[Santa Rosa de Lima, i.e. Muzquiz, Coahuila: 1764]. [44]pp., including three blanks. Folio sheets. Stitching perishing, initial two leaves detached. Light wear and staining at edges, not affecting text. Light tanning. Accomplished in several hands. A fascinating group of legal petitions, declarations, and testimony presented before the colonial Spanish courts..... More

[Llano, Tx. 1905]. 76pp. 12mo. Original tan wrappers, printed in red. Minor wear to wrappers, light soiling. Internally clean. The author's personal reminiscences of his life as a merchant, deputy sheriff and Texas Ranger. This work was originally published as a series of articles in the Llano Times, and published..... 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 An apparently unpublished typescript of a story about ranch life in Texas at the turn of the century.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

Mexico City: En la Oficina de D. Alejandro Valdes, impresor de Camara del Imperio, 1822. 12pp. Small quarto. Tasteful modern calf, front board gilt lettered. Light wear to spine and edges. Top edge trimmed, somewhat affecting pagination. Light tanning; light foxing at edges. The rare first report on the outer..... More

Austin: E.L. Steck, 1915. [22]pp. Oblong octavo. Original green printed wrappers, string-tied. Light wear and chipping to edges, slightly faded. Internally clean. Handsome promotional work for the city of Austin, Texas, compiled and published by the American National Bank on the occasion of its twenty-fifth anniversary. The work is extensively..... 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

Mexico City: Asociacion Nacional Automovilistica, [1936]. 64pp. Original green pictorial card covers, stapled. Minor soiling and wear. Closed tear to p.19, substantial paper flaw with slight loss of text on p.43. Otherwise, internally clean. Attractive guide to the recently completed section of Pan-American Highway between Laredo and Mexico City, published..... 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: December 30, 1836. Small broadside, printed on first leaf recto of a bifolium. Very minor wear and dust soiling. A scarce decree of the Mexican Congreso General, approved by interim president Jose Justo Corro on December 30, 1836, and promulgated the same day by Secretary Jose Maria Ortiz..... More

Mexico City: May 20, 1836. Broadside, approximately 12 x 8.25 inches. Light wear, including a couple of small chips at edges. Minor wrinkling and toning at left edge. Contemporary manuscript annotations and docketing. A rare and significant Mexican broadside decree, dated May 20, 1836, promulgated by the Secretary of War..... 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