Boston Virtual Book Fair! A list of twenty-five items featuring a nice blend of archives, interesting imprints, maps, photography, and more. Enjoy!
![Item #2099 Map of Arkansas [caption title]. Arkansas, Fort Smith Lumber Company](https://mcbriderarebooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/McBRB2099_01.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1624626684)
Des Moines: Kenyon Map Company, 1911. Folding pocket map, 12.5 x 14.5 inches. Original printed card wrappers. Wraps somewhat worn and dust soiled, a with a few small chips at edges. Two separations along folds from lower edge, one with minor loss. Short closed tear from left edge at attachment..... More
Boston: Printed and Sold by Rogers & Fowle Next to the Prison in Queen-Street, 1743. 215pp., final page misnumbered 115. 12mo. Contemporary sheep, blind ruled. Hinges cracked, but holding; boards scuffed. Contemporary ownership inscription on front free endpaper and shelf label on spine. Light wear to edges of text block;..... More
![Item #1387 Actual Experiences in Southeastern and Central Dakota [cover title]. Chicago,...](https://mcbriderarebooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/McBRB1387_01.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1599052679)
Chicago: Chas. N. Trivess, [1885]. 16pp. Original printed wrappers, stapled. Light to moderate foxing to covers, some light wear. A promotional work for the railroad, this pamphlet is subtitled, "A few testimonies of the results obtained from farming in this wonderful region." The text is comprised of letters written by..... More
New York: 1882. [8]pp. Quarto. Printed on a single folded sheet. Closed tear at fore-edge, partially repaired with tape; a few separations along folds. Light tanning; light foxing at edges. A nice example of this Congregational missionary newsletter published weekly in New York, most interesting for its printing of a...... More
Habana: 1884. [2],496 [i.e., 498]pp. Quarto. Contemporary calf, gilt, a.e.g.; rebacked with original spine laid down. Corners repaired with later black buckram; boards scuffed, spine chipped. Hinges cracked, repaired with later cloth and renewed endpapers. Minor scattered foxing and toning to text. Accomplished in a neat, highly legible hand. A..... More
[Bartlesville, Ok. 1925]. 48pp. Original printed wrappers, stapled. Very light creasing and wear to wraps. Contemporary pencil annotations. Light tanning internally. An early, anecdotal history of the Osage Reservation, written by Thomas McKean Finney, a former Indian trader and longtime resident of the Indian Territory and Oklahoma. Finney was a...... More
Chicago: American Lumberman, 1902. [2],196pp. Quarto. Original red limp cloth, cover gilt. Light soiling and wear to binding. Contemporary ownership pencil markings throughout, text dampstained around the edges, light scattered soiling. Extensively illustrated work on the operations of the Kirby Lumber Company, a division of the Houston Oil Company, originally..... More
[Various locations in and around Jasper County, Mississippi: 1840-1881]. Approximately ninety-eight documents totaling about [110]pp., most entirely in manuscript but with a healthy number of partially-printed documents completed in manuscript, plus a handful of original transmittal envelopes. Some documents significantly faded, some chipped or with noticeable losses. Documents range from..... 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
Comanche, I.T. Press of the Reflex, 1905. Small broadside, approximately 11.75 x 8.75 inches. Light wear at edges, minor fading at lower edge. An attractively printed broadside advertisement for a 1905 Oklahoma farm auction. J.M. Pribble, the farmer in question, herein offers several different varieties of pigs and crops, as..... More
Mexico City: 1847. [4]pp. Folio. 20th-century dyed calf, front board gilt lettered. Previously folded, with some creasing and small separation at old horizontal fold. Light tanning, scattered staining and soiling. Very scarce Spanish translation of General Zachary Taylor's official report to the United States Army on the Battle of Buena..... More
Mexico City: 1877. 16pp. plus folding plate. Original blue printed wrappers, stitched as issued. Ink notation on front cover, two small puncture wounds to text. Inscribed by the author on the half title. Minor wear and soiling. Report on new artillery pieces invented for use in the mountains, with a...... More
Sheridan, Wy. The Mills Company, [1921]. 88pp. 12mo. Original printed wrappers, stapled. Very minor wear. A complete listing of elected officials for the state of Wyoming, including a county-by-county listing of officials with the vote counts from the election. Comprehensive in nature, it includes not only the standard offices, but..... More