Camp G.W.F. Wood, Texas: Oct. 18, 1857. [3]pp. On a bifolium. Previously folded. Bottom half of second leaf and upper corners torn away, with no loss of text. In this lively letter, William Beggs writes from Camp Wood to an enlisted friend at Fort Duncan, J.A. Richards, about the military..... More

Houston: E.H. Cushing, Nov. 26, 1862. [2]pp. Newspaper broadsheet. Old folds, some chipping at edges. Contemporary ownership inscription at top edge. Light tanning. A Confederate dated issue of this scarce Texas newspaper. It contains much news on developments in the Civil War, such as action from Tennessee and Indiana, in..... More

Austin: B.C. Jones, 1901. [2],v,105,[1]pp. plus color plate. Illustrated. 12mo. Original purple pictorial wrappers. Light wear and fading to spine and front cover, heavier to spine ends. Contemporary ink ownership inscription on title page. Light wear to text, lightly toned. Scarce first edition of this much-loved Texas history intended for..... More

New Orleans: Pelican Job Print, 1867. Broadside, 9.75 x 7.75 inches. Quarto on a folded folio sheet. Old fold lines. Minor soiling. Broadside circular advertising the services of James W. Price, "merchandise and produce broker" located at No. 34 Tchoupitoulas Street in New Orleans. The text reads: "I will give..... More

El Paso. 1910. [7] leaves, plus five folding maps; [5] leaves, plus one folding map. Original plain paper wrappers, tied and stapled at top edge. Previously folded. Light wear and chipping at edges of wraps. Light tanning. A pair of rare early 20th-century reports on a Sonoran mining venture that..... More

Mexico City: 1836. Printed broadside, approximately 11.5 x 7.5 inches. A bit of worming and dampstaining, plus two small chips, at top edge, slightly affecting text. Light tanning. A rare broadside that promulgates a decree from the Mexican federal government to the state of Puebla, ordering that foreign goods be..... More

Mexico City: 1835. [3]pp., on two octavo sheets. Contemporary ink annotations. Very light tanning and foxing. An unrecorded Mexican circular dated December 7, 1835, that demands monetary contributions from its citizens to prosecute the coming war with the Tejanos. The text of the document begins: "Por la Secretaría de Hacienda..... More

Cincinnati: 1888. Folding pamphlet. Some wear and worming along folds, with minor losses slightly affecting text. Some tanning and dust soiling. Scarce promotional and time table for the Queen & Crescent Route during August 1888. The route, begun in the early 1880s, was a cooperative between five railroad companies that..... More

Cincinnati: [ca. 1880]. Folding brochure, eight panels to each side. Minor wear and soiling. Contemporary ink stamp on two panels. Promotional brochure for the land grants of the St. Louis, Iron Mountain and Southern Railway. The brochure outlines the benefits of the climate, the resources and agriculture in the region..... More

[Houston: 1912]. 149 original photographs, measuring 1.5 x 1.5 to 3.5 x 4.5 inches. Oblong octavo. Original leatherette album, photos mounted directly on thick black paper stock, most captioned in pencil on mounts. Light soiling and wear to covers. Blind embossed private library stamp at lower edge of first leaf..... More

Philadelphia: E.P. Knoll & Co., 1902. Partially-colored lithograph map, approximately 19.5 x 25.5 inches. Matted, previously folded. Minor wear along old folds. Scattered early pencil annotations. A few small patches of soiling and discoloration. A detailed and rare map of Harris County, Texas, published in 1902 in order to promote..... More

Waco: 1858. 40 manuscript leaves, on rectos only of legal-sized sheets. Ribbon tied, affixed with county seal. Light offsetting from seal on first leaf. Light wear and tanning; a few stray ink stains. A certified manuscript record of a civil case adjudicated in Waco, Texas in 1858 that was headed..... More

Galveston: Gustav Feist Co., 1906. [17] leaves. Original pictorial wrappers, chipped and separated along spine. Leaves evenly tanned, with an occasional fox mark. Rare photographic promotional for Galveston, Texas, published only a few years after the 1900 hurricane devastated the city. The work contains sixteen Albertypes of city views, concentrated..... More