![North Dakota [cover title]. Northern Pacific Railway](/pictures/thumb/McBRB562_01.JPG?v=1562074925)
[St. Paul. ca. 1916]. 64pp. Quarto. Original pictorial wrappers, stapled. A scarce North Dakota promotional published by the Northern Pacific Railway, focused on the agriculture of the state. The extensive text consists consists of detailed, county-by-county descriptions of farming opportunities in North Dakota, accompanied by numerous photographic images, as well..... More
Portland: 1914. 329,[1]pp. Original printed boards. Hinges lightly worn and soiled, corners and covers rubbed. Front hinge tender, front endpapers removed. Light soiling and wear to contents, scattered manuscript notations in pencil. Manuscript recipes laid in, with several written on the blank leaves at the end. Second edition, revised and..... More
Philadelphia: M. Thomas, 1818. [4],198pp. Contemporary red morocco, ornately tooled in gilt with owner's name on front cover; sympathetically rebacked with original spine laid down. Front hinge cracked, corners lightly worn. Light scattered foxing. First edition of James Kirke Paulding's romance of the frontier in a handsome early American bespoke..... More
![Photo Album of More Than One Hundred Images of China and the Philippines from the Early 1930s]....](/pictures/thumb/McBRB265_01.JPG?v=1550980292)
[Manila and surrounding areas; Shanghai: ca. 1932]. 130 silver gelatin photographs on fourteen leaves. Oblong quarto. Original black lacquered boards with pictorial inlay on front cover, leather spine. Corners worn, some chipping to front cover. Images with corner mounts, captioned in ink. Internally fine. Album of photographs of the Philippines..... More
![Shadows [cover title]. Prison Magazines, Oregon](/pictures/thumb/McBRB554_01.JPG?v=1562628870)
[Salem]: 1952-1953. Two issues, July 1952 (17:7) & April 1953 (18:4). 32pp. each. Original printed stiff wrappers, stapled. Minor wear and soiling. Two issues of the monthly magazine published by the Oregon State Penitentiary. First issued in 1936, the magazine is “Published monthly by and for the inmates of the..... More
![Two Vernacular Sketchbooks by California Artist Lewis Carleton Ryan]. Lewis Carleton Ryan](/pictures/thumb/McBRB798_01.JPG?v=1569499956)
[Various places in California: 1952 & 1957]. Two spiralbound notebooks. [56]; [48]pp. Original cardboard covers with contemporary manuscript annotation. Light wear at edges. Light tanning and dust soiling internally. Two sketchbooks filled with original pen-and-ink and watercolor drawings by Southern California artist Lewis Carleton Ryan during the 1950s. Ryan was..... More
Chicago: [1894]. [40] leaves. Large folio. Original quarter cloth and thick paper wrappers, gilt lettered. A few small chips to wraps; rear upper corner torn away; minor wear at spine extremities. One plate with closed tear from fore-edge. Light soiling and occasional faint foxing; a few leaves with marginal dampstaining..... More
![Land of Pueblos. New Mexico [caption title]. Santa Fe Railroad](/pictures/thumb/McBRB242.JPG?v=1548352479)
[N.p. ca. 1946]. Poster, 18 x 24 inches. Minor wear. A handsome poster advertising travel on the Santa Fe Railroad, featuring several Navajo Indians in the foreground and a pueblo in the background. One of the men in the foreground stands, drumming, while the others are seated behind him, chatting..... More
Sioux Falls: Will A. Beach Printing Co., 1909. Folding map, approximately 17 x 21.5 inches. 18mo. Original printed wrappers. Light wear and soiling to wraps. A few short separations at fold point, one slightly longer from top edge. Light tanning. Unrecorded map and promotional for lands in central South Dakota..... More
San Francisco: F.P. Ramirez y C. Madero, 1866. 254,ii pp. Original blue publisher’s cloth, stamped in blind, spine gilt. Spine ends and corners worn, lower corner a bit gnawed, not affecting text. Contemporary bookplate of Juan Rivas on front pastedown. Minor internal wear, text clean. A rare and unusual Spanish-language..... 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
![The Texas Stamp. A Monthly Journal Devoted to Philately [caption title]. Texas](/pictures/thumb/McBRB526.JPG?v=1553198531)
Fort Worth: T.P. Martin, Jr. & Co., 1886. Vol. 1, No. 1. [4]pp. on a folded sheet. Light wear, a few small chips at edges. The first issue of this short-lived Texas periodical on stamps and stamp collecting, edited by B.G. Chaney. The feature article is titled “Advice of a...... More
Ganado, Tx. [1910]. [20]pp., plus folding map. Small quarto. Original printed wrappers, stapled. Text block loosening. Light wear to wraps. Minor toning and creasing. In this scarce promotional, the Ganado Land & Investment Company touts the wonders of Ganado, Texas, "A section of country combining the three essentials to successful..... More
![Oneida Railway Car Shop. Built 1907-1909 Syracuse, N.Y. [manuscript cover title]. Henry G. Throop](/pictures/thumb/McBRB372_01.JPG?v=1551541205)
Syracuse: 1910. [24]pp. manuscript, 10pp. typescript, [19]pp. correspondence, plus a map, blueprint, five leaves of technical drawings, and thirteen original photographs. Together with two pamphlets on the subject. Folio. Original green binder, manuscript paper labels. Most items hole-punched into the binder, a few laid in. Wear at edges, two of..... More
![A Souvenir of Our First Trip to Yosemite June 16 to 24, 1923 [manuscript title]. Western...](/pictures/thumb/McBRB903_01.JPG?v=1568338387)
[Yosemite]: 1923. [41] silver gelatin prints on [16] leaves. Black paper leaves, string-tied. Captions in white ink. Closed tear to first leave, minor wear else. A charming narrative album detailing a family holiday through Yosemite. Many of the photographs show sweeping scenery, together with shots of the travelers themselves, including..... More