San Francisco: A.L. Bancroft and Co., 1870. Hand colored printed invitation, 4 ¾ x 7 inches, folded. A scarce printed invitation to the Masquerade at San Francisco’s Lick House, held in 1870, and according to contemporary accounts, one of the major events of the holiday season in the city. The.....
California: 1911. Single sheet measuring 8 ½ x 11 inches. Two vertical folds, two holes punched at upper margin, very good condition overall. An uncommon survival, possibly published by the Santa Clara County Sherriff’s Office, showing two wanted criminals from 1911, who were travelling together. The first, a C.K. Paullins.....
Mostly Texas: 1930s-1940s. Twenty eight photographs, twenty of which are 8 x 10, the others 5 x 7 ½. Some light wear, near fine overall. We find scant information on W.I. Grieve, an aerial photographer who worked in Texas and the surrounding states in the late 1930s for the Kargl.....
Chicago: Jansen, McClurg and Co., 1876. 8vo, finely bound in ornate polished calf with all edges gilt, 258 pp. A finely bound copy of one of Miller’s best-known works, bound in perhaps early 20th century fine polished calf. Affixed to the preliminary page is an effusive letter from Miller written.....
Glenwood Springs, Colorado: Dennis, 1880s-1890s. Albumen photograph, 7 ¼ x 4 ¾ inches on larger mount. An uncommon cabinet card lampooning the plight of the solitary miner through a series of drawings. The drawings show a man setting out to strike it rich before burying himself in a hole, from.....
Wilkes-Barre: National Tom Mooney Molders Defense Committee of Wilkes-Barre, 1934. Single printed sheet, 8 ½ x 11 inches. Some tears and wear to edge, closed tear of about one inch at lower margin, good condition overall. An unrecorded broadside advertising an event in Wilkes-Barre for Tom Mooney, who had at.....
Washington: For the Author, 1866. 8vo, blue wraps, 42 pp. Apparently a gift copy from Curtis. Near fine overall with minimal wear. A scarce survival from Lorenzo Snow’s trial in the U.S. Supreme Court for polygamy under the Edmunds Act, where two of his three convictions were eventually overturned as.....
San Francisco: 1968. Fourteen silver gelatin prints measuring 8 x 10 to 6 x 8 inches, mounted on grey 20 x 16 inch artist’s board. All initialed “J.P. / 68” on board. Some wear to boards, photographs generally fine with fine contrast. An evocative series of portraits likely taken in.....
San Francisco: 1906. Thirty-one silver gelatin prints, measuring 4 x 3 inches, with four accompanying sheets measuring 8 x 5 ½ inches identifying the images. Also included is the original envelope to an illegible recipient, or possibly crediting the images. Fading to images else about fine, very good minus overall.....