Saratoga Springs, NY: [publisher not identified], 1903. Ephemera. 2 leaves + 3 pieces of ephemera (a printed silk ribbon, a card, and an invitation), cardstock tied with a red silk ribbon. Very Good. Menu and ephemera related to a dinner given in honor of the industrialist Eugene Lionel Ashley, who..... More

Cat.No: 340772

Oakland: Philippine Solidarity Network, with assistance of the Liberation Support Movement, [198-]. 18x24 inch poster, minor corner creases, otherwise very good. The text on the poster, which is arranged like a poem, goes uncredited here, but these words have been attributed to Macli-ing Dulag, an Igorot highway worker who was..... More

Cat.No: 336048

Washington DC: United States Department of the Interior, Bureau of Reclamation, [c1940]. Pamphlet. Single leaf of glazed alkaline stock folded four times to make an upright 8.5x3.5 inch promotional brochure for federal spending on water projects. Printed with b&w photos mingled with texts and tables. Some intersecting fold-lines are a...... More

Cat.No: 228249

Washington DC: GPO, 1962. xxxvii, 229p., text reproduced from typescript, illustrated with a number of line maps (some folded) and photoillustrations (poorly reproduced), softbound in 10x7.5 inch plain printed buff wraps. Covers somewhat grubby with handling soil and edgewear, entirely clean and sound within. A good copy. In brief, put..... More

Cat.No: 210489

Barcelona: Ed. Angel Toldra Viazo, no date [1924??]. Second edition. 3 1/2 x 5 3/4 inches. Complete set of 24 original photographic postcards (by P. Pique); card 24 is detached but present. Good reproduction on matte cardstock, each recto captioned in red. The red covers are somewhat soiled and faded..... More

Cat.No: 206514

[New Town]: New Town Chamber of Commerce, 2001. Paperback. Unpaginated, perhaps 200 pages, consisting almost exclusively of captioned b&w photos of unexceptionable local buildings which house city services (domestic violence resource, etc.), businesses (auto parts, etc.), you name it. Captions retail to us the names of original owners, years in..... More

Cat.No: 326969

[Los Angeles?]: John F. Davidson, 1925. Pamphlet. 35, [1]p., wraps. 8.75 x 6 in. Very Good. Solicits paid memberships in the Federal Currency and State Security Organization to advance a plan that dams rivers whose energy would secure money issued to finance homes and land for people, especially World War..... More

Cat.No: 316872

[occupied France]: no publisher, [circa 1940]. Pamphlet. 32p., softbound, a stapled pamphlet in 7.5x5.5 inch decorated wraps. Quite sound, clean and unmarked, you wretched little piece of Vichy propaganda, as if no reader had searched thee out. North German land-reclamation employing dykes; dated from two clues, the year 1938 cited..... More

Cat.No: 250602

Tokyo: self-published by author as Kajima Institute Publishing Co., Ltd., 1963. Hardcover. xii, 206p., glossy coated stock throughout with a number of b&w photo-insert sections, openweave white cloth boards gilt in dust jacket. A nice production with delicate ricepaper endsheets. Boards have picked up a little handling-soil and are toned..... More

Cat.No: 237154

Lafayette: the Lafayette Historical Society, 1976. Unpaginated, about 70p., numerous captioned period photographs; first edition 10.5x7.5 inch matte blue wraps decorated with a wraparound photo, a very good copy, no. 1431 of a run of 1500. White settlers complained they spent half their time digging up "Indian artifacts"; shown are..... More

Cat.No: 170138

Sao Paulo: Comissão Pro-Indio do Sao Paulo, 1988. Paperback. 196p. paperback, 8.25x11.75 inches; private ownership stamp on first page, mild shelfwear. Discusses the impact of hydroelectric dams along Brazil's Xingu River upon indigenous peoples. More

Cat.No: 291874

Washington, DC: GPO, 1959. 41p., stapled wraps, 6x9.25 inches, staples rusted, spine sunned, pencil notation at top of front cover else good condition. The case involved labor violations by a construction company working on a dam and reservoir in Corpus Christi, Texas; legal discussion focuses on whether interstate commerce laws..... More

Cat.No: 138455

not stated: American Society of Civil Engineers [unpublished], 1891. Original Wraps. 56p., tentative text with only one page showing corrections (in pencil, grammatical errors only), coverless signatures sewn with tough thread in good shape, the usual govt or quasi-govt publication in 9x6 inch self-wraps. Front cover (i.e., first page) bears..... More

Cat.No: 314081