Philadelphia: J. Dobson, 1832. 72pp., plus frontispiece plate. Sympathetically rebound to style in half calf and marbled boards, spine gilt ruled with leather label, edges sprinkled red. Text interleaved with blanks for notes, several of which contain contemporary ink annotations. Title page with patch of light dampstaining and repaired closed..... More

Colorado Springs: Argus Job Print, 1904. 12pp. Drab self-wrappers, stapled. A few small ink stains. In a custom cloth slipcase and chemise. Rare pamphlet defending the strikes of unionized miners in Colorado during 1903 and 1904. The author principally addresses events surrounding the strikes at Cripple Creek, Telluride, Idaho Springs..... More

New Braunfels, Tx. 1902. [32]pp. Original pictorial wrappers, stitched. Light wear and dust soiling to wraps. Light toning internally. Scarce, first edition of this early 20th-century promotional for New Braunfels, Texas, and the businesses operated there by the Landa Estate. By the end of the 19th century, the Landa family..... More

[Cincinnati: 1855]. Broadsheet, 11 x 8.5 inches. Three pinholes at left edge. Light tanning and dust soiling. An unrecorded newspaper broadsheet extra published in late 1855 that prints arguments in favor of a railroad route to California through Texas and the lands in New Mexico and Arizona recently acquired via..... More

[Various places]: 1930-1931. 277 photographs on forty-four leaves, most 2.5 x 3.5 inches, a few larger. Oblong octavo. Original black cloth, string tied, cover gilt. Wear to covers, some chipping. Images with corner mounts, many captioned. Internally clean, some light chipping to a few leaves. A lovely vernacular album --..... More

[California, Salt Lake City, Oregon, and Canada. 1892]. Twenty-one albumen photographs, each approximately 4 x 5 inches. Mounted on Kodak cards, edges gilt; captioned in manuscript on verso. Light wear and scattered soiling to photographs. Mounts lightly worn, some peeling but still intact. Group of vacation photographs taken on a...... More

Richmond: Samuel Pleasants, 1803. 43pp. Modern half blue calf and marbled boards, original leather label retained. Moderate wear and soiling to text, title page with contemporary ownership inscription heavily inked over. One or two other ink notations to text. A solid copy. An anonymous collection of travel notices written by..... More

Cheyenne: Department of Immigration, 1908. 64pp. Oblong octavo. Original printed wrappers, stapled. Faint ink stamp on front cover. Minor wear. A relatively scarce illustrated promotional work that touts the benefits of life in Wyoming. Among these are good opportunities for agriculture, mining, ranching, and an outdoor lifestyle. "Why not make..... More