This fair marks the two year anniversary of the start of our business, and we’ve pulled together an outstanding selection of materials in all price ranges in honor of the occasion. These include a rare Japanese directory produced at the Manzanar internment camp; the roll book for an African-American unit in the Civil War; the earliest surviving Brooklyn telephone directories; an intricate bird’s eye view of Hackensack; an eccentric assemblage of spiritualist art on cabinet cards by a California photographer; several archives; as well as numerous other choice pieces of Latin Americana, Western Americana, photography, and more. Enjoy!

Another joint effort with Tschanz Rare Books and Johnson Rare Books & Archives, this catalogue takes the place of our RBMS trip, journeying geographically from Los Angeles to Indiana. McBRB highlights include a Nevada railroad freight log book, several pieces related to rail travel across the plains, a rare map of the Alton & Terre Haute Railway, and a manuscript volume of an Indiana railroad union.  Enjoy!

Our second collaboration with Tschanz Rare Books and Johnson Rare Books & Archives.  McBRB highlights include a handsome photo album depicting life at the Grand Canyon Lime & Cement Co. mines in Arizona; a rare lithograph of the largest mass execution in U.S. history (of Native Americans, of course); a rare Colorado soil conservation pamphlet from the 1930s; and a wax museum broadside advertisement from San Francisco.  Enjoy!

A joint effort with Johnson Rare Books & Archives and Tschanz Rare Books.  Sadly, due to COVID-19, the Western Archivists' Meeting -- and the accompanying book fair -- was canceled.   We have, therefore, banded together with our colleagues to offer a selection of ten items from each firm which would have appeared with us at the conference.  McBRB highlights include the archive of a Western mining family, an archive of Czech immigrants in L.A. in the 1960s, the diaries of a California farmer during the Civil War, and more.  Enjoy!