[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
Topeka: Crane & Company, 1907. 46pp. 12mo. Original green cloth, front cover stamped in black. Light soiling and wear, some fraying to top edge. Charming book of medicinal remedies written by a physician in Enid, Oklahoma. Among the "specific cures" listed are those for burns and scalds, boils, cystitis, cancers..... More
Purcell, Ok. 1908. [1]p., docketed on verso. Folio. Old folds, light wear and soiling. Printed form completed in typescript and manuscript granting William E. Brown seven parcels of land in Purcell, Oklahoma, on the Chickasaw Nation for the sum of $105. It is signed by Green McCurtain, Principal Chief of..... 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
[Wewoka, Ok. Lasiter Print Co.], 1915. [4],52,[6]pp.; 28 leaves, plus small folding map. 12mo. Original thick, untreated calf wrappers, riveted at gutter; front wrap lettered in black. Wrappers moderated rubbed and scuffed. Scattered contemporary ink ownership stamps. Ink stain along fore-edge, not affecting text or maps. Short closed tear to..... More
Oklahoma City: Commercial Oil Map Co., 1938. Sheet map, 22 x 32 inches. Previously folded. Upper left corner trimmed, not affecting map area. One short split along old fold and a couple of areas of minor worming. Light tanning. A rare and detailed map of oil and gas development in..... 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