Chicago: 1964. [6]pp. on a single tri-folded sheet. Old creases, minor toning and dust-soiling. A very rare program for the Illinois Rally for Civil Rights, which took place at Soldier Field in Chicago on June 21, 1964. At the time it was held, the rally was the second largest Civil..... More

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

Oakland: Howe Print Company, [ca. 1895]. 43pp. Original printed wrappers, stapled. Light wear and dust soiling to wraps, heaving along spine and at staples points. Paper somewhat browned, but sturdy. A scarce anti-everything screed by late 19th-century Oakland politician and crank, John H. Fones. In the present work, financial policy..... 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

San Francisco: Jos. Winterburn & Co., 1886. 14pp., plus advertisement leaf. Original printed wrappers bound into 20th-century black quarter leather and marbled boards. Erased signature and small inked numeral to front wrapper. A rare California entry in the ongoing 19th-century and early-20th century debate over the prohibition of alcoholic beverages..... 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

Habana: Imprenta del Gobierno, 1872. 94pp., plus two folding tables. Contemporary quarter calf and marbled boards, spine gilt ruled. Light scuffing and wear to boards, a bit heavier at corners; minor fraying and rubbing to spine. Minor tanning and dust soiling, but quite a clean copy, overall. A rare Cuban..... 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

Los Angeles: Kashu Mainichi Shinbunsha, 1940. [2],2,16,420,[1]pp. Original pictorial wrappers. Minor soiling and light edge wear to wrappers. Text somewhat tanned, small marginal chips to top edge of some leaves, wrappers a bit over-opened at page 415. A rare collection of writings by an important Japanese-American activist, journalist, and editor..... More

[Guatemala: 1850]. 12pp. Folio, stitched as issued. A couple of very minor chips along lower edge. Light dust soiling and minor foxing. A scarce treaty of friendship and trade between Guatemala and the free, northern German cities of Bremen, Hamburg, and Lubeck, former leading members of the medieval Hanseatic League..... More

Sacramento: 1869. 43pp. Original printed wrappers. Spine ends chipped; light wear and dust soiling to wraps. Even tanning, occasional foxing internally. Biannual message of Governor Henry Huntly Haight to the state legislature of California at the outset of its eighteenth session in December 1869. Haight was notable for his strongly..... 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

[Lisbon or London? 1798]. 114; 172pp. Unbound folio sheets. Minor wear at edges; light tanning and scattered foxing. Two manuscript versions of a widely influential American polemic against France in the aftermath of the Jay Treaty. The first is a working draft with numerous annotations, while the second is a...... More