St. Louis: Printed at the Republican Office, 1850. 46pp. Modern cloth, spine gilt. Some foxing and light tanning. A rare pamphlet that documents one of the founding moments of the Transcontinental Railroad. The present publishes the speech of Thomas Allen, the earliest major proponent of such an effort, at the..... More

San Francisco: Norman Pierce Company, 1905. [16]pp. Small quarto. Original printed wrappers, stapled. Old vertical fold. Minor wear at edges. Scattered contemporary ink annotations. Light tanning and dust soiling. Scarce and well-illustrated promotional for Phoenix and Maricopa County, Arizona, in the first decade of the 20th century. The text presents..... 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

Fort Worth: Published for the Author, 1900. 486,xxxvii,[1]pp. plus frontispiece. Illustrated throughout. Original dark blue cloth, gilt. Light wear and soiling to cloth. Text clean. A comprehensive work on the Texas angora goat industry, illustrated with numerous handsome halftones of various goats. With discussions on the goat's production for both..... More

Stockton: 1882. [3]-21pp. 12mo. Contemporary suede. Light wear to binding. Internally clean, minor wear and soiling. Unrecorded first constitution and by-laws of the Stockton Board of Trade, newly organized and incorporated in the Spring of 1882. Its articles of incorporation, state the goals of the body, "To bring together the..... 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

San Diego: C.J. Stillwell, 1889. 80pp. 12mo. Original printed wrappers. Light chipping to spine and edges, minor soiling, some slight loss to lower edge of rear cover. Text lightly toned, minor soiling; slight loss to lower corner of two leaves. A rare business directory for the city of San Diego..... 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

Redlands, Ca. [ca. 1916]. Broadside printed on heavy card, 11 x 14 inches. Corners slightly chipped, a few small edge tears. Light toning and soiling. A handsome display card advertisement for The May Flower, "The Great Stomach and Blood Remedy," prepared by E.A. Bethurun & Co. of Redlands, California. The..... More

Salinas CIty: Wyatt & Rodgers, 1897. [46]pp. Oblong 12mo. Original tan printed wrappers. Light soiling and wear. Contemporary ownership inscriptions inside front cover. Minor soiling internally. Promotional souvenir of Salinas City, California, providing a brief history and overview of the climate, but primarily an illustrated work depicting local houses and..... More

Whittier: Board of Trade, 1906. 16pp. Oblong octavo. Original printed wrappers, stapled. Light soiling and wear. Published less than twenty years after Whittier was founded by Quakers, this promotional work proudly proclaims that "there is now town of its size that will rank higher in intelligence, morality, and progressiveness." Just..... More

San Francisco: [1892-1913]. 115pp., written almost exclusively on rectos. Folio. Original quarter leather and cloth, string-tied. Four printed labels on front cover, some augmented in manuscript. Wear to spine, some chipping and loss; corners worn. Minor wear internally, contents clean and highly legible. Complete title search for a property near..... More

Los Angeles: [ca. 1910]. Plat map, approximately 14 x inches. Folded, a couple of short separations and minor losses along or near folds. A few nicks at edges. Light, even tanning. Printed on thin paper. Ephemeral real estate map and advertisement for the Riverside Orange Heights Tract, located north of..... More