![Item #2716 [Small Photograph Album of Charming Images of Clearwater, Nebraska]. Nebraska](/pictures/thumb/McBRB2716_01.jpg?v=1646857664)
[Clearwater, Nb. ca. 1900]. Thirteen original photographs, varying sizes but most approximately 3.5 x 5 inches. Small oblong album, with string-tied paper covers. Some splitting at spine; light rubbing and wear to wrappers. Photos mounted to album leaves; light fading and soiling to images. Contemporary manuscript captions. A charming group..... More
![Item #791 New Mexico, 1898. Bulletin No. 2, Agriculture and Horticulture [cover title]. New Mexico](/pictures/thumb/McBRB791.jpg?v=1565781367)
Santa Fe: Territorial Bureau of Immigration, 1898. 47pp. Original printed wrappers, stapled. Front cover detached, chipped and with small tears; small tear to rear cover. Internally clean with very minor wear. Promotional bulletin published by the Bureau of Immigration for New Mexico, touting its fine climate for farming and stock..... More
New York: [ca. 1860?]. Broadside, 15.75 x 9.75 inches. Old folds, some minor loss and chipping. Rare broadside prospectus for the New Universal Index Advertiser, a business newspaper in New York. The Universal Index Advertiser promoted itself as a paper that focused on the interests of business above all else..... More
Philadelphia: Robert P. Smith, 1853. Three volumes. Tall octavo. Contemporary publisher's green striped cloth, gilt stamped. Light wear to corners and edges; spine head of volume two pulled. Mild, scattered foxing in volume two, otherwise light toning. America's expansion into and over the Rockies resulted in important botanical discoveries, many..... More
![Item #2969 Dios y las Almas [bound with:] Dentro de la Republica. Doroteo Paredes, Joaquin Herrera](/pictures/thumb/McBRB2969_01.jpg?v=1654354781)
Mexico City: Imprenta de Andres Diaz Milian; Tipograpfia de S. Lomeli y Comp. 1886; 1889. 225,[1]; ix,201,ii pp. Contemporary quarter calf and blue pebbled cloth, boards blind stamped, spine gilt lettered. Light wear to edges, a bit heavier at spine ends. Contemporary binder's stamp on front free endpaper; two identical..... More
[Raleigh?]: 1911. 23pp. Square 12mo. Original black cloth. Minor wear to covers, text block detached. Minor soiling, small ink stamp to final blank and verso of title page. A rare little volume published by author and English instructor Harry Houston Peckham, possibly in North Carolina during his time teaching there..... More
El Paso, Tx. 1914. x,120pp., including a photographic portrait of the authors. Small quarto. Original printed wrappers. Spine perishing; small, personal shelf label at foot of spine. Light dampstaining and minor chipping to wraps. Text somewhat browned, but not brittle. Final gathering bound in upside-down. A fabulously scathing attack on..... More
Aberdeen: Daily News Print, 1894. [8]pp. on a folded sheet of pink paper. Minor wear, some light soiling to rear panel. Promotional brochure for South Dakota and the area around Aberdeen, the state's third most populous city. The "Big Five" Counties comprise Brown, Campbell, Edmunds, McPherson, and Walworth, sitting along..... More
![Item #508 A Souvenir of Aberdeen the Railroad Hub of the Dakotas [cover title]. South Dakota](/pictures/thumb/McBRB508_01.jpg?v=1552571962)
Aberdeen, S.D. 1907. [162]pp., with numerous photographic reproductions. Oblong octavo. Original pictorial wrappers. Wraps with light wear and a few small chips. Scarce promotional for the town of Aberdeen, South Dakota, located in the northeastern corner of the state. Known as "the Hub City of the Dakotas," Aberdeen was a...... More
![Item #2150 The Beautiful Valley of the Lower Rio Grande [cover title]. Texas](/pictures/thumb/McBRB2150_01.jpg?v=1629905530)
St. Louis: John S. Swift Co., [1925]. 64pp. Original pictorial wrappers, string-tied. Some creasing and wear at wrapper edges. Light toning. First edition of this attractive promotional for the virtues of the Lower Rio Grande Valley, published by the Missouri Pacific Railroad in 1925. Chief among the attractions are the..... More
[Texas: 1901]. Broadside, 7.25 x 8.5 inches. Text printed in two columns. Minor wear. Broadside advertising lands for sale in Pecos County, Texas. Four sections are offered, ranging from 5,200 acres to 18,560 acres, at a rate of 75 cents an acre. "The day is at hand when the cattleman..... More
[Various locations in Texas: 1917-1918]. Fifteen leaves, illustrated with fifty-five mounted photographs, and a few ephemeral clippings identifying locations. Oblong octavo. Contemporary black cloth, string-tied. Light soiling to covers. Minor wear to some photographs, but overall a handsome selection. A unique collection of vernacular photographs collected by a soldier in..... More
Pittsburgh: 1892-1894. Three volumes, 99, 90, and 102 leaves, printed rectos only. Oblong octavo. Contemporary half brown cloth and marbled paper-covered boards. Moderate edge wear, some creasing and scuffing to covers. Occasional dust-soiling to text. An informative trio of daily report books recording work performed by a field worker of..... More
![Item #2654 [Vernacular Snapshot Album of an Automobile Trip Through the American Southwest]....](/pictures/thumb/McBRB2654_01.jpg?v=1646857925)
[Various locations in Texas Or Oklahoma, Arizona, and Nevada: ca. 1940s]. [25] leaves, illustrated with eighty-eight black-and-white photographs in corner mounts, about 3 x 4 inches or slightly larger. Contemporary brown cloth photograph album, title stamped in silver on front cover, reading, "Snaps." Minor wear at spine ends and corners..... More
[Various places including Brazil and Africa]: 1943-1944. 64 original photos, mostly 3.25 x 4.5 or 4 x 4 inches. Limp calf covers, embossed and printed in red tan and blue. Covers chipped, rubbed, and well-worn, but solid. Photos in corner mounts, with extensive manuscript captioning. A bit of fading and..... More