Little Rock: S.H. Nowlin & Co., 1882. 8pp. Folio newspaper. Previously folded; short separations along fold line; light wear at edges. Light tanning. Unopened. An unrecorded 1882 Arkansas land and railway promotional intended to advertise the routes and lands of the St. Louis, Iron Mountain & Southern Railroad. Disguised as...
[Los Angeles. ca. 1900s?]. Broadside, 14 x 7 inches. A couple of chips and closed tears at edges. Backed with linen. Evenly tanned. Unrecorded broadside advertisement for farmland in the Los Angeles area, likely from the first decade of the 20th century. In addition to the "rich soil, level land...
[Ansonia, Ct.? 1939]. [8]pp. Small quarto. Self wrappers, stapled. Light tanning. A brief report on the revenues generated in 1938 by the Lava Cap Gold Mining Corporation, which worked claims in the Nevada City and Grass Valley districts of California prior to World War II. The main offices of the...
Redlands, Ca. [ca. 1916]. Broadside printed on heavy card, 11 x 14 inches. Corners slightly chipped, a few small edge tears. Light toning and soiling. A handsome display card advertisement for The May Flower, "The Great Stomach and Blood Remedy," prepared by E.A. Bethurun & Co. of Redlands, California. The...
Filadelfia: Imprenta de Guillermo Stavely, 1830. 59pp. Stitched as issued. Some light soiling and foxing. On the 16th of May 1826, Don Pablo Obregón, envoy to the United States on behalf of the Republic of Mexico, signed a contract with Samuel Chew for the construction and outfitting of a war...
Washington, D.C. 1939. [5],238pp. Folio. Original dark green printed covers. Light wear to covers. Internally clean. A rare typed and extensively illustrated manual for automobile mechanics belonging to the Civilian Conservation Corps. This work, according to the title page, was revised and corrected from an edition originally published in 1937...
Leadville: Corbett & Ballenger, [1887]. [6],[33]-303pp. Original printed boards with leather spine. Spine heavily worn and chipped, hinges cracked and separating. Minor wear and soiling to boards. Ex-library from the Western Reserve Historical Society (withdrawn), with bookplate and several ink stamps. Text clean and solid. Eighth city directory for Leadville...
Leadville: Corbett & Ballenger, [1885]. [4],[33]-281pp. Lacks pp.271-278. Original printed boards; rebacked with calf. Minor wear and soiling to boards. Ex-library from the Western Reserve Historical Society (withdrawn), with bookplate and several ink stamps. Small tear to title page. Text clean and solid. Sixth city directory for Leadville, Colorado, containing.....
[Various locations in Massachusetts: ca. 1890]. 247pp. Small quarto. Late 19th-century tan cloth. Binding lightly worn and soiled. Stamps for the Engineering Department of the B. & M. R.R. on binding and endsheets. Minor soiling to contents. Written in a neat and legible hand. The Boston & Maine Railroad and...
[Junction City: 1899]. [48]pp. Original printed wrappers, stapled. Light dust soiling and occasional foxing. A very scarce Kansas promotional dating to the end of the 19th century, comprising both a view book of Fort Riley and advertising space for businesses in neighboring Junction City. The booklet contains twenty-six photographic views...
New York: [ca. 1860?]. Broadside, 15.75 x 9.75 inches. Old folds, some minor loss and chipping. Rare broadside prospectus for the New Universal Index Advertiser, a business newspaper in New York. The Universal Index Advertiser promoted itself as a paper that focused on the interests of business above all else...
[Venezuela]: 1937-1938. 97 silver gelatin photographs measuring 6.75 x 4.5 and 5.5 x 3.5 inches. Oblong quarto. Original red half cloth and boards, manuscript label on front cover. Photos affixed at corners to thin paper leaves. Photo captions printed on versos of images, visible through mounting leaf. An interesting album...
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