[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
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
Kansas City, Mo. [1916]. Folding map, 17 x 17 inches. Color printed. Original printed wrappers. Light wear and soiling to wraps. A couple of short separations along foldlines; a pair of minor nicks at lower right corner of map. Small patch of adhesive staining at upper left; light tanning. An..... More
Kansas City, Mo. R.L. Polk & Co., 1928. 374pp. Original printed cloth. Spine ends and corners moderately worn. Older paper label on spine; ex-Sutro Library markings on the front endpapers and title page. Rear endpapers torn away, a few notations to text. Directory for the city of Muskogee, Oklahoma, with..... More
Dallas: R.L. Polk & Co., 1924. 526pp. Original printed cloth. Corners bumped, corners and spine ends worn. Older paper label on spine; ex-Sutro Library markings on the front endpapers and title page. Internally clean otherwise. Directory for the city of Muskogee, Oklahoma, with an alphabetical, listing of individuals as well..... More
Kansas City, Mo. R.L. Polk & Co., 1927. 452pp. Original printed cloth. Corners bumped, corners and spine ends worn. Older paper label on spine; ex-Sutro Library markings on the front endpapers and title page. Internally clean otherwise. Directory for the city of Muskogee, Oklahoma, with an alphabetical, listing of individuals..... 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
Comanche, I.T. Press of the Reflex, 1905. Small broadside, approximately 11.75 x 8.75 inches. Light wear at edges, minor fading at lower edge. An attractively printed broadside advertisement for a 1905 Oklahoma farm auction. J.M. Pribble, the farmer in question, herein offers several different varieties of pigs and crops, as..... 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 Oil Wells Company General Report [caption title]. Oklahoma, Oil](/pictures/thumb/McBRB664_01.JPG?v=1564256222)
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
![Railroad Map of Oklahoma [cover title]. Oklahoma, Railroads](/pictures/thumb/McBRB1310_01.JPG?v=1587384608)
Des Moines: Kenyon Company, Inc., 1922. Large folding map, color printed, 27 x 51.5 inches. Original printed wrappers. Minor wear to wraps. One separation along fold from top edge extending into map area. Light tanning. A scarce, attractive, and huge color map of the railroad system in Oklahoma during the..... More
![Promotional Material for the Rock Island Plow Company]. Texas, Agriculture](/pictures/thumb/McBRB886.JPG?v=1586532666)
[Dallas: 1936]. Four items, including two folding pamphlets, one typed letter, signed, and an envelope. Light wear and tanning. Interesting and colorful promotional material for Rock Island Plow Company of Dallas and Oklahoma. A large folding poster printed in red and yellow depicts the two most popular plow models, "built..... 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