Our latest list comprises twenty-five items of Western Americana spread across the region from Alaska to California to Arkansas. Subject emphases include African Americana, Texas, and the unique and interesting. Highlights include a collection of Japanese-American studio photographs from California; an archive of Kansas land speculation with an unrecorded map; an archive of Texas real estate centered on Galveston; an unrecorded African-American masonic work from Iowa; and much more. Enjoy!
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Little Rock: Central Printing Company, 1924. 291pp., plus thirty-one photographic portrait plates. Publisher's green cloth with titles stamped in black. Considerable wear and staining to boards, edges worn. Hinges partially separated but holding by mull cloth. Latter portion of text dampstained. A well-worn copy of a rather scarce book. An..... More
Des Moines: Iowa State Bystander, 1913. 123pp., with four calling cards and a manuscript oath laid in. Original blue cloth, gilt decorations and titles stamped on front cover. Moderate soiling to boards, some scuffing to edges. Hinges cracked but holding, ink ownership inscription on front pastedown, a few ink notations..... More
[Coffeyville: Plaindealer Print, 1910]. 92pp. 16mo. Original gray wrappers printed in black. Minor wear and soiling to wrappers. Bottom corner of a few leaves creased, occasional light spotting to text. A very rare work relating to the Knights of Pythias of North America, South America, Europe, Asia, Africa and Australia..... More
Brooklyn: The Albertype Co., [ca. 1900]. Title leaf plus fifteen albertype photographic plates, one folding. Original illustrated wrappers, previously string-tied but string perished. Wrappers heavily worn, most of spine chipped and almost split. Title leaf stained, minor thumb-soiling to most plates. A rare Arizona promotional item depicting notable locations in..... More
[San Francisco and Los Angeles: The Heald-Menerey Company, ca. 1928]. Large color map, measuring 44 x 64 inches, cut into eight sections and folded into book form. Original black limp textured cloth, yapp edges, titled in pale yellow on front cover. Moderate edge wear, titles on front cover almost completely..... More
Lincoln: Jacob North Company, 1894. 138pp. plus blanks for manuscript notes. Ads on pastedowns. Contemporary black cloth-covered boards. Light wear to covers, minor toning and soiling to contents, a few small edge tears. A scarce community cook book issued by the newly-incorporated YWCA of Lincoln, Nebraska. It includes a full..... More
![Item #3931 Sangai no Mado Kara [From the Third Floor Window]. Japanese Americana, Morito Oka](https://mcbriderarebooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/McBRB3931_01.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1680637142)
Tokyo: 1929. 249pp. Original drab printed wrappers. Spine lightly toned and chipped, light soiling and wear to covers. Inscribed on title page, contemporary ink notation on rear endpapers. First edition. A collection of essays originally published in the Japanese American News; the author worked for the Los Angeles branch of..... More
![Item #4006 Hawaii Nihon Go Kyoiku Shi [History of Hawaii Japanese Language Edition]. Japanese...](https://mcbriderarebooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/McBRB4006_01.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1680622501)
Honolulu & Tokyo: 1937. [2],702,[1]pp. plus plates. Original green silk over boards, gilt, t.e.g. Spine faded, corners bumped and rubbed. Contents clean. A very rare history of Japanese-language schools in Hawaii between 1911 and 1937. The work is written entirely in Japanese and illustrated with several plates depicting school children..... More
Hutchinson, Ks. The Hutchinson Gazette, [1920]. 32pp. Quarto. Original printed wrappers, stapled. Slight wear along spine. Minor dust soiling and toning. Scarce, post-World War I promotional for Southwest Kansas and the town of Hutchinson, the seat of Reno County. This substantial, magazine-style publication prints enthusiastic endorsements of agriculture, stock raising..... More
[Various locations: 1861-1868]. Eleven related letters to the Sage family dated 1861-1868. Various sizes. Generally minor wear. [with:] Printed map, 27.5 x 19.5 inches. Minor toning, partial separations at folds, otherwise minor wear. A grouping of retained correspondence and a large promotional map relating to Kansas real estate speculation during..... More
![Item #3866 Shea's Library of American Linguistics [caption title]. Native American Linguistics](https://mcbriderarebooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/McBRB3866.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1680132122)
[New York: ca. 1862-1865]. 3pp., on a single folded sheet. Old soft vertical crease, slight discoloration along spine fold, tiny chip at bottom of spine fold. A rare prospectus detailing the publications offered by John G. Shea as part of his Shea's Library of American Linguistics (a more accurate description..... More
Cambridge, Ne. F.M. Steele, 1926. Four photographs in five segments, 7 x 46 inches in length, folding to 7 x 9 inches on a card mount, 10 x 12 inches. Images joined with linen. Light wear to card, photo generally clean and crisp. An interesting documentary panoramic photograph depicting the..... More
Eureka, Nv. July 3, 1871. [4]pp., on a single large folio sheet. Old horizontal folds, minor toning. A large-format mining report on the Eureka District of Nevada by noted mining and mechanical engineer Joshua E. Clayton. Joshua Elliott Clayton (1820-1889) was regarded as one of the nation's foremost mining engineers..... More
[Fargo: 1894]. [16] leaves with descriptive tissue guards. Oblong 12mo. Original grey printed wrappers, string-tied. Light wear and soiling to covers. First tissue guard lacking. Internally clean. A pictorial souvenir of the Agricultural College of North Dakota, which later became North Dakota State University. The school opened in January 1892..... More
San Antonio: Nic Tengg, 1924. Folding map, 39 x 25.5 inches; in card covers 7.5 x 5 inches. Old folds but clean and fresh. Light soiling to covers and index. A handsome map of 1920s San Antonio, showing the growth of the city during the Texas oil boom. The city..... More
[Various locations in Texas, mostly Brenham: ca. 1890s]. Eleven cabinet card photographs, ranging from 3.75 x 3.75 inches to 7 x 5 inches. All but one image with manuscript captions in pencil on verso identifying the subjects. Varying levels of wear, staining, chipping, and fading. Studio imprint partially obscured by..... More
[Various locations in Texas, including Galveston, Houston, Brazoria, and others: Mainly 1884-1894]. Eighty-five letters, documents, invoices, memoranda, and other correspondence, totaling about 110 pages, written on a variety of plain paper, letterhead, and pre-printed forms, plus two maps, a printed sketch with manuscript additions, and an architectural blueprint. Minor losses..... More
Houston: L.L. Ridgway Co., 1929. Blueline map printed on linen, 38.5 x 58.5 inches. Handcolored. Old folds. Some light scattered soiling and dampstaining in spots. Expansive map of the northern portion of Tyler County, Texas, which is located northeast of Houston near the Louisiana border. Ownership plots are individually delineated..... More