Nashville: McQuiddy Printing Co., 1955. 52pp. Original printed wrappers, stapled. Moderate edge wear to wrappers, short vertical tear to top edge of front wrapper, mild soiling and rubbing. Light dampstain at bottom of gutter throughout. The rare 1955 reprint of Etienne Maxson's 1930 history of the progress of African Americans..... More

Little Rock: [1944]. 29pp. 16mo. Original black cloth, gilt titles on front cover. Minor edge wear. Minor toning to title leaf. An unrecorded African-American Masonic pocket book published for the Trinity Lodge of Little Rock, Arkansas. The work includes the original charter, the twenty articles comprising the organization's by-laws, and..... More

Nome, Ak. November 1, 1900. 6pp., with original transmittal envelope. Loose octavo sheets. Previously folded; light, even tanning. In a slightly hurried, but quite legible script. Missouri natives Edwin Sherzer and his brother were two of Nome's first postal workers, while they endeavored to develop a dog sledding business on..... More

Tokyo: Nihon Kokusai Shinzen Kosei Zaidan, 1963. 384pp., plus twelve halftone plates. Original green cloth, spine gilt lettered; publisher's printed cardboard slipcase. Minor wear to slipcase. Small bump to head of spine. Light tanning. "An autobiography of an Issei nursery operator in Gardena [California] with essays on American life, money-making..... More

[N.p., probably Portland: 1916]. 36pp., plus two multi-panel folding panoramic photographic plates. Original tan wrappers printed in brown, accompanied by original printed mailing envelope reading, "A Souvenir of The Third Oregon Infantry on the Mexican Border." Very light wear. A scarce work featuring the officers, staff, and soldiers of the..... More

Coyoteville: September 12, 1855. [2]pp., plus integral blank. Original mailing folds, moderate toning, staining, and ink spotting, but still easily readable. Bottom fourth of integral blank excised. An informative Gold Rush letter about mining in the long-vanished ghost town of Coyoteville, which was an extraordinarily rich gold area for a...... More

Sweetland, Ca. 1867. Hand-colored manuscript map, approximately 15 x 21.5 inches. Matted and in corner mounts. Mounted on linen. A few short closed tears and minor chips at edges, not entering map area. Horizontal crease across center of map. Light tanning and scattered foxing. A neatly composed and hand-colored manuscript..... More

Cincinnati: May 3, 1863. [3]pp., plus docketing, on a bifolium. Previously folded. A few stray ink marks and contemporary manuscript corrections. Light tanning. A lengthy and fascinating letter by Louis P. Stone, a U.S. Secret Service operative during the Civil War. The "Secret Service," before it was officially inaugurated as..... More

Mexico City: 1888. iv,204pp. Small octavo. Contemporary marbled boards, printed spine label, edges sprinkled red. Light wear at edges, minor rubbing to boards. Light toning internally. An uncommon, multifaceted account of and promotional for the National Railroad of Mexico produced during the late 1880s. The first part provides a brief..... More

Mexico City: 1833. Broadsheet, approximately 12 x 8.5 inches. Previously folded. Light wear at edges and along old fold. Moderate dust soiling. An animated and rare 1833 broadsheet attack on the political beliefs and actions of Lorenzo de Zavala, one of the foundational figures of the Texas Republic. Zavala was..... More

Pueblo de Mixco: Don Antonio Sanchez Cubillas, 1774. [2],12pp. Small folio. Modern decorated paper boards; manuscript paper label on front cover. Title page repaired along gutter margin. Minor dust soiling. A historical account of devastating earthquakes in Guatemala from 1541 to 1773. In the last quarter of that year, the..... More

Guatemala: 1839. Broadsheet, approximately 12.25 x 8.5 inches. Unevenly trimmed. Small chips at top edge and lower right corner, repaired with tape. Light dampstain across most of sheet. A rare, short-lived treaty of alliance between Guatemala and the short-lived Republic of Los Altos. The nation was created from parts of..... More

[Denver: Colorado Council of Churches, 1942]. 8pp. (including text block numbered 3-7 plus wrappers). Original printed self wrappers, stapled. Minor edge wear and some soiling to wrappers, short split at top of spine. Vertical crease throughout. A rare informational pamphlet issued by the Colorado Council of Churches, treating with the..... More