New York: 1979-1983. 129 photographs, mostly color but also some black-and-white images, organized in laminated sleeves, most images 3.5 x 5 inches, but with five images measuring 5 x 7 inches, and three images measuring 8 x 10 inches. Contemporary plain blue vinyl three-ring binder, with handwritten label affixed to..... More

Los Angeles: "Wood's" Print, [1912]. [8]pp. Narrow quarto. Original printed pictorial wrappers, stapled. Minor wear and soiling. Scarce promotional for an early 20th-century Arizona club community, now fully subsumed by Phoenix. The town and resort were several miles northeast of central Phoenix, under Camelback Mountain. Much of the text centers..... 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

[Athol, Ma. 1916]. Broadside, 16 x 5 inches. Previously folded. A couple of chips and small closed tears at edges. Even tanning. Rare broadside advertisement for a weekend engagement of D.W. Griffith's infamous silent epic The Birth of a Nation at Steinberg's Athol Opera House, located in Athol, Massachusetts. The..... 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

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

Mineral Hill, N.M. [ca. 1920]. [16]pp. Pictorial self-wrappers, stapled. Front cover nearly detached. Slight biopredatory loss to upper corner. Minor soiling and toning. Scarce promotional work for this dude ranch, located twenty miles outside of Las Vegas, New Mexico. Extensively illustrated with half tones, the pamphlet showcases the scenery and..... 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