Lincoln: 1920. 96pp. Original brown pictorial wrappers, stapled. Light wear and creasing, text lightly toned. Identified on the cover as "Handy Directory," this work lists breeders of a wide variety of animals. Listings are noted with name, name of farm, post office, and county, and are grouped by type of..... More
Helena: 1896. 113pp. Original printed wrappers. Spine a bit worn. Brief, later manuscript annotations and relatively unobtrusive perforated institutional stamp on front wrapper; rear wrapper with upper corner torn away and closed tear along gutter from lower edge. Light toning internally. Scarce edition of this annual report for 1895 from..... More
[Baltimore]: Published by E.J. Coale, Baltimore, and Anthony Finley, Philadelphia. Merritt, Printer, No. 9, Watkins Alley, 1813. 95,[1]pp. Original drab boards, printed paper label. Spine worn and heavily chipped, corners worn, boards soiled. Contemporary manuscript notations on rear cover and end leaves. Light to moderate foxing. Untrimmed and in contemporary..... 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
Omaha: McCoy & Co., 1892. [16]pp. Original stiff dark red wrappers, printed in gilt. Light chipping and wear to corners and edges. Minor soiling to first and least leaf. With a pasted errata slip at the end. A scarce catalogue advertising the cattle and horse breeding farm of the Patrick..... More
Omaha: Ackermann Bros. & Heintze, [ca. 1888]. [6],112pp. 16mo. Original cloth. Light wear to cloth at edges and corners; boards slightly rubbed. Contemporary ink stamp on front pastedown; slightly later bookplate on front free endpaper. Light tanning and dust soiling internally. A fascinating and unrecorded book of ciphers used in..... More
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London: 1884-1887. Three printed documents, varying sizes, [14]pp. total. Light wear along folds. Light tanning. One document in a red cloth folding case. An interesting group of three printed documents concerning the Powder River Cattle Company in Wyoming. The manager of the company, Morton Frewen, was the scion of Anglo-English..... More