Denver: 1923. Handwritten letter, 4pp, on The Mine and Smelter Supply Co, Denver, Co letterhead. Written by Lynn Pratt, describing his search for a job, personal matters, and a harrowing road trip from Denver to Morrison, Co: "about 20 miles from Denver the machine went dead carberator & ignition trouble.....
Laramie, Wyoming: University of Wyoming, 1945-46. A grouping belonging to a student at the University of Wyoming during the 1945-46 season. Contents a bit soiled and/or toned. Very good. Includes the following: University of Wyoming Schedule of Classes Winter Quarter, 1945-1946. 8vo, stapled booklet, 12pp. University of Wyoming Bulletin Catalogue.....
Denver: Carson-Harper, Circa 1920. 8vo, folding brochure containing 16 pages of photographic views of scenes along the routes of the Denver & Rio Grande Western Pacific railroad system. In excellent condition.
Cincinnati: Printed at the Methodist Book Concern, For The Author, 1853. 8vo, green decorative cloth with gilt spine lettering and decoration, 453 pp, portrait frontispiece. This copy with a lengthy gift inscription by the author, James B. Finley, to the front endpapers. Foxing and toning to pages, discoloration to covers.....
Missouri: Circa 1920s. Trifold brochure advertising a club for golf, health, and fox & hounds in Missouri. Minor creasing and soiling.
Worcester, Mass: 1876. 8vo, 12pp, stitched, lacking wrappers (if issued). Scarce report printing descriptions of a lead mine in Jefferson County, Missouri, 47 miles from St. Louis. The report includes statistics and stresses the richness of the mineral properties. Foxing and toning present.
Michigan: 1876. Together with a "Territorial Assignment of Patent" document issued by the Colby Wringer Co of Reading, Michigan, appointing H.B. Myers of Cherokee, Kansas regional agent for Colby's Washer for the counties of Montgomery and Labette Kansas. Soiled, toned and damp stained.
Arizona: 1918-1920. 13 documents relating to the mining business ventures of Guy C. Smith of Jeroma, Arizona. Includes a 2pp typed agreement for investing in a mining claim, pay documents and checks related to mining investments, a preprinted grid featuring a pencil map of a mining claim, and a partially.....
Oregon and Washington. Total of eight items, seven from Oregon and one from Washington, two from the 1930s/40s, the rest from the 1950s. One is a larger format booklet, the rest are oblong brochures. In excellent condition, with a hint of soiling. Includes the following: Lane County Oregon's Second Market.....
Colorado: 1885-1892. 11 letters, totaling 33pp, written by Stephen H. Leyshon from the towns of Williamsburg, Coal Crek, Oak Creek, and Pueblo, Co, to his grandmother back east. The grouping documents Stephen’s growth—the first three letters, dated 1885-87 (ages seven to nine), are in a much more rudimentary hand, and.....
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.....
Kansas: [1915]. Seven real photo postcards, each measuring 6 x 3.5", all captioned in pencil on the backs. The captions read: “guard at prison”, “kitchen at prison”, “prisoner at drill”, “prison [exterior shot]”, “prison [exterior shot]”, “prison bathroom” and “prison entrance”. The entrance depicted is that of the United States.....
Madison, Wis: Beriah Brown, Printer, 1850. Numbers 1, 2 and 3 for March, April and May 1850 [all published]. Each in original printed wrappers, stitched, partly uncut; 60, [61]-116, [117]-176 pp. Institutional and deaccesion stamps. Rear wrap of no. 1 torn, with loss, vertical crease through center. Very Good. The.....
[Germany]: 1872. 4to, 56pp, large color folding map of Juan de Fuca strait at U.S. Canadian border tipped in at back. Covers detached, stained, soiled, pages toned, bit foxed. Map toned, in nice shape.
Colorado: 1921. Leaflet, 4pp. Chautauqua program from Colorado featuring the Fisk Jubilee Singers, an African American singing company, noted in the program as their first ever Chautauqua performance. Fair, creased, soiled and chipped.
Livington, Montana: 1906-1908. Album binding of black cloth measuring 11 x 7.25", containing 80 photographs, with the first few pages captioned. The images depict the town of Livingston, Montana and the surrounding area. Located along the Yellowstone River, Livingston and its train station served as the first gateway to Yellowstone.....
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.....
Springer, New Mexico: The Tribune Press, Circa 1950. 12mo, 24pp, green printed wrappers. An illustrated guide for boy scouts visiting the Philmont Scout Ranch in Cimarron, New Mexico, established in 1941. Annotations to wrappers, bit of creasing.
Omaha, Nebraska: Supreme Forest Woodmen Circle, 1928. 12mo, 178 pp, beige wrappers with cloth spine. Creased, foxed, good plus.
Southern Pacific Lines, 1924. 12mo, 30 pp, stapled wrappers. Illustrated booklet advertising a rail route through Utah. Rubbing and wear to covers, creasing, damage to rear cover and last page with loss to some text on last page.
Reno: Silver State Press, 1960s-70s. Color printed brochure, folded in center, [8] pp. In excellent condition.
Washington DC: 1830. 8vo, 13pp, disbound. Toning. Very good. The goverment printing of three 1829 treaties with Native American tribes: A treaty with the Winnebago Indians at Prairie du Chien, Michigan; a treaty with the United Nations of Chippewa, Ottawa, and Pottawattamie Indians, at Prairie du Chien; and a treaty.....
La Junta, Colorado: 1940s. 4to, [20] pp, stapled pictorial wrappers. Fourth edition. Photo illustrated booklet about the Koshare Indian Dancers, members of Boy Scout Troop No. 230 out of La Junta, Colorado, famous for their reenactments of Native American dance. About very good with foxing and rubbing to covers.
Moorcroft, Wyoming: 1913. Handwritten letter, 2pp, written on a large page detached from a ledger, signed "Jess". Together with envelope. Letter written by a settler in Moorcroft, in the Black HIlls of Wyoming, offering a detailed description of the area and the work available there: "well as you wanted to.....
Nebraska: 1909. Four letters from Gertrude Alden and A.G. Alden who lived near Burchard and Pawnee City Nebraska (postmarks are from Pawnee City but one letter mentions that Burchard is closer to home, while the mail routed through Pawnee City). Each two to four pages in length. The letters discuss.....