London: Hutchinson, 1951. First Edition. Hardcover. The first edition in English, translated from the French by Mervyn Savill. A picaresque tale set in "a 'tween war Parisian society", this was the author's first full-length novel..... More
A collection of nearly 150 shooting scripts used by character actor Allan John Melvin (1923–2008), who appeared in hundreds of television episodes from the 1950s to the early ‘90s, often in recurring roles on various..... More
Seattle: The Calvert Company, 1897. First Edition. Wraps. An early pamphlet about the health effects of tobacco on digestion, hair, memory, as well as its impact on intemperance and business and tips on how to..... More
A group of manuscripts associated with New York legal cases in 1808 and 1818, respectively, which include testimony from free black men that were called as witnesses. The documents, totaling 28 pages, are mainly contemporary..... More
An archive of manuscript documents, letters, and indentures dating between 1735 and 1829 from the Alden family, descendants of a Mayflower passenger, the Hon. John Alden, who was the seventh signer of the Mayflower compact..... More
A group of 30 legal notices for bail, dated between 1798 and 1802, and signed by Jacob de la Montagnie (1765-1823), a member of the New York City Court of Aldermen and one of the..... More
Two manuscript depositions brought before the New York Mayor’s Court in 1799 providing very different accounts of a brawl aboard a boat docked at Cape Francois. A witness for the boat’s captain, George Watson, claimed..... More
Gary Snyder (b.1930) began his career in the 1950s as a noted member of the Beat Generation, though he has since explored a wide range of social and spiritual matters in both poetry and prose..... More
An April 8, 1894 letter about the local impacts of the fall in silver prices and a miners’ strike at Cripple Creek, Colorado. The letter was handwritten by H.R. Pendery (1850-1928), county attorney for Lake County..... More
A single-sided flyer for a GI Teach-In held Saturday, August 10, [1968] at Provo Park in Berkeley, California. The flyer features a black and white photographic image of a weary soldier leaning against a tree..... More
Collingswood, New Jersey: Carl McIntire, 1968. Four-page printed leaflet summarizing the topics covered by conservative fundamentalist minister Carl McIntire in his popular daily radio program. This issue includes a black and white map covering half..... More
Philadelphia: The Freihofer Bread Company, 1934. Folding brochure and children’s growth chart extolling the virtues of Freihofer’s Perfect Loaf: “wheat plus milk equals health.” Printed in black and red on heavy off-white card stock. Five..... More
A double-sided flyer explaining the purpose of peaceful vigil in support of nine Vietnam War deserters who were arrested by military police on July 17, 1968 inside Howard Presbyterian Church in Marin City, California where..... More
El Centro, California: Imperial County Board of Trade, circa 1930. This pictorial brochure cites statistics predicting a population boom necessitating the reclamation of arid land by irrigation for farming to feed the 20 million people..... More
Lower Lake, California: Clear Lake Chamber of Commerce, circa 1950. Located north of Napa County and San Francisco, Clear Lake is the largest natural freshwater lake wholly within the state and at an age of..... More
An original photograph (circa 1915) of the motorized delivery wagon for John Holderfield & Sons, a wholesale fruit and vegetable merchant. Hand-painted signage on the wagon shows that Holderfield operated two locations: 226 E. Pearl..... More
Chicago: Hurley Electric Equipment Company, circa 1920. Wraps. Scarce advertising piece for the second iteration of the Thor cylinder washing machine. The first Thor automatic clothes washer was produced in 1907 and is believed to..... More
Los Angeles: Mitock & Sons, circa 1951. Postwar block map of Downtown Los Angeles, which is framed with detailed lists of night clubs, restaurants, motion picture studios, consular offices, hotels, beaches, and other information for..... More
New York: The South Manchuria Railway Company, circa 1933. A promotional piece extolling “The Progress of Manchuria” following the establishment of Manchukuo, a puppet state of the Empire of Japan in northeast China and Inner..... More
A collection of approximately 20 items, consisting of location notices, receipts, assay certificates, informal accounting figures, letters, and notes primarily concerning the Lone Pine #1 and Lone Pine #2 quartz mining claims in Douglas County..... More
Original mortgage document made between Robert P. Chase and inventor Egbert Putnam Judson on August 1, 1856 for the purchase of “that certain parcel of land situated in the city of San Francisco near the..... More
Four holographic letters written between 1908 and 1913 by hard-rock miner A.M. “Bert” Keefer to his friend Frank M. Duncan in Carson City and Reno, Nevada. The letters informally report on the progress in underground..... More
A small collection of material, consisting of an original ink on linen map, two documents, and a small ore sample, associated with the Aztor Mine in the historic Los Cerrillos Mining District. Located about 20..... More
This unique travel brochure folds out into the shape of a pennant. Declaring Missoula the best equipped hotel city in Montana, it pictures and describes the amenities and rates of seven facilities: Florence, Palace, Park..... More
Denver: American-Rand Mining and Milling Co., circa 1927. First Edition. Wraps. Investment prospectus for this little-known Colorado gold mining opportunity, which was directed by the Canadian-born mineralogist and mining engineer James D. Caldon (1847-1931). The..... More