[Various locations, mostly in Canada and Alaska: 1914]. [36] leaves, illustrated with 147 vernacular photographs and real photo postcards, almost all with manuscript captions written in white pencil. Oblong quarto. Contemporary black textured cloth with "Photographs" in gilt on front cover, and with handwritten caption in white pencil, reading "1914..... More

[Bermuda: ca. 1890]. Eighteen thick albumen prints, each about 7¼ x 9 inches. On original plain cardboard mounts, all but two captioned in the negative. Moderate wear and some chipping to mounts, mild occasional wear to images. A wonderful collection of eighteen large cabinet cards produced by noted American-Bermudian photographer..... 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

Nueva York: 1833. 254,iii pp. 16mo. Contemporary mottled calf, spine ornately gilt, edges marbled. Minor wear to binding, library ink stamps on edges of text block. Contemporary presentation inscription on front flyleaf. Moderately foxed. A scarce Nueva York imprint describing travel through the region in and around the Holy Land..... More

Tokyo: Hattori Shoten, 1908. [2],3,6,448,50,[1]pp., plus twenty-two plates. Original publisher's cloth, decoratively stamped in gilt on front cover and spine. Some abrading to boards and spine, modest edge wear, one small chip to spine. Occasional minor foxing, hinges a bit tender, small chip to front pastedown. A Meiji-era writer travels..... More

St. Louis: 1969. [1],105,[8]pp. Printed on rectos only. Folio. Original blue card covers, spiral bound. Minor wear, slightly heavier to covers. Academic work written by Joseph A. Kahl, who was, at the time, an Associate Professor of Sociology at Washington University, specializing in Latin America. Kahl (1923-2010) subsequently moved to..... More

Mexico City: Universal Steam Printing Works, 1898. [4],76,[2] [i.e., 108]pp., sometimes paginated on rectos only and sometimes not, as issued. Original tan printed wrappers. Minor soiling and edge wear, light chipping to spine ends. Internally clean. A rare guide to "El Gran Pacifico...the greatest scenic road of Mexico and indeed..... More

[St. Louis: ca. 1905]. [16] leaves, each with a mounted photo measuring approximately 4x5 inches. Oblong quarto. Original leatherette wrappers, lettered in silver. Light rubbing and wear to wraps. All photos captioned in print on mounts; informational text box applied to inside front wrapper. One photo detached from otherwise clean..... More

Cleveland: Winn & Judson, 1903. 64pp. Original color printed wrappers. Light wear to wraps, spine chipping at foot. Light toning internally. An extensively detailed and well illustrated promotional for the Winter 1903 Gates Tour of Mexico with optional itineraries for the Grand Canyon, Las Vegas, and California. A 1904 article..... More

[Various locations in Missouri]: May to June, 1891. [54]pp., rectos only. Small quarto. Contemporary limp dark brown leather, thin gilt borders and gilt lining on spine. Minor wear, spine head a bit tender. Clean internally. An interesting collection of observations on American business, politics, and more from the standpoint of..... More

New York: Law Reporting Company, 1913. [2],2711-2732pp. Printed self wrappers, stapled. Minor discoloration to outer leaves, light toning. A rare offprint relating to the arbitration award in a court case between the Eastern Railroad and an important early labor union, the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen in 1913. The..... More

[St. Louis: ca. 1900]. Photographs approximately 9.5 x 7.5 inches, mounted onto boards measuring 15 x 12.5 inches. Lightly scuffed, toned, and worn, mostly on the mounts, with a couple of photos rubbed in the image area. Collection of nine vintage, large-format photographs portraying locations in Missouri and Arkansas along..... More

Budapest: Franklin-Tarsulat Nyomdaja, 1877. x,[1],220pp. Original russet cloth stamped in black and gilt, a.e.g. Light soiling and wear, corners bumped. Text toned but clean. Szenger was a Hungarian doctor serving in the Medical Corps of Maximilian I's army in Mexico. He witnessed first-hand, therefore, the French intervention in Mexico, including..... More