[Bartlesville, Ok. 1925]. 48pp. Original printed wrappers, stapled. Very light creasing and wear to wraps. Contemporary pencil annotations. Light tanning internally. An early, anecdotal history of the Osage Reservation, written by Thomas McKean Finney, a former Indian trader and longtime resident of the Indian Territory and Oklahoma. Finney was a.... More
Miami, Ok. Phelps Printers, 1913. 200pp. 12mo. Original red cloth. Front inner hinge a bit cracked but solid. Minor wear and soiling. “Life of a Quaker missionary among various tribes in Kansas, Missouri and Oklahoma” - Howes. Illustrated with portraits of the persons involved. Howes H750, “aa.”. More
Spiro, I.T. 1905. Broadside, 10.5 x 7 inches. Minor wear, old folds, a few chips. Top left corner torn away, not affecting text. An unrecorded wanted poster recording a substantial theft from the Redwine Brothers store in Spiro, Indian Territory. Redwine’s was a general mercantile store which also sold farm... More
[Oklahoma City?]: Southwestern Bell Telephone Co., 1920. [36]pp. Original printed card covers, stapled. Light wear and soiling, especially to lower corner. Small tape reinforcement to rear lower corner. Some minor foxing to contents. An early telephone directory for the little Oklahoma town of McAlester -- the largest town inside the... More
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Tulsa: Chamber of Commerce, 1953. [16]pp. Folio. Original pictorial printed wrappers, printed in orange and black, stapled. Minor wear. Large brochure published by the Tulsa Chamber of Commerce promoting the potential and benefits of Tulsa as a place for living and working, especially as related to oil industry. Section headings... More
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Muskogee, Ok. 1918. [4]pp., on a large bifolium. Previously folded. A couple of very minor losses at fold points. Light tanning. Scarce, illustrated report from 1918 on the developments and production of the Oklahoma Oil Wells Company, based in Muskogee, Oklahoma. Much of the text is dedicated to an assessment... More
Pawhuska, Ok. Sam McClain, 1955. [48]pp. Original printed wrappers, three-ring bound in painted, masonite boards. Light wear at board edges. Pamphlet fine. Decorative edition of collected Indian recipes, dedicated to Fred Lookout, Chief of the Osage Tribe. The male author, Sylvester Tinker, was also Osage, and served as Chief during... More
[Cincinnati. 1897, 1889]. [24] leaves. Small quarto. Original half leather and marbled boards; leather spine perished but binding still sound, corners heavily worn. Light wear and soiling to contents. Volume of pasted newspaper clippings containing the reporting of E. Hazard Wells, reporter for the Cincinnati Post. The clippings record Wells’... More