[Various locations in south-central Alaska: ca. 1938-1941]. Eighteen photographs, each 6 x 8 inches, most signed and titled in manuscript by the photographer. Minor wear. A collection of eighteen beautiful photographs taken by noted Alaskan photographer Maurice L. Sharp, featuring various subjects and scenes around south-central Alaska in the late-1930s..... More

Los Angeles: "Wood's" Print, [1912]. [8]pp. Narrow quarto. Original printed pictorial wrappers, stapled. Minor wear and soiling. Scarce promotional for an early 20th-century Arizona club community, now fully subsumed by Phoenix. The town and resort were several miles northeast of central Phoenix, under Camelback Mountain. Much of the text centers..... More

Guatemala: 1888. Broadside, 13.25 x 10.25 inches. Printed in gold. Old folds, slight separation, some chipping and wear at right edge. Unusual broadside souvenir printed by a Guatemalan hospital, thanking three bullfighters for fundraising efforts on their behalf. The Hospital General San Juan de Dios de Guatemala was founded in..... More

[Chicago? 1916?]. [12]pp. Original pictorial self-wrappers, stapled. Small contemporary publisher's notice affixed to front wrap. Light wear and dust soiling. Rare promotional for the Salt Lake Route by rail to Los Angeles, and for the attractions of the city itself, published circa 1916. The text touts the population and commercial..... More

[Spain? 1800-1850]. 45pp. Small quarto. Contemporary calf, gilt. A few minor abrasions along spine, edges and corners worn. Occasional minor dust-soiling or foxing to text. An intriguing handwritten manual on cockfighting, describing different types of roosters and the rules for fighting them, presumably produced in Spain in the first half..... More

[Havana: 1916]. Broadside, printed on light orange silk, approximately 16.25 x 9 inches. Minor edge wear, one small tear near bottom right. A seemingly unrecorded silk broadside issued by the Cuba-American Jockey Club Company, advertising the lineup of horses and the schedule for a series of five races during Dia..... More

Mexico City: En la Imprenta Arizpe, 1809 [i.e. 1810]. [14],201,[17]pp., plus twelve (of thirteen) plates. Quarto. Contemporary tree calf, gilt ruled, with gilt-lettered spine label, edges painted red. Spine ends heavily chipped, rear board separating from foot; boards rubbed, moderate edge and corner wear. Defunct library ink stamp to title..... More

Guadalajara: Imprenta de D. Mariano Rodriguez, 1821. 37 [i.e.,27] pp. Disbound. Edges painted red. Scattered, light foxing at fore-edge margin. Scarce Guadalajara imprint that comprises the statutes of the recently founded Sociedad Patriotica de Nueva Galicia, which was intended to promote agriculture, arts, and sciences in Jalisco. The first three..... More

Houston: 1958-1967. Eight-six issues, each between [4] and [8]pp. All issues broad-bound together. Some wear to first few issues around fasteners, light chipping and edge wear. Minor soiling. Many issues printed in green ink. An extensive midcentury run of the newsletter "Girl Scout Trails," a publication of the Houston and..... More

Detroit: 1927. 16pp. plus two return mail forms laid in. Original blue printed wrappers, stapled. Minor wear and soiling. Lengthy brochure advertising a course for women's beauty and improvement offered by Roy J. Horton of Detroit. Horton claims his course of six months can transform a woman into a vital..... More