Our latest list features thirteen items new to inventory and freshly catalogued, all modestly priced. Highlights include a program for lady bullfighters in Tijuana; two panoramic photos of African-American naval men; a rare viewbook of Hawaii; an unrecorded treatise on socialism in the West; a partial run of a feminist newspaper from Seattle; a wonderful map documenting the route of the Alaska-Canada Highway, and more. Enjoy!
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Great Lakes, Ill. 1945. Two panoramic photographs, 10 x 19.25 and 8 x 18.25 inches. Minor wear at corners; lower left corner of larger image partially stripped. Minor toning and dust soiling. A striking set of two panoramic photographs that comprise official portraits of African-American Naval Company 771 at the..... More
Evanston: Mumm Print Shop, [1920?]. 119,[7]pp. Original green cloth, cover stamped in black. Spine and corners rubbed. Internally clean. A handsome little cook book compiled by the PTA of the Oakton School in Evanston, Illinois. "This is not intended to be a cook book...This is simply a collection of favorite..... More
New Haven: Tuttle, Morehouse & Taylor, 1867. 34pp. plus photographic frontispiece. Original black cloth, cover stamped gilt. Light wear to spine and corners, minor soiling. Internally clean. Memorial volume for Captain Edward Lines, who served with the Kansas Cavalry during the Civil War and was killed in action on September..... More
Kansas City, Mo. 1912. [48]pp. Original printed card covers, stapled. Remnants of original paper label at top of front cover, some light wear and soiling. Errata slip town away at title page. Internally clean. Early telephone directory for Hannibal, Missouri, Mark Twain's hometown. The Missouri & Kansas Telephone Company was..... More
[Santa Fe: ca. 1920]. [12]pp. Original tan printed wrappers, stapled. Light chipping and wear to wrappers, internally clean. An ephemeral brochure for Santa Fe, with a map and numerous local ads for tourists to the area. The text provides a brief history of the city highlighting the Plaza, the Palace..... More