Philadelphia: 1862. [3]-33pp., plus frontispiece portrait. Original black paper wraps, printed in gilt. Moderate wear to wraps, spine ends chipped. Minor wear and an occasional fox mark internally. A scarce tribute to Edward Dickinson Baker (1811-1861), a veteran of the Black Hawk and Mexican-American Wars, and a close Illinois colleague..... More

Plymouth, N.H. Printed by Harris and Prentiss, 1830. 24pp. Contemporary plain brown wrappers, stitched. Tanning and foxing, later ink ownership inscription on front cover. Light wear. Rare and interesting little book analyzing all the sounds of the alphabet, designed to clarify sound and pronunciation for the beginner. "The sounds of..... More

[Mirando City, Tx. 1923]. Thirty-five photographs and four maps on sixteen leaves. Photographs 4 x 4 inches, plus one panorama 2.5 x 7.5 inches. Oblong octavo album. Original black cloth with black paper leaves. Light wear, minor soiling. Annotated throughout. A wonderful, bespoke Texas oil promotional, comprising a charming and..... More

Mexico City: La Rochester, [ca. 1920]. Twenty-eight silver gelatin photographs, each 5 x 7 inches. Minor wear and soiling to edges of photos, but generally clean and strong. A handsome group of images from Mexico featuring local women working, farmers, street scenes, churches, and archaeological artifacts. Half of the images..... More

Brownville, N.T. R.W. Furnas, 1859. 64pp. Original printed wrappers. Light vertical crease. Light chipping and soiling to wraps; closed tear from gutter of lower edge. A scarce and early Nebraska territorial imprint published in Brownville, founded in 1854 and the largest town in the territory until it was eclipsed by..... More

San Francisco: James H. Barry, 1914. 192,[12]pp., plus large folding map measuring 29 x 24 inches. Original printed wrappers. Light wear to wraps, hinges cracking, lower corner of rear wrap torn away. Internally clean. First and only edition of this scarce street guide to San Francisco compiled by the city..... More

[Los Angeles: ca. 1960]. Panoramic photograph, 10 x 25 inches. Some light creasing at edges. A panoramic portrait by important Japanese-American photographer Toyo Miyatake. Miyatake operated a studio in the Little Tokyo area of Los Angeles for many years before World War II, when he was interned at Manzanar and..... More

New York & Elizabethtown, N.J. 1847-1848. Ten parts, with forty-eight hand-colored plates. Original printed wrappers, stitched. Two front wraps and one rear lacking; a couple of tears. Spines chipping; light wear at edges. Light dust soiling and scattered foxing. The first expanded volume of Good's Family Flora, as published in..... More

Mexico City: 1838. [1]p., on a quarto bifolium. Previously folded. Contemporary ink rubrics. A couple of faint fox marks. An unrecorded printing of this decree of the Mexican Congreso General, approved by Anastasio Bustamante on January 27, 1838, and dated February 1, which authorizes the Banco Nacional de México to..... More

Mexico City: 1835. [3]pp., on two octavo sheets. Contemporary ink annotations. Very light tanning and foxing. An unrecorded Mexican circular dated December 7, 1835, that demands monetary contributions from its citizens to prosecute the coming war with the Tejanos. The text of the document begins: "Por la Secretaría de Hacienda..... More

New Haven: Tuttle, Morehouse & Taylor, 1867. 34pp. plus photographic frontispiece. Original black cloth, cover stamped gilt. Light wear to spine and corners, minor soiling. Internally clean. Memorial volume for Captain Edward Lines, who served with the Kansas Cavalry during the Civil War and was killed in action on September..... More

Evanston: Mumm Print Shop, [1920?]. 119,[7]pp. Original green cloth, cover stamped in black. Spine and corners rubbed. Internally clean. A handsome little cook book compiled by the PTA of the Oakton School in Evanston, Illinois. "This is not intended to be a cook book...This is simply a collection of favorite..... More

Philadelphia: Jones Bros. & Co., [1882]. Two broadsheets, each approximately 12.75 x 6 inches. Previously folded, with minor separations at old folds. One broadsheet with several small closed tears and tape repairs at edges. Light tanning. Two appealing broadsheet advertisements for the extensive trial account and biography of Charles Guiteau..... More