Chicago: G. Renesch, 1918. Chromolithograph, 19.5 x 26 inches. Minor occasional wear and scuffing to edges, tiny chips at a couple corners, short unobtrusive one-inch puncture below the central subjects, but otherwise a bright and vibrant example. A visually-powerful poster produced in the midst of the First World War, which..... More

Pittsburgh: August 1, 1830. [2]pp. Folio. Old folds, with a long separation along the left vertical fold line and minor losses at crossfolds, edges a bit chipped and frayed with minor loss to text. A letter by an unidentified traveling trader recounting a sojourn to Arkansas Territory, with content regarding..... More

Mexico City: December 15, 1835. [4]pp., on a single folded folio sheet. Minor creasing and light edge wear. In a custom red leatherette folding chemise. Rare proclamation laying out the constitutional changes that solidified the Centralist system of government in Mexico in late 1835, supplanting the Federalist system established through..... More

Havana: Establecimiento Tipografico de Barcina, 1850. 173,[2, blank],10pp. Contemporary presentation binding of full orange calf, spine gilt extra, boards with elaborate gilt floral borders, stamped in gilt on front board, reading "Escmo. S.D. Francisco Armero y Penaranda." All edges gilt. Spine lightly sunned, boards a bit rubbed, light wear to..... More

[N.p., probably New York or Boston: ca. 1890s]. [20]pp. Original green wrappers, printed in red and black, with small vignette of a cabin on the front wrapper. Considerable staining and soiling to wrappers, some chipping to spine, especially at the head, a few short closed edge tears. Text uniformly tanned..... More

New York: 1863. 48pp. Original printed wrappers. Very minor edge wear. Light foxing on text edges, but clean internally. A tight, square copy. A rare work containing important information on the New York City Draft Riots, including first-hand accounts by African-American victims of the bloody events in mid-July 1863. Between..... More

[Texas: ca. 1900]. Manuscript in pen on nine slim sheets, joined at the top and bottom of each sheet, to create a single sheet measuring approximate 70 x 2.5 inches, folded accordion-style to 1 x 2.5 inches. [with:] A small paper-covered "Acme" box containing approximately forty glass microscope slides of..... More

Mexico City: Lúcas el Brincón, 1884-1886. 58 issues, each 4pp., separately paginated. Contemporary quarter sheep and marbled boards; original Mexican binder's ticket on front pastedown. A rare, complete 58-issue run of this semi-comic political weekly published in Mexico City during the mid-1880s. The present set includes the very scarce five..... More

[New York? ca. 1820s]. Narrow folio broadside, 20.25 x 8.75 inches, printed in two columns. Old folds, moderate foxing and staining, a few tiny areas of loss at crossfolds. A lovely letterpress broadside printing a narrative poem of forty-two four-line stanzas, arranged in two columns inside simple typographical borders comprised..... More

Mexico: Imprenta de Doña Maria Fenandez de Jauregui, 1815. [xii],40,[3]pp. Small quarto. Contemporary mottled sheep, spine and edges of boards gilt tooled; contemporary marbled endpapers. Minor wear and rubbing to spine and boards; scattered foxing and occasional light soiling internally. Scarce concatenation of epic, allegorical, political, and religious poetry concerning..... More

[Palermo, Argentina: 1905]. Broadside, 15.5 x 5.5 inches. Old folds, minor edge wear, tiny chip in left margin, one tiny hole in the lower third not touching any text, light creasing, numerous contemporary pencil notes. Paper remnants on verso, likely removed from a scrapbook. An unrecorded broadside documenting an obscure..... More

Mobile, Al. April 13, May 12, and November 2, 1860. Three manuscript documents, each [1]p., retaining original transmittal envelopes for first and last letters. One signed, "Jos Bordern," the others signed by Borden under his firm's name, "Borden & Buck." Also includes a short undated note to "Garbour" by John..... More

Havana: August 3, 1867. [7]pp. on pre-printed folio forms completed in manuscript. Later staple. Moderate tanning and edge wear, short separations along some folds. A manuscript manifest listing of 285 Chinese field hands, who undoubtedly signed up as indentured laborers in their quest to escape the hardships of China in..... More