[Asheville, N.C. ca. 1948]. Large broadside, measuring 14 x 22 inches, printed on card. Upper left and lower right corners chipping. Some dampstaining, creasing, and mild wear. The years following World War II saw a significant economic expansion in the United States. Part of this expansion was a massive boom..... More
[Mullins, S.C. 1908 or 1914]. Broadside, printed in black on green paper stock, 12 x 8.75 inches. Old folds, minor loss to edges and crossfolds, noticeable soiling and staining. An unrecorded broadside advertising land for sale specifically to African American residents on Smith Street in the city of Mullins, South..... More
New York: April 18, 1815. Partially-printed document, completed in manuscript, 7.75 x 6.75 inches, docketed on verso. Old folds, with one fold line reinforced on verso and the other fold line almost completely separated. A very rare record of the experiences of the lives of free African Americans living in..... More
Nueva York: 1919. 15pp. Large octavo. Original printed wrappers, stapled. Some staining on front wrapper and first two text leaves, minor edge wear. A rare missive sent from the Alianza Liberal Mexicana to the American Federation of Labor in 1919, asking for their help in "counteracting the propaganda that a...... More
[Honduras]: Imprenta de J.M. Sanchez, 1852. [2],16pp. Small quarto. Later marbled wrappers. A couple of minor edge chips to title page. Moderate, even tanning and light dust soiling. A rare report on foreign affairs and trade by Honduran prime minister Francisco Alvarado to the national legislature, delivered in 1852. In..... 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
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
![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
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
Camden, Ar. August 5, 1860. [2]pp. on blue lined paper. Old folds, minor edge wear. An interesting pre-Civil War letter sent from Arkansas settler Lawrence P. Speck to his cousin Jennie back in Tennessee. Speck moved from Tennessee to Arkansas to pursue business opportunities, and writes that he "likes it..... 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
Richmond, Arkansas: July 18, 1866. [4]pp., closely written on a single folded quarto sheet of blue-lined paper, totaling approximately 1,800 words. Old folds, minor wear and light soiling. An informative correspondence from an Arkansas citizen to another in the year after the Civil War ended. The writer, J.H. Kent of..... More
New York: Brown Brothers, [ca. 1910-1920]. 135 sepia-toned or black-and-white silver prints, between 4 x 5 inches and 7 x 9 inches. Occasional minor chipping, light surface wear, most with photographer's studio stamp and penciled manuscript caption on verso. A rich and vibrant collection of crisp, professional photographs documenting the..... More
New York: July 6, 1878. [1]p., on G.P. Putnam's Sons letterhead. Original mailing folds, pencil notation on verso. A short but informative letter sent by Irving Putnam of G.P. Putnam's Sons regarding a potential book order by Mr. L.B. Hildreth. Irving Putnam was one of three sons of George Palmer..... More
Chicago: Poole Bros. [1889]. Folding pamphlet with 14 panels, approximately 13 x 24 inches unfolded. A few very short separations along folds. Light tanning. Scarce pamphlet promoting lands available along the route of the Burlington and Missouri Railroad and associated lines in Colorado and Nebraska in the late 1880s. According..... More
San Francisco: October 4, 1852. [2]pp., with integral address leaf. Old folds, mild staining and soiling, three-inch closed tear to address leaf. An interesting letter documenting the family side of the California Gold Rush, in which a San Francisco man writes to his brother, offering to send his wife and..... More
![Item #2853 View from the West Side of the Plaza, Marysville [caption title]. California Pictorial...](https://mcbriderarebooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/McBRB2853.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1650972417)
[N.p., possibly Marysville]: R.A. Eddy, [ca. early 1850s]. Single folded quarto sheet on blue wove paper, with a large engraved street scene on one page, a later pencil drawing of a floral embellishment on an interior page, with the remainder blank. Slightly trimmed with minor loss to sky section, minor..... More
San Francisco: 1917. Sheet map, 28 x 22.75 inches. Folded. Somewhat rumpled; a few small chips at edges, not affecting text of map image. Several scattered patches of staining. A scarce real estate map of Berkeley, California, printed for and distributed by local agents Mason-McDuffie Company in 1917. Blocks are..... More
[N.p., perhaps Minneapolis]: 1909. Lithographed plat map, 19.75 x 30 inches. Folded. Minor wear, numerous plots rubber-stamped "Sold" and with additional shading of some portions in blue or green pencil, and with prices for different groups of lots boldly penciled in, ranging from $150 to $200. Stamp of a Minnesota..... More
San Francisco: 1862. Broadside, about 14 x 8.5 inches. Previously folded, with separation along horizontal fold line from right edge. Minor edge wear, plus short closed tear at center of left edge. Moderate staining and soiling. An unrecorded broadside concerning values on parcels of land in what is now San..... More
Los Angeles: 1935. Folding map, approximately 18 x 20 inches. Minimal wear at folds. Minor toning and dust soiling. A detailed 1935 map of Los Angeles, provided as a promotional item by Bekins Van & Storage Co., which had moving offices and storage facilities across California during the Depression. The..... More
San Francisco: Bacon & Company, 1886. 64pp., plus two folding plates. Original printed wrappers. Spine and wrapper corners chipped; relatively sympathetic tape repairs to spine. Contemporary ownership inscription on front wrapper. Plates separating at folds. Even tanning, scattered foxing. Scarce, 1886 promotional pamphlet for San Joaquin County and its county..... More
[San Diego: 1909-1916]. Eight volumes, totaling 2,635 pages, and approximately 85,000 words, with individual daily entries ranging from a single line to an entire page. Six volumes octavo, final two volumes twelvemo, all matching "Date Book" annual diaries, uniformly bound in matching limp red cloth. Varying levels of rubbing, edge..... More
San Francisco: Pacific States Telephone and Telegraph Company, 1906. 229,[3]pp., plus four leaves of advertisements printed on colored paper. Publisher's brown printed wrappers. Minor creasing and edge wear to wrappers, tiny chip to bottom corner of front wrapper. Minor occasional foxing to text, about half of final leaf, comprising advertisements..... More