Ottawa, Ks. Lynn Harris, [ca. 1890]. Cabinet card photograph. Moderate rubbing and scratching to image. Minor chips to lower corners. Light dust soiling and staining. A composed studio portrait of an African American couple, the seated man in jacket and striped tie and the standing woman in a fitted dress..... More

[Juneau, Ak.]: Winter & Pond, [ca. 1930s]. Panoramic photograph, 10 x 34.5 inches. A few heavy creases, a handful of short closed tears, minor surface soiling and rubbing. An early-20th century panoramic image showing the development of the Alaskan capital city of Juneau, produced by prolific local studio Winter &..... More

Sitka, Ak. August 1, 1894. 5pp. Original mailing folds. A historically-illuminating eyewitness account of the burning of Baranof Castle, the famous fort built in the New Archangel (Sitka) by the first governor of Russian America, Alexander Baranov. During Russian rule, the castle was the administrative center of Russian America. Baranof..... More

Nome, Ak. November 1, 1900. 6pp., with original transmittal envelope. Loose octavo sheets. Previously folded; light, even tanning. In a slightly hurried, but quite legible script. Missouri natives Edwin Sherzer and his brother were two of Nome's first postal workers, while they endeavored to develop a dog sledding business on..... More

[Fairbanks, Ak.]: Huey Foto, 1909-1910. Two original photographs, 6 x 8 inches each. Mounted on black card stock. Later, fairly extensive, manuscript annotations on mount versos. Light wear to mount edges. A bit of soiling and wear at edges of second photograph. A pair of original, larger format photographs that..... More

[Attu, Ak. ca. 1942-1943]. Five original photographs, most 8 x 10 inches, one smaller. Light wear and dust soiling. Contemporary ink stamps and manuscript captions on blank versos. The Japanese Army occupied Attu in the far western Aleutian Islands on June 7, 1942, and remained on the island for almost..... More

Tokyo: Nihon Kokusai Shinzen Kosei Zaidan, 1963. 384pp., plus twelve halftone plates. Original green cloth, spine gilt lettered; publisher's printed cardboard slipcase. Minor wear to slipcase. Small bump to head of spine. Light tanning. "An autobiography of an Issei nursery operator in Gardena [California] with essays on American life, money-making..... More

St. Paul, Ks. The News Printery, 1905. 17pp. Original plain orange wrappers, stapled. Minor wear and soiling, contemporary pencil notation to wrappers. Some light soiling to contents, manuscript notation at end of text. Pamphlet published by the Anti-Horse Thief Association in St. Paul, Kansas, a tiny town about a hundred..... More

[Various locations in California: ca. 1920-1940]. [159] leaves, rectos only. Light wear, some chipping at edges. Some manuscript corrections and annotations. A collection of twelve typescripts by actor and gunslinger Jack Ganzhorn. Ganzhorn (1878-1956) was an Arizona cowboy, soldier, and silent film actor; he also wrote articles and short stories..... More

Prescott, A.T. August 14, 1867. [4]pp. Folio. Approximately 1000 words. Minor wear and soiling, a few stray ink stains. With numerous emendations and revisions throughout. A manuscript draft of a report from Old West Arizona encapsulating the perils of boom times in the Arizona Territory. Here, Frederick Hyde, an agent..... More

Stuttgart, Ar. The Free Press, [ca. 1900-1910]. Illustrated broadside and map, 15.5 x 10.25 inches. Old folds, some starting to separate along outer fold lines, minor toning and soiling. A few pencil and ink notations. An unrecorded promotional real estate and timber map of Arkansas County, Arkansas, illustrated with two..... More

[N.p., but likely Fort Smith, Ar. 1909]. [8]pp. Original printed self wrappers, stapled. Moderate soiling to outer wrappers, small tape reinforcement at top of spine, two small chips to rear wrapper. An unrecorded promotional pamphlet advocating for settlement of Fort Smith, Arkansas and the surrounding areas in western Arkansas and..... More

Fresno: 1930. [12],572pp. plus thirty-four plates. In Armenian. Original green publisher's cloth, gilt. Extremities lightly rubbed, spine ends lightly worn. Contents clean. First and only edition. A rare illustrated and comprehensive work surveying both the history of Armenian political life in the United States and the formation of the Armenian-American..... More