Our latest list is comprised of thirty items of Western Americana. Highlights include a book by an African-American bishop from Los Angeles; an archive of letters recording one man’s experiences working on the railroad in turn-of-the-century Arizona; a wonderful archive of an Oregon miner’s letters; a Japanese-American woman’s photo album from the 1940s; a large map of Limestone County, Texas; and more. Enjoy!
San Francisco: 1944. 98pp. Original printed wrappers, stabled. Reproduced typescript. Light wear, some staining and soiling to wraps. Text moderately toned. A scarce and detailed sociological study that focuses on the 60,000 African Americans that migrated to San Francisco during World War II. The work considers many aspects of the..... More
[New Orleans: August, 1901. 32mo. 16pp. Original peach wrappers printed in black. Short tear to front wrapper along the spine, small ink stamp on front wrapper, top corner creased throughout, else a very handsome copy. A seemingly unrecorded pocket-sized pamphlet, created without a proper title, designed to solicit donations and..... More
Morenci, A.T. 1901-1902. Three autograph letters, signed, totaling [17]pp., with original transmittal envelopes. Sheets of one letter separated along center horizontal fold and with one small piece of first leaf separated. Other letters with minor foxing and soiling. All with original mailing folds. A small collection of three letters from..... More
![Item #3187 [Panoramic Photograph of Nogales, Arizona and Mexico, Captioned in the Negative:]...](https://mcbriderarebooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/McBRB3187_01.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1654353193)
Los Angeles: Jameson, [ca. 1916]. Panoramic photograph, 8 x 48.5 inches. Rolled. Light creasing and cracking at vertical edges; moderate soiling in upper right corner. A crisp image with good contrast, captioned in the negative. An excellent panoramic view of the two towns of Nogales, on the U.S-Mexico international boundary..... More
![Item #2446 [Two Panoramic Photographs of the Port of Long Beach]. California Photographica](https://mcbriderarebooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/2446.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1640023139)
Los Angeles: [ca. 1920]. Two panoramic silver gelatin photographs, 6.5 x 34 inches and 8 x 37 inches, respectively, both on contemporary cards mounts, one mount blindstamped Putnam & Valentine of Los Angeles. Heavy chipping to mats. Slight silvering to smaller photograph, but overall in very nice shape. A pair..... More
Los Angeles [i.e., Japan]: Shin Nichi-Bei Shinbunsha, 1961. 23,1431,19pp., profusely illustrated with photographs, including several full-page plates after the text. Publisher's limp blue cloth, gilt spine titles. Original cardboard slipcase with black titles. Minor rubbing to spine. A gargantuan Japanese American directory and almanac published by the New Japanese American..... More
Los Angeles: 1947-1951. Thirty leaves, illustrated with 307 photographs between 1.75 x 1 inches and 7.5 x 9.75 inches, most leaves with at least one manuscript annotation in white ink, mostly in Japanese but occasionally in English, and ink annotations to the versos of the corner-mounted photographs. Oblong folio. Contemporary..... More
New Orleans: 1866. 12pp. Original printed wrappers, sewn. Minimal soiling, light edge wear to wrappers. Vertical center crease throughout. Light even toning to text, otherwise very clean. A scarce work issued by the Reconstruction government of the state of Louisiana seeking funds from the United States Congress to make repairs..... More
[Santa Fe? 1884]. [4]pp. on a bifolium. Brittle and tanned, chipping at edges, a few closed tears. An ephemeral survivor of the Republican political campaign in New Mexico in 1884. Herein, William Breeden, the territory's attorney general, pleads with voters to nominate L. Bradford Prince as the territory's congressional representative..... More
[Various places in Oklahoma: ca. 1920]. Eight broadsides, measuring from 9.5 x 7 to 15 x 11 inches. Varying degrees of wear, with some scattered chips and closed tears at edges. Even tanning. Eight broadsides, including one duplicate, for professional wrestling matches in Oklahoma and Kansas during the early 1920s..... More
McAllen: Photo. by Murff & Robinson, 1916. Two panoramic photographs, measuring 8 x 28 and 8 x 26.5 inches. Rolled. A couple of short, closed tears and small perforations, otherwise minor wear and soiling. Two detailed panoramic photographs that depict the First Cavalry Regiment of the New York National Guard..... More
Dallas: [ca. 1885]. Broadside, 18.5 x 8.25 inches. Printed header and map with typed text. Previously folded, with a few short separations and minor losses along old folds. Light tanning. Scarce broadside promotional for property in Presidio County, Texas, offered by land agent J.S. Daugherty in Dallas. Daugherty came to..... More
San Antonio: J.R. Wood Printing Co., [ca. 1920]. Broadside, 25 x 18.75 inches. Printed in red and black. Previously folded. Light chipping and wear at edges; very marginal mat burn. Short perforation at center left, not affecting printed areas. Light tanning. A quite attractive and scarce promotional poster for the..... More
San Francisco: 1889. Twenty-seven original photographs, approximately 3.5 x 5.75 inches. Small quarto album. Contemporary pebbled cloth, boards blind stamped. Light wear to spine, boards with minor scuffing, corners bumped. Two album leaves loose, several more beginning to separate at gutter. Photos mounted directly to leaves, with contemporary manuscript captions..... More
[Various locations]: 1915. 288 original, sepia toned photographs, measuring 1.5 x 1.5 to 3.5 x 5.5 inches. Oblong large octavo album; photos affixed directly to album leaves, with manuscript captions in pencil. Occasional minor wear. An expansive photo album kept between the early 1900s and the 1920s of various trips..... More