[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

New York: 1911. Folding lithograph map, handcolored, 11 x 27.5 inches. Original printed pictorial boards with cloth spine. Light wear and chipping to spine, light wear to boards. Advertisements on front pastedown. Light wear to map at some folds, but generally clean and fresh. An attractive map of Bermuda, showing..... More

Omaha: Burlington Route, 1886. 96,[16]pp. Original red printed wrappers. Spine worn and chipped, corners worn. Internally clean. A book of "social amusements" and games "Presented with the compliments of the Passenger Department of the Burlington Route." The final few leaves contain a map of the Burlington Route from Chicago to..... 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

Los Angeles: McBride Press, [ca. 1910]. Broadside, approximately 21 x 7 inches. Previously folded. A couple of short closed tears and dust soiling at edges. Minor loss at top edge where previously posted. Unobtrusive tissue repairs. Early 20th-century, illustrated promotional broadside for Catalina Island, "America's Greatest Winter and Summer Resort."..... 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

Dayton, Oh. [1851]. 143,[2]pp. 12mo. Original drab printed wrappers. Light chipping and wear. Text lightly foxed. Fourth edition of this German-American work of songs, the title of which translates loosely as, "A Short Pastime, Consisting of a Few Songs, Useful in Ethics." The title page has a woodcut of two..... More

Mexico City: 1936. 83pp. Illustrated. Original printed wrappers, stapled. Some tanning to covers and text, minor edge wear, minor marginal chipping to top of first text leaf. Presentation copy of a rare work printing the rules and regulations of American football, compiled by the founder of La Federacion de Futbol..... More

St. Louis: 1926-1940. Three binders (one modern, two contemporary) comprised of meeting minutes, club documents, correspondence, flyers, photographs, and assorted ephemera. Occasional toning and wear, some paper items with more significant wear, one larger photograph split in the middle, but contents in generally nice condition. Some noticeable wear and tear..... More

[Various places in Oklahoma: ca. 1920]. Eight broadsides, measuring from 9.5 x 7 to 15 x 11 inches. Varying degrees of wear, with some scattered chips and closed tears at edges. Even tanning. Eight broadsides, including one duplicate, for professional wrestling matches in Oklahoma and Kansas during the early 1920s..... 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