[New York: ca. 1920]. [4]pp., on a single folded sheet. Moderate tanning, minor chipping to edges, and somewhat brittle. A possibly unrecorded flyer published by the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) to spur interest in local chapters. The front cover touts the fact that in the..... More

[Prairie View, Tx. 1973-1974]. [19] leaves, illustrated with 248 photographs, mostly in color but some in black-and-white, ranging from thumbnails to 8 x 10 inches, plus several ephemeral items. Square folio. Contemporary handmade photograph album comprised of self-stick album pages bound in blue velvet with white felt decorations affixed to..... More

Mexico City: 1870. 479,[3]pp., plus two plates including frontispiece portrait. Contemporary half calf and pebbled cloth, spine gilt, boards blind stamped. Light wear to spine ends and bands, corners bumped. Contemporary binder's ink stamp on front pastedown; unobtrusive contemporary manuscript annotation on title page. Light tanning and foxing; a few..... More

[Sacramento. 1965]. Large folding map, 28 x 32 inches. Very minor wear at a few folds. With original mailing envelope, somewhat worn and foxed. A surprisingly scarce map of the construction of Oroville dam and surrounding area in California. The dam is of recent fame for nearly failing in February..... More

San Francisco: 1918. 355,[1]pp. Narrow octavo. Original red cloth, front board lettered in black. Moderate wear at spine extremities and corners; front hinge loosening. Light tanning. This book was published under the provisions of the Hide and Brand Law, sponsored by the cattlemen of California, in an attempt to "protect..... More

Natchez & New Orleans: 1864-1865. Eighty-seven & sixty-three orders for each year, respectively. Lacking five for 1864 (1, 2, 70, 72, 90) and three for 1865 (27, 41, 44). Contemporarily stitched with ribbon. Minor soiling and wear to outer leaves. A few orders with manuscript signatures. Extensive run of General..... More

Washington, D.C. 1939. [5],238pp. Folio. Original dark green printed covers. Light wear to covers. Internally clean. A rare typed and extensively illustrated manual for automobile mechanics belonging to the Civilian Conservation Corps. This work, according to the title page, was revised and corrected from an edition originally published in 1937..... More

[Playa Varadero: 1960]. Two printed forms, completed in manuscript. Previously folded. Moderate wear and occasional soiling. A pair of printed forms filled out in manuscript that comprise an agreement for a woman of Asian, probably Chinese, descent named Josefa Lam Chang to rent property in the beach town of Varadero..... More

Elberon, N.J. [1881]. Broadside, 9 x 7 inches. Minor wear and toning. Broadside announcing the death of President James Garfield. Datelined at Elberon, where the President spent his final months, the broadside gives time of death and is signed in type by Garfield's doctors. It reads, in part: "The President..... More

[Honolulu: 1943]. [6]pp., typed on carbon paper, with a few pencil annotations and corrections, stapled at corner. Some toning and creasing, edges a bit frayed, first leaf with only minor marginal chipping. Evidently a draft intended to be printed as a pamphlet or leaflet speaking out against the incarceration of..... More

Lincoln, Nb. [ca, 1890]. Large broadsheet, 28 x 9 inches. Printed in red on recto, blue on verso. Old folds, minor wear. Large broadsheet advertising immigration to Kansas. The agent, W.J. Ratcliff of Atwood, Kansas, encourages the reader to "Write today, describing as nearly as possible what you want and..... More

San Augustine, Tx. November 11, 1834. [4]pp. on two folio sheets, the first sheet on official "Sello Tercero" paper with the printed seal of Coahuila y Tejas at middle. Old folds, minor chipping along two fold lines costing a handful of words in the second leaf, several archival tape repairs..... More

Mexico City: Asociacion Nacional Automovilistica, [1936]. 64pp. Original green pictorial card covers, stapled. Minor soiling and wear. Closed tear to p.19, substantial paper flaw with slight loss of text on p.43. Otherwise, internally clean. Attractive guide to the recently completed section of Pan-American Highway between Laredo and Mexico City, published..... More