San Francisco: William Doxey, 1895. [8],80pp. Quarto. Original pictorial boards, illustrated dust jacket. Light wear and dust soiling to boards, corners slightly bumped. Several archival repairs and minor restorations, with one slightly larger at upper rear corner. Light tanning, an occasional fox mark internally. A rare children's book by San..... More
Mexico City: Imprenta de N. Chavez, 1872. 24pp. Original pictorial wrappers. Previous vertical fold. Light wear and dust soiling; contemporary pencil ownership inscription on front wrap. Light tanning and an occasional fox mark internally. Scarce printing of a speech concerning proposals for a cross-country Mexican railroad to connect the two..... More
Havana: [ca. 1930]. 27,[1]pp. Printed self wrappers, stapled. Light toning and dust soiling. Attractive and detailed promotional for tours of Havana and day trips through Cuba, led by ABC Tours from the Hotel Astor. Programs include a tour of Tropical brewery and gardens, and an evening experience of the "Slums..... More
Berkeley, Ca. 1907. 133pp. Original printed wraps. Corners and spine ends chipped; minor fading to spine and wrapper edges. Contemporary ownership inscription on title page. Minor toning. An extensive treatment of institutional and social racism against Japanese immigrants in California during the early 20th century. The author, Herbert Johnson, had..... More
Mexico City: Ignacio Cumplido, 1861. [iii-]xxvii,612pp. Original quarter calf and pebbled paper boards, spine gilt. Boards rubbed, edges and spine somewhat worn. Small shelf label at foot of spine. Light toning, scattered light foxing. A scarce, 1861 Mexican imprint, comprising translations into Spanish of speeches by the great French poet-politician..... More
Philadelphia: 1852. 155pp. Original three-quarter pebbled cloth and marbled boards, spine gilt, edges sprinkled brown. Some wear to spine and edges, corners rubbed. Front hinge cracking, front free endpaper detached. Later 19th-century bookplate on front pastedown. Light tanning and dustsoiling, an occasional faint fox mark. A revised edition of George..... More
Novo York: 1839. Original mottled calf, spine gilt ruled, leather label. Boards scuffed, calf somewhat worn at edges and along spine. Pastedowns detaching from from boards. A scarce Portuguese New York imprint, comprising the Catholic New Testament. The translator, Antonio Pereira de Figueiredo, was a Portuguese monk who completed his..... More
Philadelphia: J.F. Hurtel, 1817. 73pp. Original plain wrappers, stitched. Front wrapper perishing. Light tanning and foxing, small patches of dampstaining. A scarce, bilingual pamphlet printed in Philadelphia that publishes in English and Spanish two homilies penned by Cardinal Barnaba Niccolo Chiaramonti, who became Pope Pius VII. The work seeks to..... More
![Advantages of Incorporating Under the Laws of Arizona [cover title]. Arizona, Business](/pictures/thumb/McBRB1457_01.jpg?v=1599052565)
Phoenix: 1904. [24]pp. 24mo. Original printed wrappers, stapled. Small portion excised from first leaf. Light toning. Unrecorded promotional for the Stoddard Incorporating Company of Phoenix, Arizona, founded by Isaac T. Stoddard, the former Territorial Secretary of Arizona, who, "continues to do most of the incorporating business of the Territory." Stoddard..... More
Concordia, Ks. Ralph Avery, 1910. [61]pp. Illustrated throughout. Narrow folio. Original pictorial printed wrappers, string-tied. Spine and covers chipped. Light wear and chipping to upper corner of title page, otherwise clean internally. An odd promotional work for the city of Fort Wayne, Indiana, printed in Kansas. Other than the last..... More
Boston: James R. Osgood and Company, 1883. 624pp. Illustrated. Original brown cloth, stamped in black and gilt. Minor wear, corners lightly bumped. Small bookplate on front pastedown; contemporary ownership inscription on title page with slight offsetting to frontispiece. Small closed tear on p. 263, otherwise fresh and clean internally. First..... More
Boston: Ticknor and Fields, 1855. First Edition, First Printing. iv,316pp. plus [12]pp. publisher's ads. Original brown cloth, stamped in blind, spine gilt. Light wear to binding, small nick to cloth on front board, a few ink spots on front cover. Light toning but generally clean and fresh internally. A tight..... More
Milwaukee: Burdick, Armitage & Allen, [1893]. 48pp. Original yellow printed wrappers. Minor wear and soiling. Internally clean. Work promoting lands in South Dakota along the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway. The work contains both testimonials and rosy facts about the healthfulness of the climate and its high suitability for..... More
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Chicago: Chas. N. Trivess, [1885]. 16pp. Original printed wrappers, stapled. Light to moderate foxing to covers, some light wear. A promotional work for the railroad, this pamphlet is subtitled, "A few testimonies of the results obtained from farming in this wonderful region." The text is comprised of letters written by..... More
Casa Blanca: 1888. Manuscript map, 18 x 23.5 inches. Drawn in black, red, and blue. Previously folded. Minor soiling and wear. An attractive manuscript map depicting the topography surrounding the small Sinaloan town of Santa Anita, southeast of Culiacán, near El Comedero. The map is somewhat oddly oriented, with due..... More
![St. Joseph's Ladies Bowling Club. Organized April 3, 1919 [manuscript title]. Texas, Bowling](/pictures/thumb/McBRB1506_01.jpg?v=1596894959)
[Corpus Christi, Tx.]: 1930-1937. Approximately [150]pp. 12mo. Original black cloth. Light wear and soiling to covers. Contents lightly toned, some light wear and soiling. Generally written in a legible hand. Fabulous manuscript record of a ladies' bowling league club in Corpus Christi, kept over the better part of the 1930s..... More
Brooklyn: Eagle Job and Book Printing, 1882. Three pamphlets. 31;[3];[7]pp. Principal work in original printed wrappers; addenda in later wraps reproducing title page or first leaf of text. Previous vertical folds. Minor paper repairs to front original wrapper at lower corner and central gutter, slightly affecting text. Light tanning and..... More
[Omaha]: Ceskeho Historickeho Klubu v Nebrasce, 1928. 471,[1]pp. plus folding plate. With errata slip laid in. Illustrated in text. Original blue cloth, gilt. Light wear to binding, extremities rubbed. Light scattered soiling to text. Errata with old folds and a few tears. A history of the Czech community in Nebraska..... More
Singer's Glen, Va. Joseph Funk's Sons, 1867. 112pp. Oblong 12mo. Original yellow printed wrappers. Moderate wear and soiling to covers, spine ends chipped, corners worn. Contemporary ownership inscriptions on end leaves and title page. Lightly foxed. Third edition, first published in 1865. Scarce hymnal, with printed musical score. The introduction..... More
Hartford: American Publishing Company, 1876. 168pp., plus frontispiece and thirteen plates. Original brown publisher's cloth, blind ruled and gilt lettered, edges sprinkled red. Corners and spine ends slightly bumped. Author's signature on front free endpaper; two photographs mounted on card laid in. Internally clean. A signed copy of Alfred Meacham's..... More
New York: A.S. Barnes & Burr, 1863. [4],180pp. 12mo. Original quarter sheep, printed pictorial boards, spine blind stamped, all edges marbled. Light wear to edges and corners; front hinge starting; spine leather chipping, particularly at extremities. Contemporary publisher's label on front pastedown. Light tanning, minor foxing. A rare Civil War-era..... More
Linden, Tx. 1919-1920. Ten letters, totaling approximately [35]pp. of correspondence, plus eight photographs and a real photo postcard. Letters folded in several interesting fashions. Light wear and tanning; a few small chips at edges and short separations along folds. Photos slightly faded. A small, but fascinating group of correspondence by..... More
Washington, D.C. Joint Intelligence Study Publishing Board, 1944. Forty-four (of forty-six) maps on twenty-five (of twenty-six) folding sheets. Folio. Original printed wrappers. Spine chipped; light dust soiling and wear to wraps. One sheet hastily removed. Internally clean. A slightly later reprint of vital material from an extensive August 1944 report..... More
New York & Philadelphia: 1828-1829. Three volumes. cxcix,[231]; vi,[9]-456; vi,396pp. Large octavo. Contemporary quarter red morocco and marbled boards, spine gilt. Hinges cracked, spines rubbed. Some light scattered foxing and soiling, primarily to outer leaves and edges. Upper corner of second volume title page clipped. Untrimmed. Text volumes for the..... More
San Francisco: Turnbull & Smith, 1864. 31pp. plus two plates. Original blue printed wrappers. Minor wear, light chipping and separation at spine. Contemporary ownership inscription on front cover; pencil corrections and notations throughout. Internally clean. Report on silver mining in Sonora with the ownership inscription of California's state geologist, Josiah..... More