San Antonio: Gebhardt Chili Powder Company, 1923. 32pp. Original pictorial wrappers, stapled. Minor wear at edges and spine ends; slight oxidation around staples. Light dust soiling and tanning. A colorful and attractive promotional cook book containing over thirty recipes for dishes utilizing Gebhardt's Eagle Chili Powder. William Gebhardt was a...... More

Mexico City: Impreso por J.MF. de Lara, 1836. 20pp. Modern red leather, gilt. Bookplate on front pastedown. Small patch of staining in gutter margin of title page and final leaf. Light tanning. A substantial address by the president of the Mexican congress to the country's people in response to their..... More

Houston: 1950. Map, 22 x 17 inches. Folded. Light wear and soiling. Map of the Louisiana and southern Texas oil fields along the Gulf of Mexico. Each county is outlined, with oil fields noted in green and gas fields noted in red. More

Chicago: South and West Land Company, [1906]. 15pp. Quarto. Original green printed wrappers, stapled. Wrappers lightly faded, light soiling and wear. Minor internal soiling, some rust from staples, leaves loosening. Promotional work for the South and West Land Company with a map of the railroad routes spreading out across Kansas..... More

Philadelphia: E.P. Knoll & Co., 1902. Partially-colored lithograph map, approximately 19.5 x 25.5 inches. Matted, previously folded. Minor wear along old folds. Scattered early pencil annotations. A few small patches of soiling and discoloration. A detailed and rare map of Harris County, Texas, published in 1902 in order to promote..... More

Galveston: Gustav Feist Co., 1906. [17] leaves. Original pictorial wrappers, chipped and separated along spine. Leaves evenly tanned, with an occasional fox mark. Rare photographic promotional for Galveston, Texas, published only a few years after the 1900 hurricane devastated the city. The work contains sixteen Albertypes of city views, concentrated..... More

Waco: Texas Telephone Company, 1919. [4],132pp. Original tan printed wrappers, stapled. Covers worn and chipped, some annotation. Text lightly worn, several corners torn away, not affecting text. An unrecorded phone book for Waco, Texas, issued by the Texas Telephone Co. Founded in 1914 and headquartered in Waco, the Texas Telephone..... More

Indianola, Tx. 1856-1858. 54 manuscript leaves on legal-sized sheets. Ribbon tied at head, affixed with the seal of Calhoun County. Previously folded. Light wear at edges; occasional patches of staining. A contemporary manuscript transcript of a fascinating appeal case that took place in Texas District Court on the Gulf Coast..... More

[Salisbury, N.C. 1844]. Small broadside, 12.5 x 7.75 inches. Several minor chips at edges. Light, even tanning. A rare campaign broadside for a State Senate candidate in North Carolina, A.G. Carter, which discusses his position on the annexation of Texas. Carter had held his seat representing Rowan and Davie counties..... More

[McAllen, Tx. ca. 1920s]. Ten original photographs, each 5 x 7 inches. Light wear at edges. Captioned in negative. Contemporary pencil initials on versos. A rare group of ten original photographs by early 20th-century Texas photographer John Peter Esklidsen, who worked in the Rio Grande Valley in the 1910s and..... More

Sioux City: 1878. Broadsheet, 6.25 x 5 inches. Minor soiling, lightly toned. Trimmed unevenly along bottom edge. Broadsheet advertising the land services of Daniel H. Talbot, a speculator and land agent based in Sioux City, Iowa. "Having but recently made a visit to the state, and with the aid of..... More

[Dallas: 1936]. Four items, including two folding pamphlets, one typed letter, signed, and an envelope. Light wear and tanning. Interesting and colorful promotional material for Rock Island Plow Company of Dallas and Oklahoma. A large folding poster printed in red and yellow depicts the two most popular plow models, "built..... More

[Tyler? 1872]. Small handbill, approximately 6.75 x 3 inches. Minor wear. Light soiling and tanning. An excellent ephemeral item from the election of 1872 in Texas, comprising the Democratic ticket for the Third Congressional District, then composed of eastern and central portions of the state. The candidate for the Democratic..... More