San Francisco & Portland: M. Gray, 1871. 5pp., including chromolithographed front cover. Loose sheets, separated along spine. Minor toning, soiling, and staining. Faint ink stamp at base of title page for contemporary retailer William A. Frey on Kearny Street. An uncommon piece of sheet music lithographed by famed artist Grafton..... More

[Oklahoma: 1917]. 133pp. Gathered signatures, stapled. Substantial foxing to outer leaves, text block uniformly toned. A seemingly unrecorded work concerned with the auction sale of all the unallotted tribal lands in twelve counties in the Choctaw and Chickasaw Nations in Oklahoma, excepting certain tracts reserved for coal and asphalt mining..... More

[Galveston, Tx. Henry H. Morris, 1900]. [24] leaves, illustrated with twenty-four sepia-toned photographs, each 4.5 x 6.5 inches. Oblong slim quarto. Contemporary black pebbled cloth, with "Photographs" stamped in gilt on front cover. Minor edge wear. A few leaves with minor chipping at outer margin, first blank leaf and first..... More

[Pampa?]: 1910. 24pp. 12mo. Original blue printed wrappers, stapled. Clean and fresh. One signature loosening. A lovely little promotional for Pampa, Texas, "a growing town of 500 inhabitants located on the Santa Fe Railroad." The work is illustrated throughout, highlighting the towns businesses and residences. Rare -- we locate three..... More

Canyon City, Tx. [1907]. [32]pp. Profusely illustrated with monotone photographs. Slim quarto. Moderate soiling and wear to wrappers, slight biopredation. Light wear and soiling to contents. A rare land promotional touting the advantages of Canyon City, Texas (known now simply as Canyon). Established in 1887, Canyon City became a major..... More

[Various locations in Texas, mostly Brenham: ca. 1890s]. Eleven cabinet card photographs, ranging from 3.75 x 3.75 inches to 7 x 5 inches. All but one image with manuscript captions in pencil on verso identifying the subjects. Varying levels of wear, staining, chipping, and fading. Studio imprint partially obscured by..... More

Honolulu: Hawaii Times, 1958. [8],191,[3]pp., plus four leaves of plates. Original pictorial wrappers. Minor wear and soiling to wraps. Light toning internally; slight instances of biopredation at lower corners of final leaves. Second edition of this extremely scarce Japanese-language guidebook to Hawaii, published in 1958 just before statehood. "A general..... More

[South Dakota: ca. 1900?]. 17,[3]pp. Printed self-wrappers, stapled. Minor edge and spine wear; staples beginning to oxidize. Minor foxing and soiling to wrappers. An unrecorded polyglot booklet published for use in an Episcopalian confirmation ceremony, with a thirty-two question and response catechism in parallel English and Dakota text. The Niobrara..... 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

[Various locations: 1861-1868]. Eleven related letters to the Sage family dated 1861-1868. Various sizes. Generally minor wear. [with:] Printed map, 27.5 x 19.5 inches. Minor toning, partial separations at folds, otherwise minor wear. A grouping of retained correspondence and a large promotional map relating to Kansas real estate speculation during..... More

[Shreveport, La. 1928-1930]. [7],88,[1]pp. Folio. Contemporary tan cloth stamped in black. Cloth on spine and boards noticeably chipped and abraded. Minor thumb-soiling to text, a few leaves with tiny chips to margins. A unique manuscript ledger from the Sir Knights & Ladies Friendship Association of America in Shreveport, Louisiana, recording..... More

Irvington, Ca. May, 1941. [6],150pp. Original wooden boards decoratively illustrated and lettered in green, gray, and black paint on the front board, reading, "Recipes Irvington P.T.A." and bound by three separate rings. Text uniformly toned, with several leaves detached but present, a few with minor chipping. An exceedingly rare DIY..... More

[N.p. 1892-1893]. 166pp. of retained transfer copies of typed and manuscript letters, preceded by [20]pp. of manuscript index. Large quarto. Contemporary tan cloth, leather corners, stamped in dark brown, "Letters" to spine and front cover. Small area of loss near bottom of front board, corners scuffed, moderate soiling to boards..... More