Mexico City: 1884. [4],354pp. Quarto. Original red leather, gilt and elaborately embossed with the eagle of Mexico on the front cover and initials on the rear; gilt endpapers, edges stained red, white, and green. Light wear and soiling to spine, corners rubbed. Internally clean. The 1884 "Edicion Oficial" of the..... 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
New York: 1883-1891. Ninety mortgages and other related documents; most comprised of multiple pages. Folio. Typed and handwritten material. Documents folded into quarters. Light scattered soiling and wear, but condition generally strong. Substantial archive of mortgages held by the American Loan and Trust Company, consisting primarily of mortgages for railroads..... More
Indianapolis: Central Printing Co., 1880. 16pp. Original blue printed wrappers. Moderate soiling and wear, heavier to lower edge and outer leaves. Evenly toned. Scarce first edition of this pamphlet regarding the circumstances of the murder of John R. Goodwin in Brookville, Indiana, published under the auspices of the Women's Christian..... More
Indianapolis: Douglass & Conner, 1869. [2],iv,94pp. Original printed wrappers, bound into impressively lurid, modern half calf and marbled boards, spine gilt. Wraps chipped at corners, with some patches of light dampstaining. Light toning internally. A scarce Indiana imprint concerning the debts of Mexico to American citizens following the triumph of..... 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: 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