Pittsburgh: 1836-1841. [48]pp. Large folio. Contemporary half reverse-calf and blue paper boards. Wear to corners and spine ends, boards soiled. Leaves reinforced at gutter margin with tape, some light soiling. In a clear and legible hand. This ledger records the register and pay information for approximately thirty-five men who worked..... More

Sacramento: California State Printing Office, 1925. 32pp. Oblong octavo. Original brown printed wrappers, stapled. Light soiling, lightly dampstained along lower edge of text and rear cover. Pamphlet published by the Harbor Commission on the construction of an underground motorway beneath the Ferry Building, designed to alleviate traffic and congestion in..... More

[Sacramento. 1965]. Large folding map, 28 x 32 inches. Very minor wear at a few folds. With original mailing envelope, somewhat worn and foxed. A surprisingly scarce map of the construction of Oroville dam and surrounding area in California. The dam is of recent fame for nearly failing in February..... More

[Cary, Ill. 1960]. Approximately [50]pp. of typescript material, forty original photographs, plus numerous printed ephemera. Housed in a quarto three-ring binding in plastic sleeves. Light tanning. Minor wear at some edges. A terrific agricultural service and training manual, which compiles advertisements, forms, service techniques, and instructional documents for "herd technicians"..... More

Havana: Viuda de Barcina y Comp. 1863-1864. Twenty-three issues, each approximately 32pp. No. 11 with folding chart, lacks pp.25-32. No. 13 lacking last few leaves. With title page and half title at start of each volume. Original quarter calf and boards, spine gilt. Spine ends chipped and worn, some crude..... More

Albany: Packard & Van Benthuysen, 1825. 112pp., plus five engraved plates and folding table. Original printed boards, sympathetically rebacked. Light dampstaining and wear to boards. Some foxing and toning internally, heavier to initial leaves. A rare and pioneering, if evidently fanciful, work on air travel by Edmund Charles Genet, the..... 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

Louisville: 1928. [59] leaves. Oblong, narrow octavo. Blueprint self-wrappers with blue paper spine, enclosing blueprint contents. Light wear to spine and corners, some wear to wrappers. Contemporary ownership inscription on front cover. Internally clean. Profile guide map for the Birmingham Mineral Railroad, operating at this time under the name of..... More

Mexico City: 1888. [35] leaves of plates. Oblong small folio. Original embossed cloth boards. Light fading and minor patches of staining to boards; front hinge cracking. Slightly later gift inscription on front free endpaper; small, slightly later ink stamp on title page. Light tanning. A rare and fascinating Mexican lithograph..... 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

New York: 1902. [4],58pp. plus five plates (three folding). Folio. Original black publisher's cloth, cover gilt. Light wear and soiling to covers. Internally clean. "Prepared by the committee representing property owners of Park Avenue and Vicinity." Report stemming from several incidents of detrimental blasting and tunnel collapse in the subway..... More

[Allegheny County: 1913-1914]. 222 photographs, each measuring 6.25 x 8.25 inches. Intermittent minor wear and slight chipping at edges. A few images with small losses at corners, not seriously affecting images. Photos generally clear and sharp. An extensive collection of nearly 225 professional engineering photographs that document the construction of..... More

[Iowa: ca. 1900]. Four cyanotypes (one duplicative), 10.5 x 13.5 inches. Light wear and soiling, heavier to third image. Manuscript notation to verso of one image. Slight toning. Three large cyanotype photographs depicting a railroad trestle near Council Bluffs, Iowa, belonging to the Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad. Per..... More