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

Santa Cruz: Santa Cruz Sentinel, [1915]. [8]pp. Original printed wrappers, stapled. Very light wear. Scarce, illustrated promotional for Santa Cruz County, published in 1915 at the press of the local newspaper, the Santa Cruz Sentinel. The text provides an overview of the attractions of Santa Cruz, and then devotes sections..... More

Santa Rosa: Press Democrat, 1926. [8]pp. Folding pamphlet, stapled. Light wear at folds and edges. Slight oxidation around staples. Scarce illustrated pamphlet promoting life in Santa Rosa, California during the 1920s. In addition to touting Santa Rosa as the home of Luther Burbank, the renowned botanist and agricultural scientist, the..... More

[Belmont, Ca. 1947]. Sheet map, 11.25 x 15.25 inches. Previously folded. Light wear at folds. Light tanning. Scarce post-World War II street map of Belmont, California, south of San Francisco. The map depicts the layout of the area between San Mateo, San Carlos, and Hidden Canyon Park, and was issued..... More

San Francisco; Los Angeles: C.F. Weber & Co., 1914. Folding map, 20 x 26.5 inches. Original printed wrappers. Small perforation at upper margin of wraps, also slightly affecting upper map border. A few slight separations at fold points. Light tanning. A scarce and attractive folding map of Sierra County, California..... More

Porterville: Chamber of Commerce, [1914]. [32]pp. Original printed pictorial wrappers, stapled. Minor wear and soiling. Promotional booklet for the small town of Porterville, California, located about halfway between Fresno and Bakersfield. Published by the city Chamber of Commerce, this work touts the amenities and prosperities of Porterville, including its agriculture..... More

Madera, Ca. [ca. 1890s]. Broadside, 16.5 x 9.5 inches. Horizontal fold at center. A few very short closed tears at top edge. Even tanning; a couple of faint fox marks. A scarce broadside advertisement for a land sale north of Fresno during the late 19th century. The Bank of Madera..... More

[Sacramento. 1965]. Large folding map, 28 x 32 inches. Very minor wear at a few folds. With original mailing envelope, somewhat worn and foxed. A surprisingly scarce map of the construction of Oroville dam and surrounding area in California. The dam is of recent fame for nearly failing in February..... More

[Leadville, Co. 1879-1903; 1919]. 111 documents in various formats, comprising approximately [200]pp. Most folded, some stapled and riveted. Light tanning and wear. An excellent compilation of well over one hundred legal documents which relate to the ownership transactions and claims on several mining tracts in the vicinity of Leadville, Colorado..... More

[Reno?]: 1909. Large sheet map, 50 x 22 inches. Rolled. Two closed tears, partially repaired with tape. Some chipping at edges. Patch of dampstaining at lower right corner. A large and detailed map of mining claims near Seven Troughs Mountain, in what is now Pershing County, Nevada, produced in 1909..... More

[Mina, Nv. 1935]. Three maps, two with duplicates, plus eleven original photographs. Maps folded, with light wear. Five photos loose, six affixed with chipped leaves with typed captions. Plus two folded claim notices in an envelope. Three maps of the Lincoln Mine, located near Mina, Nevada, and the Garfield Flat..... More

Santa Fe: 1889. 17pp. Printed in two columns. Original beige printed wrappers. Light wear and soiling; top half of spine reinforced with tape. Minor creasing and wear. A rare pamphlet published to defend the reputation of the first University of New Mexico president, Horatio O. Ladd, who had been accused..... More

Chicago: Pettibone, Wells & Co., [ca. 1886]. 32pp., including three illustrations, plus double-sided folding map, 14 x 13.75 inches. Original red textured wrappers printed in gold, stapled. Some minor wear, light chipping to lower corner of rear cover. Internally clean. Promotional pamphlet advertising mortgages sold by the Dakota Loan and..... More