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
Brooklyn: The Albertype Co., [ca. 1900]. Title leaf plus fifteen albertype photographic plates, one folding. Original illustrated wrappers, previously string-tied but string perished. Wrappers heavily worn, most of spine chipped and almost split. Title leaf stained, minor thumb-soiling to most plates. A rare Arizona promotional item depicting notable locations in..... 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
![Item #1457 Advantages of Incorporating Under the Laws of Arizona [cover title]. Arizona, Business](https://mcbriderarebooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/McBRB1457_01.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1599052558)
Phoenix: 1904. [24]pp. 24mo. Original printed wrappers, stapled. Small portion excised from first leaf. Light toning. Unrecorded promotional for the Stoddard Incorporating Company of Phoenix, Arizona, founded by Isaac T. Stoddard, the former Territorial Secretary of Arizona, who, "continues to do most of the incorporating business of the Territory." Stoddard..... 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
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
![Item #3187 [Panoramic Photograph of Nogales, Arizona and Mexico, Captioned in the Negative:]...](https://mcbriderarebooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/McBRB3187_01.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1654353193)
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
![Item #6428 Burakku Ni Ichi Ichi Seimeiroku [Block 211 Name Directory]. Japanese Internment](https://mcbriderarebooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/McBRB6428.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1788976147)
Poston, Az. [1943]. [19]pp. Mimeographed. Oblong quarto. Original printed wrappers, brad bound. Light wear and soiling, corners bumped and creased. Light wear and soiling to text. An unrecorded mimeographed directory of the incarcerated Japanese individuals living in Block 211 of the Poston, Arizona internment camp. Poston, located in the Arizona..... More
![Item #6292 Flight for Buddhism. Devotional Program [caption title]. Japanese Internment](https://mcbriderarebooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/6292.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1781203935)
Poston, Az. June 25, 1944. [2]pp., on a bifolium. Light wear at bottom edge. Even tanning. The program for the second event of the Young Buddhists Association at the Poston relocation center to bring members of the different camp units together. The units were set apart from each other in..... More
![Item #6301 Gassho. All Units Forum. Poston, Ariz. Unit 1. Sept. 4, 1943 [cover title]. Japanese...](https://mcbriderarebooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/6301.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1781203971)
Poston, Az. Young Buddhists Association, 1943. [16] leaves. Original printed wrappers, stapled. Printed on one or both sides of the leaf, apparently indiscriminately. Light edge wear and minor tanning to wraps. Scattered light offsetting and toning internally. In English and transliterated Japanese. This scarce booklet is the program for the..... More
[Mesa, Az.]: 1947. 28pp. Folio. Original pictorial printed wrappers. Slight soiling to covers. Text lightly toned, minor wear. A souvenir program for the National Indian Celebration for 1947. The program contains numerous images of dance teams preparing for the celebration, photos of various individuals in native costume, and a synopsis..... More
[Various locations, mainly Arizona, Montana, and Illinois: ca. 1925-1942]. [77] leaves, illustrated with 617 original photographs, from about 1.5 x 1 to 4 x 3 inches, almost every page profusely annotated in white ink. Oblong folio. Contemporary faux-alligator brown leather, string-tied. Edges and joints worn, minor rubbing to covers. Compiler's..... More