[Reinbeck, Ia?]: Lewis Press Print, 1927. 88pp. plus nine leaves of plates. Original brown linen wrappers, printed on front cover and stapled. Covers heavily worn, especially at extremities. Moderate wear and soiling to contents, manuscript recipes and notations throughout. A heavily used community cook book for the little town of..... More
[Chicago? ca. 1920]. [4],132pp. plus chromolithographic plate. Original light grey cloth, cover printed in black. Extremities rubbed, minor soiling. Contemporary ownership inscription on front flyleaf. Text moderately but evenly tanned, some minor wear. A scarce community cook book compiled by the East End Circle Woman's Guild for the benefit of..... More
Medford, Or. 1909. 254,[4]pp. With blank leaves for manuscript notes. Original printed wrappers, cloth spine. Light wear and soiling, minor soiling to title page. A scarce and substantial regional cook book published by the women of St. Mark's Episcopal Church in Medford, Oregon. Recipes are divided into categories, most listing..... More
Bellingham, Wa. Irish Printing Co., [ca. 1920]. 143,[20]pp. Original grey pictorial printed wrappers. Light wear to covers, corners and spine ends lightly chipped. One leaf with late ink marking, one leaf torn with no loss. Internally clean and fresh. A handsome production with illustrated wrappers printed in color and letterpress..... More
San Francisco: Edward A. Weed, 1882. 33pp. Original green printed wrappers. Some chipping and wear to spine, covers lightly soiled. Minor toning and wear to contents. Rare work by "the California Poetess," Eliza A. Pittsinger (1837-1908). Pittsinger was born in Massachusetts and emigrated to California in 1854, where she began..... More
[Various Places in Indian Territory: 1898-1911]. [51]pp. manuscript and typescript material, plus several newspaper clippings. Light wear at edges and along old fold lines. Moderate tanning and light dust soiling; occasional patches of light staining. Accomplished in a quite legible hand. A collection of letters, composed narrative, and manuscript drafts..... More
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[Columbus, Oh.? 1925-1938]. [44] leaves, with numerous clippings, typed sheets, ephemera, and pamphlets tipped in. Large folio scrapbook; gilt lettered, leatherette covers, string-tied. Edges worn; front cover separating from ends at gutter. Stationer's ticket on inside front cover. Minor wear and chipped to edges of scrapbook leaves. Ephemera and pamphlets..... More
![Diary of My Trip to Europe from June 29 to Oct. 25, 1914 [manuscript caption title]. Anna F....](/pictures/thumb/McBRB1820_01.jpg?v=1616585164)
[Various places in Germany, mostly Darmstadt, as well as England, Holland, the Atlantic Ocean, New York, and Allentown: 1914. 144pp., with ten original photographs and printed document mounted at rear. Quarto commercial journal. Black cloth boards, edges dyed red. Spine perished, boards attached with amateur tape repairs. Text block solid..... More
London: 1887. viii,170,[2]pp. 12mo. Original blue publisher's cloth, stamped in black and gilt. Corners bumped, spine ends worn, spine faded. Later ink ownership inscription on front flyleaf and first page; otherwise clean internally. A woman's account of ranch life in Moreland, Montana in the 1880s. "The Letters here were written..... More
New York: Doubleday, Page & Company, 1906. One volume, unpaginated. Quarto. Original tan cloth, stamped in gilt and green. Light wear and soiling to cloth, corners lightly bumped. Contemporary blue pencil notation to front pastedown. Light soiling to first few leaves of text. A rare printer's dummy for this story..... More
Puebla: 1911. [3]-547pp. Small octavo. Original green cloth, spine gilt. Split in cloth at front hinge, spine ends worn, corners rubbed. Light soiling and wear to cloth. Front flyleaf cut away. Later ink ownership inscription on front pastedown and final leaf. Text lightly toned, some scattered foxing. "Segunda edicion" of..... More