Paris: 1859. 102,[1]pp., plus three folding maps. Original printed wrappers. Spine perished, stitching nearly so. Light wear at edges. Light toning and dust soiling. Extensive proposal and recommendation, translated into German from the French, for a canal route across Nicaragua, one of several 19th-century Central American canal projects that never..... More

San Jose: 1898. 160,[4]pp. plus folding plate. 12mo. Original yellow cloth, stamped in black. Corners lightly bumped, spine ends lightly worn. Internally clean. First of four editions. "Buchanan's last and perhaps oddest book" - Atwater. An unusual work on numerological and occult cycles, based on the number seven. Buchanan (1814-1899)..... More

[San Francisco and Los Angeles: The Heald-Menerey Company, ca. 1928]. Large color map, measuring 44 x 64 inches, cut into eight sections and folded into book form. Original black limp textured cloth, yapp edges, titled in pale yellow on front cover. Moderate edge wear, titles on front cover almost completely..... More

Los Angeles: California Corrugated Culvert Company, 1922. 44pp., plus folding plate. Original pictorial wrappers, stapled. Spine reinforced with cloth tape; Light oxidation and loosening around staples. Light wear and dust soiling to wraps; Light toning internally. Contemporary ink ownership inscription on title page. A detailed and mathematically elaborate promotional for..... More

Placerville, Ca. 1929. Five blueprints, measuring from approximately 24 x 34 to 29 x 41 inches. Tipped onto modern cardboard backing at left edge, overlaid with brown paper. Light wear, a couple of archival repairs at edges. Contemporary blind stamps. A group five large and fascinating blueprints that delineate proposed..... More

Washington, D.C. 1939. [5],238pp. Folio. Original dark green printed covers. Light wear to covers. Internally clean. A rare typed and extensively illustrated manual for automobile mechanics belonging to the Civilian Conservation Corps. This work, according to the title page, was revised and corrected from an edition originally published in 1937..... More

[Barranquilla, San Miguel, and other locations in Colombia: ca. 1940s]. [27] leaves, illustrated with 577 black-and-white photographs in mounting corners, with a handful loose. Some photographs captioned in pencil on the verso. Large oblong folio. Contemporary patterned black cloth, string tied. Extremities worn, corners a bit chipped, minor soiling to..... More

Champaign, Il. 1900. Fifteen thick card leaves, including title leaf, and illustrated with thirty-three original photographs, some 3.5 x 4.5 inches but most 4.5 x 6.5 inches, each with accompanying manuscript caption. Oblong quarto. Contemporary black cloth, "Photographs" stamped in gilt on front cover, string tied. Spine chipped, boards a...... More

Anamosa, Ia. [1891]. 26pp. Original printed wrappers. Wrappers worn, spine and edges chipped, soiled. Contents with some wear and soiling, moderate at times. Illustrated catalogue for the mail-order elevator company of Kimball Brothers in Anamosa, Iowa. The company was founded in 1883 when a local grocer wanted an easier way..... More

San Francisco: Waters Company, [ca. 1915]. 393 silver gelatin photographs, each 8 x 10 inches. Each image annotated in pencil on verso, corresponding to numbered index sheet. Formerly mounted with remnants of glue on verso. Images generally clean, with minor wear and soiling. Several images lightly creased. An extensive photographic..... More

[Bagnell, Mo. ca. 1929]. Thirty-five photo postcards, each approximately 3.5 x 5.5 inches. Images often identified in the negative. Scattered contemporary ink stamps, versos mostly blank. Mild curling at edges; very light wear at corners. A fascinating group of thirty-five real photo postcards that document the construction of the Bagnell..... More

Boston: Geo. Ellis & Co., [1911]. 19pp. Oblong quarto. Original pictorial wrappers, stitched and stapled. Minor wear. "Reprinted from an article in the Engineering News. Illustrated with many special views." An illustrated account of the reconstruction of the Hauser Dam on the Missouri River in Montana. The original dam failed..... More

Albuquerque: 1951-1952. Thirty-six leaves, illustrated with 133 black-and-white photographs between 2.75 x 3.75 inches and 3.25 x 5 inches, all in corner mounts, plus seven loose photographs laid in. Oblong folio. Contemporary red leatherette with inset design on front cover, string tied. Minor edge wear, corners bumped, front cover detached..... More