Portland: C.H. McIsaac & Co., 1885. 3-234pp. plus four colored advertisement leaves interspersed throughout. Lacking pp.1- 2 (front board and pastedown) and 235 (rear pastedown) due to rebinding. Occasional pencil notations throughout (see below). Modern half burgundy buckram and tan cloth boards, spine gilt. Occasional faint tanning, otherwise near fine.....

San Francisco: A.L. Bancroft, 1885. [2],iii,[3],118,114pp., plus colored folding map. Original terracotta cloth, gilt. Cloth lightly soiled, light wear at spine ends and corners. Presentation inscription on front free endpaper (see below). Very clean internally. A near fine copy. A presentation copy, inscribed by Farwell on the front free endpaper.....

[San Francisco]: The Pacific Telephone and Telegraph Company, 1940. 36pp, printed in two columns, almost entirely in Chinese. Original printed green wrappers, stapled, hole punched in upper left corner to hang near a phone. Wrappers a bit stained. Light dampstain to fore margin throughout, and to bottom of last few.....

[Mexico? February 1964]. 10 x 8 inches, mounted. Very good. In a folio morocco backed cloth box, ribbon tie. Inscribed on the photo: "For Dr. Travell-with deepest appreciation for everything / With affection / Jacqueline Kennedy." Dr. Janet G. Travell (1901-97) was a New York physician and medical researcher. She.....

Lewiston, Me. June 17, 1864. 32pp. manuscript, approximately 5500 words. In ink with some underlining in red and blue pencil, as well as occasional cross-outs and emendations. Quarto. Folded sheets, neatly stitched. Minor edge wear and foxing, a few ink smudges. Very good plus. A fiery eulogy-cum-sermon from Rev. Nathaniel.....

[Various locations throughout China]. 1945-1946. Seventy typed manuscript transmissions, totaling [144]pp. Paper size varies but most are on 8 x 10 1/2 inch onion skin paper, usually stapled. Occasional toning or rumpling to paper. Annotations throughout (see below). Very good overall. A fascinating collection of China reportage sent by telegram.....

[Mexico]. December 30, 1836. [1]p., on a bifolium. Folio. Light general wear. Near fine. A scarce and important decree from Mexican President José Justo Corro promulgating one of the "Siete Leyes," a group of laws that essentially rewrote the Mexican constitution of 1824 and converted the country from a Federal.....

Winnsboro, S.C. J.E. Britton, Book and Job Printer, June 22, 1865. Partially-printed form accomplished in manuscript, 5 3/4 x 6 3/4 inches, printed on blue paper. Old folds. Tape repairs on verso, vertical tear to top repaired and reinforced with tape on both sides, scattered staining. Good plus. A partially-printed.....

Washington. 1869. 14pp. printed in double columns. Original printed self-wrappers, string-tied. Small stamp in upper outer corner of front wrapper. Old faint stain throughout, else fairly clean. Good plus. Official government edition of this important foreign policy speech, printed after the "injunction of secrecy [was] removed by order of the.....

New York, N.Y. February 6, 1871. [1]p. on a folded folio sheet, with original stamped envelope with postmark. Old folds. Closed tear to integral blank, some smudging to ink at letter edges, but still quite readable. Very good. An anxious letter from infamous railroad tycoon Jay Gould, to prominent lawyer.....

[Ouray, Co.]: J.J. Mayers Mercantile Company, 1898-1904. 703pp. including three pages of continuously paginated letterhead paper pinned to the rear pastedown, plus one cabinet card photograph. Large, thick folio. Original calf and reverse calf, raised bands, three gilt leather labels. Leather a bit stained and scuffed. Old dampstain in lower.....

[Bozeman, Mt.; Keesler Air Force Base, Biloxi, Ms.; Manila; Whitten, Ak.; and many other places]. 1929-1953. 301 photographs, sizes varying from 2 1/2 x 2 1/2 inches to 3 1/2 x 6 inches, tipped in with photo corners onto thirty-one leaves. Large quarto. Pictorial blue cloth with United States Air.....

Cambridge, England. January 20, 1729. [1]p. on a folio sheet (12 x 7 3/4 inches), addressed in manuscript on the verso. Old folds. Repair on the verso along one horizontal fold. Slight foxing and staining. Pencil annotations on verso. Very good. A rare piece of ephemera from the South Sea.....