Kansas City, Mo. Hallman Printing Co., 1904. 42,[2]pp. plus twenty-nine plates. Oblong octavo. Original pictorial printed wrappers, string-tied. Light wear and soiling, spine slightly chipped. Light soiling to text, last few leaves slightly dampstained. Publication on rice production in Texas and Louisiana, touting the humid climate of the area as..... More

Monterrey, Mexico: Sept. 5, 1865. [2]pp., on a small folio sheet. Previously folded, with short closed tear near old fold at upper right corner. A few other very minor losses, slightly affecting text. Light tanning, an occasional fox mark. An engaging letter from Monterrey dated September 5, 1865, by Les..... More

Denton, Tx. 1920-1938. [131]pp. Typescript on rectos only. Folio sheets, loose. Light wear and soiling, primarily at edges. Manuscript corrections and notations throughout. An apparently unpublished typescript of a story about ranch life in Texas at the turn of the century. There is substantial detail about ranch life, farming practices..... More

Houston: E.H. Cushing, Nov. 28, 1862. [2]pp. Newspaper broadsheet. Old folds, some chipping in margins. Light tanning. A Confederate dated issue of this scarce Texas newspaper, rich with Civil War content. It reports on apparent disarray in the in the North, with the removal of McClellan, which according to the..... 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

[Sedalia, Mo. ca.1907]. [36]pp. Oblong 12mo. Original yellow printed wrappers, stapled. Light wear and soiling, contemporary pencil notation on front cover. Slight biopredation to upper corner, continuing through text. Contents clean. A catalogue of nineteen horses for sale at the San Antonio fair, each with a half tone illustration and..... More

Chicago: American Lumberman, 1902. [2],196pp. Quarto. Original red limp cloth, cover gilt. Light soiling and wear to binding. Contemporary ownership pencil markings throughout, text dampstained around the edges, light scattered soiling. Extensively illustrated work on the operations of the Kirby Lumber Company, a division of the Houston Oil Company, originally..... 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: 1837. Broadside, 12 x 8.25 inches. Paper weakness at center of sheet, affecting a few letters. Light tide line at lower right edge. First printing of this rare Mexican decree, published by the Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores on the day it was issued, May 20, 1837, addressing the..... 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

Brooklyn: The Albertype Company, [1925]. [16] leaves, printed recto only. Oblong quarto. Original grey illustrated wrappers, string-tied. Minor wear and soiling. Internally clean. A handsome promotional work depicting the city of El Paso, produced by the El Paso Chamber of Commerce. The first leaf gives a brief synopsis of the..... More