[Seattle: 1926]. Six sheets, each approximately 13 x 24 inches. Riveted at left margin. Small contemporary ink stamp on verso of final sheet. Light wear and occasional dampstaining. An interesting set of blueprints that show plans for an early portable building designed by a Seattle company. The American Portable Home..... More

San Francisco: 1938. 34pp. Original green printed wrappers, stapled. Ink stamp on front cover, later paper label at top of spine. Minor wear and soiling, internally clean. A rare issue of this San Francisco phone directory published by the Pacific Telephone and Telegraph Company for the local Chinese community, printed..... More

Whittier: Board of Trade, 1906. 16pp. Oblong octavo. Original printed wrappers, stapled. Light soiling and wear. Published less than twenty years after Whittier was founded by Quakers, this promotional work proudly proclaims that "there is now town of its size that will rank higher in intelligence, morality, and progressiveness." Just..... More

Los Angeles: [ca. 1910]. Plat map, approximately 14 x inches. Folded, a couple of short separations and minor losses along or near folds. A few nicks at edges. Light, even tanning. Printed on thin paper. Ephemeral real estate map and advertisement for the Riverside Orange Heights Tract, located north of..... More

Natchez & New Orleans: 1864-1865. Eighty-seven & sixty-three orders for each year, respectively. Lacking five for 1864 (1, 2, 70, 72, 90) and three for 1865 (27, 41, 44). Contemporarily stitched with ribbon. Minor soiling and wear to outer leaves. A few orders with manuscript signatures. Extensive run of General..... More

[Chicago]: Rand McNally & Co., 1922. Folding map, 26.75 x 34 inches, folded to 7.5 x 4 inches. Light wear and soiling to covers, a few minor tears to edges of map. Clean and fresh. Rare map of Rand McNally's District 12, comprising Kansas, southern Nebraska, northern Oklahoma, most of..... More

[Lincoln, Ne. 1869]. Two small broadsides. One previously folded, with minor wear at edges and closed tear along horizontal fold line. Light tanning and dust soiling. Two pieces of interesting promotion for land sales in and around the new state captial of Nebraska, Lincoln, in 1869. Nebraska became a state..... More

Spiro, I.T. 1905. Broadside, 10.5 x 7 inches. Minor wear, old folds, a few chips. Top left corner torn away, not affecting text. An unrecorded wanted poster recording a substantial theft from the Redwine Brothers store in Spiro, Indian Territory. Redwine’s was a general mercantile store which also sold farm..... More

[Various locations in Texas, including San Antonio, Laredo, and Raymondville: mostly 1947-1950]. Forty-six black-and-white photographs, from 3 x 2 inches to 8 x 10 inches, one tintype, and one printed certificate. Most photographs with personalized family annotations on verso. Moderate surface and edge wear to some pictures, a few creased..... More

St. Louis: 1892. 74pp. Oblong octavo. Original illustrated wrappers, stapled. Light wear and chipping to spine, rear cover with closed tear, minor soiling. Minor scattered foxing and offsetting. Handsome illustrated trade catalogue for the firm of P.C. Murphy, manufacturers of fine trunks and traveling bags. The work is filled with..... More

[Various locations, mainly Arizona, Montana, and Illinois: ca. 1925-1942]. [77] leaves, illustrated with 617 original photographs, from about 1.5 x 1 to 4 x 3 inches, almost every page profusely annotated in white ink. Oblong folio. Contemporary faux-alligator brown leather, string-tied. Edges and joints worn, minor rubbing to covers. Compiler's..... More