![Ultima Palabra [caption title]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/106/415/1484415106.0.l.jpg)
Ultima Palabra [caption title]
by [Colombia]. Fernandez Saavedra, Manuel
[Bogotá, 1863. About very good.. Small broadside, 8.75 x 5.25 inches. Small, closed tear at lower left. The author, Manuel Fernandez Saavedra, denounces the Bishop of Bogotá for claiming that the Colombian constitution ironed out at the convention of Rio Negro as "atheistic." Not in OCLC.
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![Manifiesto a la Nacion [cover title]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/121/415/1484415121.0.l.jpg)
Manifiesto a la Nacion [cover title]
by [Colombia]. Neira Acevedo, Pedro
Bogota: Imprenta del Neo-granadino, 1855. Still very good.. 17pp. Original printed wrappers, stitched as issued. Mild dust soiling and dampstaining to wraps. Light biopredation at upper left corner and pin-sized wormhole at right margin, neither affecting text. Occasional faint foxing and minor soiling internally. A rare pamphlet that prints a plea for clemency by Pedro Neira Acevedo, a Colombian politician who was imprisoned for his role in the Golpe de Melo in 1854. In addition to his request... Read More
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![Una Exposicion [caption title]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/141/415/1484415141.0.l.jpg)
Una Exposicion [caption title]
by [Colombia]. Ortiz, Rafael
[Cali: 26 de Mayo, 1863. Very good.. Small broadside, 8 x 5.75 inches. Scattered foxing; light toning. This broadside announces the exile of the Franciscans from Cali and the Republic of Colombia for their failure to comply with new laws concerning taxes on religious orders. Interestingly, this is signed by the Guardian of the Franciscans himself, Rafael Ortiz, who urges the citizens of Cali to pray for the order and to fend for themselves under a vain, perfidious,... Read More
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![The Cucharas Valley. Its Attractions and Resources. Near La Veta Colorado [cover title]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/645/388/1279388645.0.l.jpg)
The Cucharas Valley. Its Attractions and Resources. Near La Veta Colorado [cover title]
by [Colorado]
Colorado Springs, 1900. About very good.. [5]pp. on an accordion folded sheet. Original green wrappers, printed in red. Wear and soiling, lightly creased. Contemporary notations to text. "A few matter of fact statements concerning the Solid Little City of the Cucharas Valley, with a brief description of the surrounding country." Promotional work for La Veta, Colorado, located due south of Denver, about thirty-five miles north of the New Mexico border. La Veta "is a live, wide-awake town, with... Read More
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Glenwood Hot Springs Hotel Colorado
by [Colorado]
[Chicago: W.H. Hall, 1895. Very good.. 24pp. Original embossed, illustrated wrappers, stapled. Minor wear and soiling. Internally clean. Promotional brochure for the Hotel Colorado and adjacent hot springs, with text, a small map, and many half-tone illustrations, including numerous exterior and interior views of the hotel facilities, the baths and vapor caves (priced at 25 cents to a dollar for various levels and combinations of care). Other amusements include the Music Room, Ball Room, Great Swimming Pool, Rides... Read More
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![[Autograph Letter, Signed "Bob," Concerning Life in British Columbia and Describing the First Nations Skidegate Concert Band]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/222/815/1535815222.0.l.jpg)
[Autograph Letter, Signed "Bob," Concerning Life in British Columbia and Describing the First Nations Skidegate Concert Band]
by [Native Americans]. [British Columbia]
Aliford Bay, B.C.: November 24, 1912. Very good.. [3]pp., in ink, plus a separate smaller one-page short note or fragment. Old folds, creasing, some soiling. A unique manuscript account of an encounter with the First Nations Skidegate Concert Band headed by Arthur Solomon, in a letter home from an itinerant worker in Queen Charlotte Islands, British Columbia. An extract of the letter reads: "...I hope to be able to keep my letters up to date. You will understand... Read More
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![Rand, McNally & Co.'s Indexed Atlas of the World Map of British Columbia [caption title]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/231/757/1175757231.0.l.jpg)
Rand, McNally & Co.'s Indexed Atlas of the World Map of British Columbia [caption title]
by [British Columbia]
Chicago & New York, 1895. Very good.. [12]pp., with folding map measuring 14 x 21 inches. Original printed wrappers. Printed in black, red, and blue. Small portion of lower corner of front wrap chipped away. Light wear and minor soiling. Text evenly tanned, faint occasional foxing in map margins. Scarce alternate issue of this first Rand McNally pocket map of British Columbia. The main area of the map depicts the lower two-thirds of the province, with geological features... Read More
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![[Blank Form Used for Canadian Relocation]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/277/277/1681277277.0.l.jpg)
[Blank Form Used for Canadian Relocation]
by [Japanese Canadian Internment]. British Columbian Security Commission
[British Columbia, Canada, 1942. Good.. [1]p. Horizontal fold, chips at two corners, a few tiny closed edge tears, light toning. Rare form intended to be filled out by families of Japanese ancestry living on the west coast of Canada as the United States' entry into the Second World War brought perceived danger of invasion or sabotage to North America. The Canadian model seems to have been kinder and gentler than the American approach, seen through the main purpose... Read More
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![Peacetime Conscription -- Another Fellow Who Was for It! [with:] Conscription](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/658/047/1555047658.0.l.jpg)
Peacetime Conscription -- Another Fellow Who Was for It! [with:] Conscription
by [World War II]. [Anti-Conscription Committee]
New York, 1945. Still very good.. Two small broadsides, each measuring approximately 11 x 7 inches. Some toning at edges. Two broadside flyers issued by a little known pacifist group, the Anti-Conscription Committee, during the last year of World War II. The first, titled "Peacetime Conscription...," invokes Hitler's introduction of compulsory military training in Germany in 1935 and quotes an enthusiastic editorial from the Des Moines Tribune calling for the same in America. The broadside intones at its... Read More
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![Map of Arkansas [caption title]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/999/518/1405518999.0.l.jpg)
Map of Arkansas [caption title]
by [Arkansas]. Fort Smith Lumber Company
Des Moines: Kenyon Map Company, 1911. Good plus.. Folding pocket map, 12.5 x 14.5 inches. Original printed card wrappers. Wraps somewhat worn and dust soiled, a with a few small chips at edges. Two separations along folds from lower edge, one with minor loss. Short closed tear from left edge at attachment to wrappers. Postmark and manuscript address on front cover; map overprinted in red. An interesting cartographic advertisement for the Fort Smith Lumber Company, using a map... Read More
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![[Giant Archive of Photographs, Stocks, Ephemera, and Manuscripts Documenting the Operations of the American Smelting and Refining Company Throughout North and South America]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/642/753/1351753642.0.l.jpg)
[Giant Archive of Photographs, Stocks, Ephemera, and Manuscripts Documenting the Operations of the American Smelting and Refining Company Throughout North and South America]
by American Smelting and Refining Company
[Various locations including Baltimore, Texas, Arizona, Mexico, and Peru, 1980. Overall, very good.. Approximately 5,000 photographs, of which perhaps a third are duplicative. Mostly loose black and white photographs, many 8 x 10 inches or larger. Additionally, thousands of stock certificates for ASARCO companies, several official typescript works and documents, and a handful of ephemera and other manuscript materials. Altogether, approximately 7.5 linear feet. Condition generally strong, with images clean and sharp, though some chipping and wear to... Read More
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![[Printed Circular Letter from the Anglo-Californian Gold Mining Company Regarding Company Stock]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/940/940/1663940940.0.l.jpg)
[Printed Circular Letter from the Anglo-Californian Gold Mining Company Regarding Company Stock]
by [California Gold Rush]. Anglo-Californian Gold Mining Company
London: May 19, 1855. About very good.. [2]pp., on a bifolium. Previously folded. Light wear along top edge; short closed tear at right margin. Scattered faint foxing. With original mailing envelope. This two-page printed circular, dated May 19th, 1855, from the Anglo-California Gold Mining Company in London, offers to convert "unissued shares" of company stock into "preference shares." The first page of the circular reads, in part: "You will observe from the enclosed report [not present] of... Read More
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![Parque Oriental Dia de las Damas Programa Souvenir. Martes 22 de Feb. de 1916...[caption title]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/337/726/1547726337.0.l.jpg)
Parque Oriental Dia de las Damas Programa Souvenir. Martes 22 de Feb. de 1916...[caption title]
by [Cuba]. Cuba-American Jockey Club Company
[Havana, 1916. Very good.. Broadside, printed on light orange silk, approximately 16.25 x 9 inches. Minor edge wear, one small tear near bottom right. A seemingly unrecorded silk broadside issued by the Cuba-American Jockey Club Company, advertising the lineup of horses and the schedule for a series of five races during Dia de las Damas ("Ladies Day") at the Oriental Park racetrack in Marianao, Havana in 1916. In addition, the top of the broadside is printed with small... Read More
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30 Homes of Distinction by Fenner
by Fenner Manufacturing Company. [Redicut Building Company]
Portland, 1928. Very good.. 51,[1]pp. Folio. Original pictorial wrappers, stapled. Light wear and soiling to covers. Very minor wear to contents. Title page with later pasteovers. Plan Book No. 25 issued by the Fenner Manufacturing Company in 1925. The plan book contains more thirty designs for kit homes ranging from Tudor bungalows to Spanish haciendas and everything in between. There are also garage and second floor options. This copy has two errata pasteovers on the title page indicating... Read More
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![Twin Falls North Side Land & Water Company, Report of Tests...at Jerome, Idaho...[caption title]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/859/234/1495234859.0.l.jpg)
Twin Falls North Side Land & Water Company, Report of Tests...at Jerome, Idaho...[caption title]
by [Idaho]. [Twin Falls North Side Land & Water Company]
[Twin Falls, Id: June, 1910. Good plus.. 7pp. of mimeographed text, ten folding blueprint charts, Index leaf, and four leaves displaying sixteen original photographs keyed to the Index, plus a single sheet of weir calculations laid in. Original plain wrappers, front wrapper lacking, rear wrapper and one blueprint detached. Minor edge wear, some chipping and closed edge tears to outer leaves. An informative and likely unique report compiled by C.E. Carter, an engineer with the Twin Falls North... Read More
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![[Early Promotional Photographic Postcards for Hammond, Louisiana]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/632/347/1538347632.0.l.jpg)
[Early Promotional Photographic Postcards for Hammond, Louisiana]
by [Louisiana]. Hammond Real Estate & Investment Company
Hammond, La: Vindicator Job Print, 1920. Very good.. Six photographically-illustrated postcards, each 5.5 x 3.5 inches. Minor edge wear, some toning around the edges and at corners, one slightly misprinted with very minor loss of text. A visually-interesting group of a half dozen promotional postcards picturing various locations around Hammond, Louisiana, issued by the Hammond Real Estate & Investment Company, Limited. The company encourages potential emigrants and investors to contact them: "If you want to know about Hammond... Read More
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Mexico
by [Mexico]. Greene Consolidated Gold Company
Chicago: Rand McNally, 1904. About very good.. Folding map, approximately 21 x 27.5 inches. Original, wallet-style printed wrappers. Light wear to wraps; a few short separations along fold lines. Light tanning. Uncommon cartographic promotional for this early 20th-century mining company with operations near Cananea and Magdalena in the Northern Mexican state of Sonora. The Rand McNally map is overprinted in red to show the locations of Greene Consolidated Gold Company properties, as well as major railroad lines across... Read More
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![Some Photographs Taken at Inauguration of the Uruapan Packing Plant. 18th January 1908. Mexican National Packing Co. [cover title]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/558/713/1617713558.0.l.jpg)
Some Photographs Taken at Inauguration of the Uruapan Packing Plant. 18th January 1908. Mexican National Packing Co. [cover title]
by [Mexico]. [Mexican National Packing Company]
Uruapan, Michoacán, Mx, 1908. Very good.. Twenty-four silver gelatin photographs, each 4.75 x 6.75 inches and captioned in the negative, each affixed to the recto of thick cardboard mounts attached to cloth stubs. Oblong quarto. Original black cloth, string tied, with gilt titles on front cover. Some bowing throughout. Minor wear and soiling to covers. Minor silvering and light wear to some photographs. Likely a presentation album containing two dozen substantial and informative photographs produced during the opening... Read More
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![Automation in the American Automobile Industry. Reprints of Articles by... [cover title]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/153/794/1700794153.0.l.jpg)
Automation in the American Automobile Industry. Reprints of Articles by... [cover title]
by [Technology]. [United Automobile Workers]. [Ford Motor Company]
London, England: Labour Information Office / United States Information Service, 1955. Very good.. 29pp. Folio. Original printed wrappers, stapled. Noticeable toning and spotting to wrappers, minor edge wear. Light toning to first text leaf. A rare collection of offprints of three articles which first appeared in the English publication Labour News from the U.S. in 1955 on the subject of automation in the American car industry, along with a glossary of terms compiled by the United Auto Workers... Read More
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![[Three Pamphlets Submitted by American Rifle Companies Asserting Claims Against the Mexican Government]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/806/919/1581919806.0.l.jpg)
[Three Pamphlets Submitted by American Rifle Companies Asserting Claims Against the Mexican Government]
by [U.S. and Mexico Joint Commission]. [Sharps Rifle Manufacturing Company]
[N.p., likely Washington, D.C., 1870. Very good plus.. 8; 8; 8pp. In English and Spanish. Gathered signatures, each stitched separately. Very minor edge wear and toning. A trio of separate claims by American companies and individuals involved in selling arms to the Mexican government in the mid-19th century. Two of the claims come from the Sharps Rifle Manufacturing Company, while the third was filed by the legal counsel of Sanderson Brothers and Company, who had assumed debts owed... Read More
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![[Collection of Three Pennsylvania Oil and Gas Daily Report Ledgers, Recording Maintenance Details on Gas Wells During the Pennsylvania Oil Boom]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/326/202/1445202326.0.l.jpg)
[Collection of Three Pennsylvania Oil and Gas Daily Report Ledgers, Recording Maintenance Details on Gas Wells During the Pennsylvania Oil Boom]
by [West Penn Gas Company]
Pittsburgh, 1894. Very good.. Three volumes, 99, 90, and 102 leaves, printed rectos only. Oblong octavo. Contemporary half brown cloth and marbled paper-covered boards. Moderate edge wear, some creasing and scuffing to covers. Occasional dust-soiling to text. An informative trio of daily report books recording work performed by a field worker of the West Penn Gas Company in the last decade of the 19th century. Each leaf is a separate partially-printed daily report filled out by Samuel McCutcheon... Read More
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![Speak Out for Justice [caption title]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/495/877/1700877495.0.l.jpg)
Speak Out for Justice [caption title]
by [Civil Rights Movement]. [Alabama]. Southern Christian Leadership Conference
[Greenville, Al, 1965. About good.. Photo-illustrated broadside, 11 x 8.5 inches. Old tears repaired with cello tape on verso, four cello tape reinforcements along edges, noticeable tanning, old folds. Top corner chipped away. A highly-ephemeral and likely unique surviving example of this broadside handbill issued by the Southern Christian Leadership Conference in Greenville, Alabama in the heat of the Civil Rights Movement. A central photograph picturing a young Black woman and a group of African-American activists facing off... Read More
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![Patente de la Santa Hermandad Fundada en el Sagrario de Esta Santa Iglesia Catedral de Durango con el Glorioso Titulo del Acompañamiento del Sacratisimo Viatico por Su Hermano Mayor, y Erigida Canonicamente por el Señor Provisor y Vicario General de Este Obispado Baxo la Proteccion de el Sagrado Corazon de Jesus [caption title]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/104/666/1545666104.0.l.jpg)
Patente de la Santa Hermandad Fundada en el Sagrario de Esta Santa Iglesia Catedral de Durango con el Glorioso Titulo del Acompañamiento del Sacratisimo Viatico por Su Hermano Mayor, y Erigida Canonicamente por el Señor Provisor y Vicario General de Este Obispado Baxo la Proteccion de el Sagrado Corazon de Jesus [caption title]
by [Mexico]. [Women]. [Confraternities]
Durango, Mx: October, 1793. Very good.. Broadside, 12 x 8.5 inches, printed in two columns, with a central woodcut headpiece, all within a handsome ornamental border. Old folds, minor foxing, light edge wear, eight pinpoint wormholes not affecting readability of text. Completed in ink, with ink docketing on verso. Signed and rubricated. A seemingly unrecorded "patente" or indulgence issued by the Holy Cathedral Church of Durango conferring membership into a religious confraternity for a woman named Maria Josefa... Read More
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I-W MEM-O-RE at Middletown Conn
by [Conscientious Objectors]. [Connecticut]
Middletown, Ct, 1955. Very good.. 32pp. Spiral bound small folio. Illustrated with numerous black-and-white photo reproductions. Minor wear. A remembrance book produced by a group of conscientious objectors (COs) who worked at the Connecticut State Hospital mental hospital instead of joining the armed forces. In the introduction, they wrote: “Though it is true we have not gone out of the battle fronts of war, we sincerely desire that we may have served our God and our nation well... Read More
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Actos Lejislativos de la Convencion Nacional Instalada en Rionegro, el 4 de Febrero de 1863
by [Colombia]. [Constitutions]
Bogota: Imprenta de la Nacion, 1863. Very good.. [2],86,vii pp. Later plain wrappers; removed from a sammelband. Ownership mark eradicated from title page. Light tanning. The mid-19th century in Colombian politics was characterized by swings in power between Liberal and Conservative factions, until the Liberals ascended to power in the early 1860s and ruled relatively unchallenged for the next two decades. The present work contains a very early printing of their new Constitution of 1863, as ratified by... Read More
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