[Mostly Quincy, Il. ca. 1860s to 1880s]. Twenty-two CDVs and tintypes, plus one postal cover, all housed in a contemporary brown cloth CDV photograph album, gilt spine titles, brass clasp on fore-edge. Minor edge wear, a few short tears to spine, spine sunned, minor soiling to boards. Occasional wear and..... More
Emporia, Ks. March 12, 1859. [4]pp. Original mailing folds, short separations along some folds, a couple of short closed tears, a few tiny nicks to edges. A rare correspondence from Kansas at the time of the free state - slave state tensions in the 1850s. Here, the most important early..... More
[Seattle and perhaps other locations in the Pacific Northwest: ca. 1944]. Fifty-seven sepia-toned and black-and-white photographs, all in mounting corners, measuring between 3.5 x 2.5 inches and 7.5 x 10 inches. Quarto. Contemporary carved wooden boards with brass spine hinges and a small brass decorative vignette on front cover. Minor..... More
[Mostly Atlanta, Ga. and Transvaal Province, South Africa: mostly 1920s to 1970s]. Manuscripts, typed or mimeographed texts, printed books, pamphlets, programs, and more, housed in eleven bankers’ boxes, totaling about thirteen linear feet of material. An amazing archive documenting the life and career of Dr. Josephus Roosevelt Coan (1902-2004), a...... More
Little Rock: [1944]. 29pp. 16mo. Original black cloth, gilt titles on front cover. Minor edge wear. Minor toning to title leaf. An unrecorded African-American Masonic pocket book published for the Trinity Lodge of Little Rock, Arkansas. The work includes the original charter, the twenty articles comprising the organization's by-laws, and..... More
[Various locations in Georgia: 1939-1955]. Forty-five original photographs, numerous newspaper clippings, greeting cards, and assorted ephemera. Oblong folio. Contemporary tan textured paper-covered boards, string tied, upper cover reading "Photographs." Noticeable staining and wear to album. Several leaves and much of the contents loose, most with old dried tape on margins..... More
Cambridge, Ma. [ca. September 11, 1909]. [1]p., on Alice Freeman Palmer Memorial Settlement letterhead, with original transmittal envelope. Original mailing folds, minor toning. A fundraising form letter sent by Charlotte E. Hawkins, later Charlotte Hawkins Brown, informing the recipient of the progress of her school and ostensibly soliciting donations for..... More
![Item #3445 [Vernacular Photograph Album Assembled by an African-American Family in the 1970s]....](https://mcbriderarebooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/McBRB3445_01.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&v=1685280787)
[Livermore, Ca. 1970s]. Nine leaves, illustrated with 104 color photographs. Quarto. Contemporary self-stick photograph album spiral-bound in brown snakeskin patterned paper-covered boards with central design on front cover. Minor wear to covers. Images largely in vibrant condition. An eclectic collection of photographs featuring an unknown African American family and their..... More
[Mainly Germany: 1961-1964]. Twenty-two leaves, illustrated with ninety-one photographs in corner mounts, the first forty captioned in white ink on the album leaves. Oblong quarto. Contemporary red fabrikoid, belt bound, paper label on spine. Decorative stamping on front cover has faded significantly. Minor edge wear and soiling, top corner of..... More
[Kansas and Germany: early 1960s]. Twenty-two leaves, illustrated with 167 photographs, most mounted and captioned in white ink, with a handful of loose images and one cloth nameplate. Some images removed. Oblong folio. Contemporary dark blue leatherette, triple-ruled gilt borders on front cover, string tied. Faint manuscript title on front..... More
[Various locations: ca. 1930s to 1970s]. [48] leaves, illustrated with 260 mounted photographs, most black-and-white but some in color, between 1.5 x 1.5 to 8 x 10 inches, and a few ephemeral items. Full brown pebbled leather photograph album, screw-bound. Moderate edge wear and some chipping, front joint split but..... More
[Various locations, mainly in Alaska, but also British Columbia and Washington State: July, 1927]. [30] leaves, illustrated with 196 photographs,1.25 x 2 to 3 x 4 inches, most photographs or pages annotated in white ink. Oblong folio. Contemporary black limp cloth, string tied, small sticker on front cover, gilt-stamped "Photographs"..... More
Sitka, Ak. August 1, 1894. 5pp. Original mailing folds. A historically-illuminating eyewitness account of the burning of Baranof Castle, the famous fort built in the New Archangel (Sitka) by the first governor of Russian America, Alexander Baranov. During Russian rule, the castle was the administrative center of Russian America. Baranof..... More
Nome, Ak. November 1, 1900. 6pp., with original transmittal envelope. Loose octavo sheets. Previously folded; light, even tanning. In a slightly hurried, but quite legible script. Missouri natives Edwin Sherzer and his brother were two of Nome's first postal workers, while they endeavored to develop a dog sledding business on..... More
[Cook Inlet, Ak.]: 1896. Pocket diary, [64]pp. of entries; two "Notices of Location" for Wiswell’s claims in the Turnagain Arm Mining District, with two related Power of Attorney documents; a manuscript letter addressed to Wiswell at "Hope City, Cook’s Inlet, Alaska;" and a receipt for Wiswell's return passage to Seattle;..... More
[Various locations, including Sprague, Wa.; Vancouver, British Columbia; and Nome, Ak. mainly 1897-1910]. Thirteen autograph letters, signed, totaling thirty-nine pages, and a few original transmittal envelopes. Original mailing folds, occasional short fold separations, otherwise minor wear. Overall a well-preserved group stored in an antique wooden box from the St. Paul..... More
1901-1912. 162 photographs in two albums, loose, and mounted on card. Various sizes. First album octavo, black cloth with manuscript paper label on cover; moderate wear, several images clipped throughout (81 photos, captioned in ink, plus newspaper clippings and ephemera; most images 2.5 x 3.5 inches, with a handful both..... More
[N.p.]: 1954. 15,901-1347pp. [Approximately 470pp. total, containing 148 letters, 95 of which are written from the American West]. Illustrated with four original photographs and several original manuscripts. Red cloth, manuscript title on spine and front cover. Light soiling and wear. Related newspaper clippings pasted to first few leaves. Internally clean..... More
[Various locations including Baltimore, Texas, Arizona, Mexico, and Peru: 1916-1980s]. Approximately 5,000 photographs, of which perhaps a third are duplicative. Mostly loose black and white photographs, many 8 x 10 inches or larger. Additionally, thousands of stock certificates for ASARCO companies, several official typescript works and documents, and a handful..... More
Morenci, A.T. 1901-1902. Three autograph letters, signed, totaling [17]pp., with original transmittal envelopes. Sheets of one letter separated along center horizontal fold and with one small piece of first leaf separated. Other letters with minor foxing and soiling. All with original mailing folds. A small collection of three letters from..... More
Phoenix & Yuma: 1898-1906. Six letters, totaling [22]pp., plus three additional letters dated 1914 from Franc's husband, [38]pp. Quarto on folded folio sheets. Old fold lines, minor wear. A small group of letters written over the course of several years from a niece to her aunt and cousin, with both..... More
Camden, Ar. August 5, 1860. [2]pp. on blue lined paper. Old folds, minor edge wear. An interesting pre-Civil War letter sent from Arkansas settler Lawrence P. Speck to his cousin Jennie back in Tennessee. Speck moved from Tennessee to Arkansas to pursue business opportunities, and writes that he "likes it..... 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
Morrison, Ill. 1889, 1891-1892]. Twenty-three letters, [48]pp. total. Folio sheets. Old fold lines, minor scattered soiling and wear. In a legible hand. An archive of correspondence between an Illinois sheep farmer and his South Dakota-based farm manager detailing business over the course of several years. George Brown, based in Morrison..... More
![Item #1957 [Typescript with Corrections of The Record Book of the Rancho Santa Ana del Chino]....](https://mcbriderarebooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/McBRB1957_01.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&v=1652380323)
[1948]. About very good. 3,45,[1] typescript leaves, plus [6]pp. typed contract and two single-page typed letters. Typescript leaves loose; contract stapled into printed blue wrappers. Light wear and soiling to script leaves, with a few minor chips and very short tears at edges. Copious contemporary manuscript annotations in pencil and..... More