Little Rock: [1944]. Printed broadside, 22.5 x 17 inches. Light, even tanning. An unrecorded political broadside from the 1944 Arkansas Senate race between Homer Adkins and William Fulbright. Adkins was a member of the Klan, who financed his early political victories, and their unsavory views remained a hallmark of his..... More

Sacramento: 1915. 62pp. Printed self-wrappers, stapled. Minor wear at corners. Light tanning and occasional faint foxing. Scarce and extensive informational pamphlet issued by the California Secretary of State regarding state constitutional amendments and referendum measures being put before voters in a special 1915 election. Two laws passed by the state..... More

[Washington, D.C.]: Blair & Rives, 1840-1841. 423pp. Volume 6, Numbers 1:27, paginated continuously. Folio. Contemporary half sheep and marbled boards. Boards detached, with tape repairs. Light dampstaining at upper corner; light tanning and foxing. A complete run of this 1840 Democratic campaign newspaper, published weekly as an extra to the..... More

New York: Edmonson Economic Service, 1934-1940. Approximately 375 broadsheets and handbills. Folio. Minor wear and soiling. An extensive archive of approximately 375 propaganda handbills, broadsides, flyers, and newsletters primarily written by Robert Edmonson and published in New York that promote an anti-Semitic, anti-New Deal, “America First” agenda during the 1930s..... More

Cincinnati: 1943-1946. Twelve notebooks, [358]pp. total. 12mo. Stapled sheets, stapled at top edge. No covers. Some light wear and soiling, but generally clean and in a legible hand. World War II-era manuscript log books kept by Cincinnati, Ohio police officer Elmer Winder Eubanks (1913-2012). Eubanks began his career in law..... More

Washington, D.C. 1838. 120pp., plus map. 20th-century half calf and cloth boards, spine gilt. Minor wear at corners and edges. Some tanning and light foxing. "This pamphlet written and published by Manuel Gorostiza, special envoy of Mexico to the United States, with its 21-page introduction attacking the good faith of..... More

[San Francisco]: B.F. Sterett, [1864]. 101pp. Original printed wrappers. Light vertical crease. Light chipping to spine ends and corners, light foxing and soiling. Contemporary ownership inscription on rear cover. A few pencil notes to text. Legal argument by a future governor of California in an important case relating to the..... More

[Columbus, Oh. 1912]. Eight pieces, including one 12pp. pamphlet and seven broadsides and bifolia. Old folds, light wear. Several items evenly tanned. An informative group of eight extremely scarce or unrecorded pieces promoting the presidential campaign of Ohio Governor, and former U.S. Attorney General, Judson Harmon in 1912. Harmon eventually..... More

Mexico City: Ignacio Cumplido, 1861. [iii-]xxvii,612pp. Original quarter calf and pebbled paper boards, spine gilt. Boards rubbed, edges and spine somewhat worn. Small shelf label at foot of spine. Light toning, scattered light foxing. A scarce, 1861 Mexican imprint, comprising translations into Spanish of speeches by the great French poet-politician..... More

Mexico City: 1866. 13pp. Folio. Original plain wrappers, stitched as issued. Wraps split along lower half of spine. Previously folded, with light wear and minor creasing. Contemporary pencil ownership inscription Light tanning and scattered foxing. A rare bilingual imprint in Spanish and Nahuatl that publishes the text of several decrees..... More

Mexico City: 1844. [3]pp., on a small bifolium. Light wear at edges. Small wormhole through center, not affecting text. Light dust soiling. A scarce decree of Mexican interim president Valentin Canalizo, printed and published by the Ministry of Foreign Relations on December 2, 1844, which attempted to dissolve the government..... More

[Deer Lodge, Mt.]: 1889. Large broadsheet, 26 x 20.5 inches. Old folds. Separation at some folds with slight losses affecting several words in six lines of text. Light toning and soiling. A rare supplemental issue of the New Northwest printing the newly-passed Montana State Constitution. Montana held its constitutional convention..... More

[Quingua, i.e. Plaridel: 1827-1860]. [428]pp. Folio. Original limp calf, manuscript cover title. Edges and spine worn; head of spine and upper corner of front wrap chipped. Text block loose at front hinge, broken in a couple of places internally. A few leaves loose; scattered chipping and tears, occasionally affecting text..... More