Catalogues

List #28 - Recent Acquisitions

List #28 - Recent Acquisitions

We are pleased to offer our latest list of thirty items, all recently acquired and freshly catalogued.  It includes a wide variety of material from across the continent -- an early treatise on cattle; a Japanese American directory from the mid-1950s; a rare California history; an unusual Native American language item; rare and unusual imprints from Iowa, Kansas, Nevada, and Idaho; some German Texas fiction; and a souvenir of the “Hello Girls” from the Great War, among others.  Enjoy!

List #27 - Maps & Views

List #27 - Maps & Views

Antiquarian maps and views provide wonderful records of a past life of a place, and capture the irrevocably changed landscapes and geographies of a particular space and time.  Our latest list contains thirty maps and views from across the continent of North America.  There are mining maps from the American West; real estate maps and auto maps; maps produced as promotional products; a manuscript plan of a small town in Mexico; rare letter sheets from Texas and California; and several bird’s eye views, including a large and splendid view of Havana from 1851.  Enjoy!

California International Antiquarian Book Fair 2021

California International Antiquarian Book Fair 2021

Despite the disappointment of missing our annual pilgrimage to California, we’ve compiled a wonderful list of material on California, the West, and Latin America, as well as other interesting topics. Highlights include a lengthy manuscript from the 19th-century Philippines; a Buddhist Church directory produced in the Manzanar internment camp; many rare pieces of Californiana; a stunning set of Indian portraits by a Montana photographer; several archives, both photographic and manuscript; and much more. Enjoy!

List #26 - Cookery

List #26 - Cookery

We have assembled for your delectation a group of twenty modestly-priced cook books -- many of them unrecorded -- representing a wide variety of states and appetites.  There are recipes from small towns in Nebraska, Iowa, Texas, Wyoming, Oklahoma, Colorado; scarce works from Mexico; two community cook books from Illinois; a wonderful piece from Wisconsin; and several works of Mexican-American California interest.  Enjoy!

List #25 - Cuba

List #25 - Cuba

Our latest cataogue is devoted to works from and about Cuba, primarily from the 19th century.  It includes unusual and rare imprints -- many of them unrecorded -- not only from Havana, but also Guanabacoa, Cienfuegos, Puerto-Principe, and Matanzas, as well as manuscript material and photography.  Highlights include a rare Cuban cook book illustrated with plates; a rare bilingual guidebook published in Havana in 1899, with a handsome map; an archive of mining photographs featuring local people and scenery; the archive of a Cuban planter from the early 19th-century; a photographically illustrated work on the Cuban Revolution published in 1872; a rare annual guide to Cuba from 1809 located in one other copy; and many more interesting pieces. Enjoy!

Bibliography Week 2021

Bibliography Week 2021

Our list for Bibliography Week features forty-one items on a wide array of subjects, which are bibliographically interesting for a variety of reasons: a rare 19th-century San Francisco children’s book in the original dust jacket; a pulp romance in the original parts; a rare directory from the Alaska Gold Rush; early American broadsides; a high school year book from the Hunt, Idaho internment camp; a handful of unusual Spanish-American imprints; several photographically illustrated books; Uncle Tom’s Cabin in Turkish; two salesman’s sample books; and a limited edition artist’s book.  Enjoy!

List #24 - Manuscripts & Archives

List #24 - Manuscripts & Archives

Our first list of the year contains thirty interesting archives and manuscripts, most of them freshly catalogued over the past two months.  Highlights include a fantastic and charming travelogue of a journey from England to the Amazon illustrated with photos and drawings; a lengthy manuscript describing travel through Africa in great detail; a manuscript map from Mexico; two western American diaries; a large archive of a Colorado mining family; antebellum business letters from New Orleans; a weird manuscript from the 1980s about tarot; an Oklahoma teenager’s high school scrapbook; and much more.  Enjoy!

List #23 - Texas

List #23 - Texas

Our latest list features twenty-four items (mostly) new to inventory  and all relating to the Lone Star State. Highlights include an unpublished work of ranch fiction, the criminal court records for San Marcos, annotated photo albums, several promotional works, two oil maps, an archive relating to Spindletop, and a wonderful letter from a drunk lawyer. Enjoy!