San Francisco: William Doxey, 1895. [8],80pp. Quarto. Original pictorial boards, illustrated dust jacket. Light wear and dust soiling to boards, corners slightly bumped. Several archival repairs and minor restorations, with one slightly larger at upper rear corner. Light tanning, an occasional fox mark internally. A rare children's book by San..... More
![Manuscript Pocket Prayer Book of a Colorado Farm Laborer]. Mexican Americans, Marcelino Pacheco](/pictures/thumb/McBRB1623_01.jpg?v=1603517068)
Saguache, Co. [1920s]. Approximately [98]pp. 12mo. Original green faux-alligator over limp card wraps. Moderate wear to binding, front pastedown separated from cover. Light soiling and wear to contents, pp.1-2 and 23-26 perished. Written in a neat and legible script. In Spanish. An original manuscript pocket prayer book kept by a...... More
Guatemala: Imprenta de la Union, 1828. 22pp. Folio. Self-wrappers, stitched as issued. Light chipping to spine; a few spots of worming to outer leaves, not affecting text. Self-wraps with some light foxing and dampstaining; a bit of dust soiling internally. An extremely scarce Guatemalan imprint, comprising an account of the..... More
![Reno the Commercial Center of Nevada [cover title]. Nevada](/pictures/thumb/McBRB894_01.JPG?v=1572286201)
Reno: Nevada Printing and Stationery Co., [ca. 1905]. [4]pp. and a map, on a single folding sheet. Minor wear and soiling. Folding promotional brochure for the city of Reno, touting its location for all things business. A single panel of text by the Commercial League argues for the value of..... More
Los Angeles: Brooks Bros. [ca. 1936]. Blueprint map, 21.5 x 18.25 inches. Old fold lines, minor wear. A few pencil annotations. An interesting and quite attractive blueprint map that shows the oil and gas fields of New Mexico, where oil was first discovered in 1924. The map was compiled and..... More
Bainbridge, N.Y. Chenango Free Democrat Office, 1850. Broadside, 15.75 x 12 inches. Matted. Light, even tanning. An attractive illustrated broadside, dated August 10, 1850, advertising a short trip up the Susquehanna River from Bainbridge to Corbin’s Mills, scheduled for August 14. “Ladies and gentlemen are invited to attend - fare..... More
Boston: Four Seas, 1920. First Edition. 12mo. 115pp. Publisher's drab boards with printed paper spine label; in beige printed dust jacket. Boards with minor wear and faint soiling. Light chipping to dust jacket at corners and head of spine, lightly dampstained at lower edge. An uncommon later collection by Japanese..... 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
Portland: [ca. 1886]. Broadsheet, 11 x 8.5 inches. Old fold lines, light wear and soiling, a few chips. Rare and ephemeral handbill for "Fairdale Bitter Water," marketed as a mineral water with remarkable health benefits for a variety of ailments. "The possibilities of this water are almost beyond belief, as..... More
![To the Free-Holders of Rowan & Davie Counties [caption title]. Texas, A. G. Carter](/pictures/thumb/McBRB1153.JPG?v=1577461753)
[Salisbury, N.C. 1844]. Small broadside, 12.5 x 7.75 inches. Several minor chips at edges. Light, even tanning. A rare campaign broadside for a State Senate candidate in North Carolina, A.G. Carter, which discusses his position on the annexation of Texas. Carter had held his seat representing Rowan and Davie counties..... More
Bellows Falls, Vt. [1908]. Broadside, 12 x 5.75 inches. Printed on grey paper. Old folds, formerly mounted in an album with remnant of mount attached to top of broadside. Contemporary manuscript date notation at bottom. Broadside advertising a performance of the play “A Night in Chinatown” starring the “clever little..... More
[Brooklyn, Philadelphia, and various other locations. 1855-1914]. Twenty-six diaries, comprised of [6,817]pp. Mostly quarto volumes, a few folios. Several with boards either loose or lacking; wear to bindings. Some light wear and soiling to contents, but generally clean and highly legible. Numerous clippings either pasted or pinned into text. A..... More
Washington, D.C. Joint Intelligence Study Publishing Board, 1944. Forty-four (of forty-six) maps on twenty-five (of twenty-six) folding sheets. Folio. Original printed wrappers. Spine chipped; light dust soiling and wear to wraps. One sheet hastily removed. Internally clean. A slightly later reprint of vital material from an extensive August 1944 report..... More
Seattle: 1899. 117pp. Original tan printed wrappers. Spine moderately chipped. Minor wear and soiling. This volume provides detailed specifications for contractors wishing to bid on this massive water supply project. Contracts were awarded on April 19, 1899, and work began soon afterward, with the Pacific Bridge Company building headworks and..... More
[Various Places, including Mexico, Wyoming, Nevada, Arizona, and California: 1936-1938]. 296 photographs in corner mounts on fifty-five leaves. Oblong quarto. Original cloth boards, string tied. Cloth worn and frayed at edges. A few leaves loose. Photos generally crisp and neat; about half with manuscript captions on leaves. A travel album..... More