San Francisco: 1875. Single sheet "Daily and Weekly Examiner Office" letterhead, recto only with manuscript writing, 14 lines, ~ 60 words plus saluation & close. Letter annotated as "Confidential" in mss at top left. Strong bold signature at bottom. Letter: 9-3/4" x 7-5/8". Frame: 14-5/8" x 11-5/8". Letter mounted and... More
San Francisco: Press of Dempster Bros. (n. d.). 1st printing (presumed), ca mid-1890s. Not in Rocq, though see 8970 [Bylaws]. Unpaginated, though 16 pages. Illustrated with 20 captioned photographic images & 8 drawings, of divers San Francisco scenes. Of particular interest are 8 photographic images of different Chinatown scenes. Oblong... More
(San Francisco). c. 1970s. 1st Printing. Illustrated bifolium. Pictorial upper wrapper. 15-3/4" x 9-3/4". Light tan card stock, brown and blue lettering, now housed in a mylar sleeve. More
(n.p.). August 11, 1954. 1st Printing. [i], 1-9, [10] pp. Illustrated. Black and white line drawing to most leaves. 13" x 8-1/2". White paper leaves, printed to recto and verso in black lettering, stapled at head (left corner), now housed in a mylar sleeve. We speculate this newsletter is from... More
[New Orleans, LA.; Pascagoula, Miss.; and Harrodsburg, KY. 1851-1858. 1st Printing. 230 pp. of which 110+/- are used. 13" x 8-3/4". Binding with hand-tooled gilt stamped, strips of polished calf, raised bands on back strip, gilt title on back strip, paper label with black ink lettering to back strip, tan... More
Eureka, Cala. Daily Humboldt Standard, 1890. 1st separate edition (Cowan p 262; Quebedeaux 15; Rocq 2036). 224, [2] pp. Adverts throughout. The occasional woodcut. 11-1/4" x 8-5/8". Brown cloth spine over printed paper wrapped boards, with the front board depicting the Humboldt County Court House. The compiler of this uncommon... More
San Francisco: Spaulding, Barto & Co., Steam Book and Job Printers, 1878. 1st edition (Cowan II, p. 671; Rocq 5470). 60 pp. 2 folding maps. Other maps in text; wood engravings. 12mo. 7" x 4-1/2". Original publisher printed paper wrappers. Wasson expounds on the mines and prospects of Bodie and... More
(Denmark). 21.8.36. 1st Printing. Broadside. Small vignette to upper wrapper. 7-3/4" x 4-1/2". White card stock leaf, vignette of a flag and "Menu" in blue ink, typed in black ink, now housed in a mylar sleeve. MS Amerika was a restaurant outside of Copenhagen. It its now permanently closed. More
Salt Lake City, Utah: George Q. Cannon & Sons, Co., Publishers, 1892. 1st Edition (Flake / Draper 7331). xiv,, [15] - 468 pp. Frontispiece portrait. Additional 11 plates throughout text. Musical score, p. 135. 8vo. Original publisher's deluxe full leather binding with extra gilt, AEG. Yellow floral patterned paper eps. L L Hatch a LDS church elder. More
Rouse, Colo. Silver State Photo Co., (n. p.). Ca 1890s? Image: 4-13/16" x 3-7/8". Mount: 6-1/2" x 4-1/8". Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. The town was named after S. F. Rouse of the Colorado Coal and Iron Company. This town was located six miles south of Walsenburg, Colorado... More
(San Francisco). c. 1914-1915. 1st Printing. Loose leaf. Illustration of a map of San Francisco. 18-1/2" x 9-2/8". Paper leaf, printed in black ink. This ad starts of by stating "Below we print a map which shows at a glance how easy it would be for the Anti-Saloon League and... More
(Wisconsin). (n.d.). 1st Edition. About 50 leaves. 20+/- blank. About 90 black and white photographs throughout. Black cloth wrappers, black paper leaves, two-hole punch to each leave, photographs tipped in. Most, but not all are silver gelatin prints. Karl Juve was the manager at Pinehurst Farms in Sheboygan Falls, WI... More
New York: Will H. Coleman, No. 70 Business Quarter, Astor House, 1885. 1st edition, Third Printing, State A (BAL 2340/7915; Howes C574; Perkins, pp 8 - 10). Per Perkins, "Second issue" [4], 324 pp. 2 page index at rear. Final gathering State A. Chapter XL, pp. 293 - 299 by... More
(Oregon). December 14, 1917. 1st Printing. 8 pp. Small vignette of the American Flag on upper wrapper. 5-1/4" x 3-1/2". White card stock wrappers, with webbed tissue guards, black lettering, held together with a red cord tie, now housed in a mylar sleeve. More
Palo Alto, California: Published by Pacific Books, (1952). 1st Edition. SIGNED by the author on the half-title page. 46, [2 (blank)] pp. Illustrated by James H. Cheek. 8vo. Red cloth spine over off-white paper-wrapped boards, binding lettered in gilt. Cal vs Stanford, in THE Big Game, with the Axe as the coveted prize. More
1889 - 1947. 1st Printings. Divers. One black and white, reprint photograph. Largest: 10-6/8" x 7-1/2". Smallest: 2" x 3-6/8". One black and white glossy photo of Andrew J. Volstead's funeral service. Three white envelopes, black lettering. One post card from the "Women's Organization for National Prohibition Reform" printed in... More
New Hampshire. 1880 - 1952. Divers. Largest: 9-1/2" x 6-1-4". Smallest: 4-1/2" x 3". Two pamphlets in light blue/gray wrappers, one is stapled, one is glued, black lettering. Three stereoviews, two orange card stock, one white. Four envelopes, two white, one peach, one yellow. Two post cards, one green, one... More
Naples, N. Y. June 7th 1848. Loose leaf. 10" x 8". Lined paper, black ink, no housed in a mylar sleeve. We believe this letter to be referencing a possible order for some jewels for the Good Templars. They wear pins with different designs symbolizing ranks among them. Each of... More
New York. Keystone View Co. Inc. of N.Y., (n.d.). 1st Printing. Loose leaf. Silver gelatin photograph. 8" x 6". Glossy photograph, with paper tipped to verso folded to recto with black type, now housed in a mylar sleeve. More
![TWO LETTERS ADDRESSED TO DONALD MACDONALD From OLIVER W. STEWART [President of the Flying Squadron Foundation.]; Official Paper: National Enquirer. Temperance.](/pictures/thumb/46583.jpg?v=1547940541)
Indianapolis. The Flying Squadron Foundation, Inc., January 2, 1931 & September 1, 1931. 1st Printing. Two loose leaves. Both 11" x 8-1/2". White paper, typed in black ink on Flying Squadron Foundation letterhead, both now housed in a mylar sleeve. These are fundraising letters. More
![MRS. NATION, SALOON FOE, PASSES AWAY [Newspaper Clipping].; Famous Smasher of Grog Shops Dies of Paresis at Leavenworth - Ill Several Months - Suffered Nervous Collapse After Raids and Long Lecture Tours. Temperance, Carrie Nation.](/pictures/thumb/46574.jpg?v=1547940537)
(n.p.). June 10, 1911. 1st Printing. Loose leaf. Photo of Carrie Nation in the article. 12-1/2" x 3". Newsprint, black lettering, now housed in a mylar sleeve. "After considerable peaceful labor to stop drink of alcoholic beverages she decided to become militant. Mrs. Nation's first saloon smashing was done in... More
Jackson, Cal. Bank of Amador County and the State of California. 1913 - 1929. Twelve loose leaves. Affidavits: 7" x 8-1/4"; Eight Checks: Approx: 3-1/4" x 8-1/2"; One Check: 2-3/4" x 6-1/2". Affidavits are white paper, with black lettering. Eight of the checks are issued by Moore Mining Company, black... More
Lewiston, ME. Broadside. 2" x 3-6/8". Blue card stock, black lettering now housed in a mylar sleeve. More
Preston, Nebraska. 1910. 1st printing. Two loose leaves. 3-1/4" x 5-1/2". Two postcards, printed black lettering to recto, black ink writing to recto and verso, now housed in a mylar sleeve. Lillian Mitchner was Kansas State President of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union. More
Germany. "Made in Germany for G. W. Morris, Portland, ME." (n.d.). Loose leaf. Unused. Printed lithograph on recto. 3-1/2" x 5-1/2". Card stock, green lettering to verso, now housed in a mylar sleeve. More
