's Walton High School, an all girls school at the time. This copy features Bella Abzug (Savitzky) in her senior year with a prophetic inscription, "Despite Schein/we'll all/get to the top/together. " Miss E. Hedwig Schein was chair of the music department. The printed quote next to her portrait reads, "it is not in mortals to command success, but she will do more-she will deserve it. " Abzug's image also appears at least three other times including group photos of senior officers (she was class president) and who's who (she was voted most popular). This item is offered by Langdon Manor Books, LLC, antiquarian booksellers. 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… Read More

New York: [National Association of Negro Musicians], 1952. Near fine. 4¼" x 11¾". Sign printed on thick card stock. Near fine with light edge wear. This is a placard for the National Association of Negro Musicians' 1952 annual convention held at St. Mark's Methodist Church at 139th Street and St. Nicholas Avenue. We imagine it would have been used at a registration table for the gathering that was attended by 350 delegates from 48 states and included a performance by a 200 member chorus. The keynote for the conference was given by Ruth Whitehead Whaley, the first Black woman to graduate from Fordham University School of Law. She was the third-ever African American woman to be admitted to the bar in New York, and was the first in North Carolina. This item is offered by Langdon Manor Books, LLC, antiquarian booksellers. We package our items carefully, ship daily, and have a no hassle returns policy--your satisfaction is guaranteed. We are members of the Antiquarian Booksellers' Association of… Read More

Chicago, Illinois: Prairie State Press, 1937. First Edition. Very good -. 8 7/8" x 6¼". Red cloth, title gilt. Pp. 148. Very good minus: a bit shaken, rear hinge partially cracked; frontis leaf torn and repaired with tape at an earlier date; a few small stains to ffep; lightly dust-soiled. Inscribed by the author on front pastedown. This is a scholarly treatise on the evolution of man and the universe, and how such data can be used to explain (and hopefully alter) prejudiced misconceptions of the African American race. It was written by a Black lawyer from Chicago, Thomas Kirksey. Information on the author is scarce, but through contemporary newspaper accounts we were able to learn that Thomas Kirksey graduated with an A.B. degree from Howard University in 1916, an L.L.B. from Howard in 1918, and a Master's in law from Boston University in 1921. He was known for his erudition even as an undergraduate; the 1916 Howard yearbook had some fun at his expense: "Kirksey's first sermon was divided into… Read More

Boston, Massachusetts: R.F. Wallcut, 1861. First Edition. Good. 7½" x 4 5/8". Paper wrappers. Pp. 247. Good due to wrappers detached save for a small ex-library sticker to bottom of spine; internally very good plus with just a touch of scattered spotting. Inscribed on title page by Aaron M. and Anna Rice Powell. This is a special presentation copy of a noted treatise which condemned the Christian institution of the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions (ABCFM) for its decidedly un-Christian-like ties to slaveholding groups. The book was inscribed by an important abolitionist and activist couple, Aaron Macy and Anna Rice Powell. The work was written by Charles K. Whipple, a leader with the Massachusetts Anti-Slavery Society and coeditor (with William Lloyd Garrison) of the noted abolitionist newspapers The Non-Resistant and The Liberator. The author bemoaned that the ABCFM, at their annual meeting in 1860, had declared the Cherokee Nation to be "a Christian people." ABCFM had… Read More

[New York City]: N.P., 1975. Very good. 8½" x 5½". Stapled self-wrappers. Pp. 12. Very good: moderate wear and dust soiling; light creasing, patches of staining mostly on the two outermost pages. This is a giveaway for a sex party sponsored by SMads in January 1975. Nine of its twelve pages consist entirely of explicit personal ads, presumably of men who intended to experience the party. The penultimate page has a handy blank form to keep track of people met at the party, and the rear wrapper features art from Martin of Holland. OCLC locates no copies. This item is offered by Langdon Manor Books, LLC, antiquarian booksellers. We package our items carefully, ship daily, and have a no hassle returns policy--your satisfaction is guaranteed. We are members of the Antiquarian Booksellers' Association of America (ABAA), the International League of Antiquarian Booksllers (ILAB) and the Independent Online Booksellers Association (IOBA) and adhere to their rules of ethics.

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 gift inscription in the year of publication on on FFEP. This is a compilation of the writings and observations of the first single woman to work as a missionary in Iran, Fidelia Fisk. With a large folding map, illustrations and dramatic descriptions of the region and its inhabitants, the book gives particular attention to the lives of Iranian women. Fidelia Fisk (also spelled Fiske) was born in Massachusetts in 1816. She graduated from Mount Holyoke Female Seminary (now Mount Holyoke College) in 1842 and was promptly appointed to the faculty there. One year later she was recruited by Presbyterian missionary Justin Perkins, who was… Read More

Fort Des Moines, Iowa and Pasadena California: 1943-1945. 24 autograph letters (approximately 65 pages on sheets measuring around 7½" x 5¼") , one typescript letter, eight greeting cards and two dinner menus. Two steel spiral stenographer's note books measuring 9" x 6" with 123 pages of handwritten notes. Uniforms include two shirts, one jacket, two skirts and a hat. Letter, notebooks and menus very good or better; uniforms in excellent condition with minimal wear. This is a group of items documenting the military career of Dorothy Schutt who served in the WAC from 1943 until at least 1945. She trained at Fort Des Moines and was with the 78th WAC Hospital Company at Birmingham General Hospital in Van Nuys, California as of 1945. In addition to her uniforms, the collection includes printed menus for Thanksgiving and Christmas dinners at Fort Des Moines in 1943, as well as over 30 items of correspondence. She received a number of greeting cards while at Fort Des Moines in December 1943 and several… Read More