Eastland, TX: VC Menus, Publisher. Wraps. no date. Single card stock sheet, red and gold with a large rooster and a farm in the background. A menu for the landmark American style restaurant, The Chaf-In, founded in 1920. It gained popularity among Santa Fe railroad employees, and moved to the..... More
No Place: No Publisher. Pamphlet. No publisher, place or date. Presumed Washington, 1835. Side folding pamphlet, string tied. 16 pp. A speech by President Andrew Jackson, addressing his goals and accomplishments, including foreign relations, financial matters and other topics. Jackson discusses the removal of Native Americans from their homelands to..... More
Washington: Government Printing Office, 1866. Cloth. Dark brown cloth. 717 pp. A collection of expressions of sympathy and condolences to the US government regarding the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln. FAIR condition. Heavy wear to the spine with the upper half of the backstrip TORN off and laid in in..... More
New York: Peace and Freedom Party, Publisher. 1968. Wraps. Single stapled newsletter. 4 pp. A short newsletter issued by the Peace and Freedom Party, an organization founded in 1966 as a left wing "radical" (according to the party itself) party, with candidates for president in 1968. This included Eldridge Cleaver..... More
Chicago: Muhammad's Mosque No. 2, Publisher, 1968. Tabloid. Side folding tabloid newspaper format. 28 pp. Black and white photos throughout. Muhammad Speaks was a newspaper published by the Nation of Islam, founded by Elijah Muhammad and providing coverage of current events and news relating to African-Americans and the African-American community..... More
Berkeley: Max Scherr, Publisher, 1966. Tabloid. Side folding tabloid newspaper. 12 pp. Black and white photos throughout. Single issue of this long running underground newspaper from Berkeley, California, using a blend of counterculture, politics and sex ads to achieve success. This issue with columns on a proposed freedom march against..... More
Los Angeles: New Way Enterprises, 1969. Tabloid. Side folding tabloid format. 52 pp. A later issue of this pioneering underground newspaper, known as the Freep. Established in 1964, the paper was known for its coverage of the counterculture movement and radical politics, as well as its strong anti-Vietnam War stance..... More
New York: Hurst and Co, 1872. Wraps. Orange wraps. 49 pp., plus many pages of ads for books and novelty items (illustrated) in the rear. A few illustrations throughout the text. A guide to various causes of bashfulness and their remedies, seemingly designed for a young man, especially those of..... More
Seabrook, NH: The Withey Press, 1976. Cloth. Orange cloth. No jacket. 130 pp. Black and white photos throughout. A history of the town of Epping, New Hampshire, written primarily as an annotated timeline with many illustrations. GOOD condition. Heavy uneven fading and offsetting to the covers, especially to the lower..... More
Washington: Government Printing Office, 1870. Cloth. Dark brown cloth. 702 pp. With a few illustrations, including several depicting different types of steam plows. A report examining various topics relating to agriculture, including sections on apples for the Southern states, cranberry interest, culture of the opium poppy in Smyrna, tea culture..... More
Boston: Wright and Potter, Printers, 1908. Pamphlet. Pamphlet. 36 pp. A state government report issued in Massachusetts primarily focusing on the need for institutions and what they would, or do, require for taking care of mentally ill or insane, patients. GOOD condition. Moderate browning and offsetting to the front and..... More
No Place: The North-Western Line, presumed Publisher. Unbound. No place or date. Single sheet, tissue or rice paper style paper. Approximately 23 ½ by 9 ½ inches. Printed on a single side only. A large, rectangular map depicting the United States and the rail lines or connecting lines associated with..... More
No Place: No Publisher. Unbound. No publisher, place or date, perhaps circa 1879. Printed by the Forbes Co., Boston. Cards measure 5 ¾ by 2 ¾ inches and are printed on thin card stock. Obverse depicts characters from the drama "My Partner" in black and white against a gold background..... More
Denver: Sage Books, 1959. Cloth. Beige cloth. No jacket. 117 pp. A few black and white illustrations throughout. A detailed guide to the use and equipping of pack horses in wilderness terrain, including knots and hitches, as well as a section on making camp. GOOD condition. Minor uneven fading and..... More
Berkeley: Max Scherr, Publisher. 1967. Tabloid. Side folding tabloid newspaper. 16 pp. Black and white photos throughout. Single issue of this long running underground newspaper from Berkeley, California, using a blend of counterculture, politics and sex ads to achieve success. This issue with an article the potential for rioting in..... More
No Place: No Publisher. Unbound. Handwritten Paper describing land sold. No place or date, perhaps late 1700s, early 1800s. Single sheet, written on one side only, 5 ½ by 7 ½ inches. A handwritten description of a parcel of land apparently sold to someone with perhaps the first name of..... More
Yosemite National Park, CA: The Ahwahnee, Publisher, 1948. Pamphlet. Single sheet, folded. Front cover photograph by Ansel Adams. A dinner menu for the Ahwahnee Hotel in Yosemite National Park from 1948, with several paragraphs on the back describing winter in Yosemite, both the nature and activities available. GOOD condition. General..... More
New York: S.S. McClure Company, 1897. Wraps. Illustrated wraps. Black and white illustrations throughout. A single issue of this general interest magazine, featuring a poem "The Bell-Buoy" by Rudyard Kipling as well as part of Captains Courageous; an unpublished letter by Abraham Lincoln on his defeat by Douglas in 1858;..... More
Window Rock, AZ: Navajo Agency, Publisher, 1955. Wraps. Cardboard covers with a pastedown front cover photo. Perhaps rebound, with blue binding tape along the spine. 205 plus pages. Black and white photos of the Navajo people and communities throughout, by Milton Snow. A general, mostly statistics driven, report of the..... More
Wall, SD: Wall Drug Store, Publisher. Unbound. no date perhaps circa 1956. Greenish blue paper, side folded, with an illustration of an old cowboy at a table on the front cover. Single sheet, folded. A vintage menu from the famous Wall Drug Store tourist attraction that began in 1931 as..... More
New York: Philanthropic Club, Presumed Publisher, 1912. Wraps. Printed wraps, string tied, oblong format. 24 pp. Black and white photos throughout. A program for what appears to be a fundraising event for the New York National Guard (N.G.N.Y) and militia, adopting the cabaret and musical style associated with the outdoor..... More