Philadelphia: 1900. 59,[3]pp. plus folding map. 12mo. Original yellow printed wrappers. Spine and lower corners chipped; faint contemporary ink stamp on rear wrapper. Quarter-size chip to upper corner of first leaf, slightly affecting frontispiece image. Light toning and dust soiling. Scarce itinerary and program for a six-week tour of California..... 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