London: For the Proprietor Samuel Curtis, 1840. First Edition. A quantity of 6 hand-colored engravings, matted, stained at the tape hinges in the upper margins (SEE IMAGES), each print with accompanying descriptive text loosely laid in (some foxing as commonly), pl. 3769 matte with staining to left margin, not affecting..... More
![CONCRETE POET'S AUTO-BIBLIOGRAPHY, 1970-1971]. Lieferbare multiples, Mappen, Bücher, Kataloge,...](/pictures/thumb/3447.jpg?v=1616962270)
Hannover: Totalkunstbetrieb Timm Ulrichs, 3 Hannover 1, Postfach 6043, [1970 or 1971]. 2 mimeograph sheets (295 x 210) printed in blue, folded twice (vertically and horizontally). Fading along fold, slightly age-toned). Preserved in a mylar sleeve. Rare: not in KVK or OCLC. This mimeographed is one of the EARLIEST bibliographies..... More
![DREAMY SILVER PRINT PHOTOGRAPH ca. 1910]. Woman seated on a river bank. Silver print photograph](/pictures/thumb/3446.jpg?v=1616960229)
S.l. 1910 (ca.). 168 x 115 mm, photograph bowed and slightly crinkled. Lovely, romantic photograph of a young woman wearing a white shirt and broach, holding a long branch which she dangles into the water; her gaze is drawn to the other side of the river, her expression seemingly wistful..... More
![CONCRETE POETRY / MAI 1968 UPRISING / "META-ART"]. Orleans mai-juin 1968 / La Bibliotheque...](/pictures/thumb/3280.jpg?v=1616960223)
Orleans, France: 1968. 3 sheets (270 x 210 mm) printed "roneotype" (i.e. mimeographed) on both sides to produce 6 pp., stapled as issued. Some insignificant toning, a trifle soiled along folds. Suitable for exhibition and study. "Meta-Art" / Concrete Poetry in the service of revolution, namely the May-June '68 student..... More
Philadelphia: 1845 (ca.). Stereotyped map of Oregon, highly detailed, neat line to neat line: 59 x 90 cm. Inset map of Columbia River, neat line to neat line (irregular shape): 54.4 x 24 cm. Scattered foxing and creasing where formerly folded, generally a very good copy. Matted in a handsome..... More
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1855. First Edition. Large framed map (30 x 50 cm). Contemporary hand-coloring with blue wash, creasing where formerly folded. Not examined outside frame. Scale ca. 1:13,000,000. Scarce and important map, framed, and suitable for exhibition and study. The map shows sailing routes through the West..... More
![MANUSCRIPT]: "Address in Latin, on various academical occasions, by the President of Transylvania...](/pictures/thumb/3439.jpg?v=1616525762)
Lexington, KY and Philadelphia, PA: J. Kneass, 1819. Small square 4to. (190 x 165 mm). Notebook of a single quire of 24 leaves, folded and stitched in center to produce 48 pp., with 25 pp. of manuscript in cursive, the rest blank. Top edge of front cover and three subsequent..... More
![1625 MAP OF WESTERN MEXICO, extracted from Purchas His Pilgrims]. "Hispania Nova" / "Hondius his...](/pictures/thumb/3435.jpg?v=1615903354)
London: William Stansby, 1625. Folio (32 x 22 cm). Single leaf (pp. 871/872), unmatted, unframed. Letterpress text on both sides (short tear in upper margin, touching a few letters). Engraved map (14 x 18 cm) in excellent state. ORIGINAL engraved map, not a reproduction! Early engraved of the Pacific coast..... More
![SILVER MINING]. The Stetefeldt Furnace: Its Results and Advantages. Carl Stetefeldt, B J. Burns](/pictures/thumb/3433.jpg?v=1615783686)
San Francisco: B.J. Burns, Agent (Office of the Stetefeldt Furnace), 1871. First Edition. 12mo. 16 pp. with 3 wood-engraved illustrations. Original tan wrappers, stitched as issued. Vertical crease in center, wrappers lightly dust-soiled, overall very good. PROVENANCE: pencil inscription on front wrapper: "Comp[liments] of C.S. Drew, to Lieut. Wheeler" (and..... More
![MEXICAN CHROMOLITHOGRAPHY]. La Destruccion de Pompeya. Obra escrita por Niceto de Zamacois....](/pictures/thumb/3432.jpg?v=1615760702)
Mexico City: Ignacio Cumplido, 1871. First Edition. 2 vols. 4to (27.8 x 19.8 cm). Vol. I: [4], [i] ii-v [1, blank], [1] 2-248 pp., 12 lithograph plates (including frontispiece portrait of author); Vol. II: [1-3] 4-464, [2] pp., 26 lithograph plates. Total 38 lithograph plates of views and archaeological scenes..... More
![AMERICA. Engraved map ca. 1600, North and South America with portion of Australia]. "America"...](/pictures/thumb/3431.jpg?v=1615672142)
[Cologne?]: 1600? Copperplate engraved map (uncolored). 13.5 x 17.4 cm. (5 5/16 x 6 7/8 inches), trimmed around the platemark. Scale not stated. Stipple engraved seas. Unmatted, unframed. An attractive, early map of North and South America. THIS IS AN ORIGINAL ENGRAVED MAP, not a facsimile. JUSTLY FAMOUS MAP OF..... More
![SORDID 1870 TRIAL - WOMAN DEFENDANT]. Official Report of the Trial of Laura D. Fair, for the...](/pictures/thumb/3428.jpg?v=1615427402)
San Francisco: Printed by the San Francisco Co-Operative Printing for Sumner Whitney & Co., 1871. Small 4to. 4, [2], 325, [1], xvii pp. The two portraits are in facsimile, otherwise COMPLETE. Some page numbers at top margin shaved; front blank with repaired tear; final page torn and backed. Inherent spotting..... More
![1883 MONTANA GOLD ASSAY CERTIFICATE]. Memorandum of Gold Bullion Deposited at the United States...](/pictures/thumb/3423.jpg?v=1615178762)
Helena, Montana: 1883 (July 12). Document, printed in red (355 x 145 mm). Minor creasing. Signed by Russell B. Harrison, C.S.S, Assayer in Charge. "[Ed. 10-5-'82-2,000] Stereo's" printed below bottom left border. Scarce and unusual Montana relic, recording the deposit in the U.S. Assay Office 88.22 ounces of gold bullion..... More
![TEXANA]. [ONLY EXISTING PORTRAIT OF WILLIAM B. TRAVIS]. Margaret Ballentine Fall of the Alamo....](/pictures/thumb/3421.jpg?v=1615178822)
Houston: State Printing Company, 1907. First Edition. 8vo. [7], 10-244 pp. With frontispiece and 8 plates. Original publisher's decorated cloth, soiled, lower corner on front cover abraided, as is the lower joint on back cover (neither objectionably); text with age toning, other minor defects, but the hinges are tight, and..... More
!["BLOOK" / AMERICAN FOLK ART]. Hand-hewn, hand-painted wooden Blook with "secret compartment" wood...](/pictures/thumb/3415.jpg?v=1614787683)
Elmira, NY or Auburn NY: 1900. Wooden blook (4.75 x 6.25"). A hand-made wooden box in the shape of a 12mo book with a compartment carved from the interior and lined with blue velvet. In very good condition with a 1" x 3" section of varnish removed on the front..... More
V.p. 1808-1996. A collection of 372 titles written by and about Women in the West. Condition Statement: Overall, most of the books in the collection are in “good” or “good+” condition, which typically describes a book that is sufficiently worn, the binding soiled, scuffed, stained or spotted and may have..... More
![TEXAS CONSTITUTION IN ORIGINAL STATE]. Message from the President of the United States to the Two...](/pictures/thumb/3389.jpg?v=1614612516)
Washington DC: Printed by Ritchie & Heiss, 1845. First Edition. 8vo. 893 pp. + 1 blank f. COMPLETE with the folding engraved map of Kearny's 1845 Expedition through the Black Hills and 6 folding tables. Stitched as issued. Uncut copy, with pp. 601-893 unopened. Stained, wear along edges, folding tables..... More
![PHOTO ALBUM]. [African-American Family]. African-American Family Photo Album](/pictures/thumb/3399.jpg?v=1614046324)
S.l. 1962-1977. 109 color photos tipped in or pasted into an "Aloha Hawaii" Album (280 x 200 mm): wood covers with black lacquer, handpainted flowers, islands, a beach scene with a volcano in the distance, side stitched with brown and white thread, patterned endpapers. Binding and photographs in excellent condition..... More
![MEXICAN ART AND ARCHITECTURE / SPIRAL PRESS]. Casa Manana. Elizabeth Morrow, William Spratling](/pictures/thumb/3366.jpg?v=1614720302)
Croton Falls, NY: The Spiral Press, 1932. First Edition. 72 pp. Folio. Bound in original navy blue buckram, title gilt on front cover and spine, trifle wear along board edges, covers slightly scuffed, patterned blue and red endpapers. As is true in all copies, the textblock has a faint yellow/brown..... More
![WESTERN OVERLANDS 1847]. Doniphan’s Expedition; Containing an Account of the Conquest of New...](/pictures/thumb/3396.jpg?v=1612570624)
Cincinnati: U.P. James, 1847 (after). Later printing. 8vo. 144 pp. Title-page vignette, woodcut frontispiece, 3 full-page maps in text, 8 woodcut illustrations in text. Original wrappers (both front and back wrappers chipped with loss, some repairs). Some foxing throughout as is true in all copies. Uncut and largely unopened copy..... More
New York: Currier & Ives, 125 Nassau St. ca. 1870s. Original lithograph with hand-coloring (sheet size: 357 x 255 mm; image size without lettering: 315 x 200 mm), unmatted. Two marginal tears neatly repaired, one of which just touches image. Charming depicting of the Southern California coastline, being a romantic..... More
![TEXANA]. Exploration of the Red River of Louisiana, in the Year 1852 [33rd Congress, 1st Session,...](/pictures/thumb/3394.jpg?v=1612566662)
Third edition. COMPLETE SET of 2 vols. (text + Atlas). xv, [1], 286 pp. COMPLETE with 65 maps (plus one duplicate); Landscapes: I-XII; Geological Sections: 1, 3-11 (#2 not issued); Paleontology: 1-6; Zoology: 1-18 (plus duplicate of #5); Botanical: 1-17, 19-20 (#18 not issued). Original blind-stamped cloth, edges worn, outer..... More
![CALIFORNIA LITHOGRAPHS 1888]. Sonoma County and Russian River Valley Illustrated. TOGETHER WITH:...](/pictures/thumb/3393.jpg?v=1612466834)
San Francisco: Published by Bell & Heymans, 1888. First Edition. Folio (350 x 258 mm). 86, ix, [1] pp., including fascinating advertisements. Original wrappers (chipped and foxed). Wrappers with two-color lithographs + 44 b/w lithographs illustrating the text (some extending over 2 pages), all by Britton & Rey, San Francisco..... More
![WOMEN IN THE WEST]. Prairie Sketches; or, Fugitive Recollections of an Army Girl of 1899. Mary...](/pictures/thumb/3392.jpg?v=1612466827)
Denver: [Privately Printed], n.d. (ca. 1899). First Edition. 8vo. (215 x 139 mm). 76 pp., photographic text illustrations (some full-page). Original green printed wrappers, slightly soiled, worn and chipped at head and tail, pencil inscription on back wrapper (SEE IMAGES), internally unmarked and unspoiled. NOT ex-library! A remarkable account of..... More
London: Cassell, 1926. First Edition. Hardcover. Large 8vo. xiv, 342 + vii, 342 [2] pp. With frontispieces in both volumes + 14 full-page plates. Original blue cloth, original dust-jackets. Text and jackets inexplicably FOXED (see images), but the paper is strong and free of all markings / stamps; jackets unchipped..... More
