[Ferndale, Wa.? ca. 1908]. [8]pp. Original pink pictorial wrappers, stapled. Light toning, manuscript notation and ink stamp on front cover. Faint dampstain to lower edge of text; several contemporary manuscript notations in text. Scarce work on the dwarfing of fruit trees for use on smaller lots -- thus, the "suburbanite's"..... 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

Fort Richardson, Ak. March 1, 1945. 8pp. of text folded accordion style, folded out to a full-page map on verso. Light soiling and toning. A seemingly unrecorded guide and map to Fort Richardson, located near Anchorage, Alaska. The fort opened in 1941 as the headquarters for the United States Army..... More

[Various locations including Baltimore, Texas, Arizona, Mexico, and Peru: 1916-1980s]. Approximately 5,000 photographs, of which perhaps a third are duplicative. Mostly loose black and white photographs, many 8 x 10 inches or larger. Additionally, thousands of stock certificates for ASARCO companies, several official typescript works and documents, and a handful..... More

Morenci, A.T. 1901-1902. Three autograph letters, signed, totaling [17]pp., with original transmittal envelopes. Sheets of one letter separated along center horizontal fold and with one small piece of first leaf separated. Other letters with minor foxing and soiling. All with original mailing folds. A small collection of three letters from..... More

San Francisco: Norman Pierce Company, 1905. [16]pp. Small quarto. Original printed wrappers, stapled. Old vertical fold. Minor wear at edges. Scattered contemporary ink annotations. Light tanning and dust soiling. Scarce and well-illustrated promotional for Phoenix and Maricopa County, Arizona, in the first decade of the 20th century. The text presents..... 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

Mexico City: October 10, 1882. [1]pp. Folio. Minor wear, faint fold lines. An exceedingly rare decree from President Manuel González of Mexico, announcing the yearly wage for the Mexican delegate to the American consulate in Tombstone, Arizona. The $1,500 allocated to this position was meant to be in addition to..... More

Los Angeles: Jameson, [ca. 1916]. Panoramic photograph, 8 x 48.5 inches. Rolled. Light creasing and cracking at vertical edges; moderate soiling in upper right corner. A crisp image with good contrast, captioned in the negative. An excellent panoramic view of the two towns of Nogales, on the U.S-Mexico international boundary..... More

Des Moines: Kenyon Map Company, 1911. Folding pocket map, 12.5 x 14.5 inches. Original printed card wrappers. Wraps somewhat worn and dust soiled, a with a few small chips at edges. Two separations along folds from lower edge, one with minor loss. Short closed tear from left edge at attachment..... More