Catalogues

List #43 - Recent Acquisitions

List #43 - Recent Acquisitions

Welcome to our latest list, comprised of thirty items freshly catalogued. Highlights include a colored panorama of Texas migrant agricultural workers; a manuscript manifest of Chinese indentured laborers bound for Cuba; a run of the National Era abolitionist newspaper; an interest- ing Japanese report about mining in Alaska; an unrecorded early Amer- ican ballad broadside; a Transmississippi Civil War diary; the archival notes of a turn-of-the-century abortion doctor in Texas; several interest- ing pieces of African Americana, and much more. Enjoy!

California International Antiquarian Book Fair 2023

California International Antiquarian Book Fair 2023

It's time for the California Book Fair!  Highlights include an incredible photographic archive of elephants used as billboards; a rare broadside about the Texas Santa Fe Expedition; a unique 19th century photobook documenting the Kansas City, Pittsburgh & Gulf Railroad; an underground Masonic newspaper from 1870s Havana; an archive of ledgers kept by a Texas farmer with operations in Mexico; numerous pieces of Japanese Americana, Latin Americana, Californiana, and much more.

Rare Books San Francisco 2023

Rare Books San Francisco 2023

Rare Books San Francisco is making its debut as the "shadow show" for the Pasadena ABAA fair ... and we're going to miss it.  We've already had a crazy 2023, and alas had to cancel our booth at the show.  BUT we already had our material ready to go, so in lieu here is our list, packed full of interesting Californiana and our usual mix of eclectic items.

List #42 - Manuscripts & Archives

List #42 - Manuscripts & Archives

We’re kicking off the year with what we hope is a banging list of freshly-catalogued manuscript and archival materials.  Highlights include the pictorial archive of a mad California inventor lady; the substantial archive of a U.S. military officer stationed in Central and South America who also happened to be a famous maker of castanets; several large photographic archives documenting African-American families; the manuscript accounts of a St. Domingue plantation; an annotated real photo postcard archive documenting an American soldier’s experiences in Russia in 1918, and more.  Enjoy!

List #40 - Western Americana

List #40 - Western Americana

Our latest list is comprised of thirty items of Western Americana. Highlights include a book by an African-American bishop from Los Angeles; an archive of letters recording one man’s experiences working on the railroad in turn-of-the-century Arizona; a wonderful archive of an Oregon miner’s letters; a Japanese-American woman’s photo album from the 1940s; a large map of Limestone County, Texas; and more. Enjoy!

Rare Books LAX 2022

Rare Books LAX 2022

We return to Rare Books LAX! Highlights from our fair list include a Mexican manuscript cook book; a Mexican-American California girl's archive; several interesting pieces of Californiana, both printed and manuscript; a rare work on the Cuban revolution; several works of Japanese Americana; a handsome volume of Mexican novenas, and more. Enjoy!