Tacoma, Washington: Press of the Daily News, 1896. 12mo, 28pp, printed wrappers, staple bound. A pamphlet published for the 72nd birthday of prominent Washington State newspaper publisher Edward N. Fuller. The text prints a biography of Fuller, the transcript of an interview with Fuller, and tributes to Fuller published in.....
Trinidad, Colorado: Aultman, Ca 1890. Cabinet card photo measuring 8.75 x 5.25", including mount, stamped "Aultman Trinidad Colo" to mount. An image of a Mexican Central Railway locomotive. Oliver and Otis Aultman both operated studios in Trinidad, Colorado. Otis moved to El Paso in 1907, becoming a prominent photographer of.....
Alaska: Circa 1953. A collection of 33 black and white photographs, 30 measuring approximately 10 x 8", two measuring 7 x 5", and one measuring 5.25 x 4". Many of the images bear photographer's stamps on the backs, a couple are dated 1953, and 22 of the images include printed.....
University of Arizona, 1925. 8 page newspaper measuring 12 x 8.5". Volume One Number One. Scarce student newspaper published at the University of Arizona. "El Gripo is the answer to a widespread demand for a student publication devoted entirely to campus opinion. Toned, folded, with minor separations along some folds.....
New York: Board of National Missions of the Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A., Ca 1910s-1920. 12mo, folding brochure with eight panels of text and illustration. Fundraising brochure for the Presbyterian Church operated Ganado Mission to the Navajo in Arizona. The brochure is well illustrated with eleven captioned half tone views.....
Fresno, CA: 1906. Unbound manuscript comprised of 13 leaves measuring 8.5 x 11", with ink manuscript to rectos only, titled "Highlights of my Childhood." A memoir written by Hal Baldwin of Fresno, California in 1906, recounting his childhood in Central City and Boulder, Colorado in the 1870s and 1880s. The.....
Albuquerque, New Mexico: 1930. Quarto, 11.5 x 9.5", black wrappers with orange lettering, [2], 96 pp. 1930 yearbook from the Menaul School, a boarding school for Mexican-American and Spanish speaking youths located in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Founded in 1896, the school catered to students mainly from Northern New Mexico and.....
Reno, Nevada: 1920. Small folio, 14 pp. August 29, 1920 issue of this Reno magazine. With a cartoon on the front cover related to the passage of the 19th Amendment guaranteeing women's suffrage, passed just two days earlier. Several inch tear to first page, tears to other leaves including front.....
American West: 1922-23. String tied photo album binding of black cloth measuring 11.25 x 7.25". Contains 129 original photographs, 74 commercially produced souvenir photos, five large format professional photos, six pictorial postcards, several pressed flowers, and a few ephemeral items. Handwritten annotations present on most leaves. Inscribed "Clara and Emil.....
Washington State: Circa 1905. Black photo album binding measuring 7.5 x 5", "Photographs" in gilt to front cover, containing 37 pasted in black and white photos, each 3.75" x 3.75", many accompanied by a manuscript caption on the album leaf. A photo album compiled by an unidentified young woman, documenting.....
South Dakota and Montana: 1941. Wooden photo album binding measuring 12.5 x 8”, containing 104 b/w photographs placed into photo corners, as well as four real photo postcards. Each of the images is accompanied by a detailed caption in the margin of and/or on the back of the image. In.....
Reno, Nevada: Lunsford's Reno Printing Company, [1927]. 10.5 x 7", stapled, illustrated wrappers, photographic illustrations throughout. "This Book is a General Outline of Reno and Washoe County. A Review of a Country of Scenic Marvels and Countless Opportunities in Commercial Development" (title page). "Skaggs Cash Store" stamped to title page.....
Reno, Nevada: Lunsford's Reno Printing Company, [1927]. 10.5 x 7", stapled, illustrated wrappers, photographic illustrations throughout. "This Book is a General Outline of Reno and Washoe County. A Review of a Country of Scenic Marvels and Countless Opportunities in Commercial Development" (title page). Good with wear and inscriptions to covers.....
Salt Lake City, Utah: Circa 1920s. Four panel folding brochure measuring 9 x 4", folding out to measure 9 x 16", with color pictorial cover and photographic illustrations within. Promotional brochure for a historic hotel completed in Salt Lake City in 1912. In very good condition with mild soiling and.....
Pierre: State Publishing Company, 1938. First Edition. Octavo, red hardcover with white lettering, 441 pp, illustrated, folding map in rear pocker. Rare WPA guide for South Dakota, part of the American Guide Series. Very good with wear and discoloration along edges, linear white stain to front cover.
Tucson, Arizona: 1926. Folding brochure measuring 8.25 x 6", with six panels of printed text--title page, a program of events (1.5 pp), and 2.5 pages of descriptive text. A program for an "Indian Day Services" held at the Trinity Prebyterian Church in Tucson, Arizona, intended to raise awareness of the.....
[Palouse, Washington]: Palouse Country Federated Commercial Clubs, Circa 1908. 10.5 x 7", stapled pictorial wrappers, 40 pp, numerous photographic illustrations, folding map. A booklet promoting the "Palouse Country" of Eastern Washington and Northern Idaho, with illustrated descriptions of the major towns of the region touting their prosperity and agricultural richness.....
Hardin, Montana: Compliments of Dr. W.A. Russell, Circa 1920. Leaflet measuring 6.25 x 3.25", printed on card stock, featuring a title page, followed by two tipped in original photographs measuring approx 4.5 x 2.5" on the interior pages, followed by the imprint on the back page. The images are by.....
Camp McKinley, Honolulu, H.I. 1898. Side stapled newspaper, 13 x 9", 12 pp. Scarce newspaper from the territory of Hawaii, "published weekly at Camp McKinley, in the interests of the First Regiment of Infantry, New York Volunteers." Includes camp news, articles on life in camp, a map of the island.....
Colorado Springs: Out West, [1940]. 8vo, [24]pp, stapled pamphlet. Promotional booklet soliciting new residents to Colorado Springs, advertising the area's lost cost of living, quality homes, idyllic weather, outdoor attractions, and more. With many illustrations from photographs. Upper inch of wrappers split along spine, minor creasing, very small abrasions to.....
Chicago: Rufus Blanchard, 1856. Octavo, 7.75 x 4.75", printed wrappers, 208, [8] pp. An early Chicago imprint, and guide to businessmen in navigating the laws of the Midwest and the United States. A good copy with foxing to pages, stain to upper portion of front wrapper and first 55 or.....
Cleveland, Ohio: B-P Printing Co., 1892. Octavo, green wrappers, 180 pp. Extremely scarce Western travel memoir by a Cleveland woman. "This is an account by a woman who came to Washington in the spring of 1890 to establish chapters of the Women's Christian Temperance Union. She provides some strong descriptions.....
Cambridge: Riverside Press, 1873. First Edition. 8vo, green cloth cover, gilt titling to spine, 118 pp. A volume of poetry relating to Crabb's experiences in the American West, featuring frontier landscapes, everyday life on the plains, and moral or religious reflections. Inscribed by author to "Emma D. Bartlett, my cousin.....
Washington DC: Government Printing Office, 1875. First Edition. Hardcover. Quarto, brown cloth, gilt spine lettering, 681 pp, 14 plates. Volume III only. A very good copy with fading and discoloration to covers, toning to pages, few pages in middle detached from binding.
Denver: Jno. Frederic, Printer, Circa 1900. First Edition. Black cloth binding measuring 9.25 x 6", [2], 215 pp. Reminiscences of the maker of the famous Western saddle carrying his name; includes account of his trip from Denver to Virginia City, Montana, in 1864" (Howes). This copy with a lengthy inscription.....