Albany: B. Taylor, 1860. 113pp. 16mo. Lacking wrappers, stitched as issued. Wear and soiling, slightly heavier to outer leaves; light scattered foxing. Corners worn. Handy little guide for the homemaker "embracing a mass of information never before published." The compiler, a W. Morey, writes in the introduction that he has..... More

[Manzanar: 1943]. Panorama, 10 x 34.5 inches. Short closed tear at left edge, otherwise a clean, crisp image. A striking and rare panoramic photograph, comprising a large group portrait by Toyo Miyatake of the Women's Association of the Buddhist Church at the Manzanar internment camp in 1943. Miyatake immigrated to..... More

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

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