A cooperative catalogue in partnership with Langdon Manor Books, LLC for another fair which was canceled due to COVID-19. It is chock full of exciting material -- McBRB highlights include a 1902 map of Harris County (where Houston is located), an archive of a guard at a Texas POW camp in its original suitcase, several Mexican bracero narratives, a large Oklahoma railroad map, and much more. Enjoy!
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[Mexico: 1846]. Manuscript map, approximately 13 x 17.25 inches. Folded; original hand color. Moderate chipping and several short closed tears at edges; three minor losses within map area. Light ink offsetting; Light tanning and scattered faint foxing. A neat manuscript map that delineates the boundaries of the small Mexican town..... More
![Item #1310 Railroad Map of Oklahoma [cover title]. Oklahoma, Railroads](https://mcbriderarebooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/McBRB1310_01.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1587384575)
Des Moines: Kenyon Company, Inc., 1922. Large folding map, color printed, 27 x 51.5 inches. Original printed wrappers. Minor wear to wraps. One separation along fold from top edge extending into map area. Light tanning. A scarce, attractive, and huge color map of the railroad system in Oklahoma during the..... More
San Antonio: Adolf Douai, 1855. [4]pp. Large folio. Previously folded. Contemporary ownership inscription at head of title. Light foxing and creasing. A scarce December 1855 issue of this socialist, abolitionist German Texas newspaper, the San Antonio Zeitung, "Ein sozial-demokratisches Blatt für die Deutschen in West-Texas." "The San Antonio Zeitung... began..... More