Souvenir of Tucson, Arizona. Photo-gravures
by [Arizona]
Brooklyn: The Albertype Co, 1900. Good.. 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 and around Tucson, published by R. Rasmussen in that city but printed by the Albertype Company in Brooklyn. The subjects of the photographs include street views of Tucson,... Read More
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Maricopa County Arizona
by [Arizona]
San Francisco: Norman Pierce Company, 1905. About very good.. [16]pp. Small quarto. Original printed wrappers, stapled. Old vertical fold. Minor wear at edges. Scattered contemporary ink annotations. Light tanning and dust soiling. Scarce and well-illustrated promotional for Phoenix and Maricopa County, Arizona, in the first decade of the 20th century. The text presents the area as the ideal location for agriculture and settlement in Arizona, and discusses in particular detail the prospective completion of the Tonto Dam and... Read More
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![Ingleside, Arizona. The Finest Winter Climate in the World [cover title]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/418/244/1236244418.0.l.jpg)
Ingleside, Arizona. The Finest Winter Climate in the World [cover title]
by [Arizona]
Los Angeles: Wood's" Print, 1912. Very good.. [8]pp. Narrow quarto. Original printed pictorial wrappers, stapled. Minor wear and soiling. Scarce promotional for an early 20th-century Arizona club community, now fully subsumed by Phoenix. The town and resort were several miles northeast of central Phoenix, under Camelback Mountain. Much of the text centers on the Ingleside Club, where "Social life at Ingleside centers." The Club was the valley's first resort, and operated in the winter months until the early... Read More
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Highway Map of New Mexico / Highway Map of Arizona
by [New Mexico]. [Arizona]
Topeka: Highway Map Co, 1920. Very good.. Folding map, approximately 17 x 28 inches. Light wear and dust soiling along folds. Light tanning. Scare dual highway maps of New Mexico and Arizona, printed on each side of the sheet. The publisher, Highway Map Company of Topeka, published a series of slightly crude state road maps in the late 1920s. Each map present shows a somewhat blocky depiction of the system of U.S. highways, and major state roads (paved... Read More
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![[Autograph Letter, Signed, by J.H. Kent of Richmond, Arkansas to Dr. John Jobe of Ringold, Arkansas Concerning Local Reconstruction Politics and Widespread Lawlessness in the State]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/539/713/1617713539.0.l.jpg)
[Autograph Letter, Signed, by J.H. Kent of Richmond, Arkansas to Dr. John Jobe of Ringold, Arkansas Concerning Local Reconstruction Politics and Widespread Lawlessness in the State]
by [Arkansas]. [Reconstruction]. Kent, J.H.
Richmond, Arkansas: July 18, 1866. Very good.. [4]pp., closely written on a single folded quarto sheet of blue-lined paper, totaling approximately 1,800 words. Old folds, minor wear and light soiling. An informative correspondence from an Arkansas citizen to another in the year after the Civil War ended. The writer, J.H. Kent of Richmond, Arkansas writes to Dr. John Jobe in Ringold, detailing the candidates in a political race and reporting on recent lawless activities by local criminals. Regarding... Read More
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![[Manuscript Letter, Signed, by Settler Lawrence P. Speck, Discussing Politics and Job Opportunities in Antebellum Arkansas]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/115/666/1545666115.0.l.jpg)
[Manuscript Letter, Signed, by Settler Lawrence P. Speck, Discussing Politics and Job Opportunities in Antebellum Arkansas]
by [Arkansas]. Speck, Lawrence P.
Camden, Ar: August 5, 1860. Very good.. [2]pp. on blue lined paper. Old folds, minor edge wear. An interesting pre-Civil War letter sent from Arkansas settler Lawrence P. Speck to his cousin Jennie back in Tennessee. Speck moved from Tennessee to Arkansas to pursue business opportunities, and writes that he "likes it a great deal." He then reports on the "beauty of Arkansaw women.... I am head over heels in love with about a dozen and I have... Read More
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Map of Prairie and Timber Lands in Arkansas County
by [Arkansas]
Stuttgart, Ar: The Free Press, 1910. About very good.. Illustrated broadside and map, 15.5 x 10.25 inches. Old folds, some starting to separate along outer fold lines, minor toning and soiling. A few pencil and ink notations. An unrecorded promotional real estate and timber map of Arkansas County, Arkansas, illustrated with two photographs. Arkansas County is located in the southeast delta region of the state, extending northwest from the confluence of the Arkansas and White rivers. The present... Read More
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Hay k'Aghak'ats'iakan p'Ordzadate Miats'eal Nahangats' Shrjanayin Dataranin Mej: Pashtonakan Atenagrut'iwn
by [Armenian Americana]. Tik'ichean, T.A., translator
Boston, 1925. Good plus.. 104pp. Original light blue wrappers printed in dark blue. Some chipping to spine, moderate edge wear and soiling. Internally clean. Inscribed by the translator on the title page. An unrecorded Armenian translation of the transcript of an important trial in Portland, Oregon involving Armenian-American rug dealer Tatos O. Cartozian, whose citizenship was challenged by the United States government in 1924 on the basis that Armenians were supposedly Asian and therefore ineligible to become American... Read More
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Posteriores Glorias de Nuestro Gran Padre, y Patricia Seraphicao San Francisco de Assis. Oracion Panegyrica, Que en Su Convento Grande de la Ciudad de Mexico Dixo el Dia 4 de Octubre del Año de 1765
by Arrieta, Domingo Pedro de
[Mexico]: Impressa en la Imprenta del Real, 1765. Good plus.. [26],34pp. Small quarto. Removed from a sammelband. Worming along top edge, somewhat affecting top two lines of text (heavier to title page and initial leaves); additional biopredation at lower corner, occasionally affecting catchwords and printed marginal notes. Otherwise light dust soiling and an occasion foxmark. Scarce printing of a sermon preached by Franciscan friar Domingo Pedro de Arrieta on October 4, 1765, at the Franciscan monastery in Mexico.... Read More
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![Charter, Constitution and By-Laws of the Ladies' Catholic Benevolent Association of the Sacred Heart of Mary of the Fifth District of the City of New Orleans, La. [wrapper title]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/666/200/1571200666.0.l.jpg)
Charter, Constitution and By-Laws of the Ladies' Catholic Benevolent Association of the Sacred Heart of Mary of the Fifth District of the City of New Orleans, La. [wrapper title]
by [Louisiana]. Ladies' Catholic Benevolent Association
New Orleans: A.M. Escudier, Book and Job Printers, 1901. About good.. 19pp. Original printed front wrapper, rear wrapper not present. Front wrapper a bit chipped and creased, old adhesive repairs to closed tears, bottom corner reinforced with tissue, partially split along spine. Text block a bit toned, foxed, and creased. A seemingly unrecorded turn-of-the-20th century New Orleans imprint recording the founding and governing documents of the Ladies' Catholic Benevolent Association of the Sacred Heart of Mary of the... Read More
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![[Printed Circular from the American Missionary Association]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/219/619/1700619219.0.l.jpg)
[Printed Circular from the American Missionary Association]
by American Missionary Association
New York: August 1, 1854. Very good.. [1]p., with integral address leaf. Original mailing folds, a few small chips, light foxing, some separation along one fold line of address leaf. A rare fundraising and informational circular issued from the "Rooms of the American Missionary Association" in the summer of 1854, and signed in type by the corresponding secretaries George Whipple and S.S. Jocelyn. The letter opens with the requisite requests for contributions, then details the organization's needs in... Read More
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Analysis. San Gabriel Valley Hospital
by [California]. [San Gabriel Valley Hospital Associates]
San Gabriel, Ca: Quintin & Westberg, Architects, 1953. Very good.. [18]pp., printed rectos only, plus seventeen full-page mounted photographs. Quarto. Contemporary cardboard covers with clear outer wrappers, spiral bound. Minor wear, a couple of text leaves, a few photographs, and the rear cover detached but present. A seemingly-unique report on the proposed small-scale San Gabriel Valley Hospital, prepared by Robert Quintin of the architectural firm of Quintin & Westberg in midcentury California. The text includes an introduction, interviews... Read More
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Pacifica Studies on Conscientious Objection
by [Conscientious Objectors]. [Pacifica Library Associates]
Glendora, Ca: Pacifica Library Associates, 1942. Very good.. [2],137,[4] leaves. Folio. Reproduced typescript, with "Explanatory Note" taped to inside front cover. Original brad-bound, printed card wrappers. Light wear. Without the five leaves of "Authors cited" at the end, as noted in the OCLC record, but perhaps not present in all copies. A detailed history and study of the history of "the Peace Movement in its broadest sense" produced by the Pacifica Library Associates at the outset of World... Read More
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Ambarina: Novela Domestica Cubana por Felicia
by Auber, Virginia Felicia
Habana, 1915. Good.. 227pp. Modern black quarter cloth and marbled boards, spine gilt. Contemporary pencil ownership notations to title page and second leaf. Title page reinforced at gutter; final two leaves also reinforced in gutter, final leaf with some loss affecting a few words. Toned and foxed, on crude paper. Trimmed roughly in several areas. Second edition, first published in 1858. Virginia Felicia Auber (1821-1897) was a Spanish woman who lived in Cuba for many years. She often... Read More
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Tourist Motor Map of California. The Paradise of the Motorist
by [California]. [Automobiles]
[Los Angeles]: Giles Publishing and Printing Co, 1921. Very good.. Folding map, 17 x 22 inches. Printed on both sides. Old folds, minor wear. Early tourist motor map of California, with the whole state on one side and insets of Los Angeles on the other. The side of the map featuring the entirety of the state also has small inset maps of San Francisco and several other cities with basic road details. Tourism highlights are marked in red.... Read More
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Tourist Motor Map of California. A Paradise for Motorists
by [California]. [Automobiles]
Los Angeles: Pacific Map Co, 1922. Very good.. Folding map, 22 x 17 inches. Old folds, minor wear. Handsome tourist road map featuring the state of California in its entirety on one side with an inset of Yosemite, and a detail of the area from San Jose to Ventura on the verso. Tourism highlights and amenities are printed in red, with a list of garages and gas stations included. With a detailed key and a calendar for 1923... Read More
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![Down to Mexico in Your Own Car [cover title]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/768/385/1385385768.0.l.jpg)
Down to Mexico in Your Own Car [cover title]
by [Mexico]. [Automobiles]
Mexico City: Asociacion Nacional Automovilistica, 1936. About very good.. 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 by the Mexican National Automobile Association. Contains strip maps and descriptions of attractions and services along the route, and extensive guides to activities in Monterrey... Read More
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![[Two Mounted Photos of an Electric Car Driven by Automotive Pioneer Dr. Carlos Booth]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/496/877/1700877496.0.l.jpg)
[Two Mounted Photos of an Electric Car Driven by Automotive Pioneer Dr. Carlos Booth]
by [Automobiles]
[New York: May 30, 1896. Very good.. Two mounted albumen photographs, 3.75 x 4.75 inches on cards 4.25 x 5.25 inches. Contemporary ink annotations on mounts, minor wear and soiling. Two photographs of one of the vehicles in the second-ever American automobile race, which began in New York City and ended in Westchester County, near our offices. The first race was held on Thanksgiving Day in 1895; this race was run six months later, on May 30, 1896.... Read More
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![[Vernacular Photo Album and Scrapbook Documenting the Travel and Activities of Strout's Military Hussar Band, a Notable Early 20th-Century Sideshow Band]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/984/396/1681396984.0.l.jpg)
[Vernacular Photo Album and Scrapbook Documenting the Travel and Activities of Strout's Military Hussar Band, a Notable Early 20th-Century Sideshow Band]
by [Vaudeville]. [Strout's Military Hussar Band]
[Various locations, 1928. Good.. [28] leaves, illustrated with seventy-five photographs, and numerous ephemeral items. Oblong quarto. Contemporary black paper-covered boards, string tied. Some chipping, scuffing, and soiling to boards. Contents worn and shaken, with some leaves detached or trimmed, some images detached. Still, a lively collection. A unique vernacular photograph album and scrapbook documenting a couple of years of Strout's Military Hussar Band, a notable sideshow act that toured the country in the early part of the 20th... Read More
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![Oracion Gratulatoria a Dios, Que por la Independencia Mejicana Dijo en la Catedral de Valladolid de Michoacan el Dr. D. Manuel de la Barcena... [caption title]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/753/427/1483427753.0.l.jpg)
Oracion Gratulatoria a Dios, Que por la Independencia Mejicana Dijo en la Catedral de Valladolid de Michoacan el Dr. D. Manuel de la Barcena... [caption title]
by Barcena, Manuel de la
[Mexico]: En la Imprenta Imperial, 1821. Very good.. [4]pp., on a half-sheet bifolium. Removed from a sammelband. Minor wear at edges. Light dust soiling and faint foxing. Scarce printing of a speech by Manuel de la Barcena upon the arrival of news to Michoacan of the signing of the Treaty of Cordoba. Barcena opposed the early Insurgent movement in Mexico, but came to support the Plan of Iguala. He wrote several impassioned arguments for the liberty of Mexico,... Read More
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El Presidente Interino de la Republica Mexicana a Sus Conciudadanos
by Barragán, Miguel
Mexico City, 1835. Very good.. [4]pp., on a bifolium. Small folio. Previously folded; two small stabholes at gutter where formerly stitched. Minor wear and soiling at edges. Light toning. In a quarter calf and pebbled cloth folder. A rare printed address from Mexican president Miguel Barragán to the country's citizens that defends the change from federalist to centralist government and attacks the incipient rebellion in Texas. The 1835 Ley Organica, among other modifications, eliminated independent state governments and... Read More
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Nuevo Caton Christiano y Catecismo de la Doctrina Christiana..
by Barrera y Lombera, Pedro
Puebla de los Angeles, 1809. Very good.. [114]pp. Contemporary vellum, lightly soiled. Internally clean, minor wear. Unusual edition of this catechism, first published in Puebla in 1791. The present edition bears an imprint date of 1809, for which we find no records. The present work is not located in Medina or OCLC, though the title page conforms closely to that of the 1808 second edition. As with the previous two editions, this work has a woodcut portrait of... Read More
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![[Annotated Vernacular Album Kept by Miss Peggy Williams, Who Worked as a Clown in the Bates Brothers Musical Follies]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/310/237/1679237310.0.l.jpg)
[Annotated Vernacular Album Kept by Miss Peggy Williams, Who Worked as a Clown in the Bates Brothers Musical Follies]
by [Bates Brothers Musical Follies]. Williams, Peggy
[Various locations, 1920. Very good.. [51] leaves, illustrated with 205 sepia-toned photographs in mounting corners, and another handful loose in the album or stored behind other images, about a third captioned in white pencil on the album leaves. Oblong quarto. Contemporary black cloth. Moderate soiling and edge wear. Minor occasional wear to photographs. Manuscript inscription on inside front cover reads, "Miss Peggy Williams. Bates Bro. Musical Follies." A personal vernacular photograph album kept by Miss Peggy Williams of... Read More
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![[Six Week DuBarry Success Course, Together with Extra Brochures and Related Promotional Materials]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/411/221/1743221411.0.l.jpg)
[Six Week DuBarry Success Course, Together with Extra Brochures and Related Promotional Materials]
by [Women]. [Beauty]
[New York, 1948. Very good.. Thirty-six parts, plus twelve extra brochures. With original envelopes. Light wear. The complete six week mail order course for debutante success. First published in 1940 and re-copyrighted every subsequent year, the DuBarry Success Course was originated by the Richard Hudnut Salon in New York City. It was originally designed to assist debutantes with their coming out -- and as a means to sell DuBarry cosmetics. The course focused heavily on low-calorie dieting, purgatives,... Read More
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The Charming Woman Personal Analysis Guide
by [Women]. [Beauty]
New York, 1952. Very good.. Eleven volumes. 32,320pp. Folio. Original printed pictorial wrappers. First volume with two sets of contents, loose. Light wear else. A ten part course -- plus the personal analysis guide -- on how to be a charming woman. The course contains daily lessons on beauty, charm, etiquette, hair care, diet, exercise, makeup, etc., including a color chart to best complement for your hair and skin type. The editor, Helen Fraser, also published a work... Read More
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