Manhattan, Ks. 1980-1981. Seventeen photographs (three silver-gelatin prints measuring 8x10 inches, fourteen smaller photos); typed letter, signed; 10 issues of Powerlifting newsletter. Light wear and soiling. Small archive of African-American powerlifter Nate Foster, including nine issues of the Powerlifting Mo-Valley, “The Official Missouri Valley Powerlifting Newsletter,” of which Foster was..... More

[Jacksonville. ca. 1921]. [4]pp. on a folded sheet. Folio. Lightly dampstained, resulting in some wear and staining. Illustrated promotional for the Norman Film Manufacturing Company, advertising “The Bull-Dogger” starring African-American cowboy Bill Pickett. The center two pages comprise a single spread, with several images from the film, as well as..... More

[Denver: 2006-2008]. 166pp. typescript, plus more than 100pp. printed email correspondence. Typescript with pencil corrections, presumably by the author. Original draft of the 2011 baseball novels, Seams, with pencil annotations and corrections by the author. Jan Sumner is the author of numerous books on baseball, and was active for six..... More

Los Angeles: [1924]. 27,[5]pp. Original pictorial wrappers, stapled. Minor wear, contemporary ink stamp on rear cover. Internally clean. Handsome promotional work for the Arrowhead Hot Springs Resort located near San Bernardino. The pamphlet describes the healing power of the hot springs (the hottest in the world according to the chart..... More

San Francisco: P.J. Thomas, 1893. 34,[2]pp. 12mo. Original green printed wrappers. Minor wear. San Francisco's Iroquois Club was one of several founded in the early 1880s around the country. Like Tammany Hall, the Club was designed to promote Democrats and policies favorable to them, although unlike Tammany, it had neither..... More

[Chicago: W.H. Hall, ca. 1895]. 24pp. Original embossed, illustrated wrappers, stapled. Minor wear and soiling. Internally clean. Promotional brochure for the Hotel Colorado and adjacent hot springs, with text, a small map, and many half-tone illustrations, including numerous exterior and interior views of the hotel facilities, the baths and vapor..... More

Philadelphia: W.W. Weeks, 1842. 86pp. 12mo. Stitched; wrappers presumed lacking. Lightly dampstained throughout, lightly worn. A fun and rare little volume, comprising an alphabetical listing of terms and their interpretations as to significance in one’s dreams. For example, “Roast meat. To dream you eat roast meat, signifies that you are..... More

[Emmett, Id. ca. 1920]. Broadside poster, 22.5 x 33.5 inches. Printed in blue and red on tan paper. Old folds. Light chipping and wear, minor loss at some corner folds. Pencil notations on verso. Fabulous broadside poster advertising the Fourth of July celebrations at Emmett, Idaho, a tiny town located..... More

Boston: 1868. Broadside, 13 x 9.75 inches. Printed on purple paper. Light fading and minor soiling at edges. Broadside advertising the rail line from North Bridgewater, East Stoughton, and East Randolph departing for Boston for passengers to take in the afternoon and evening theatre shows in the city. Times are..... More

[N.p.]: 1914. Thirty-two original photographs, most 3.25 x 5.5 inches, several 2.25 x 3.25 inches. Oblong large octavo album, green cloth covers, gilt lettered. Minor wear to corners and spine ends. Manuscript title card and typed caption list affixed to front endpapers. Several leaves excised, but all images present. Some..... More

Valley Ranch. N.M. [1920]. 31,[1]pp. Original brown pictorial printed wrappers, stapled. Very minor wear and soiling. Promotional work for the Valley Ranch, a dude ranch on the Pecos River, near Santa Fe, New Mexico. The work is illustrated throughout with handsome gravure illustrations, the whole printed in sepia ink. Situated..... More

Bellows Falls, Vt. [1908]. Broadside, 12 x 5.75 inches. Printed on grey paper. Old folds, formerly mounted in an album with remnant of mount attached to top of broadside. Contemporary manuscript date notation at bottom. Broadside advertising a performance of the play “A Night in Chinatown” starring the “clever little..... More

[Billings: 1917]. [18]pp. Oblong octavo. Original pictorial wrappers, stapled. Light dust soiling and wear to wraps. Central pair of leaves detached. Slightly later gift inscription on title page. Scare account of a fishing trip made by the Yellowstone County Bar Association to Stillwater River, near its confluence with the Yellowstone..... More