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

[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

Indianapolis: Central Printing Co., 1880. 16pp. Original blue printed wrappers. Moderate soiling and wear, heavier to lower edge and outer leaves. Evenly toned. Scarce first edition of this pamphlet regarding the circumstances of the murder of John R. Goodwin in Brookville, Indiana, published under the auspices of the Women's Christian..... More

Mexico City; New York: 1875; 1882. Five volumes in one, varying paginations. Later quarter cloth and marbled boards, spine gilt lettered. Light wear to raised spine bands and edges, minor scuffing to boards. Manuscript contents list on front free endpaper. Light tanning and scattered foxing. Mexico and Guatemala quarreled over..... More

New York: G. & R. Waite, 1804. 78pp. Dbd. Trimmed close at lower edge, occasionally affecting last line of text; light damage at lower edge of initial two leaves. Light tanning and foxing. An important record of speeches before an upstate New York court in a landmark First Amendment case..... More

Berkeley, Ca. 1907. 133pp. Original printed wraps. Corners and spine ends chipped; minor fading to spine and wrapper edges. Contemporary ownership inscription on title page. Minor toning. An extensive treatment of institutional and social racism against Japanese immigrants in California during the early 20th century. The author, Herbert Johnson, had..... 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

Washington DC: 1879. 9pp. Stitched; stitching perished, leaves loose. Lightly soiled, some chipping and wear to first leaf. A rare speech given by the Senator from Ohio, Stanley Matthews, arguing against a bill restricting Chinese immigration to the United States. These debates were part of the political outcry against the..... 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

Santa Fe: 1889. 17pp. Printed in two columns. Original beige printed wrappers. Light wear and soiling; top half of spine reinforced with tape. Minor creasing and wear. A rare pamphlet published to defend the reputation of the first University of New Mexico president, Horatio O. Ladd, who had been accused..... More

New York: 1883-1891. Ninety mortgages and other related documents; most comprised of multiple pages. Folio. Typed and handwritten material. Documents folded into quarters. Light scattered soiling and wear, but condition generally strong. Substantial archive of mortgages held by the American Loan and Trust Company, consisting primarily of mortgages for railroads..... More