Havana: Miguel de Villa, 1881. 88pp. plus folding table. Grey printed wrappers. Chipping and wear to top of spine, light soiling to wrappers, minor wear. Some minor foxing and toning. An educational work on the geografia of Cuba, defined here as "la ciencia que se ocupa de la descripcion de..... More

Fresno: Frank Kamiyama, 1931. Silver gelatin photograph, 10 x 46 inches. Minor wear and soiling. Image strong and crisp. A handsome panoramic photograph by Japanese-American photographer Frank Kamiyama depicting the worshippers for the service to reinstate the Buddha's statue in the temple. The photo shows a large group of Japanese..... More

Istanbul: 1931. 83,[1]pp. Illustrated. Original pictorial printed wrappers, printed in blue, brown, and orange. Light wear, spine and corners chipped, covers lightly soiled. Dampstain to lower edge of text block; text lightly toned and foxed. The first Turkish edition of Harriet Beecher Stowe's classic work. Originally published as a two-volume..... More

[Toronto, Ia.]: 1882-1918. [224]pp. Folio. Original black half calf and cloth, spine gilt. Corners and spine ends a bit worn. Text block separating from spine, but still sound. Several leaves loose, lightly soiled. Large folio ledger recording thirty-five years of health data for Clinton County, Iowa, comprising the minutes of..... More

[Wyoming: 1885-1909]. Ten letters and one receipt, [17]pp. total. Mostly octavo sheets. Light wear and soiling, heavier to one or two pieces. A small but informative archive of manuscript letters to Reverend John Roberts, Episcopal missionary to the Shoshone and Arapahoe Indians on the Wind River Reservation in Wyoming. Born..... More

Morrison, Ill. 1889, 1891-1892]. Twenty-three letters, [48]pp. total. Folio sheets. Old fold lines, minor scattered soiling and wear. In a legible hand. An archive of correspondence between an Illinois sheep farmer and his South Dakota-based farm manager detailing business over the course of several years. George Brown, based in Morrison..... More

Iowa City: [1892, 1894]. Small quarto. Spine ends slightly chipped; light wear to edges and spine cloth. Occasional small patches of staining; light tanning. "Revised edition," published in 1894 by University of Iowa botany professor T.H. McBride, of a workbook for students of the subject to record their plant finds..... More

Wheelock, Tx. June 19, 1855. [4]pp., on a bifolium. Previously folded. Light even tanning. An unusual but fascinating 1885 letter by an travelling attorney in central Texas, describing some of his experiences there and extolling the virtues of the state to his addressee. Remarkably, the author, who signs his missive..... More

Denton, Tx. 1920-1938. [131]pp. Typescript on rectos only. Folio sheets, loose. Light wear and soiling, primarily at edges. Manuscript corrections and notations throughout. An apparently unpublished typescript of a story about ranch life in Texas at the turn of the century. There is substantial detail about ranch life, farming practices..... More

[Various places in Texas: 1918-1920]. Twenty-seven real photo postcards, of which fifteen filled out in manuscript and mailed. Minor wear, light dust soiling and staining. A neat collection of just under thirty real photo postcards of Texas scenes, most showing military or oil business scenes. Approximately half are filled out..... More

[Prescott?]: Printed for the Author, 1888. 50pp. Original printed wrappers. Spine reinforced with tape, lower corner reinforced with brown paper. Light chipping and wear to covers, contents clean. Final lead reinforced at top edge with later paper. A political rant decrying the administration of territorial Governor C. Meyer Zulick. Zulick..... More

[Various places, mostly Texas, Tennessee, Kentucky, and Virginia. 1931-1932]. Eighty-five typed and manuscript letters, including thirty mimeographed copies of a form response. Moderate chipping and wear to a few letters, most previously folded but otherwise in strong condition. A fascinating collection of correspondence relating to spurious Depression-era claims on the..... More

[Nashville?]: Women's Missionary Society of the African Methodist Episcopal Church, 1945. 100pp. Original printed wrappers, stapled. Light wear and soiling, text lightly toned. "Compiled as a practical aid for those studying for missionary work." The author, Rev. R.R. Wright, Jr., was a bishop in the African Methodist Episcopal Church. The..... More