A varied selection of material appearing with us at Rare Books L.A. in February 2019. Highlights include a gorgeous orotone of Mount Rainier by a Seattle photographer in the original frame; a large Arizona blueprint mining map; a small archive concerning election shenanigans in 1860s Texas; an archive of a traffic engineer studying traffic problems in Lima and Santiago; and many other interesting archival and ephemeral pieces relating to California, Texas, and the broader American West.
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St. Joseph, Mo. 1923. Small broadside program. Minor wear and soiling. Scarce program for the services on Mother’s Day in 1923 at Ebenezer A.M.E. Church in St. Joseph, Missouri. The morning program includes music and prayer with Missionary testimony. The evening service, though shorter, likewise offered music and prayer, as..... More
Chicago & New York: [1895]. [12]pp., with folding map measuring 14 x 21 inches. Original printed wrappers. Printed in black, red, and blue. Small portion of lower corner of front wrap chipped away. Light wear and minor soiling. Text evenly tanned, faint occasional foxing in map margins. Scarce alternate issue..... More
St. Louis: Woodward & Tiernan, 1899. [60]pp, plus large folding map. Original pictorial wrappers, embossed in gilt. Rear hinge starting, light wear to wraps. Light dampstaining at fore-edge of final two leaves. An attractive and quite scarce promotional for farming lands in the Ozarks along the line of the St..... More
Boston: Four Seas, 1920. First Edition. 12mo. 115pp. Publisher's drab boards with printed paper spine label; in beige printed dust jacket. Boards with minor wear and faint soiling. Light chipping to dust jacket at corners and head of spine, lightly dampstained at lower edge. An uncommon later collection by Japanese..... More