Harrison County, Republic of Texas: January 21, 1842. [2]pp. Original folds, minor wear at crossfolds. An informative letter written by Mary Wall in Harrison County in the Republic of Texas, to her sister Lucy Stiles. Wall reports: "I take this opportunity of writing being the first since November 6, 1840..... More
Havana: 1911-1913. Approximately 135 letters, most at least three pages though many longer. Most with original transmittal envelopes. Light wear, a few letters and envelopes with evidence of biopredation, affecting content on a few pages. Some minor soiling. With three original portrait photographs. An interesting archive of letters written from..... More
[Various locations near Ontario, Canada]: 1907. [22] leaves, illustrated with 178 black-and-white photographs, most between 2.25 x 3.25 inches and 3.25 x 5.5 inches, with some slightly smaller images cut into ovals, but also including twenty-one panoramic images measuring 3.25 x 11.5 inches, plus a thirty-seven-page typed narrative of the..... More
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[Livingston, Guatemala: 1910]. [106]pp. of manuscript entries. Folio. Contemporary "Lett's No. 31 Indian and Colonial Rough Diary" bound in tan paper-covered boards printed in brown, red cloth backstrip. Moderate wear and scuffing to boards, some staining, spine ends chipped and frayed. Text block detached along hinges except holding by one..... More
Tucson: Published by the author, 1987. [6],33pp. Original pictorial front wrapper, stapled. Rear wrapper lacking, if issued. Minor fraying to front wrapper around staples, four paper lifts on front cover, likely from removed tape, some creasing. Internally clean. A homespun production, being one of fifty copies produced by modern photocopy..... More
[Chicago]: Privately Printed, 1930. 75pp., illustrated with thirty-one original photographs. Original orange boards, printed paper labels. Head of spine partially perished, boards bumped, minor wear and soiling. Contents clean and fresh. A privately-printed keepsake volume for this woman-owned dude ranch in Wyoming. The ranch, located in the mountains outside of..... More
[Mostly Santa Ana, Ca. 1909-1928]. Fifty-two autograph letters, signed, almost all retaining original transmittal envelopes, totaling approximately 260 pages and approximately 18,000 words, plus an eight-page typed diary, dated 1928, and two photographs. Minor wear. An astounding and content-rich archive of manuscript letters written from Charlotte Elizabeth Dresser (1855-1930) to..... More
[Mainly Chicago, Il. 1948-1975]. Spiral-bound sketchbook, with nineteen full-page sketches, some in color and some in pencil, 12 x 9 inches; plus a finished color painting on art board, 14 x 9.75 inches; twenty-eight photographs, 3 x 3 inches to 8 x 10 inches; fourteen printed art exhibition catalogues; and..... More
[Missouri: April 1, 1860]. [4]pp., on a single folded sheet. Original mailing folds, minor toning. An informative letter written by Charles H. Cram in Missouri to a friend in New England, dated "April Fools Day 1860" in red pencil at the top of the first page. Cram mentions hoop skirts..... More
[N.p., likely the American Southeast: ca. 1890s to 1910s]. Silver gelatin photograph, 5 x 7 inches, on a decorative mount, 7.75 x 9.75 inches. Minor silvering and light surface wear to image. Diagonal crack to mount at top left corner, not affecting image, moderate soiling. A wonderful image showing an..... More
![Item #4398 Lackland Air Force Base Squadron 3743 Flight W1 [caption title]. African Americana,...](https://mcbriderarebooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/McBRB4398.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1694619986)
San Antonio, Tx. 1956. Sepia-toned photographic collage, 10.25 x 7.25 inches. Minor wear and creasing, mounting remnants on verso. A handsomely-arranged photographic roster featuring a handful of officers (including two women) and the seventy-two female members of Squadron 3743, Flight W1 of the United States Air Force while in training..... More