St. Louis: 1906. [2],70pp. Oblong octavo. Original grey wrappers, gilt; lacking string ties. Wrappers detached, minor wear and creasing. Internally clean. German-language account of the Great San Francisco Earthquake and its aftermath, with numerous halftone images documenting the destruction of the city. Accounts of the earthquake were extremely popular, as..... More

Santa Fe: New Mexico Department of Vocational Education, 1943. [1],67pp. Printed on rectos only. Mimeographed. Folio. Original yellow wrappers, stapled; rear cover perished. Front cover detached, moderately chipped. Light wear and toning to text, heavier to outer leaves; final leaf loose. A mimeographed work comprised primarily of illustrations depicting stitch..... More

[Chicago? ca. 1899]. 31,[1]pp. Original printed wrappers. Light wear to wrappers; light toning internally. A fascinating, late 19th-century promotional for the American owned and operated Hacienda de Coahuayula, in the Mexican state of Michoacan, near Coalcoman. The work contains extensive descriptions and photographs of the land and its use, with..... More

Mexico City: Tipografia de Vicente Garcia Torres, 1852. 36pp. Original printed wrappers. Old horizontal fold. Spine perishing, light wear at edges. Scarce account of this short-lived rebellion led by Juan Climaco Rebolledo in central Veracruz during the latter half of 1852. Rebolledo rose in opposition to President Mariano Arista, who..... More

Merida: Imprenta de Castillo y Compania, 1845. 40pp. Original printed wrappers. Spine chipped, some wear and minor loss at corners. Light dampstaining at fore-edge; scattered, light foxing. Small, faint ink stamp on title page. A scarce appeal by the pro-Mexican faction in the Yucatan for the full reincorporation of the..... More

[Allende, Mx. 1830-1831]. [40]pp. Mixed folio and quarto sheets, haphazardly stitched. Light wear and dampstaining at edges; even tanning and light foxing throughout. Accomplished is several legible secretarial hands. A fascinating manuscript log of municipal bureaucracy during the early 1830s in the small Mexican village of Allende, southwest of the..... More

New York: 1853. Broadside, 12 x 9.5 inches. Previously folded. Short separation and two very small areas of loss along old fold, slightly affecting text. Light wear at edges, with two marginal short closed tears, Light tanning and foxing. In this address to his fellow Venezuelans, José Antonio Paéz, exiled..... More

New York: Compiled and Published by the Japanese Times, 1926. [220]pp., in various paginations, plus folding map. Original printed, stiff wrappers. Brief, later pencil annotation on rear of folding map. Light wear at edges. Minor tanning and dust soiling. A scarce guide to New York for visiting Japanese entrepreneurs, published..... 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

McAlester, Ok. McAlester Real Estate Exchange, [ca. 1910s]. Two maps, 8.5 x 11 & 14 x 8.5 inches. Folded. Light wear and a couple of small chips at edges. Occasional dust soiling. A few contemporary manuscript and typed annotations. A pair of ephemeral promotional maps from the McAlester Real Estate..... More

Hutchinson, Ks. 1910. [20]pp. Narrow octavo. Original orange printed card covers, stapled. Some light wear and soiling, intentional holes punched in spine edge. Small ink stamp on versos of title page and final leaf. Internally clean. Short volume of poetry published in a small town in central Kansas. The author..... More

Lincoln: 1906. 68pp. plus frontispiece and errata. 12mo. Original grey printed wrappers. Light soiling and wear. Small ink stamp on verso of first leaf. Internally clean. Temperance poetry written by a doctor in Nebraska. In one piece, titled "Our Bondage: Written on Nebraska's Senate Refusing the County Option Bill," he..... More

Santa Rosa, Ca. 1890. 76,56pp. Front cover detached, rear cover lacking; cover chipped, soiled. Ink stamp on title page. Outer leaves lightly chipped, text lightly toned. A curious volume of epic poetry, "Dictated by Conscience." The Book of Washington contains seven pieces of verse, only one of which relates to..... More