Emporia, Ks. March 12, 1859. [4]pp. Original mailing folds, short separations along some folds, a couple of short closed tears, a few tiny nicks to edges. A rare correspondence from Kansas at the time of the free state - slave state tensions in the 1850s. Here, the most important early..... More

[N.p., but perhaps Oakland or Berkeley: 1944]. Printed broadside, 5.25 x 8 inches. Minor foxing and staining, light edge wear, penciled note covering most of verso. A small and apparently unrecorded broadside calling for African Americans interested in working as bus drivers and street car operators in the San Francisco..... More

Detroit: 1956. Large-format pictorial wall calendar on twelve sheets, each sheet measuring 19.5 x 13.5 inches, bound at top with a strip of black plastic. Minor wrinkling and staining, small hole in the last leaf costing a bit of one illustration. An interesting and ephemeral wall calendar created in 1956..... More

New Haven: October 31, 1927. Photographically-iIlustrated broadside, 16 x 19 inches. Moderate edge wear, a few short, closed edge tears. An advertising broadside for the Illustrated Current News of New Haven, Connecticut, featuring the infamous Muse Brothers of Roanoke, Virginia. In the early-20th century, George and Willie Muse disappeared from..... More

Lisbon: July 5, 1776. Broadsheet, approximately 11.5 by 8 inches. Removed from a bound volume, with small stabhole notches at left edge. Minor edge wear. Light tanning and scattered foxing. Slightly later manuscript docketing. A fascinating and rare broadsheet that records the reaction of the King of Portugal, José I...... More

Boston: Munroe y Francis, 1827. 288pp. Original calf; rebacked with spine laid down. Some light foxing and soiling, light dampstaining to last few leaves. Some notes and annotations, particularly to endleaves. The first American printing of any of Cadalso's works. This edition was created specifically for American students, "con notas..... More

New Orleans: December 26, 1862. [1]p. Old folds, short closed edge tear, one repaired edge tear. A rare general order from the Department of the Gulf, issued by Major General Nathaniel Banks as he was taking over command of the Union's western forces in December 1862. This order, dated December..... More

Popayan: Manuel G. Córdova, 1836. [1],7pp. Small quarto, stitched as issued. Small chip at foot of title page. Light dust soiling and some dampstaining. An unrealized proposal to build an early railroad in Colombia from the Cauca Valley to the port of Buenaventura on the Pacific coast. Two families, the..... More

New York: Nathaniel Currier, 1851. Large-format stone lithograph, 23.5 x 38 inches. Old folds, with some wear and separation along fold lines, minor soiling, moderate staining, minor edge wear. An extraordinary lithograph illustrating an obscure and unfulfilled engineering project in South America - a proposed mole to be built at..... More

[New Orleans: ca. December 24, 1862]. [3]pp. on a single folded sheet. Minor creasing, a couple of short closed edge tears, light fraying to bottom edge, three small tape repairs to inner fold. An extraordinary document issued by General Nathaniel Banks in New Orleans on Christmas Eve, 1862, in which..... More

[N.p. N.d.]. Horn engraving, 2 inches round. Mounted in a dark wooden frame 3.75 inches square. Small squares of horn with small metal stars in each corner of the frame. Light wear and some scuffing to frame. Wire for hanging on verso. An incredibly charming folk art engraving of Founding..... More

[Kolkata: ca. 1945]. 248 original photographs, most approximately 3 x 4.5 inches. Oblong folio album, string tied; red paper boards, printed in gilt. Light wear at edges of boards and album leaves. Photos in corner mounts. Minor fading and mirroring to a few images. An extensive album of vernacular photographs..... More

[Toronto, Ia.]: 1882-1918. [224]pp. Folio. Original black half calf and cloth, spine gilt. Corners and spine ends a bit worn. Text block separating from spine, but still sound. Several leaves loose, lightly soiled. Large folio ledger recording thirty-five years of health data for Clinton County, Iowa, comprising the minutes of..... More