Ciudad Victoria: [Samuel Bangs], 1828. [4]pp., on a bifolium. Previously bound, with stab holes at gutter margin. Moderate wear at edges, with a few losses and separation along fold, not affecting text. Light dust soiling and foxing. A scarce proposal to address budgetary deficits through tax policy in the Mexican..... 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 An apparently unpublished typescript of a story about ranch life in Texas at the turn of the century.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

San Antonio: Gebhardt Chili Powder Company, 1923. 32pp. Original pictorial wrappers, stapled. Minor wear at edges and spine ends; slight oxidation around staples. Light dust soiling and tanning. A colorful and attractive promotional cook book containing over thirty recipes for dishes utilizing Gebhardt's Eagle Chili Powder. William Gebhardt was a...... 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

New Orleans: The Daily Item, 1899. 600pp. Original printed pictorial wrappers. Extremities worn, covers rubbed and lightly soiled. Some slight worming, heavier at front of text. Light tanning and wear. A rare New Orleans almanac full of facts and figures on a wide array of subjects ranging from Queen Victoria's..... 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: Impreso por J.MF. de Lara, 1836. 20pp. Modern red leather, gilt. Bookplate on front pastedown. Small patch of staining in gutter margin of title page and final leaf. Light tanning. A substantial address by the president of the Mexican congress to the country's people in response to their..... More

El Paso: 1933. 100,[3]pp. Original printed wrappers. Some spotting and soiling to wraps; minor wear to extremities. Contents browning, but sturdy. From the early 18th century, Catholics were prohibited from joining Masonic orders, but the popularity of freemasonry in the United States seems to have generated considerable interest among Spanish..... 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

Houston: 1950. Map, 22 x 17 inches. Folded. Light wear and soiling. Map of the Louisiana and southern Texas oil fields along the Gulf of Mexico. Each county is outlined, with oil fields noted in green and gas fields noted in red. More

Chicago: South and West Land Company, [1906]. 15pp. Quarto. Original green printed wrappers, stapled. Wrappers lightly faded, light soiling and wear. Minor internal soiling, some rust from staples, leaves loosening. Promotional work for the South and West Land Company with a map of the railroad routes spreading out across Kansas..... More