[Buenos Aires]: 1939. [22] leaves, with twenty-one original photographs, each 7 x 9 inches, plus interleaved plastic guards. Oblong folio. Spiral wire bound, plastic and synthetic boards with decorative wire edges. Light wear and soiling at boards edges. Occasional light soiling internally. Photos crisp and clean, mounted directly to leaves..... More

Phoenix: 1904. [24]pp. 24mo. Original printed wrappers, stapled. Small portion excised from first leaf. Light toning. Unrecorded promotional for the Stoddard Incorporating Company of Phoenix, Arizona, founded by Isaac T. Stoddard, the former Territorial Secretary of Arizona, who, "continues to do most of the incorporating business of the Territory." Stoddard..... More

[Wheaton, Il. 1888]. [4]pp. Narrow folio. Printed on pink paper, minor wear, including a few very short closed tears at edges. An appealing and scarce piece of ephemera relating to land sales in Nebraska and other Plains states in the late 1880s. J.A. Bent operated the Western Land Agency from..... More

San Francisco: 1917. Sheet map, 28 x 22.75 inches. Folded. Somewhat rumpled; a few small chips at edges, not affecting text of map image. Several scattered patches of staining. A scarce real estate map of Berkeley, California, printed for and distributed by local agents Mason-McDuffie Company in 1917. Blocks are..... More

[Gilroy]: Telegram Print, [ca. 1920s]. [11]pp. Small quarto, unfolded. Original printed wrappers, stapled. Light wear to wraps. Light tanning and minor soiling internally. Some minor creasing to leaves; closed tears, one about two inches, at two fore-edges. Unrecorded promotional pamphlet for the California town of Gilroy, located east of Santa..... More

San Francisco: Towne & Bacon, 1867. [56]pp. Quarto. Original printed boards; linen spine reinforced with older cloth. Wear and soiling to boards. Minor foxing and toning to text. "Prepared by the San Francisco Assaying and Refining Works, successors to Kellogg, Hewston & Co." More

Los Angeles: Parker Publishing Co., 1909. 390pp. Original pictorial wrappers. Spine and hinges reinforced; front hinge splitting from foot; wrappers creased, with minor chips and two closed tears at edges. Contents toned. An unusual business directory for early 20th-century Los Angeles. The present work contains a complete list of companies..... More

Chicago: Hollister Brothers, 1906. 12pp., plus two small folding pamphlets and response card. Original printed wrappers, stapled. Light wear to wraps. Scarce, illustrated promotional material for the early 20th-century mining claims of the Great Gold Belt Mining Company in San Bernardino County that extend "an invitation to assist in the..... More

[Boston?]: 1900. [4]pp., on a bifolium. Quarto. Previously folded. Light wear along old folds and a couple of short closed tears at lower edge. Rare illustrated prospectus for the potentially fraudulent Bernalillo Oil Company, based in Boston and San Diego at the turn of the 20th century. The text promises..... More

Chico, CA: Chico Record Print, [1903]. [44]pp. Original wrappers, printed in gold, stapled. A very scarce promotional booklet for the California town of Chico for potential settlers, providing details on the history of the region, climate, scenery, industry, amenities, resources, and agricultural potential. The final few pages offer statistics on..... More

Porterville: Chamber of Commerce, [1914]. [32]pp. Original printed pictorial wrappers, stapled. Minor wear and soiling. Promotional booklet for the small town of Porterville, California, located about halfway between Fresno and Bakersfield. Published by the city Chamber of Commerce, this work touts the amenities and prosperities of Porterville, including its agriculture..... More

Madera, Ca. [ca. 1890s]. Broadside, 16.5 x 9.5 inches. Horizontal fold at center. A few very short closed tears at top edge. Even tanning; a couple of faint fox marks. A scarce broadside advertisement for a land sale north of Fresno during the late 19th century. The Bank of Madera..... More

Oakland: 1928. Sheet map, 14.5 x 22.5 inches, plus separate printed sheet. Previously Map and price list. A rare and detailed cadastral map, dated May 1928, of tracts under development by the Claremont Heights Company, south of Claremont Avenue and Garber Park in Oakland, in a neighborhood now known as..... More