![The Japanese American Directory 1923 No. 19 [cover title]. Japanese-Americana](/pictures/thumb/McBRB1434_01.jpg?v=1594046258)
San Francisco: The Japanese American News, [1922]. 576pp. Contemporary printed wrappers with linen spine. Minor wear and soiling. Some minor scattered soiling and foxing to contents. Lightly toned. Rare Japanese-American directory published in San Francisco by Nichibei Shinbun, the Japanese American News. The Japanese newspaper was founded in 1899, and..... More
Lubbock, Tx. [ca. 1928]. Blueline map, 34 x 74 inches. Folded, printed on linen. Light wear along fold lines with no loss. Scattered minor dust soiling and dampstaining. Contemporary manuscript annotations. This mammoth map depicts oil exploration at the western edge of the Permian Basin during the late 1920s, and..... More
Mexico City: 1888. [35] leaves of plates. Oblong small folio. Original embossed cloth boards. Light fading and minor patches of staining to boards; front hinge cracking. Slightly later gift inscription on front free endpaper; small, slightly later ink stamp on title page. Light tanning. A rare and fascinating Mexican lithograph..... More
[Austin]: 1919. 114pp. Original printed card covers, stapled. Covers worn and chipped, moderate soiling and wear; spine mostly perished. Light dampstaining and mildewing to first few leaves. Moderate wear, a few contemporary notations to text. Scarce telephone directory for Austin, published by the Southwestern Telegraph & Telephone Company. Southwestern Telegraph..... More
[New Orleans: 1866-1867]. [230]pp. Small folio. Loose gatherings with backing stiff marbled wrapper. Formerly bound with cloth strips at top edge. Some entries tipped onto leaves; most entries with accompanying cancelled revenue stamp affixed at left margin. Occasional wear at edges; light tanning and offsetting. A manuscript receipt book of..... More
![Japanese-American Problem Pamphlets by Prof. Sidney L. Gulick [manuscript cover title]. Sidney L....](/pictures/thumb/McBRB1414_01.jpg?v=1594046227)
[Various locations: 1914-1915]. Four pamphlets and two promotional pieces, approximately [100]pp. total. Slightly later pain stiff wrappers, manuscript titles on sine and front wrap, riveted at gutter. Slightly later bookplate to inside front wrapper, small ink ownership stamps on title pages. Minor edge wear to a couple of leaves; light..... More
[Chicago: ca. 1918-1919]. 44 original stereoviews, dual 3.25 x 2.75 inch prints on card mounts measuring 3.5 x 7 inches. In a slipcase with two typed paper labels on spine. Small, contemporary ink stamps on mounts; three cards with typed paper labels. An excellent group of original, likely unique stereoview..... More
New York: Harper and Brothers, 1847. Three volumes. Large octavo. Contemporary red leather, ornately gilt, a.e.g. Wear and rubbing to extremities and spines, head and foot of spines chipped and worn. Later bookplate on front pastedowns, contemporary ownership inscription on title pages. Light to moderate scattered foxing. A handsome set..... More
Kansas City, Mo. Breeders Printing Company, [1920?]. Poster, 38 x 25 inches. Folds into a folio brochure in eight panels, printed in three colors. Separations at folds, repaired with tape on verso. Two small losses at center fold. Minor wear at edges. Large poster for the sale of fifty-two head..... More
![Archive of a Police Patrolman's Logs from WWII-Era Cincinnati, Ohio]. Elmer W. Eubanks](/pictures/thumb/McBRB1379_01.JPG?v=1594045628)
Cincinnati: 1943-1946. Twelve notebooks, [358]pp. total. 12mo. Stapled sheets, stapled at top edge. No covers. Some light wear and soiling, but generally clean and in a legible hand. World War II-era manuscript log books kept by Cincinnati, Ohio police officer Elmer Winder Eubanks (1913-2012). Eubanks began his career in law..... More
![L'Eleganza Beaux Arts Ball '73 [cover title]. African-Americana, Elliottorian Business Women's Club](/pictures/thumb/McBRB1375_01.jpg?v=1594045623)
Detroit: Bolar Printing & Publishing Co., [1973]. 62pp. Folio. Original gold-printed blue wrappers, stapled. Light wear and soiling, contemporary ink ownership inscription on rear cover. Internally clean. Program for the L'Eleganza Beaux Arts Ball, a social fundraiser organized by the Elliottorian Business Women's Club of Detroit. The Club's founding purpose..... More
Mexico City; New York: 1875; 1882. Five volumes in one, varying paginations. Later quarter cloth and marbled boards, spine gilt lettered. Light wear to raised spine bands and edges, minor scuffing to boards. Manuscript contents list on front free endpaper. Light tanning and scattered foxing. Mexico and Guatemala quarreled over..... More
![Union and Central Pacific Railroad Line Via Omaha or Kansas City to San Francisco [cover title]....](/pictures/thumb/McBRB1399_01.jpg?v=1592052008)
Omaha: Republican Print, [1883]. 64pp., plus folding map. 12mo. Original pictorial wrappers. Light wear and soiling to wraps, a few cracks and small chips along spine. Light, even tanning, but otherwise internally clean. A scarce informational and promotional pamphlet for the services of the Union Pacific and Central Pacific Railroads..... More
![Four Certificates of Nationality from the Chinese Consulate in Havana for Indentured Servants]....](/pictures/thumb/McBRB1380_01.jpg?v=1592052006)
[Havana: 1880]. Four printed forms, completed in manuscript, each 6.5 x 8.25 inches. Contemporary ink stamps. Unobtrusive perforations at top edge where previously bound. Some soiling and minor chipping at edges. A set of four forms issued in 1880 by the Chinese Consulate in Havana, certifying the registration and details..... More
Athens, Tn. George White, 1835. 75pp. Dbd. Title page chipped at lower corner; initial three leaves separating at lower gutter. Some dampstaining to initial leaves; light tanning and foxing throughout. A scarce, rural Tennessee imprint that chronicles the criminal exploits of John Andrews Murrell; likely the second edition, issued in..... More
Montreal: [ca. 1895?]. 108pp. Original red pebbled cloth, front board gilt lettered, over yellow printed wrappers. Additional [8]pp. pamphlet laid in. Spine chipped; front hinge cracked; front free endpaper detached. Corners somewhat worn; light rubbing and dust soiling to boards. Light tanning internally; leaves a bit brittle at gutter. A..... More
![Freight Receipt Book for the Carson City Station of the Virginia & Truckee Railroad in 1877]....](/pictures/thumb/McBRB824_01.JPG?v=1592052063)
[Carson City, Nv. 1877]. 246 leaves. Oblong octavo. Original quarter cloth and marbled boards. Spine and edges somewhat worn; text block cocked. Internally clean. A fascinating manuscript receipt book that documents the types and amounts of freight carried by the Virginia & Truckee Railroad during the first half of May..... More
Lancaster, Pa. 1874. 40pp. Modern half morocco and marbled boards, spine gilt. First and last leaves reattached, first leaf reinforced with tape at edges; library stamps on first and last leaves. Minor soiling. A scarce promotional work for the Pueblo Colony of Colorado, outlining the area's plan for settlement. "All..... More
Los Angeles: Parker Publishing Co., 1909. 390pp. Original pictorial wrappers. Spine and hinges reinforced; front hinge splitting from foot; wrappers creased, with minor chips and two closed tears at edges. Contents toned. An unusual business directory for early 20th-century Los Angeles. The present work contains a complete list of companies..... More
Great Falls: Tribune Job Print, 1902. 22,[2]pp. 12mo. Original limp calf wrappers. Head of spine chipped; some edge wear and rubbing to wraps. Very minor chipping at fore-edge of text block. Slightly later ownership inscriptions on rear endpapers. Light tanning. An unrecorded handbook for the short-lived Barbers' Protective Union of..... More
![Circular No. 5, of 1888, Department of the Platte. Manual of Guard Duty [cover title]. Nebraska,...](/pictures/thumb/McBRB1363_01.jpg?v=1591448340)
Omaha: 1888. 66pp., plus errata leaf. Original printed wrappers. Spine edges chipped ; corners worn; light wear to edges. Contemporary ownership inscriptionLight tanning, otherwise internally clean. Scarce printing of nearly four hundred rules for the correct commission of military guard duty for soldiers in units of the Department of the..... More
San Francisco: San Francisco Examiner, 1919. 96pp. Original printed wrappers. Light foxing and minor wear to wraps. Portions of two rear leaves for notes and annotations torn out. Light foxing to initial leaves and light tanning throughout. Only edition of this scarce Bay Area directory, published by the San Francisco..... More
Detroit: Bolar Printing & Publishing Co., 1963. [3]-42pp. Quarto. Red and white printed wrappers, stapled. Wraps a bit rubbed and creased; light soiling to rear wrapper and scattered internally. A program for a fashion show held on October 13th, 1963, at Detroit's Latin Quarter, a theater and night club on..... More
![Manuscript Survey Map of Tiger Quartz Mine]. California, Mining](/pictures/thumb/McBRB1266.JPG?v=1591448230)
[Poison Gulch, Ca.]: 1877]. Manuscript map, 8 x 12.5 inches, plus [2]pp. autograph letter on a folded sheet. Previously folded. Very minor wear and light dust soiling. A neat manuscript map and description of the Tiger Quartz Mine in Calaveras County, California. made in 1877. The map shows a basic..... More
Cedar Rapids: [1874]. Broadsheet, 12 x 9 inches. Previously folded. Minor wear and dust soiling along old folds. Faint foxing. A scarce circular advertising a large swath of railroad land, 1.5 million acres, across central Iowa under the control of and for sale by the Iowa Railroad Land Company. The..... More