[Minot?]: Fossum & Buck, 1915. Panoramic photograph, approximately 6.5 x 14.25 inches. Photo captioned in the negative. Light wear at edges; small, light red ink patch near left edge. Light dust soiling. A striking panorama of a harvesting scene in Flaxton, North Dakota, taken in 1915 and published by the..... More
Cincinnati: Printed by J.B. & R.P. Donogh, [1839]. 520pp. plus 10 plates. Lacks pp.25-26. Modern quarter morocco and marbled boards. Scattered foxing and soiling to text, outer leaves with some chipping and wear. Top half of pp.43-46 cut away (ads), likewise bottom half of pp.55-56 (also ads). A solid copy..... More
Mexico City: Tip. Moderna de Carlos Paz, 1887. [2],132pp. Contemporary half calf and marbled boards, gilt tooled. Boards scuffed, with some patches of light dampstaining; spine ends and corners worn. Light toning internally. Author's gift inscription on third leaf recto. Scarce, late 19th-century treatise on the national defense of Mexico..... More
[Manila. 1947?]. 24pp. Quarto. Original printed wrappers, bound with folding metal fasteners. Small original photo laid in. A fascinating mimeograph guide published by the U.S. Army in the Philippines to assist soldiers and civilian personnel that were being transported back to the United States or to other posts overseas at..... More
Mexico City: Impreso por Francisco Diaz de Leon, 1886. Contemporary quarter cloth and marbled boards. Boards scuffed, edges somewhat worn. Two chips at lower edge of front free endpaper and half title. Contemporary bookseller's stamp on front pastedown. Light toning. Poetic and airy musings on the role of women in..... More
Mexico City: 1897. 109,ii pp., plus folding plate. Contemporary speckled calf, gilt spine labels. Light wear to edges and spine. Some toning and dust soiling; an occasional fox mark. Unrecorded Mexican translation of an army training and tactics manual by a Russian general. Mikhael Dragomirov was a career military man..... More
Rochester: 1862. 132pp. 12mo. Original brown publisher's cloth, stamped in gilt and blind. Corners bumped, moderate wear to corners and spine ends, cloth lightly soiled. Minor scattered foxing. Poetry written by a woman in Rochester, much of it with a Civil War theme. Among these is a poem entitled "The..... More
![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
![South Dakota Is the Wealthiest State in the Union Figured on a Per Capita Basis [caption title]....](/pictures/thumb/McBRB462_01.JPG?v=1562074794)
Sioux Falls: Will A. Beach Printing Co., [ca. 1915]. Folding pamphlet, 17 x 22 inches. A couple of small chips and separations. Light tanning. Scarce South Dakota folding promotional for the southeastern portion of the state and Sanborn County in particular, sponsored by land agents Shoemaker and Hollinsworth, located in..... More
Topeka: Highway Map Co., [1929]. Folding map, 14 x 12.5 inches on a sheet 28 x 17 inches, folded to 8.5 x 4.5 inches. Printed in blue ink. Light wear and minor soiling, some slight separation and minor loss at a few folds. Early road map of Texas, showing highways..... More
Austin: General Land Office, 1905. Large format blueprint map, 47.5 x 39 inches. Minor staining and rubbing, some fraying to edges, a few small paper remnants in map area. A large and striking cadastral map depicting the far north Texas county of Red River, which here borders "Indian Territory" on..... More
[Montevideo: 1947-1953]. 177 original photographs, varying formats, including prints measuring 3.25 x 4.5 inches, 2 x 6.75 inches, and 3.25 x 9 inches. Oblong folio album, marbled and pebbled cloth, with two sets of string ties at spine. Wear to spine and edges; light scuffing to boards; front board loose..... 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
![Vernacular Photograph Album Documenting a Journey from Florida to California and then Colorado]....](/pictures/thumb/McBRB1880_01.jpg?v=1615836152)
[Various locations including the Southwest, California, Mexico, and Colorado: ca. 1900]. Forty silver gelatin photographs on thirty-eight leaves. Images 3 x 4 inches (all but three), one per page and captioned. Oblong 12mo album. Original black cloth with black paper leaves. Internally clean, most images with good definition and contrast..... More
[Various locations, including Montana, Wyoming, Missouri, California: 1909-1931]. [45] leaves, illustrated with 185 original photographs, from 2.75 x 2 inches to 6.5 x 4 inches, the great majority measuring 5.75 x 3.5 inches, and a few postcards, most with manuscript annotations on the borders of the images or on the..... More